Below is a tentative course schedule.  This schedule is flexible as we can shift the course to some degree to fit our interests and unique pace.  The whole semester is outlined here only to provide a guideline.  The schedule will updated as necessary. The schedule is SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Keep up to date by checking this schedule and the "Announcements" page regularly.

Note: Readings should be done by the date they are listed. Unless otherwise indicated, readings are to be done by the first day of class in the week.

*Chapters (e.g. Ch. 1) refer to the texts
*Readings available online will have a link
*Readings on Library Reserve will be noted: (LR)
*Many readings are available through EBSCO as well as LR
CLICK HERE to view reading list with full citations
CLICK HERE for Library Reserve
CLICK HERE for direct link to course readings through LR

Week 1 (Jan 11) Introduction
            ASSN: Personal PC Essay

Week 2 (Jan 16, 18): What is Popular Culture and How Do We Study it?
            R: Storey Ch 1
            R: Cawelti 1996 (LR)
            DUE: Personal PC Essay (Jan 16)
            ASSN: PC Example: Super Bowl

Week 3 (Jan 23, 25): Approaching Popular Culture
            R: Mahon 2000 (Traube 1996, optional) (LR)
            R: Hinds 1996 (LR)
            R: Washington 2001 (LR)

Week 4 (Jan 30, Feb 1 ): Sport & Superbowl XLI
            R: Mullen 2000 (LR)
            R: Ritzer 2005 (LR)
            R: Whannel 1993 (LR)
            ASSN: Super Bowl Essay

Week 5 (Feb 6, 8): Consumption, Production & Identity
            R: Mihelich 2007: Baseball (Click Here)
            R: Quart 2007 (LR)
            R: Pendergast 1998 (LR)
            R: Jackson 1999 [Read pages 25-29, through (Re)theorizing Identity] (LR)

Week 6 (Feb 13, 15): PC and Narrative
            R: Storey Ch 3
            R: Kellner 2003 (LR)
            R: Ochs and Capps 1996 (LR)
            DUE: Super Bowl Essay
            ASSN: PC Project

Week 7 (Feb 20, 22): Marxism, Class and Neo-Gramscian Cultural Studies
            R: Story Ch 4
            R: Mihelich & Papineau 2005 (LR)

Week 8 (Feb 27, March 1): Marxism, Class and Neo-Gramscian Cultural Studies (Cont.)
            R: Storey Ch 5 (optional)
            R: Gatzke 2002 (POP!)
            R: TBA (LR)

Week 9 (March 6, 8): Semiotics, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
            R: Storey Ch 6
            R: Backes 1997(LR)
            R: Papson 1990  (Click HERE)  Click HERE to view IBM commercial with the 
                                                                     Tramp theme.

Week 10 (March 20, 22): Feminisms & Gender
            R: Storey Ch 7
            R: Washington 2001 (Review) (LR)
            R: Morreale 1998 (LR)
            R: Birrer/Schnackenberg 2002. (POP!)
            R: Schnieder 2002. (POP!)
            DUE: PC Project Proposal (March 22)

Week 11 (March 27, 29): Race
            R: Delgado 1998 (LR)
            R: Zirin 2005 (LR)
            R: TBA (LR)

Week 12 (April 3, 5): Fans, Pleasure and Audience Reception
            R: Storey Ch 9
            R: Mintz 1998 (LR)
            R: Hills 2000 (LR)
            R: Doss 1999 (LR)
            ASSN: Final Essay

Week 13 (April 10, 12): Postmodernism and Popular Culture
            R: Storey Ch 8
            R: Carter 1993 (LR)
            R: TBA (LR)

Week 14 (April 17, 19): Presentations
            DUE: PC Project Essays

Week 15 (April 24, 26): Presentations
            April 26: No Class (Conference)

Week 16 (May 1, 3): Conclusions
            R: TBA (LR)

DUE May 7: Papers due Monday, May 7 at 12:00 (noon) in my office, Phinney 401.
           DUE: Final Research Paper (Group Project)
                     (WITH FIRST DRAFT, AND MY COMMENTS, ATTACHED)
           DUE: Final Essay (Individual)