FIRST YEAR SEMINAR:  "A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS"
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schedule last updated: February 06, 2008 10:50 PM

NOTE: Schedule may be subject to change as the semester progresses.  Any changes will be announced in class and you will receive notice via the class listserv as well. 

Please get in the habit of referring to this schedule online regularly.
 

Class # Date What we are doing in class today What's due today
  Monday, September 3, 2007
  • Preliminary meeting 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, introductions
  • Hand out "The Maligned Wolf" reading
 
1 Thursday, September 6, 2007
  • Course overview, review of syllabus
  • Discussion of reaction papers on "The Maligned Wolf" reading
  • Make sure I have your email address and the last 4 digits of your social security number so I can add you to the listserv and gradebook
  • Reflection paper on "The Maligned Wolf" due (not graded)
2 Tuesday, September 11, 2007

TOPIC:  VISUAL COMMUNICATION

  • Gender in Film Posters

Have read for today:

  • Syllabus Quiz due at the beginning of class
  • Reflection Paper 01 due (Topic:  Why do you take photographs?  What function do photographs play in your life?)
  • Bring in a print advertisement to analyze in class
Wednesday, September 12, 2007 -  Last day to drop/add a course this semester
3 Thursday, September 13, 2007 TOPIC:  HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
  • Photography Power Point
 
4 Tuesday, September 18, 2007

TOPIC:  PORTRAYALS OF CLASS & OCCUPATION IN THE MEDIA

Have read for today:

  • Have the student information form on our class website filled out by today (you will get 5 points for filling this out by today)

  • Reflection Paper 02 due (Topic: Choose one or two advertisements that portray someone in an occupation.  Analyze the visuals associated with the person in the ad.  What does this say about the person's status in society?  Bring the ads you analyze to class today.)

5 Thursday, September 20, 2007

TOPIC:  WORDS AND IMAGES

Have read for today:

  • To Be Announced
 
6 Tuesday, September 25, 2007  
7 Thursday, September 27, 2007

TOPIC:  PORTRAYALS OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE MEDIA

Have read for today:

  • Comfortable Strangers:  The Making of National Identity in Popular Photography in "Reading National Geographic" (p. 1-14)
  • Becoming America's Lens on the World:  National Geographic in the Twentieth Century in "Reading National Geographic" (p. 15-46)
 
  • Reflection Paper 03 due (Topic:  Write a reflection about your thoughts on the readings)
8 Tuesday, October 2, 2007
  • Trip to library as a class to get a refresher on your research skills/introduce you to the Pine Manor library
  • Submit top 3 choices of photographers for midterm paper research
9 Thursday, October 4, 2007
  • No class today
 
Friday, October 5, 2007 - Professors submit early semester grades to the registrar's office
Friday, October 5, 2007 - Sunday, October 7, 2007 - First Year Seminar Retreat to Plymouth, MA
10 Tuesday, October 9, 2007  
11 Thursday, October 11, 2007
  • Reflection Paper 04 due
12 Tuesday, October 16, 2007    
13 Thursday, October 18, 2007    
14 Tuesday, October 23, 2007
  • Watch "Meshes of the Afternoon"
 
15 Thursday, October 25, 2007 TOPIC:  PORTRAYALS OF RACE IN THE MEDIA
16 Tuesday, October 30, 2007
  • Presentations of Photographers
  • Midterm paper due
17 Thursday, November 1, 2007
  • Presentations of Photographers continued
 
Friday, November 2, 2007 - Professors submit midterm grades to the registrar's office
18 Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Have read for today:

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  • Reflection Paper 06 due
19 Thursday, November 8, 2007 Have read for today:

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20 Tuesday, November 13, 2007

TOPIC:  PORTRAYALS OF GENDER IN THE MEDIA

Have read for today:

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21 Thursday, November 15, 2007

Have read for today:

NOTE:  Advising week is THIS week - If you are my advisee, please make sure you sign up for an advising appointment with me by clicking this link (follow the instructions at the top of the page)

  • Reflection Paper 07 due
Friday, November 16, 2007 - Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of "W"
22 Tuesday, November 20, 2007
  • To Be Announced
    (possible "catch-up" day)
 
  Thursday, November 22, 2007 NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY  
23 Tuesday, November 27, 2007
  • Reflection Paper 08 due
24 Thursday, November 29, 2007
  • Begin Film Analysis in class
 
25 Tuesday, December 4, 2007
  • Film Analysis continued in class
 
26 Thursday, December 6, 2007
  • Course evaluations
  • Film Analysis continued in class
 
27 Tuesday, December 11, 2007
  • Discussion of final paper findings/conclusions in class today
  • Final Paper due
Schedule of Final Exam Times for Pine Manor College classes
(note:  these are the scheduled times for all classes - consult with your individual instructors as to whether or not you are meeting during the final exam period)
  • Note: We don't have a final exam for this class - your final paper serves as your "final"

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