Here is our weekly schedule.
NOTE: SINCE THIS IS AN 8-WEEK SESSION CLASS, THE WORKLOAD ASSIGNED EVERY WEEK IS HIGHER THAN IN A REGULAR SEMESTER (WE HAVE TO COVER 15 WEEKS OF MATERIAL IN 8 WEEKS).
Thus, every week you have to complete multiple modules, as shown on the schedule below.
DATE | TOPIC | READING | ASSIGNMENTS |
WEEK 1 10/24-10/27/2024 | * Module 1: Course Introduction | * Discussion Board #1: Introductions, due 10/27 * Discussion Boards posts and Reading Responses are due by midnight, Sunday. | |
WEEK 2: 10/28-11/3 | * Module 3: What is ideology? * Module 4: What is Social Class, Part 1 | * Discussion Board posts and Reading Responses in the various modules. | * Discussion Boards posts and response papers are due by midnight, Sunday, 11/3 |
WEEK 3: 11/4-11/10 | * Module 5: What is Social Class, Part 2 | * Discussion Boards posts and Response Papers are due by midnight, Sunday, 11/10. | |
WEEK 4: 11/11-11/17 | * Module 6: How Class Influenced the US Constitution * Module 7: The Structure of US Government | * | |
WEEK 5:11/18-11/24 | * First Exam | * Our First Exam is due by midnight, Sunday, 11/24. | |
WEEK 6:11/25-12/1 | * Module 9: Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights * Module 11: The Court System | ||
WEEK 12/2-12/8 | * Module 12: Supreme Court Case: Betty Dukes v. Wal-Mart | ||
WEEK 8: 12/9-12/15 | * Module 13: MLK’s “Letter from Birmigham Jail” | ||
12/19 | Second Exam | * The Second Exam is due on Thursday, 12/19, by midnight. | |