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AssignmentsBuffy Episode Discussion Curation & Presentation (10%) -- You will be a required to sign up to curate an online discussion during the course of the term. You will watch your assigned episode, articulate two or three main points from the week's scholarly text (as assigned), generate one or two critical questions connecting the texts, and facilitate an online discussion for the week. Episode Discussions (10%) -- Each week, you will be required to respond to at least two of the week's episode discussions threads (as generated by the instructor or curation groups). Your posts will be graded on completion, engagement with the prompt and readings, and your attention to and interaction with the other posts in the thread. Creative Responses (10%) -- You have the opportunity to write (more) creatively to explore and demonstrate the ideas and goals of the course in different ways. Over the course of the semester, you will write an autobiography, a short-short story, and a critical review. These creative responses will be evaluated on completion and your critical, thoughtful engagement with the prompts. Short Papers (20%) -- You will complete a number of short, analytical, and academic papers. These papers rehearse a range of genres, rhetorical situations, course goals, and engage the 3060J outcomes. You will write an academic summary, a close reading, a brief annotated bibliography, a research proposal memo, and self-assessment cover letter. They will be graded on clarity, focus, coherence, whether they satisfy the assignment, revision, and on your ability to concisely formulate arguments.
Final Paper/Project (20%) --
You will complete a Final Project that integrates what you have read,
explored, and written about in your previous papers, that draws on specific terms, concepts,
or issues from the class, and that articulates the critical value of Buffy and
popular culture. The project asks you to make connections and to create an argument across
different kinds of evidence and added research. Your final project can be a traditional
research paper, a media production (which includes a substantive analytical component),
or a hybrid of the two.
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Information SheetsThe following are handouts, informational sheets, and readings that will be assigned or used over the course of the quarter. Each student will recieve a copy of each as a handout in class during the appropriate week. If you miss a sheet, feel free to print out a new copy. Ed's Top Ten List of "Ways to Survive University" Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing MLA Citation and Bibliographic Format
ReadingsCourse readings are available via the course Blackboard or online. Consult the course syllabus for the week's required reading. The following is a full bibliographical list of the class readings:
MediaHere are all of the episodes of Buffy we will be watching over the course of the semester (listed in order by season and episode number):
Here is a list of the other media we will be using:
  
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