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BROOKLYN COLLEGE
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Semester Syllabus / Discussion Notes / Compact Syllabus (the class handout) / Class Moodle
Draft. The details of the schedule are likely to change.
| # | Class/Date | Subject | Assignment (to be completed before class on the date assigned) |
| 1 | Aug 27 | Introduction | No Reading. |
| 2 | Sep 3 | The Landscape of Media Criticism; Exploring and Explaining Media |
Read Models of the Communication Process and Introduction To Media Criticism |
| 3 | Sep 10 | Read Allen, Introduction and Chapter One. Read Message Ecology (on Moodle). Bring body of content to class | |
| 4 | Sep 17 | Semiotics (continued) Narrative Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 2 |
| 5 | Sep 24 | Read Levinson, Chapters 1-6, Read An Introduction To Five Paragraph Media Criticism, | |
| Oct 1 & 8 | No Class | Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre; First Annotated Bibliography Due. Discussion will occur on the Moodle. | |
| 6 | Oct 15 | Genre Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 4; Levinson, Chapters 7 and 8; Short Paper 1 Due |
| 7 | Oct 22 | Read Levinson, Chapters 9 and 10; Read Allen, Chapter 3 | |
| 8 | Oct 29 | Read Allen Chapters 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 | |
| 9 | Nov 5 | Read Allen, Chapters 6 and 8; Short Paper 2 Due | |
| 10 | Nov 12 | Read Allen, Chapter 9; Term Paper Introduction Due; Web Readings. See Online Syllabus for links.; Second Annotated Bibliography | |
| 11 | Nov 19 | Uses of Media; | Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13; First Complete Draft of Term Paper Due. |
| 12 | Nov 26 | No Reading | |
| 13 | Dec 3 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading |
| 14 | Dec 10 | Read Message Ecology; Read Allen, Afterword. Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15. Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading | |
| 15 | Probably Dec 17 | Final Exam | Probably Formally scheduled from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on the normal class day, but will not start until 7:00pm. Term papers and, if possible, final grades will be returned at this time. |