WS 101 M/W- Cora Agatucci

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WS 101: Course Plan
Winter 1998, Cora Agatucci

Note: Some WS 101 Guest Presenters may assign handout or library reserve readings to accompany their presentations, but, if so, students will be notified at least a week in advance.

WEEK #1 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.
1/6		 Cora Agatucci, "What is Women’s & Gender Studies?"
Overview of Syllabus, Course Plan, WS 101 Packet & Presentations:
Assign Dialogue #1 (Course Goals & responses)
Thurs.
1/8
  1. Dialogue #1 (Course goals & responses)
  2. WS 101 Packet: Begin reading (and annotate!) Women’s Studies Timelines Part III: Modern Struggles for Equality (pp. 7-9); & Part IV: Calling for the Vote (pp.10-17)
 Gender: The Enduring Paradox (60 min.)
In-Class Response to film (add to Dialogue #1): contemporary women’s & gender issues

WEEK #2 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.
1/13
  1. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) "What Is a Feminist?" (pp. 38-39); & "Feminist Orientations & Theories" (pp. 40-48)
 Cora Agatucci: "Feminisms Yesterday & Today"
Assign Dialogue #2: (Feminist position statement & contextualization exercise)
Thurs.
1/15
  1. Written Responses to Steve OBrien's Questions
  2. Dialogue #2 (Feminist position statement & contextualization ex.)
  3. Read Study Guide Directions handout & bring questions
  4. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) WS Timelines Part V: "U.S. Woman Suffrage Is Won" (pp. 18-21); & "Taking a New Look –The Enduring Significance of the American Woman Suffrage Movement," by Robert Cooney
 Meet in Pioneer Lounge at 2:20 p.m.
Discuss Questions regarding Study Guides Directions handout
Make Study Guide Assignments
Pioneer 200B: 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Internet explorations* (for PC):
WWW Women & Gender
via the WS 101 Website
Assign Dialogue #3 (Internet explorations)

*OPTION: do the internet exploration exercise at home or in the Pioneer Computer lab on your own time: see Assignments page for online handouts

Got a question E-mail Cora, or see other ways to contact me
on the WS 101 syllabus or my homepage, or
drop by during my office hours (see Winter 1998 Schedule)

WEEK #3 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.
1/20
  1. Minor-Evans library reserve reading
  2. Dialogue #3 (Internet explorations)
  3. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!): WS Timeline Part VI: First Half of the 20th Century" (pp. 22-24)
 Leslie Minor-Evans:
"Women and Psychology:
Why We’ve Been Ignored,
What We’re Doing Now"
Thurs.
1/22
  1. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) WS Timeline Part VII: "Second Wave" Feminism" (pp. 25-27)
  2. O’Brien reading, if assigned
 Steve O’Brien: "Male Responses to the Women’s Movement"

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WEEK #4 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.
1/27
  1. (Individual) Study
    Guide #1    , with 3 readable copies
 Review: Weeks #1-3
In-Class Workshop: Study Guides (Study Guides due at the end of class)

Thurs.
1/29
  1. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) Sojourner Truth's ''Ain't I a Woman'' speech (as recorded by Frances Gage); "Women, Culture, & Power" (pp. 49-51); & "A ‘Gynocentric’ Approach to US Women’s History" (pp. 67-70)
 Cora Agatucci: "To Be a Woman and A Writer" with discussion of assigned WS 101 Packet readings

Assign Discussion Paper #1 (see online handout)

Distribute copies of Study Guides #1

Assign (Group or Individual) Study Guide #2

Explore links to useful websources for writers
or try the Jefferson Writing Lab (tutoring hours posted & announced in class)

WEEK #5 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.
2/3
  1. Read handout "From Ancrene Riwle"
  2. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) WS Timeline Part I: "Early History" (pp. 2-4)
 Eleanor Sumpter-Latham: "Women’s Culture in the Middle Ages"
Thurs.
2/5
  1. Questions on Women's Health Issues for Margaret Peterson
  2. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) WS Timeline Part II: 17th & 18th Centuries (pp. 4-6); & From "Feminist Art History & the Academy" (pp. 53-55)
 Jennifer Greene, "Renaissance Women Artists"
 We will probably meet in Hitchcock Auditorium for Jennifer's presentation: contact Cora to confirm.

If unforeseen problems emerge during the quarter that may seriously hurt your progressor performance in this course, please see me right away. Together we can perhaps reach a solution or compromise that will enable you to continue and complete course requirements successfully. . . .Cora

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REVISED WS 101: Course Plan &

REVISED WS 101 Late, Make-Up, Revision Policies

(as agreed upon in class on Thurs., Feb. 12, 1998)

From the WS 101 Syllabus:

Course Grading and Assignments

30% - Participation Credit & four (4) Dialogues: as noted earlier, students must earn credit for attendance and active engagement at at least 80% of the scheduled WS 101 presentations for a grade of "C" or higher in this category; the 4 dialogues, informal writing of at least one page each, will be graded on a Credit/No Credit basis.

30% - Three (3) graded Study Guides (@ 10%), 2-3 pages each ,on assigned Ws 101 presentations, produced individually and by small groups, with duplicate copies as required (see WS 101 Course Plan); directions and evaluation criteria will be discussed in more detail in class.

30% - Two (2) graded Discussion Papers (@ 15%), 4-5 pages each, on course themes briefly described in the WS 101 Course Plan; with detailed directions, topic choices, and evaluation criteria to be discussed in class.

10% - Final Reflection Paper, an end of term Course Review and Self-Evaluation, will be due at, or may be written during the scheduled WS 101 Final Exam meeting (see WS 101 Course Plan).

REVISED LATE/MAKE UP POLICIES

  1. Missed In-class presentations cannot be replicated or made up. However, a limited number of "extra" participation credit options may be offered in consultation with Cora.
  2. Credit/No Credit Dialogues may be turned in late with no penalty
  3. Late Study Guides will be accepted late with no penalty. However, all late work must be turned in no later than the WS 101 scheduled Final Exam meeting (see Revised WS 101 Course Plan)
  4. Late Discussion Papers will be accepted late with no penalty. However, all late work must be turned in no later than the WS 101 scheduled Final Exam meeting (See Revised WS 101 Course Plan).
  5. Final Reflection Paper will not be accepted late, and must be turned in during or before the scheduled WS 101 Final Exam meeting.

REVISION OPTIONS (as announced in class):

  1. Study Guides*: You have the option of revising Study Guides to try to improve your grade, but please resubmit the original graded Study Guide with the revised version. If revision grade is higher, it will replace the original grade.
  2. Discussion Papers*: You have the option of revising Discussion Papers to try to improve your grade, but please resubmit the original graded Discussion Paper with the revised version. If revision grade is higher, it will replace the original grade.
  3. Logistics: Study Guides or Discussion Papers turned in after Thurs., 3/12, cannot be revised. Study Guides and Discussion Papers turned in on Thurs., 3/12 at our last class meeting will be returned graded at the Final Exam meeting on March 17 at 1:00. If you wish to revise work returned at the Final, you must turn in your revision (with the original graded version attached) no later than Thurs., March 19, 12 noon, Cora’s mailbox in Des 12. (I have to have course grades turned in Friday, March 20, because I will be leaving town that evening.)

 

WEEK #6 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.

2/10
  1. Discussion Paper #1 (to be graded)
  2. O’Neill reading: Handout "Eunuchs, Gender, & Power"
 Patricia O’Neill: "Eunuchs, Gender & Power"
Thurs.

2/12
  1. Preliminary Draft of Study Guide #2 with 3 readable copies
  2. Responses to Margaret Peterson’s Survey Questions (see handout)
  3. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) From "Women’s Studies & Science" (pp. 56-57); & From Achieving Gender Equity in Science Classrooms (pp. 58-66)
 Review Weeks #4-6

In-Class Workshop: Read & discuss preliminary drafts of Study Guide #2

Turn in one copy of your preliminary draft to Cora at the end of class.

NOTE: If you don’t get to sign attendance sheet on presentation days, please see Cora to let me know!

 

WEEK #7 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Mon., 2/16: Presidents’ Day – No Classes; LIBRARY CLOSED: TUES., 2/17 – SUN., 3/1
Tues.

2/17
  1. Final Draft of Study Guide #2 (to be graded) – with 3 additional copies or electronic version (email/disk) for posting to WS 101 website
  2. WS 101 Packet: Read (& annotate!) WS Timeline Part VII Women in the 1990s
 Margaret Peterson: Women’s Health Issues

Return Graded Discussion Paper #1 & assign Optional Revision

Exchange copies of Study Guides#2 (or send electronic versions to Cora)

Assign Study Guide #3 (on your choice of Peterson, Finney/Queary, Huck, Henderson, or Agatucci (Beijing) Presentation)
Thurs.

2/19
  1. Finney & Queary readings, if assigned
 Cat Finney & Bart Queary, "Lesbian Motherhood & Public Policy Issues"
Note: Fri., 2/20 is last day to drop classes with no grade on transcript, to change grading status, or to add classes.

Sat., 2/21: Spring 1998 pre-registration begins for continuing students

 

WEEK #8 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.

2/24
  1. Bring notes on previous presentations & any assigned readings, past coursework
  2. Bring WS 101 Packet
  3. Recommended due date for Optional Revision of Discussion Paper #1 (with graded original attached) if you want Cora to get graded optional revisions back to you before Discussion Paper #2 comes due next week.
 Return graded Study Guide #2

Review Discussion: Analyzing (Interdisciplinary) Approaches to the Women’s & Gender Studies

Assign Discussion Paper #2 : see online handout (Approaches to the Study of Women & Gender)
Thurs.

2/26

 (NOTE: Cora won’t be here: Accreditation Training in Portland) Karen Huck, "Bad Girls"

 

WEEK #9 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.

3/3
  1. Henderson reading, if assigned
 Carol Henderson, "Women in Management"
Thurs.

3/5
  1. Discussion Paper #2 (to be graded)
  2. Bring WS 101 Packet
 Cora Agatucci, "The Beijing Conference: International Perspectives on Women & Gender Today"

 

WEEK #10 ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS . . .
Tues.

3/10
  1. Preliminary Draft of (Individual or Group) Study Guide #3 with 3 readable copies
 Review Weeks 8-9

In-Class Workshop: Read & Discuss preliminary drafts of Study Guide #3

Turn in one copy of your preliminary draft to Cora at the end of class
Note: Wed., 3/11, is last day to withdraw and receive grade of "W" in classes
Thurs.

3/12
  1. Final Draft of Study Guide #3 (to be graded) – with 3 additional copies or electronic version (email/disk) for posting to WS 101 website
 Return Graded Discussion Paper #2

Exchange copies of Study Guides#3 (or send electronic version to Cora)

Course Review & In-Class Dialogue #4 : Prep for Final Self-Reflection Paper)

 

FINALS WEEK ASSIGNMENTS DUE IN CLASS…
Tues., Mar. 17

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Des 1

 1. Final Reflection Paper (Course Review & Self-Evaluation) : may be prepared in advance or written during the scheduled final exam period. Return graded Study Guide #3 & distribute updated Grade Reports

NEED HELP WITH WRITING ASSIGNMENTS?

WS 101 students are encouraged to seek help:

FINAL
Tues.,
Mar. 17
1:00–3:00
Des 1

ASSIGNMENT DUE:
Final Reflection Paper (Course Review & Self-Evaluation)

I wish you success and may you enjoy spring break!

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