Below is a schedule of reading assignments and portfolio due dates.  Details about each week’s reading and writing assignments (including assigned weeks for blog posts) will be posted on Moodle.  Please check there regularly.

Week 1 (Aug 27, 29)
Introductions

Week 2 (Sept 3, 5)
Berger, “Why Look at Animals?”
Sept 6, 7:30 PM, Screening: Project Nym

Week 3 (Sept 10,12)
Walker, “Am I Blue?”

Weeks 4-5 (Sept 17, 19, 24, 26)
Abadzis, Laika
Portfolio 1 due
“Veganism for Omnivores”

Weeks 6-7 (Oct 1, 3, 8, 10)
Foer, Eating Animals
Eating Animals webinar

FALL BREAK

Weeks 8-9 (Oct 17, 22, 24, 29, 31)
NYT articles, ethics of eating meat
Portfolio 2 Due

Weeks 10-11 (Nov 5, 7, 12, 14)
Malamud, “Zoo Spectatorship”

Weeks 12-13 (Nov 19, 21, 26)
Grizzly Man

THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 14 (Dec 3, 5)
Course wrap-up and final portfolios