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 31, Sept 2, 4)
Introductions
Berger, “Why Look at Animals?”

Week 2 (Sept 7, 9, 11)
Walker, “Am I Blue?”

Weeks 3-4 (Sept 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25)
Abadzis, Laika
Draft of essay 1 due
Conferences

Week 5 (Sept 28, 30, Oct 2)
Kolln, “Cohesion”
Portfolio 1 Due

Week 6 (Oct 5, 7, 9)
Foer, Eating Animals

Fall Break  🙂

Week 7  (Oct 14, 16, 19, 21, 23)
Eating Animals, cont.
Essay 2 drafts due
Conferences

Week 8 (Oct 26, 28, 30)
Eating Animals, cont.
Lanham, “Revising Prose”
Portfolio 2 due

Week 9 (Nov 2, 4, 6)
Malamud, “Zoo Spectatorship”

Week 10 (Nov 9, 11, 13)
Grizzly Man

Weeks 11-12 (16, 18, 20, 23)
Plumwood, “Being Prey”

Week 13
Essay 3 drafts due
Conferences

Week 14
Course wrap-up and final portfolios