Two papers, 6-7 pages each, on a choice of assigned topics, and a final exam. Assigned topics will be handed out about 5 class meetings before due date. Papers and exam are based on assigned readings. Unexcused late papers will receive a grade penalty. You may have three unexcused absences.
Regular attendance is important, since the material is cumulative in nature.
Movies and TV entertainment present us with various models of gender roles. We'll spend some of our final meetings of the course taking turns presenting the group with each person taking turns giving a critical evaluation of gender roles as depicted in a relevant movie or TV program of your choice, in the light of our studies in this course. Further directions for these presentations will be handed out a little farther on in the course. You may want to start thinking ahead about this. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday.