| Roadside America: a First-Year Seminar |
 |
   |
| UST 05-014 | Fall 2021 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
| Roadside America: a First-Year Seminar |
|
| |
| UST 05-014 | Fall 2021 |
Course Schedule and Resource Links:
Orientation Week:Aug 16 (Mon, 10-12): Introductions; "Roadside America Geography Challenge"
REVIEW/FINISH READING: Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem, Intro and Ch 1
Aug 17 (Tue, 9-12): Screen Wanderlust (2006); Module: Honor Code
READ: Cohan & Hark, "Introduction to The Road Movie Book" [Course Webpage]
REVIEW/FINISH READING: Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem, Intro and Ch 1
Aug 18 (Wed, 10-12): Screen Gun Crazy, or Deadly is the Female (1949)
READ: Mills, "What Automobility Offers Cultural Studies"; Mills, "Rewriting Prohibitions"; Mills, "Bibliography"; and Mills, "Works Cited"
REVIEW/FINISH READING: Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem, Intro and Ch 1
Aug 19 (Thu, 9-12): Screen Thelma & Louise (1991)
READ: Creekmur, "On the Run and On the Road"; Graff & Birkenstein, "As He Himself Puts It"
REVIEW/FINISH READING: Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem, Intro and Ch 1
Aug 20 (Fri, 10-12): Discuss Mobility Without Mayhem, Gun Crazy, Thelma & Louise, and Wanderlust
READ: Man, "Gender, Genre, and Myth in Thelma & Louise"; Heller-Nicholas, "The F Word"
REVIEW: Packer, Mobility Without Mayhem, Intro and Ch 1
DUE: Individual Project #1: Critical Connections Analysis of Mobility Without Mayhem (Intro and Ch 1), Wanderlust, Gun Crazy and Thelma & Louise
[After Orientation Week, unless otherwise indicated in the Syllabus Schedule, we'll meet from 10:00-11:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays in our regular classroom, PRC 147]
Week One
Aug 24 (Tue): Review Orientation Week; Discuss Georgetown Road Stories Project; Module: Writing Center
READ: Dietz, "Hip To Be Square"
NOTE: Meet in Library Lobby and bring your laptops
Aug 26 (Thu): Discuss American Road Nonfiction Narratives
READ: Steinbeck, excerpt from Travels With Charley; McMurtry, excerpt from Roads,; Dembling, "The Bus Stops Here"; Gough, "Travels With Chester"; Lewis-Kraus, "On the Road"
DUE: Individual Project #2: Critical Connections Analysis of American Road Nonfiction
Week Two
Aug 31 (Tue): Discuss American Road Fiction Narratives
READ: Kerouac, excerpt from On the Road; Craven, excerpt from Fast Sofa; Lopez, excerpt from Flaming Iguanas; Hawke, excerpt from Ash Wednesday
DUE: Individual Project #3: Critical Connections Analysis of American Road Fiction
Sep 2 (Thu): Presentations of Collaborative Project #1: Georgetown Road Stories
Week Three
Sep 7 (Tue): Countercultures of Automobility
READ: Packer, Chapter 2-3
Sep 9 (Thu): "Driving While Black"
READ: Packer, Chapter 5
Explore: Roadside America Library Guide
Week Four
Sep 14 (Tue): [Writing Consultations]
Sep 16 (Thu): [Writing Consultations]
Week Five
Sep 21 (Tue): Discuss Critique Workshop Process and Final Research Projects
DUE: Creative Nonfiction Road Narrative Draft--electronic submission as email attachment by 9am
Sep 23 (Thu): Library Research Module
Review: Roadside America Library Guide
DUE: Research Project Proposal
NOTE: Meet in Library Lobby
Week Six
Sep 28 (Tue): Writing Critique Workshop: Creative Nonfiction Road Narratives
DUE: Notes on your critical response to the Drafts of people in your WorkGroup
NOTE: Special Time, split into 2 WorkGroups: WorkGroup1 @ 10-11; WorkGroup2 @ 11-12
Sep 30 (Thu): Research Project Workshop; Module: Exploring Majors and Careers
DUE: Revised Creative Nonfiction Road Narrative
Week Seven
Oct 5 (Tue): Module: Diversity/Social Justice
Oct 7 (Thu): Module: Integrative Learning; Research Project Workshop
Week Eight
Oct 12 (Tue): no class--Fall Break
Oct 14 (Thu): The Futures of Automobility
READ: Packer, Ch. 7
Week Nine
Oct 19 (Tue): Discuss Final Research Project Critique Process and Project Posters
DUE: Final Research Project Draft--electronic submission as email attachment by 9am
Oct 21 (Thu): Writing Critique Workshop: Final Research Project Drafts
DUE: Notes on your critical response to the Drafts of people in your WorkGroup
NOTE: Special Time, split into 2 WorkGroups: WorkGroup1 @ 10-11; WorkGroup2 @ 11-12
Week Ten
Oct 26 (Tue): First Symposium: An exhibition of work in AES/FYS, 9:00-11:15am in Bishops Lounge
DUE: Posters and Attendance at First Symposium
Oct 28 (Thu): Final Research Project Presentations; Course Evaluations; Conclusions
DUE: Revised Final Research Project and Individual Project #4: Final Self-Evaluation
Design, Photography, and Text © 2021 by Bob Bednar
Department of Communication Studies
Southwestern University
Georgetown, Texas 78626 USA
vox: (512) 863-1440
email: bednarb@southwestern.edu