Date

Reading

Activity

Tuesday, January 8

Introductions, syllabus, assignments, etc.

Thursday, January 10

Manifesta, Introduction
Reading Responses

What is Women's Studies
How has feminism changed our lives? (Discussion)

Tuesday, January 15

Manifesta, Chapter 1, 2

What work is left for feminists to do? (Discussion)

Home work assignment

Thursday, January 17

Manifesta, Chapter 3,7

Feminisms

Discussion of homework (feminisms)

Tuesday, January 22

Manifesta, Epilogue

Finish with Manifesta

Discuss privilidge; merit; the ways in which individuals are mutiply enabled/constrained

Assignment for first project:

• Defining a personal feminism
• Writing a manifesta

Thursday, January 24

Scum Manifesto
One other article of interest to your own research (reading response on this choice)

Tuesday, January 29

Types of feminisms activity

Thursday, January 31

One article of interest to your own research (one reading response)

Feminist "policing"

Feminisms follow-up

Tuesday, February 5

Thursday, February 7

Peer Review Project #1

Tuesday, February 12

Daly, Chapter 1,2

Manifesta, Chapter 6

Project #1 Due

Introduce projects
Introduce Oral History assignment

Thursday, February 14

About interviewing
Designing Questions
Questions for oral history

Tuesday, February 19

Discussing Daly

Thursday, February 21

Students present
Questions for Manifesta authors

Tuesday, February 26

Baumgardner and Richards

Thursday, February 28

Students present

Tuesday, March 5

Issue presentations
Finish discussion of Daly book

Students present

Thursday, March 7

Introduce Unit 3

Tuesday, March 12

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

Thursday, March 14

NO CLASS

SPRING BREAK

Tuesday, March 19

"The Body"
On-line projects

Read Barbie Course Packet
No class

Thursday, March 21

Read Barbie Course Packet
No class

Tuesday, March 26

Manifesta, Chapter 4, 5

Thursday, March 28

Wolf

Tuesday, April 2

Wolf

Thursday, April 4

Wolf

Tuesday, April 9

Issue presentations

Students present projects

Thursday, April 11

Issue presentations

Students present projects

Tuesday, April 16

Manifesta, Chapter 8

Thursday, April 18

Introduce Outrageous Act Assignment #4
Introduce Academic Issues Group Assignment

Tuesday, April 23

Guerrilla Girls

Arts, Histories, Education Intro
Project #3 Due

Thursday, April 25

Tuesday, April 23

Thursday, April 25

Tuesday, April 30

Issue presentations

Students present

Thursday, May 2

Issue presentations

Students present

FINALS WEEK

Project #4 Due

Elizabeth Birmingham
Assistant Professor, Department of English
320J Minard Hall
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota 58105

Office: (701) 231-6587
e-mail: Elizabeth.Birmingham@ndsu.nodak.edu

Prospective students may schedule a visit by calling: 1-800-488-NDSU.