TENTATIVE COURSE CALENDAR
ComS 163 Communication, Self and Society
Spring 2004
Dr. Mark Stoner

Week 1 January 28, 2004
Class Activity
Class orientation

Assignment for next session: Read R. Grudin, "Self-Knowledge" [in packet]
Write a 1-2 self-description in your journal due next class
Bring a well-formed, properly documented definition of each of the terms: Communication, Self, and Society to next class meeting.
Begin reading Burkitt, chapters 1-3

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Week 2 February 4, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss terms Communication, Self and Society
Discuss Grudin essay; examine nature of self-descriptions

Assignment for next session
You will create a visual model of concepts developed in Burkitt's Social Selves Chapter One.

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Week 3 February 11, 2004
Class Activity
Meet in MND 2004!
COMPUTER ORIENTATION (How to use bulletin board anonymously; research resources)
Examine models of theories of the self reviewed by Burkitt

Assignment for next session
Identify, in chapter 2 of Burkitt's Social Selves, what you think is the most cogent statement about Mead's contributions to our understanding of ourselves. Be prepared to share your selection and justify your choice to the class.

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Week 4 February 18, 2004
CONTRACTS DUE TODAY
Class Activity
Discuss selections from Social Selves and their implications for advancing our understanding of the relationships between communication, self, and society.
Discuss Burkitt's chapter 3, definition and summaries

Assignment for next session
START ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION (Review assignment)
Review chapter 3 of Social Selves and create a definition of "ethnogenic method" and summarize the two dichotomies Burkitt discusses on pp. 74-76.
Read Gergen Chapters 1,2; Harre and Gillett, "The Discursive Mind" [in packet]

Week 5 February 25, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen Chapters 1,2 and Harre and Gillett

Assignment for next session
Read Gergen Chapters 3-6; and Turkle, (Chapter 4) "Adolescence and Identity" and (Chapter 8 "Thinking of Yourself as a Machine" [in packet] and Baur, "The Dinosaur Man" [in packet]

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Week 6 March 3, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen 3-6; Turkle and Baur

Assignment for next session
Read Gergen Chapter 7

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Week 7 March 10, 2004
Class Activity
View video (STNG)
Discuss Gergen Chapter 7 and video

Assignment for next session
Read Gergen 8, 9 and Frankl, "Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning" [in packet]
Burkitt, chapt 4
(LAST WEEK OF ANONYMOUS ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION)

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Week 8 March 17, 2004
FIRST REQUIRED READING RESPONSES DUE
Class Activity
Discuss Gergen 8, 9 and Frankl and Burkitt

Assignment for next session
Read Belenky et al., Introduction, Chapters 1, 2
CONTINUE ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION NOW IDENTIFYING YOURSELF

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Week 9 March 24, 2004
Class Activity
Discuss Belenky Intro, 1,2

Assignment for next session
Read Belenky 3-6 and hooks, "Talking Back" [in packet]

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Week 10 April 14, 2004
Class Activity
"The Famine Within" (first half)
Write a one page response that connects a specific quotation from your reading with some idea presented in the video so far; View second half; discuss connections made and revisions you would make to your essay given the conclusion of the video

Assignment for next session
Read Belenky Chapter 7 and /8 OR 9, you choose depending on your interests

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Week 11 April 21, 2004
SECOND REQUIRED READING RESPONSE DUE

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REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY

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Week 12 April 28, 2004

REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY

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Week 13 May 5, 2004

ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION ANALYSIS DUE

REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY

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Week 14 May 12, 2004

REQUIRED CLASS PRESENTATION DAY

---------------------------Final Period: Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 5:15-7:15 We will use this if needed.