Course Schedule
Issue #1: Super Powers
(Weeks 1-4)
Week 1
Jan. 18
- Course Introduction
Week 2
Jan. 23
- Discuss survey
- Super Powers radio program
Jan. 25
- Greatest Super Hero Debate
Week 3
Jan. 30
- Create Home Pages
- Xavier Institute Applications
- X-men “Gifted” Graphic Novel – Issues 1-2
Feb. 1
- X-men “Gifted” Graphic Novel – Issues 3-4
- Discuss heroism
Week 4
Feb. 6
- Xavier Institute Application Reviews
Issue #2: The Comic Book Industry
Feb. 8
- The Rhetoric of Comic Books
- Guest Speaker: Brian Burke
Issue #3: Fandom
Week 5
Feb. 13
- Paper Proposal Review
- Start Superhero Blog
- X-Men “Gifted” Graphic Novel – Issues 4-6
Feb. 15: No Class
Feb. 16 (Friday @ 7:00 p.m.) Ghost Rider Movie
Issue #4: Comic Book Origins
Week 6
Feb. 20
- Discuss Ghost Rider
- Discuss Superhero Origins
- Superhero Blog Work
Feb. 22
- Post Superhero Origins
- Discuss Group Presentations
- Discuss Hero Film (vote on Tue.)
- Write origin story
Issue #5: Secret Identities & The Hero Code
Week 7
Feb. 27
- Identity Crisis – Issues 1-3
- Discuss Secret Identities
Mar. 1
- Identity Crisis – Issues 4-7
- Discuss The Superhero Code
- Guest Speaker: Brian Burke
Issue #6: Superhero Films
Week 8
Mar. 6
- Hero Film – Sin City Part 1
- Discussion of film
Mar. 8
- Hero Film – Sin City Part 2
- Discussion of film
Week 9: Spring Break (March 12-18)
Issue #7: Science and Psychology
Week 10
- Super Science I
- Science Quiz
- Work on Group Presentation
Week 11
- Super Science II
- An Inconvenient Truth
- Global Warming Stories
- Work on Group Presentation
Week 12
- Super Psychology Book – First Half
- Apr. 5 Paper Draft due
- Review paper drafts
- Work on Group Presentation Handout
Week 13: AERA Conference
- No Class
Issue #8: Alternative Comics
Week 14
- Guest Lecture: Lee Hobbs
- Maus
- Group 1 Presentation
- Group 2 Presentation
Week 15
- Guest Artist: Wayne Faucher
- Watchmen 1
- Group 3 Presentation
- Group 4 Presentation
Week 16: Final Meetings
- May 1: Final Regular Class Day (Tuesday)
- Watchmen
- Group 5 Presentation
- May 3: Final Exam Meeting (Tuesday, 2:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
- Final Class Evaluation
- Business Luncheon
- Group 6 Presentation
- Group 7 Presentation
- Group 8 Presentation
- Group 9 Presentation
- May 5: Free Comic Book Day!!!!