Course Schedule
(Subject to changes as needed)

15-Week Schedule

8-Week Schedule

NOTE: IF THIS IS A SUMMER SEMESTER OR YOU ARE AN OCICU STUDENT ON AN 8-WEEK SCHEDULE, WEEK 1 SHOULD BE FINISHED IN WEEK 1, WEEKS 2 & 3 IN WEEK 2, WEEKS 4 & 5 IN WEEK 3, WEEKS 6 & 7 IN WEEK 4, WEEKS 8 & 9 IN WEEK 5, WEEKS 10 & 11 IN WEEK 6, WEEKS 12 & 13 IN WEEK 7, AND WEEKS 14 & 15 IN WEEK 8.

15 Week Schedule

Week 1: Complete Check-In Quiz and Check-In Tasks. Read “Introduction” in Vizenor. Read "Historical and Cultural Contexts" in Cambridge 1 (Porter, 39-68).

Weeks 2-4: Oral Literature. Read Trickster. Complete the first four Forum assignments on MyHeritage.

End of Week 4: Take-Home Test #1. Journal Article Review (Graduate Students); First Entry Annotated Bibliography (Undergraduate Students).

Weeks 5-6: Autobiography (Memoirs). Read all of the autobiographical selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #5 on MyHeritage. Paper #1 on oral or historical literature.

Weeks 7-9: Fiction. Read all of the fiction selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #6 on MyHeritage.

Weeks 10-11: Take-Home Test #2. Poetry. Read all of the fiction selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #7 on MyHeritage.

Weeks 12-13: Drama. Read all of the drama selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #8 on MyHeritage.

Weeks 14-15: House Made of Dawn. Presentation (Online or In Person)

Take-Home Test #3. 12/6.

Paper #2 on Poetry, Fiction, or Drama. 12/8.

8-Week Schedule NOT UPDATED

Week 1: Read “Introduction” in Vizenor. Start Oral Literature assignments below.

Weeks 1-2: Oral Literature. Complete the first four Forum assignments on MyHeritage.

Week 3: Take-Home Test #1. Journal Article Review (Graduate Students); First Entry Annotated Bibliography (Undergraduate Students). Autobiography (Memoirs). Read all of the autobiographical selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #5 on MyHeritage.

Weeks 4: Fiction. Read all of the fiction selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #6 on MyHeritage. Paper #1. 9/22 FA1, 11/17 FA2.

Week 5-6: Take-Home Test #2. Poetry. Read all of the fiction selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #7 on MyHeritage.

Week 7: Drama. Read all of the drama selections in Vizenor and answer Forum Question #8 on MyHeritage. Presentation (Online or In Person).

Week 8: House Made of Dawn.

End Week 8: Take-Home Test #3. Paper #2. 10/19 FA1, 12/14 FA2.

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