COMP 390: Capstone in English: Urban Fantasy
MWF 12:00-12:50, SCHU 112 (CRN 493)

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This syllabus is subject to change, and you are responsible for changes announced in class.

27 Aug—Intro to class; expectations 29 Aug—Video 31 Aug—Read articles defining Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance (handouts)

3 Sept—no class

 5 Sept—Intro to Prospectus; read Gaiman Intro and chapters 1-10

7 Sept—Read Gaiman chapters 11-13
10 Sept—Finish Gaiman; Blackboard post due by 5

12 Sept—Gaiman discussion

 14 Sept—Library day—meet in Milne 102; Blackboard response due by 5
17 Sept—Unforgiveable errors discussion 19 Sept—Read Estep chapters 1-8 21 Sept—Read Estep chapters 9-12
24 Sept—Read Estep chapters 13-29 26 Sept—Finish Estep; Blackboard post due by 5 28 Sept—Final Estep discussion; Prospectus due by 5 (use dropbox on Blackboard)
1 Oct—Introduction to Preliminary Bibliography; Blackboard response due by 5; sign up for conference 3 Oct—Conferences (no class) 5 Oct—Conferences (no class)
8 Oct—no class 10 Oct—Read Wells chapters 1-21 12 Oct—Library day—meet in Milne 102
15 Oct—Finish Wells; Blackboard post due by 5 17 Oct—Wells discussion 19 Oct—No class; work on your Preliminary Bibliography; Blackboard response due by 5
22 Oct—Read Kadrey to p. 99 (“The Door of Dead”); Intro to Review of Literature; Preliminary Bibliography due by 5 (use dropbox on Blackboard) 24 Oct—Read Kadrey to p. 151 (“and I’m gone”) 26 Oct—Read Kadrey to p. 199 (“on a first date”) and sample Review of Literature
29 Oct—Finish Kadrey; Blackboard post due by 5 31 Oct—Kadrey discussion 2 Nov—Bring rough draft of Review of Literature to class; Blackboard response due by 5
5 Nov—Read Glass chapters 1-20 7 Nov—Read Glass chapters 21-25; Blackboard post due by 5 9 Nov—Finish Glass; Blackboard response due by 5
12 Nov—Read sample Final paper; sign up for conference; Review of Lit due 5 (use dropbox on Blackboard) 14 Nov—Conferences (no class) 16 Nov—Conferences (no class)
19 Nov—drop-in hour for questions about final paper 21 Nov—no class 23 Nov—no class
26 Nov—Read Healey chapters 1-14 28 Nov—Read Healey chapters 15-17; Blackboard post due by 5 30 Nov—Finish Healey; Rough draft of Final Paper due by 5 (use dropbox on Blackboard)
3 Dec—Peer revision; Blackboard response due by 5 5 Dec—Peer revision 7 Dec—Final questions about paper; How to write an abstract
10 Dec—Final exam discussion; Final Paper with abstract due by 5 (use dropbox on Blackboard) Final exam: Fri, 14 Dec 11-1:30

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