Schedule

This schedule is subject to change. Check here often (and/or in D2L Content) to make sure you have the most up-to-date information.

ModuleTopicAssignments [Points]Due Date
1Start Here!Rango (2011)17-Jan
Survey 1 (“No show” assignment)
Module 1 quiz: Tudor & Beyoncé [2]
Module 1 discussion [6]
2GenreRed River (1948)24-Jan
Module 2 quiz [2]
3“Classic”The Searchers (1956)31-Jan
Module 3 discussion [6]
4“Revisionist”The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)7-Feb
Module 4 quiz [2]
5HeroesTrue Grit (2010)14-Feb
Module 5 quiz [2]
6Re-visioningMeek’s Cutoff (2010)21-Feb
Module 6 quiz [2]
7ReaffirmationGodless (2017)28-Feb
Module 7 discussion [6]
8“History”Django Unchained (2012)7-Mar
Exam 1 [12]
9BreakSpring Break14-Mar
10RecoveryThe Harder They Fall (2021)21-Mar
Module 10 quiz [2]
11The sublimeNope (2022)28-Mar
Module 11 discussion [6]
12WeirdFrom Dusk Till Dawn (1996)4-Apr
Module 12 quiz [2]
13WeirderThe Walking Dead & RDR “Undead”11-Apr
Module 13 quiz [2]
Module 13: Choose your Western [2]
14InteractionRed Dead Redemption II (2018)18-Apr
Game footage  (8)
Module 14 discussion [6]
15AffectWestworld (2016)25-Apr
Module 15 quiz [2]
16Your WesternVideo presentation due [18]2-May
Course evaluation [1 point bonus]
17Final Exam [12]6-May