Dr. Mary E. Martin

Incarcerated Women:  Expressive Arts and Rehabilitation

TR Class Schedule Fall 2007
 

 

T Aug 21

Introduction.
 

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Aug 23

First movement  experience for class participants.

Writing experience:  write about time in your life  when you felt restricted, or somehow incarcerated by a situation or person.  Movement studies are made from these writings.

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Aug 28

Kelly James presents talk to class  about the history and definitions of punishment in the United States.

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Aug 30

Creating Movement day. Class signs up for three out of five weekend workshops involving expressive arts.

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Sept 4

Discussion of Chapters 1 and 2, Dead Man Walking

 

Last day for undergraduate students to select the S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) option for a course. Students may also change a course from S/U to a letter grade and still keep their total number of S/U's.

R Sept 6
 
Creating Movement day

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Sept 11

Discussion of Chapters 3-5, Dead Man Walking

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Sept 13

Creating Movement day

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Sept 18

Discussion of the rest of the book, Dead Man Walking 

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Sept 20

Creating Movement day 

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Sept 25

 Presentation of source material for the pro-capital punishment side.  Discussion of Rogerian argument.

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Sept 27

Creating Movement day

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Oct 2

 Video presentation--Women in Prison.  Capital Punishment Paper assignment passed out.  Discussion of introductory chapter and first two narratives from Can't Keep It to Ourselves.

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Oct 4

 Creating Movement day

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Oct 9

 Discussion of narratives from Can't Keep It:

Review of how to incorporate sources and Works Cited page, following MLA format.

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Oct 11

 Creating Movement day

T

Oct 16

Fall Break

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Oct 18

Due:  Rogerian Argument about Capital Punishment, in a folder, with copies of all sources used.

Creating Movement day 

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Oct 19

Last day to withdraw from courses (automatic ‘N’) without documentation of extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind elected S/U option. A rescinded S/U will still count toward the maximum of four allowed.

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Oct 23

 Creating movement day

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Oct 25

 Creating Movement day

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Oct 30

 

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Nov 1

Pre-registration begins

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Nov 6

 

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Nov 8

 

T

Nov 13

 

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Nov 15

 

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Nov 20

 

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Nov 22

Thanksgiving Break begins. No classes.

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Nov 27

 

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Nov 29

 

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Dec 3

 Last Day of Classes

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Dec 4

Study Day

 

 

Exam schedule available at http://www.winthrop.edu/recandreg/calendars/default.htm