Disney Dogs and Popular Pets UNIV 3000855 & 866

5/16-6/3

May Intersession 2011 M-FONLINE

Instructor: Brian K. Hudson
Email:
Website: learn.ou.edu / Office: Gittinger 302
Office hours: Onlineor by appt.

Required Materials

  • The children’s novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956) by Dodie Smith.
  • Students will also need a copy of (or access to) the following films: 101 Dalmatians(the animated movie, 1961. It has been re-released by Disney) and Marley and Me.

Catalogue Description of Course

  • This class will explore how animals, more particularly dogs, have been portrayed in popular culture through short stories and films. We will engage recent theories on the representation of nonhuman animals and how they relate to activism and advocacy.

YouTube clips

  • I will upload short clips via YouTube in which I will contextualize the readings and explain what I’m looking for in the homework postings. D2L will have links to these clips. You are responsible for viewing them. Your homework will be announced via these clips.

Readings

  • All readings (except the Dodie Smith novel and, of course, the films) will be posted in PDF or Word formats on the content tab of the D2L website.

Homework

  • Homework must be posted to the relevant discussion board or dropbox (depending on my instructions) before it closes. If you have any technical problems, please do the following immediately: post your error on the technical problems discussion board AND email me (I might askyou to ).

Late Work

  • Work will NOT be accepted after the D2L discussion board or dropbox has closed.

Accommodations under the ADA

  • Any student in this course who has a disability that may prevent him/her from demonstrating his/her abilities should contact the Disability Resource Center as soon as possible ( or 325-3852). The DRC will let the instructor know what accommodations are necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational opportunity.

Grading Scale
  • A= 100% – 90%
  • B= 89% – 80%
  • C= 79% – 70%
  • D= 69% – 60%
  • F= 59% – 0%
/ Course Grade
  • Discussion board participation—50% (50pts)
  • Short response homework—50% (50pts)

Attendance

  • Regular participation in online discussions and assignments is required to pass this course.

Academic Integrity

  • The Provost’s website (integrity.ou.edu) provides the definitions of academic integrity, plagiarism, collusion, and cheating that are used by all instructors, in all courses at the University of Oklahoma. Each student is individually responsible for accessing, reading, and understanding these definitions, and for conducting him- or herself in accordance with the highest standards of academic integrity. Any concepts you do not fully understand need to be cleared up with your instructor before you submit any work for a grade.

The most common violation of academic integrity in First-Year Composition courses is plagiarism, which the Provost has defined as:

  1. Copying words and presenting them as your own writing.
  2. Copying words (even if you give the source) without indicating that they are a direct quotation by enclosing them in quotation marks.
  3. Copying words and then changing them slightly or substituting synonyms (even if you give the source).
  4. Presenting someone else’s ideas as your own, even if you change the wording.

It is also a violation of academic integrity to submit the same work for more than one course, unless you have the express permission of both instructors.

Violations of academic integrity carry penalties up to and including expulsion from the university.

5/16 / Introductions
5/17 / First chapter of Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
5/18 / “Anthropomorphism and Anthropomorphic Selection—Beyond the ‘Cute Response’” by James Serpell (Society and Animals 10.4)
5/19 / "Two Dog-Shows" by Charles Dickens
5/20 / “’Bend or Break’: Unraveling the Construction of Children and Animals as Competitors in Nineteenth-Century English Anti-Cruelty Movements” Monica Flegel (Critical Animal Studies)
5/23 / “A Dog’s Tale” by Mark Twain
5/24 / "The Anarchist: His Dog" by Susan Glaspell
5/25 / "Pernicious Portrayals: The Impact of Children’s Attachment to Animals of Fiction on Animals of Fact" by Marla V. Anderson and Antonia J.Z. Henderson
5/26 / 101 Dalmatians pgs 1-60
5/27 / 101 Dalmatians pgs 61-120
5/30 / 101 Dalmatians pgs 121-184
5/31 / 101 Dalmatians (Animated Movie)
6/1 / Pedigree Dogs Exposed (this documentary is available online:
6/2 / "Forty-two Thousand and One Dalmatians: Fads, Social Contagion, and Dog Breed Popularity" by Harold Herzog
6/3 / Marley and Me

This policy statement may be amended as needed. The most recent revision can be found on the University D2L website (learn.ou.edu). Revised 5/9/2011.