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Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2025
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FWIS 236 001 (CRN: 26544)
(UN)MAKING THE AMERICAN WEST
Long Title: COWBOYS AND CORNFIELDS: (UN)MAKING THE AMERICAN WEST IN FILM, T.V., AND LITERATURE
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Instructor: Burch, Paul
Meeting: 4:00PM - 5:15PM TR (13-JAN-2025 - 25-APR-2025)
Part of Term: First Year Writing
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Analyzing Diversity: Yes
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 16
Section Enrolled: 16
Enrollment data as of: 13-MAR-2025 12:47PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
4-MAY-2025
7:00PM - 10:00PM U
Description: FWIS 109 examines film, television, novels and short stories in order to consider the American West from a variety of different perspectives and identities. In each case, we examine how alternate Western narratives intersect with, or refute, the dominant tropes and mythologies of this most contested of cultural spaces.