Students who approach their studies in a systematic and organized manner are more likely to complete the course successfully than are those who do not plan a course of action. You are advised to follow a study schedule to assist you in budgeting your time and scheduling your progress.

This Study Schedule is designed to accommodate students who wish to complete the course in approximately four months. If you have a standard AU individualized-study course contract, you can take up to six months to complete the course.

As you complete each activity, check it off so you know it is done and you can see the progress you are making in the course. Call your tutor if you have difficulty with the material or if you find yourself falling behind in your course work. Your tutor will be able to advise you of your available options. You may, of course, proceed more quickly than is suggested by this Study Schedule.

Week 1 Read the Student Manual.
  Call your tutor if he or she has not already called you.
  Read the Course Introduction.
  Complete Unit 1: An Introduction to Feminist Discourse.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 2 Complete Unit 2: Basic Legal Principles and the Canadian Legal System.
  Complete Assignment 1 and submit it to your tutor with a TME form for grading and feedback.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 3 Complete Unit 3: Women’s Legal Personality: a Test Case.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 4 Complete Unit 4: Critical Perspectives on Law and Rights.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 5 Complete Unit 5: The Concept of Equality.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 6 Complete Unit 6: Section 15 of the Charter: A History and Overview.
  Complete Assignment 2 and submit it to your tutor with a TME form for grading and feedback.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 7 Review the topics for the final essay and materials related to topics of particular interest to you (this may require reading ahead).
  Begin Unit 7: Abortion.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 8 Choose your final essay topic, write your précis and submit it to your tutor with a TME form for grading and feedback.
  Complete Unit 7: Abortion.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 9 Complete Unit 8: Pregnancy and Child Rearing.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 10 Complete Unit 9: Pornography.
  Review the feedback received from your tutor on your précis.
  Begin writing your final essay.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 11 Complete Unit 10: Sexual Violence.
  Work on your final essay.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 12 Complete Unit 11: Who is a Woman? Transgendered persons.
  Work on your final essay.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 13 Work on your final essay.
  Call your tutor if you have any questions.
Week 14 Submit your final essay to your tutor with a TME form for grading and feedback.
  Congratulations on completing the course!
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