Cultural Studies (CLST) 201
Cultural Studies and Everyday Life (Revision 2)
Delivery Mode: Individualized study online
Credits: 3
Area of Study: Social Science
Prerequisite: None
Faculty: Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
CLST 201 is not available for challenge
Overview
Cultural Studies 201: Cultural Studies and Everyday Life is a junior-level, three-credit course that takes as its organizing metaphor, Raymond Williams' remark that “culture is ordinary.” This course will provide an introduction to cultural studies by exploring, reflecting on, and evaluating how, on a daily basis, we are immersed in culture.
Course Objectives
- To demystify the idea of “culture” by showing the ways in which it permeates our everyday lives.
- To question the distinction between things deemed to be cultural and things assumed to be natural.
- To explore the ways in which everyday culture can be a site of contestation.
Outline
CLST 201 consist of the following six units.
- Unit 1: Culture is Ordinary
- Unit 2: Domestic Cultures
- Unit 3: Workplace Cultures
- Unit 4: Recreational Cultures
- Unit 5: Culture and Community
- Unit 6: Culture, Experience, Identity
Evaluation
To receive credit for CLST 201, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least a D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weighting |
|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 20% |
| Assignment 2 | 20% |
| Assignment 3 | 25% |
| Assignment 4 | 35% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Textbook
Fedorak, Shirley. Pop Culture: The Culture of Everyday Life. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009.
Other Materials
Peter Weir (Director). The Truman Show. Paramount, 1998. (AU Library)
Gurinder Chada (Director). Bend It Like Beckham. 20th Century Fox, 2002. (AU Library)
Kinka Usher (Director). Mystery Men. Universal, 1999. (AU Library)
All other course materials are available online.
Reading the Everyday by Joe Moran (eBook)
Culture and Everyday Life by David Inglis (eBook)
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 2, Nov 5, 2018