| DATE | DISCUSSION TOPIC | READING DUE | ASSIGNMENTS DUE |
| January 15 | Introduction/Overview | Sign-on to class listserve *now* | |
| January 17 | Qualities of a Monster/Documentation | "Monsters as (Uncanny)Metaphors" | Bring in grammar/format handbooks |
| January 22 | Library | ||
| January 24 | Medieval Monsters | Beowulf - through line 1231 | |
| January 29 | Medieval Monsters | Beowulf - through line 2200 | |
| January 31 | Medieval Monsters | Beowulf - finish | |
| February 5 | Renaissance Monsters | Richard III - Acts I-III | |
| February 7 | Renaissance Monsters | Richard III - Acts IV-V | |
| February 12 | Conferences | ||
| February 14 | Conferences | ||
| February 19 | Gothic/Man-made Monsters | Frankenstein | Volume I/Research paper proposals due |
| February 21 | Gothic/Man-made Monsters | Frankenstein | Volume II |
| February 26 | Gothic/Man-made Monsters | Frankenstein | Volume III |
| February 28 | Gothic/Man-made Monsters | Frankenstein | View 1931 film version of Frankenstein in Media Resources - Gelman Library |
| March 5 | Gothic/Man-made Monsters | Read "The Sandman"/ ViewForbidden Planet | |
| March 7 | Man-made monsters | The Terminator | |
| March 12 | Man-made monsters | The Matrix/selection from Baudrillard | |
| March 14 | Doppelgangers | "The Doubles" and "William Wilson" | |
| March 26 | Doppelgangers | Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - Through section entitled "Incident of the Letter" | Annotated Bibliography Due |
| March 28 | Doppelgangers | Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde - Finish | |
| April 2 | Doppelgangers | Invasion of the Body Snatchers | |
| April 4 | Vampires | "Fragment of a Novel" and The Vampyr | |
| April 9 | Vampires | Dracula - Through Jonathan Harker's Journal entries. | Final Paper Due |
| April 11 | Vampires | Dracula - Finish | |
| April 16 | Vampires | Nosferatu and Shadow of the Vampire | |
| April 18 | Goth Culture/Modern Vampires | ||
| April 23 | Final Presentations | ||
| April 25 | Final Presentations | ||
| April 30 | Last day to turn in paper revisions. |