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Course Syllabus SOCIOLOGY/RACEETH 285, Asian Americans On-Line Course Fall 2016 Professor Larry Neuman INTRODUCTION Welcome to Asian Americans! As an on-line course, there are no in-class lectures or discussions. Instead, course material is in readings, power points, and videos. I will evaluate your learning in the discussion form and in on-line quizzes/tests. I strongly recommend that you visit the course site at least every other day. I have organized materials of the course so that you can follow along but you will need to read and work on-line about every other day. Success in this course will require diligence, persistence and hard work on your part. Your reward will be to learn about Asian Americans and their place in U.S. society. This course is about the peoples of Asian heritage living in the U.S. As you will quickly discover, there are many diverse Asian peoples. They are a vital part of America s social landscape, and their origins in Asia distinguish them from most other people who came to the U.S. Asian Americans are at the intersection of three contemporary issues, race-ethnicity-social identity, immigration-assimilation-intercultural relations, and national U.S. culture-politics. Books about Asian Americans typically adopt one of two approaches. Some focus on major themes or issues that apply to across the many Asian American groups. Others focus on specific Asian American nationalities separately, often one after another. Both approaches have strengths. We will use a mix the approaches in the organization of this course. The result is a repetition of ideas or information about a group. This works out well because you get to see information from different points of view, and the most important ideas appear more than once. As you see the same idea or information a 2 nd or 3 rd time, it becomes familiar. You gain both a deeper understanding of it and can see how it connects to related ideas. Asia is a very big place and although we will review most Asian American groups, time limitations prohibit us from examining every Asian-origin group equally or in great depth. This course adopts sociological orientation that overlaps into cultural anthropology, geography, politics, history, economics, and psychology. Unfortunately, there is no time to examine the many excellent writings in Asian American literature (e.g., short stories, poetry, film and fiction). Course Organization I divided the course into 14 modules (one per week).the modules are organized into four parts. Please feel free to look ahead and work on the next module as soon as you finish one. Part 1: INTRODUCTION AND CORE CONCEPTS Module 1 Introduction and Core Concepts Module 2 Race, Ethnicity and Gender Module 3 Where Asian Americans originate: Overview of Asia Module 4 Asian Independence & Diversity Module 5 Divergent Perceptions & Worldviews, East and West Part 2 IMMIGRATION, HISTORY AND DEMOGRAPHY Module 6 People Who Immigrated from Asia Module 7 Occupation, Income and Model Minority Myth 1

Part 3: SURVEY OF MAJOR ASIAN AMERICAN GROUPS Module 8 Chinese and Japanese Americans Module 9 Korean and Filipino Americans Module 10 South and Southeast Asian Americans Part 4: ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES Module 11 Asian American Family and Marriage Issues Module 12 Asian American Representation in the Mass Media Module 13 Citizenship, Racism and Politics Module 14 Theory, Identity and Empowerment WEDNESDAY to WEDNESDAY is a 7 day week All weeks of this course begin and end on a Wednesday because of how the UW-Whitewater semester calendar is organized: classes start on Wednesday Sept 7 and end on Wednesday Dec 14. While most of us are used to a week that starts on Monday and ends on Friday, this Wednesday to Wednesday format should work fine for on-line classes. It might take a little getting used to. Weekly quizzes will be on a Wednesday and the weekly Discussion forum will close on a Wednesday. Course Objectives 1. Students will possess an understanding how U.S. society has been, and continues to be, shaped by the interactions among past and recent immigrant Asian Americans and other groups. 2. Each student will reflect on his or her own racial-ethnic identity and that of others, and to discuss how their identity was formed and is being reinforced or altered through current social interactions. 3. Students will be able to explain how various Asian American communities preserve and express their culture of origin, as well as processes of acculturation by which they incorporate aspects of the broader U.S. culture. 4. Students will understand the history of Asian peoples who have come to the United States, including their unique forms of assimilation, significant achievements, experience with discrimination, and attempts at pan-asian cooperation, as well as their involvement with conflicts and power struggles. 5. Students will be able to describe key differences among major Asian cultures and ways in which they persist or are modified by Asian-origin peoples now residing in the United States. 6. Students will recognize the great diversity among peoples of Asian descent living in the U.S. despite a shared label of Asian. They will be able explain how Asian Americans experience a racialized ethnicity that shares some features in common with and has other features that differ from those of other non-majority peoples, including both immigrants and non-immigrants. CONTACT INFORMATION Please contact me by e-mail: neumanl@uww.edu I will respond within 48 hours. Office: LT 2124. Office phone 472-1093. BOOKS 2

REQUIRED Textbook Rental The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority (3rd edition) By Timothy P. Fong. Prentice Hall, 2008 Bookstore Purchase Asian America: Sociological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives by Pawan Dhingra and Robyn Magalit Rodriquez. Polity. 2014. ($26.95 new and $13.00 used on Amazon.com) Note: The books by Fong and Dhingra & Rodriquez are standard textbooks. POWERPOINTS AND VIDEOS Each module has power point presentations and videos. These are important sources of information so view each carefully. You may notice overlap between videos and power point presentations and the assigned readings. The overlap is on purpose. It is designed to reinforce your learning. The power point presentations and video clips also have new information not in the readings. Quizzes and discussion forum questions will come from the power points and videos as well as all assigned readings. GRADING Course grades are based on percentage of points earned using the following chart: COURSE GRADE % points earned A 92.0% and higher A- 90.0-91.9% B+ 88.0-89.9% B 82.0-87.9% B- 80.0-81.9% C+ 78.0-79.9% C 72.0-77.9% C- 70.0-71.9% D 60.0-69.9% F 59.9% and lower You can earn points in the following areas 14 Multi-choice quizzes on readings, videos and lectures 270 Student discussion forums 125 Comprehensive final examination. 75 TOTAL470 points Attendance Policy: As an online course, attendance is based on participation in the discussion forum. You at expected visit the D2L web site at least 3 times a week. Also check your email daily, and participate in all discussion forums. Excused absences (i.e., when you do 3

not visit D2L for one or more entire weeks) will only be granted in the case of a very serious illness or similar reason. Quizzes (270 points total) There are 14 on-line, open-book, timed multiple choice quizzes on the assigned readings, power point presentations/lecture, and videos each Wednesday. After you submit a quiz, you will be able to see your score and any questions you got wrong (correct answers will not appear). You can use this information to look up correct answers and improve your learning. Each quiz has 8-25 questions and you will have about 10-30 minutes to complete it (running over by 2 minutes is ok). If you need to take the quiz one day early or day late due to specific scheduling issues, let me know at least 24 hours in advance. This is only on a case-by-case basis. Quizzes will be open on D2L for 15 hours, from 7 am to 10 pm. No Makeups. A study guide will be available 24 hours before each quiz. After you have completed all assigned readings, watched and taken notes on videos, and viewed all power point presentations, use the study guide to prepare for the quiz. A good study strategy, is to read the study guide then go back to sources and enter notes next to each study guide question. To discourage cheating, you must use the Lock Down Browser; in addition, quiz questions will be a random order with randomized answer choices and drawn from a pool of possible questions. Quizzes with the exact same questions correct/wrong submitted at the about same time, and very high quiz scores for students who have not examined the relevant D2L course material will be investigated for possible cheating. Discussion Forums (125 points total) The course has open discussion forums in which you participate by answering questions and making comments. To count, a post must include at least 3 sentences. It can be a response, reaction to, or comment about a question in the forum, or a comment/question relating personal experience about a reading/lecture/video. To get full credit, you must answer ALL questions in the time allotted for a forum, plus you must make a comment about one classmates post in each question of the forum. All contributions should be serious and respectful. Personal attacks, the use of vulgar profanity and threatening/violent language are prohibited and may be reported to university authorities for disciplinary action. As the instructor I will monitor and read the posts, but do not make posts or direct comments in the discussion section myself (except in the Raise your hand or Ask Any Question area). Final Exam (75 points) The Final has 75 multi-choice questions from throughout the semester. Old quiz questions will reappear, so if you got a quiz question wrong but look up the answer and learn the material it will help you in the Final. You will have 90 minutes to complete it. The final exam is on MONDAY DEC 19 and will be open 10 hours (7 am to 5 pm). University Statement: The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is dedicated to a safe, supportive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. It is the responsibility of all undergraduate and graduate students to familiarize themselves with University policies regarding Special Accommodations, Academic Misconduct, Religious Beliefs Accommodation, Discrimination and Absence for University Sponsored Events (for details please refer to the Schedule of Classes; the Rights and Responsibilities section of the Undergraduate Catalog; the Academic Requirements and Policies and the Facilities and Services sections of the Graduate Catalog; and the Student Academic 4

Disciplinary Procedures (UWS Chapter 14); and the Student Nonacademic Disciplinary Procedures" (UWS Chapter 17). WORKLOAD EXPECTATION: The UW-Whitewater University catalog cites UW-System policy defines the workload expected of a student in a three credit undergraduate course, online or in-classroom, as 9 hours per week (for an average student earning an average grade). This includes time needed to view assigned videos, complete assigned readings, view powerpoints, write in the discussion forum, and study for and complete the quizzes. While may feel like a lot of time is demanded, I timed the course workload and comes out to be an average of 9 hours per week (a little over some weeks balanced by a little less in others). I used average college-level student reading rates for the assigned readings, allotted 10 minutes to complete weekly discussion forum writing assigned, 30 seconds average view time per powerpoint slide, video run times, 90 minutes of review/study time for each weekly quiz, and the maximum allowed time for each quiz. Of course these are only averages, i.e., what the average student needs to do to get an average grade that defined by the university as a C. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: Cheating, or any form of academic dishonesty will be punished following the University Handbook. This includes including taking a quiz for anyone else or allowing another to take a quiz for you, substituting/copying another s work without citation (plagiarism), giving another student answers or helping another student in the class take quizzes. Please see disciplinary procedures for Academic Misconduct http://www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/acadmiscond.htm Depending on the form and extent of cheating punishments, a cheating student can expect on of the following as outlined in the University Handbook: A failing grade on the particular assignment or test; A lower grade in the course; A failing grade in the course; Removal of the student from the course in progress; COURSE CALENDAR Subject to adjustment during the semester In D2L each Module has a mix of the following: Assigned readings in the 2 books or on-line in the course D2L Power point presentation On-line video selections Discussion forum On-line quiz or exam CODES for assigned readings are as follows: Fong = Contemporary Asian American Experience Dhingra = Asian America: Sociological & Interdisciplinary Perspectives PART I: INTRODUCTION AND ASIA MODULE 1, Introduction and Core Concepts, (Wed Sept 7 to Wed Sept 14) 5

What you will learn in module 1: Some famous Asian Americans and their contributions to U.S. society Some key questions and issues about Asian Americans Which are large and small groups within the Asian American community Dhingra, Introduction (Pages 1-17) Also outline provided on D2L Fong: Introduction: Changing Asian America (pages 1-13) Power point presentations Introduction to the course Famous Asian Americans Videos: Total 9 ½ min Maya Ying Lin (2 min) Asians Rock (5 min) 26 questions Asians have for White People (2 ½ min) Discussion Forum 1, Closes Wed Sept 14 at 10 pm.. Quiz 1: (Wed Sept 14, open 7 am to 10 pm) For this quiz only, you get 2 attempts at the quiz, and average of the 2 is recorded). MODULE 2, Race, Ethnicity, Gender, (Sept 14-21) What you will learn in module 2: The meanings/differences in the ideas race & ethnicity How idea of race developed and recognize race as a "social construction" How Asian U.S. citizens face racial profiling, suspicion or racial comments. The meanings of discrimination/prejudice and relation to race & ethnicity The meanings of terms for inter-group relations among racial-ethnic groups and between immigrants and settled Americans, such as melting pot, multiculturalism, assimilation and related terms Dhingra, Chapter 2, pages 16-37. Optional Online Reading: White Racial Identity Annual Review of Sociology, 2005 Power point presentations What is Race? What is Ethnicity? What is Discrimination? Racial Profiling of Asian Americans Asian American Racism Today Videos: Total 58 min What is Race? (50 min) Interview with Jeremy Lin on Taiwanese TV (2 min) Interview with Margaret Chou (6 min) Discussion Forum 2, Closes Wednesday Sept 21 at 10 pm. Quiz 2: Wednesday Sept 21, open 7 am to 10 pm. 6

MODULE 3, Overview of Asia, History & Culture (Sept 21-28) What you will learn in module 3: The meaning of "Asia" as a geographic, historical & cultural entity How the history of interactions between peoples of Asia and the West could shape relations between Asians and other peoples in the world. The significance of centuries of Western imperialism, exploitation, and misunderstanding in Asia for the people who have migrated from Asia to America All reading for this week is online, see D2L Summary/Reading Guide of Chapter 4 from Pacific Asia by P.W. Preston (1998), Power Point Presentations: Coming From Asia History: Western Imperialism and Asia Videos: Total 79 min Do Americans Know Asian Geography? (4 min) Asia and the West (about 28 min) Asia & the United States (about 17 min) Asia & the United States (about 30 min) Discussion Forum 3: Closes 10 pm, Wednesday Sept 28. QUIZ 3: Wednesday Sept 28, open 7 am to 10 pm MODULE 4, Asian Independence & Diversity. (Sept 28-Oct 5) What you will learn in module 4: The great desire for independence, freedom and self-determination felt by the peoples of Asia after experiencing centuries of Western humiliation and domination The great diversity that exists among people within Asia, and how the simple label of "Asian" can be problematic A look at the complexity and challenges of daily life experiences of Asian American youth (from video Yellow) On-line in D2L Summary/Reading Guide of Chapter 5 from Pacific Asia by P.W. Preston (1998), This is a continuation from the previous week. Power Point Presentations: Self Determination in Asia and Migration Ethnic Diversity in Asia Videos: Yellow (1 hr 40 min) Discussion Forum 4, Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Oct 5 QUIZ 4: Wednesday Oct 5. Open 7 am-10 pm. MODULE 5, Perceptions and Worldviews: East and West (Oct 5-12) What you will learn in module 5: How an Eastern (Asian) worldview can differ from a Western (European & American) worldview Implications for interactions between Asian Americans with an Eastern worldview and other Americans who embrace a Western worldview How an Eastern (Asian) worldview may help to explain some social and educational 7

differences found between Asian Americans and non-asian Americans Online selections from The Geography of Thought by Richard Nisbett (2003) Online, 3 page book review of, Cultural Foundations of Learning East &West by Jin Li Power Point Presentation Eastern and Western Culture Videos: Total 90 min East - West, Parts 1 and 2 (45 min each) You Tube video on East-West cultural differences (45 seconds) Discussion Forum 5 Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Oct 12. QUIZ 5. Open 7 am to 10 pm on Wednesday Oct 12. PART 2: IMMIGRATION, HISTORY AND DEMOGRAPHY MODULE 6, People Who Immigrated from Asia, (Oct 12-19) What you will learn in module 6: General explanations for why people migrate internationally, with a specific focus on why Asians left their homelands and came to the United States. How past and present connections between Asian countries and the United States influenced the migration of people from Asia to the U.S. The multiple factors that contribute to explaining patterns of immigration from Asia to the U.S. and the significance of Angel Island as an Asian entry point. Fong, Chpt. 1, pp. 17-37 Dhingra, Chpt 3, pp. 38-56 Online Reading Share of Immigrants in U.S. Nears Highs of Early 20th Century New York Times, 2015 Power point presentations: Immigration and Asian Americans Theory of Asian Immigration Pre-1965 vs. Post 1965 Immigration Videos: Total - 107 ½ min Angel Island (12 min) Gold Mountain Dreams (90 min) Asian Immigration of the 1970s (1 ½ min) New Immigration Law 1965 (4 min) Discussion Forum 6, Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Oct 19. QUIZ 6: Open 7 am to 10 pm on Wednesday Oct 19. MODULE 7, Occupation, Income and Model Minority Myth, (Oct 19-26) What you will learn in module 8: The occupational and educational profile of Asian Americans as a whole Differences among various Asian American groups The origin of the Model Minority idea, reasons for it and its consequences Power point presentations Income and Occupation Profile of Asian Americans 8

Model Minority Myth Asian American Professionals Fong, Chpt 2 pp. 52-73 only, Chpt 3 pp. 76-87; 93-111 only, & Chpt 4 pp. 116-128 only Dhingra Chpt. 4, pp. 57-79 Optional Online Reading: Min, Chapter 4 Socioeconomic Attainments of Asian Americans Racialized Assimilation of Asian Americans Annual Review of Sociology, 2016 On-line video: Total - 30 min Family and Expectations (3 min) Community and Expectations (4 min) Are Asians Smarter (5 min) Model Minority Stereotype (8 min) What Does It Really Mean to be Asian American? (10 min) Discussion Forum 7, Closes 10 pm on Wednesday, Oct 26. QUIZ 7: Open 7 am to 10 pm on Wednesday, Oct 26. PART 3: SURVEY OF ASIAN AMERICAN GROUPS MODULE 8, Chinese and Japanese Americans, (Oct 26-Nov 2) What you will learn in module 8: The history of Chinese people coming to the U.S. and how they adapted to living in the United States, including a long history of discrimination and the creation of Chinatowns The history of Japanese people coming to the U.S. and how they adapted to living in the U.S. including a long history of discrimination and being forced into internment camps Assigned Readings (all online) Min, Chpt, 6, Chinese Americans, pp. 110-140 Min, Chpt. 7, Japanese Americans, pp. 148-173 Power point presentations: Chinese Americans Chinatowns The Mississippi Chinese Japanese Americans Japanese Internment Videos: Total - 2 hr, 3 min Japanese Americans Children of the Camps (55 min) Family Gathering (55 min) Chinese Americans Charlie & Chinatown (3 min) Helen Zia s Family, Chinese American in the 1950s (6 min) Mississippi Chinese (5 min) Discussion Forum 8 Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Nov 2 QUIZ 8, open 7:00 am 10 pm, Wednesday Nov 2. 9

MODULE 9, Korean and Filipino Americans, (Nov 2-9) What you will learn in module 9: The history of Korean people coming to the U.S. and how they adapted to living in the United States, including the tensions after many opened stores in low-income African American neighborhoods The history of Filipino people coming to the U.S. and they adapted to living in the U.S. including years as agricultural workers and services, and prominence in the nursing field Online: Min, Chpt. 8, Filipino Americans Online: Min, Chpt, 10, Korean Americans Power point presentations Filipino Americans Korean Americans Korean American Black Relations Video: 62 + 55 = Filipino Americans. Total - 62 min Filipino Americans (55 min) Why We re Here, Filipino Americans (5 min) Filipino Nurses Koreans in America (2 min) Korean Americans Total - 55 min Another America (55 min) Discussion Forum 9. Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Nov 9. QUIZ 9: Open 7 am -10 pm on Wednesday Nov 9. MODULE 10, South and Southeast Asian Americans, (Nov 9-16) What you will learn in module 10: The history of South Asians people coming to the U.S. and how they adapted to living in the United States, including their prominence in certain fields, including I.T. and medicine The history of diverse Southeast Asian people coming to the U.S. and they adapted to living in the U.S. including how most came as refugees as a directly result of the U.S.-Vietnam War and how Hmong communities have developed in the U.S. Online, Min, Chpt. 9, South Asian Americans, pp. 206-225 Online, Min, Chpt. 11, Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian Americans, pp. 262-288 Power point presentations South Asian Americans SE Asian Americans Hmong Americans Videos: 70 + 55 + 28 = 153 min Vietnamese Americans. Total - 70 min Fall of Saigon and Exodus to America (37 min) A New Generation of Vietnamese Americans (33 min) Hmong Americans Total - 55 min Being Hmong (55 min) South Asian Americans. Total - 28 min Sikhs in America (26 min) 10

South Asians Ask, What kind of country do you want to live in? (2 min) Discussion Forum 10, Closes 10 pm on Wednesday, Nov 16. QUIZ 10: Open 7 am-10 pm on Wednesday, Nov 16 PART 4: ASIAN AMERICAN ISSUES MODULE 11, Asian American Adoption & Family and Marriage Issues (Nov 16-23) What you will learn in module 11: Major adjustments experienced by Asian Americans due to having family values that may not correspondent to mainstream American values Issues of Americans adopting and raising children from Asia Issues that arise with dating/intermarriage, both among different Asian American groups and between Asian-Americans and non-asian Americans Dhingra, Chpt 6, pp. 96-116 Fong, Chpt. 7, More Than Family Values, pp. 236-287 Power point presentations Asian American Family Intermarriage Biracial Asian American Children Videos: Total - 1 hr, 20 min Doubles (55 min, English part) Adopted Asian Children Videos Chinese Daughters (14 min) Korean Adoptee experiences prejudice (1 min) Korean Adoptee grew up feeling white (1 min) Comedy, You Know You're Adopted From China When (3 min) Asian Adoptees in Wisconsin - Holt Camp 2011 (4 min) Adoptee I feel Chinese on the inside (6 min) Discussion Forum 11, Closes 10 pm Wednesday, Nov. 23. QUIZ 11, Open 7 am-10 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 23 THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 24 MODULE 12, Asian Americans in the Media and Popular Culture, (Nov 25-Nov 30) What you will learn in module 12: How mainstream American culture reinforces stereotypes of Asians, especially Asian women How Asian women experience stereotypes and pressures from non-asian males How Asian Americans influence American media, pop culture and fashion Fong, Chapter 6, Charlie Chan no More. pp. 192-232. Dhingra, Chpt. 8, pp. 136-155 Online: Fresh off the Boat, Jostling Cultural Legacies Power point presentations: Asian Americans and Mass Media Videos: Total = 62 min 11

Picturing Oriental Girls (10 min) Slaying the Dragon, Part 1 (17 min), Part 2 (22 min) & Part 3 (9 min) Seeking Asian Female (3 min) What is Yellow Fever? (4 min) Do Asian Women Have White Fever? (7 min) Discussion Forum 12, Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Nov 30 QUIZ 12, Wednesday Nov 30, Open 7 am to 10 pm MODULE 13, Anti-Asian Racism, (Nov 30-Dec 7) What you will learn in module 13: About the violence, racism and discrimination that Asian Americans experience well past America s Civil Rights era How immigrants from Asia have become U.S. citizens and the naturalization process Asian Americans within general explanations of contemporary U.S. race relations Fong, Chapter 5, Anti-Asian Violence, pp. 153-185 Fong, Chapter 8, Final Frontier pp. 292-324 Dhringa, Chapter 7, "Citizenship" pp. 117-135 ON-LINE READINGS Too many Asians at Harvard Power point presentations: Affirmative Action Asian American Politics Race Position Theory Citizenship Videos: Total - 29 min Asian Americans before the Civil Rights movement (6 min) Civil Rights for Asian Americans (7 min) U.S. Citizenship Interview and Test (16 min) OPTIONAL Full Video, Who Killed Vincent Chin (1 hr. 22 min). Discussion Forum 13: Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Dec 7 QUIZ 13: Wednesday Dec 7, Open 7 am - 10 pm MODULE 14, Identity and Empowerment, (Dec 7-14) What you will learn in module 14: How the diverse Asian American groups have become a single category, not only as an external stereotype by outsiders but as a self-identity as source of pride as Asian Americans Issues of how Asian Americans develop an empowered identity of being simultaneously Asian and American How being of Asian heritage influences a person s self-definition and acceptance as being fully American Fong, Chapter 4, pp. 128-148, Chapter 9, Conclusion pp. 329-336. Dhringra, Chpt. 9, pp. 156-173 and Chapter 10, pp. 174-187. 12

Power point presentations: Asian Panethnicity Assimilation and/or Being Bicultural Videos: Total - 17 min. Michele s Story (2 min) & Michele steps off the Model Minority Track (3 min) Benny Pan & Other Stories (6 min) Identity, Benny & Helen (1 min) What kind of Asian are you? (2 min) Asian Americans respond to racism (3 min) Discussion Forum 14, (LAST ONE) Closes 10 pm on Wednesday Dec 14 QUIZ 14, Wednesday Dec 14, open 7am - 10 pm ============Monday, Dec 19. FINAL EXAM, open 7 am to 5 pm.=========== Note: University policy says if you have more than 2 comprehensive finals on the same day, you can ask to have additional finals moved to a different day. Mod Dates READING PPT VIDEO QUIZ Quiz Date 1 Sept 7-14 F intro D 1 2 ppts 9 ½ min 1 Sept 14 2 Sept 14-21 D 2 5 ppts 58 min 2 Sept 21 3 Sept 21-28 online 2 ppts 79 min 3 Sept 28 4 Sept 28-Oct 5 online 2 ppts 1 hr 40 min 4 Oct 5 5 Oct 5-12 online 1 ppt 90 min 5 Oct 12 6 Oct 12-19 F 1 D 3 3 ppts 107 ½ min 6 Oct 19 7 Oct 19-26 F 2,3 & 4 parts 3 ppts 30 min 7 Oct 26 8 Oct 26-Nov 2 online 5 ppts 2 hr, 3 min 8 Nov 2 9 Nov 2-9 online 3 ppts 117 min 9 Nov 9 10 Nov 9-16 online 3 ppts 153 min 10 Nov 16 11 Nov 16-23 F 7 D 6 3 ppts 1 hr 20 min 11 Nov 23 Nov 24 THANKSGIVING 12 Nov 25-30 F 6, D 8 1 ppt 62 min 12 Nov 30 13 Nov 30-Dec 7 F 5 & 8, D 7 4 ppts 29 min 13 Dec 7 14 Dec 7-14 F 4 D 9 2 ppts 17 min 14 Dec 14 Dec 19 FINAL 13