Links to
Bill Kirkpatrick’s Syllabi

NOTE:  These syllabi (course outlines) reflect my ideas, knowledge, and priorities at the time I taught the course, which may have been just one time more than a decade ago. 


My approach to teaching, my course policies, and my understanding of the material are all constantly evolving, and I personally would not reuse any of these syllabi without extensive revision.  


As such, I provide these in the spirit of sharing in the hope that you can find in them something to adapt or to inspire further exploration. 

Media Studies and Communication Syllabi


Advanced Media Theory: Deconstructing Disney (400-level, 2013)

The BBC and British Culture (200-level, 2014) 

Disability Media Studies (300-level, 2018) 

Digital Technology and Cultural Change (300-level, 2013) 

Global Communication (200-level, 2008)

Media and Cultural Policy (300-level, 2010)

Media Criticism and the Politics of Aesthetics (400-level, 2009)

Media Literacy (100-level, 2016)

Mediating Sex and Gender (200-level, 2018)

Silent Film Comedy and the Rise of American Modernity (400-level, 2019)

Theorizing Communication (200-level, 2018)


Sociology Syllabi


Introduction to Sociology I: Foundations (100-level, 2022)

Introduction to Sociology II: Applications (100-level, 2024)

Crip Theory (400-level, 2019)

Issues in Medicine and Technology (400-level, 2023)

Piracy, Property, and Power (400-level, 2022)

Privacy and Surveillance (400-level, 2024)

Sex and Gender Relationships (200-level, 2023)

Sociology of the Body (300-level, 2024)

Sociology of Law (200-level, 2023)

Sociology of Mass Media (300-level, 2021)

Sociology of Medicine (300-level, 2022)

Sociology of Sexuality (300-level, 2022)

Technology and Society (200-level, 2023) 

Television as a Sociological Object (200-level, 2024)