Humanities Core Course

REQUIRED READINGS AND FILMS

Equiano, Olaudah, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Edited by Robert J. Allison. (Bedford/St. Martins) ISBN 0-312-11127-4. Only Chapter 1 in Winter

Kingston, Maxine Hong, China Men (Vintage International, A Division of Random House, Inc., NY) ISBN 0-679-72328-5

Orwell, George, Burmese Days (A Harvest Book. Harcourt, Inc.) ISBN 0-15-614850-1

Selvon, Samuel, Lonely Londoners, (Longman Caribbean Writers Series) ISBN: 0582642647

Humanities Core Course Reader, Third Edition (Pearson, ISBN: 0-536-30124-7)

Thomas, Brook. Introduction to Lincoln Speeches

Lincoln, Abraham. First Inaugural Address. 4 Mar. 1861.

Lincoln, Abraham. Second Inaugural Address. 4 Mar. 1865.

Lincoln, Abraham. The Gettysburg Address. Gettysburg. 19 Nov. 1863.

Hale, Edward Everett. “The Man Without a Country”

Thomas, Brook. The Case of Clement L. Vallendigham: National Security v. Civil Liberties

Letter of the Committee. Albany. May 19, 1863.

Lincoln, Abraham. Mr. Lincoln’s Reply. Executive Mansion, Washington. 12 Jun. 1863.

Pruyn, John V.L., et al. Pamphlet 32: Reply to President Lincoln’s Letter of 12th June, 1863

Thomas, Brook. The United States and the Spanish-American War

Norton, Charles Eliot. “True Patriotism.” Massachusetts. 7 Jun. 1898.

Beveridge, Albert J. “The March of the Flag.” Indiana Republican Campaign, Tomlinson Hall, Indianapolis. 16 Sep. 1898

Lowell, Abbot Lawrence. “The Colonial Expansion of the United States.”

Kipling, Rudyard, "The White Man's Burden," 1899.

Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League, October 18, 1899.

Lodge, Henry Cabot. “The Phillipine Islands.” 7 Mar. 1900. (Speech before the United States Senate)

Twain, Mark, "To the Person Sitting in Darkness," 1901.

Hobbes, Thomas. “Chap. XIII. Of the Naturall Condition of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery” and “Chap. XIV. Of the first and second Natural Lawes, and of Contracts” in Leviathan, Cambridge University Press. (Edited by Richard Tuck)

Mill, John Stuart. “A Few Words on Non-Intervention,” in Essays on Equality, Law, and Education (Edited by John M. Robson) University of Toronto Press. Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXI.

Rawls, John. Chapter 7: “Distributive Justice” in Collected Papers (Edited by Samuel Freeman). Harvard University Press.

Rawls. “The Justification of Conscientious Refusal” in A Theory of Justice. Revised Edition. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1999.

Beitz, Charles. “Social Cooperation, Boundaries, and the Basis of Justice” and “Interdependence and Global Distributive Justice” in Political Theory and International Relations.

Humanities Core Course Guide and Writer's Handbook, Third Edition (Pearson) ISBN: 0-536-30267-3

Writing from A to Z (McGraw Hill), ISBN 0-070294774-8

GENERAL INFORMATION

Lecture Times

All lectures are in Crystal Cove Auditorium:

MW 9:00-9:50am

MW 11:00-11:50am

T Th 9:30-10:20am

DISABILITY

Students with disabilities who believe they may need accommodations in this class are encouraged to contact the Disability Services Center at (949) 824-7494 as soon as possible to better ensure that such accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

GRADING

The Humanities Core Course Guide pp. 15-21 explains grading components. Please note that these are guidelines intended to help students plan their work in this course. The Core Course Director reserves the right to make changes in these evaluation criteria during the course of the quarter. Essay Grading Rubric (pdf)

ADD/DROP AND GRADE OPTION POLICY

Add/Drops and grade option changes for Humanities Core Course must be effected by the end of the second week of classes regardless of what other schools' deadlines for add/drops and grade option changes are. Requests to add or drop after the second week will be granted only for exceptional circumstances. All add/drops beginning the first day of instruction are processed via add/drop cards and are coordinated and authorized by Enrollment Specialist Janice Gregory in the Humanities Core Course Program Office (HIB 185). Students should not ask Humanities Core Course instructors to sign add/drop cards. All All school and major requirements must be taken for letter grades.

TURN-IT-IN.COM AGREEMENT

Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers. Use of the Turnitin.com service is subject to the Usage Policy agreement posted on the Turnitin.com site. Students should familiarize themselves with the UCI Policy on Academic Honesty: http://www.senate.uci.edu/9_IrvineManual/3ASMAppendices/Appendix08.html

WEEKLY CALENDAR This is a hypertext syllabus. Links to lecture notes (LN), reading and study questions (SQ), and other materials are in the right hand column. Discussion sections begin Friday, January 5, 2007. Discussion Sections will be held and failure to attend will count as an unexcused absence Reading assignments below should be completed prior to attending the lectures.
DATES	LECTURE	READING ASSIGNMENT	LINKS
Week 0
Jan 5		MWF sections begin
Week 1
Jan 8-9	Prof. Thomas - Lincoln Speeches	Introduction to Lincoln Speeches (in HCC Reader, pp. 23-24); Lincoln Speeches: First Inaugural Address, Second Inaugural Address, and The Gettysburg Address (in HCC Reader, pp. 25-33)	LN Wk 1-1 Study Questions for Lincoln Speeches
Jan 10-11	Prof. Thomas - Man Without a Country	"The Man Without a Country" (in HCC Reader, pp. 34-49)	LN Wk 1-2 Study Questions for Man Without a Country
Week 2
Jan 15 - 16	MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., HOLIDAY, JAN. 15 - CAMPUS CLOSED NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday; Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, Jan 16.
Jan 17 - 18	Prof. Thomas - Vallandigham Affair (Civil Liberties)	"The Case of Clement L. Vallandigham," (in HCC Reader, pp. 50-54); Letter of the Committee and Mr. Lincoln's Reply (in HCC Reader, pp. 55-62) Optional Reading: Pamphlet 32: Reply to President Lincoln's Letter of 12th June, 1863 (in HCC Reader, pp. 63-71)	LN Wk 2 Study Questions for the Case of Vallandigham Liberty Bell 1 Liberty Bell 1 (JPEG) Liberty Bell 2 Liberty Bell 2 (JPEG)
Week 3
Jan 22 - 23	Prof. Thomas	China Men	LN Wk 3-1 Study Questions for China Men Glossary of Terms for China Men A Statue for Our Harbor (1881) Original Yellow Peril painting
Jan 24 - 25	Prof. Thomas	China Men	LN Wk 3-2
Week 4
Jan 29 - 30	Prof. Haynes	The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, chapters 1-5	LN Wk 4-1 Study Questions for Equiano
Jan 31-Feb 1	Prof. Haynes	The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, chapters 6-12	LN Wk 4-2
Week 5
Feb 5 - 6	Prof. Haynes	Burmese Days	LN Wk 5-1 Burmese Days Study Questions on Burmese Days Burmese Days Endnotes Encyclopædia Britannica article on British in Burma
Feb 7-8	Prof. Haynes	Burmese Days MIDTERM IN DISCUSSION SECTIONS LAST CLASS OF WEEK 5	LN Wk 5-2 Burmese Days Study Questions on Burmese Days: Burdens of Identity
Week 6
Feb 12-13	Prof. Haynes	Lonely Londoners	LN Wk 6-1 Lonely Londoners Study Questions on Lonely Londoners
Feb 14-15	Prof. Haynes	Lonely Londoners	LN Wk 6-2 Lonely Londoners
Feb 16	Friday, February 16, Special Forum: author Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men) will speak to the students of Humanities Core Course from 11:00-11:50 in Crystal Cove Auditorium.		Forum Web page Link
Week 7
Feb 19-20	PRESIDENTS' DAY HOLIDAY, FEB. 19 - CAMPUS CLOSED NO LECTURES Monday or Tuesday; Tu Th Discussion sections will meet Tuesday, Feb 20.
Feb 21-22	Prof. Thomas - Spanish-American War	"The United States and The Spanish American War" (in HCC Reader, pp. 72-77); "True Patriotism" (in HCC Reader, pp. 78-81); "The March of the Flag" (in HCC Reader, pp. 82-86); "The Colonial Expansion of the United States" (in HCC Reader, pp. 87-96); "The White Man's Burden" (in HCC Reader, pp. 97-98); "Platform of the American Anti-Imperialist League (in HCC Reader, pp. 99-100); "The Philippine Islands" (in HCC Reader pp. 101-108); "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" (PDF file of full text available by clicking on the link at the right. The last two pages were inadvertently omitted from the HCC Reader, pp. 109-117.)	LN Wk7-1 US Imperialism v. US Anti-Imperialism "To the Person Sitting in Darkness" PDF file of full selection, pp. 109-117b Study Questions on Spanish-American War/Imperialism vs. Anti-Imperialism
Week 8
Feb 26-27	Prof. James - Hobbes	Selection from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (in HCC Reader, pp. 118-124)	LN Wk 8-1 Hobbes Study Questions on Hobbes
Feb 28-Mar 1	Prof. James - Hobbes	Selection from Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan (in HCC Reader, pp. 118-124)	LN Wk 8-2 Hobbes
Week 9
Mar 5-6	Prof. James - Mill	p. 83 in HCC Reader (page from Beveridge's "The March of the Flag") and p. 94 in HCC Reader (page from Lowell's "The Colonial Expansion of the United States") and John Stuart Mill's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" (in HCC Reader, pp. 125-136)	LN Wk 9-1 Mill Study Questions on Mill
Mar 7-8	Prof. James- Mill	p. 83 in HCC Reader (page from Beveridge's "The March of the Flag") and p. 94 in HCC Reader (page from Lowell's "The Colonial Expansion of the United States") and John Stuart Mill's "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" (in HCC Reader, pp. 125-136)	LN Wk 9-2 Mill
Week 10
Mar 12-13	Prof. James - Rawls	John Rawls' "Distributive Justice" (in HCC Reader, pp. 137-144) and excerpt concerning international relations in piece entitled "The Justification of Conscientious Refusal" (in HCC Reader, pp. 145-146; start with last line of the first paragraph on p. 145 beginning, "Our problem...") and Charles Beitz' "Social Cooperation, Boundaries, and the Basis of Justice" (in HCC Reader, pp. 147-157).	LN Wk 10-1 Rawls Study Questions on Rawls
Mar 14-15	Prof. James - Rawls and Beitz	John Rawls' "Distributive Justice" (in HCC Reader, pp. 137-144) and excerpt concerning international relations in piece entitled "The Justification of Conscientious Refusal" (in HCC Reader, pp. 145-146; start with last line of the first paragraph on p. 145 beginning, "Our problem...") and Charles Beitz' "Social Cooperation, Boundaries, and the Basis of Justice" (in HCC Reader, pp. 147-157).	LN Wk 10-2 Rawls and Beitz Study Questions on Rawls and Beitz
FINALS WEEK, March 19-23

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