Aristotle. A New Aristotle Reader.  Ed. J. L. Ackrill.  New Jersey:  Princeton University Press, 1987.  ISBN 0-691-02043-4 (paperback)

Descartes, René.  Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Ed. Hackett Pub Co. Inc., June 1999.  (paperback)   ISBN-10:  0-87220-420-0  ISBN-13:  978-0-87220-420-1
 
Austen, Jane.  Persuasian.  Ed. Linda Bree.  Broadview Literary Texts, New Ed edition (August 11, 1998).  ISBN-10:  1551111314   ISBN-13:  978-1551111315 (paperback)
 
Morrison, Toni.  The Bluest Eye.  Plume; ISBN-13:  978-0452273054 (paperback)
 
Humanities Core Course Reader. (Pearson Custom Publishing):

Aristotle.  “Book 1:  Pisteis, or the Means of Persuasion in Public Address, Chapters 1-3:  Introduction” in Aristotle on Rhetoric.  George A. Kennedy, Translator. 

Bacon, Francis.  Excerpt from preface in The Great Instauration in Novum Organum With Other Parts of The Great Instauration.  Peter Urbach and John Gibson, Translators

Sappho.  “Love:  I” in Poems & Fragments.  Josephine Balmer, Translator.

Sappho.  Selected Poems in The Poems of Sappho.  Suzy Q. Groden, Translator.

Sappho.  Poem # 76 in Sappho:  A New Translation.  Mary Barnard, Translator.

Theophrastus.  “The Insincere Man” and “The Show-Off” in The Character Sketches.  Warren Anderson, Translator.

The Grimm Brothers.  “The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean” in Fairy Tales.

Humanities Core Course Guide and Writer's Handbook. (Pearson Custom Publishing)

Faigley, Lester.  The Little Penguin Handbook.  Custom Edition for the University of California, Irvine.  Pearson Longman, 2007.  (paperback)  ISBN 0-536-06322-2.

Lecture Times

All lectures are in Crystal Cove Auditorium in the Student Center:

M W 9:00-9:50am

M W 11:00-11:50am

Tu Th 9:30-10:20pm

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

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

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