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REQUIRED READINGS AND FILMS |
Plato. Symposium. Alexander Nehamas and Paul Woodruff, Translators. Hackett Pubishing Company. 1989. ISBN 978-0-87220-076-0
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) ISBN 978-0-555-03662-4:
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.
Humanities Core Course Guide and Writer's Handbook. (Pearson Custom Publishing) ISBN 978-0-555-03661-7
Lunsford, Andrea A. Easy Writer. Third Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. ISBN 978-0-312-43309-3
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Lecture Times
All lectures are in Biological Sciences III Lecture Hall, Room 1200:
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
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, cited in the UCI General Catalogue. |
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 Thursday, September 25, 2008. 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.
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DATES |
LECTURE |
READING ASSIGNMENT |
LINKS |
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Sep 29-30 |
Prof. Julia Lupton - Introduction
Prof. Martin Schwab - Plato |
Core Guide, pp. 1-19
Plato's Symposium (all) |
Introduction
LN
Wk 1-1 Plato Lec 1
Study Questions for Plato's Symposium
Coursecast of Plato Lecture 1 |
Oct 1-2 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Plato continued |
Education Abroad Program Special Forum, Friday, October
3, 11:00-11:50 a.m., Bio Sci III Lecture Hall |
LN
Wk 1-2 Plato Lec 2
Coursecast of Plato Lecture 2
EAP Forum
UCI Center for International Education |
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Oct 6-7 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Plato completed |
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LN
Wk 2-1 Plato Lec 3
Coursecast of Plato Lecture 3
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Oct 8-9 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Aristotle on the Soul |
Aristotle, A New Aristotle Reader: On the Soul:
Book I, Chapters 1 & 4; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4; Book III, Chapters 4 and 7.
Sappho, Poems (p. in HCC Reader)
Forum with Prof. Schwab, Friday, Oct 10, 11:00-11:50, BS3 Lecture Hall |
LN
Wk 2-2 Aristotle: The Faculties of the Soul
Study Questions for Aristotle on the Soul Lecture 1
Coursecast of Aristotle Lecture 1
Q&A Forum with Prof. Scwab (video)
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Oct 13-14 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Aristotle on the Soul |
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LN
Wk 3-1 Aristotle on the Soul Lec 2
Study Questions for Aristotle on the Soul Lecture 2 |
Oct 15-16 |
Prof. Martin
Schwab - Aristotle's Ethics |
Aristotle, A New Aristotle Reader: Nicomachean Ethics:
Book I, Chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, and 13; Book II, Chapters 1, 5, 6, and 7; Book III, Chapters 6, 7, 8
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LN
Wk 3-2 Aristotle's Ethics Lec 1
Study
Questions for Aristotle's Ethics
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Oct 20-21 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Aristotle on Ethics
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Theophrastus, "The Insincere Man" and "The Show Off" in The Character Sketches (in HCC Reader, pp 4-5.)
First Paper due: Analyzing a Thesis about Love |
LN
Wk 4-1 Aristotle's Ethics Lec 2
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Oct 22-23 |
Prof. Martin Schwab - Nature and Explanation
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Aristotle, A New Aristotle Reader: Physics:
Book I, Chapters 5, 6, 7, and 8; Book II, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8; |
LN Wk 4-2 Aristotle's Nature
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Oct 27-28 |
Prof. Martin
Schwab - Aristotle Summary |
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LN
Wk 5-1 Aristotle Summary |
Oct 29-30 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - René Descartes |
René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditations 1 and 2, pp. 47-69
MIDTERM IN DISCUSSION SECTIONS LAST CLASS OF WEEK 5
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LN
Wk 5-2 René Descartes Lecture 1: (outline
format , note-taking
format)
Study
Questions on Descartes' Meditations
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Nov 3-4 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Descartes |
Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditations 2 and 3, pp. 63--81 |
LN
Wk 6-1 Descartes Lecture 2 (outline
format, note-taking
format)
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Nov 5-6 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Descartes |
Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Meditation 6 , pp. 92-103
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LN
Wk 6-2 Descartes Lecture 3 (outline format, note-taking format)
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Nov 10-11 |
NO LECTURE Nov 10-11
VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY TUESDAY, NOV 11- CAMPUS CLOSED:
Tu Th Discussion sections will not meet Tuesday, Nov. 11 |
Nov 12-13 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Jane Austen, Persuasion |
Jane Austen, Persuasion, pp. 45-144
Second Paper due: Defining a Normative Concept
Friday, Nov 14: Special Forum with EasyWriter handbook author Andrea Lunsford, 11:00-11:50 a.m., BS3 Lecture Hall |
LN Wk 7
Jane Austen, Lecture 1 (outline format, note-taking format)
Study Questions for Persuasion
Picture Gallery - Bath
Andrea Lunsford forum (video)
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Nov 17-18 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Austen, Persuasion
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Austen, Persuasion, pp. 145-269
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LN
Wk 8-1 Austen Lecture 2 (outline
format, note-taking
format, additional
note-taking slide)
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Nov 19-20 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Austen, Persuasion |
Austen, Persuasion (continued) |
LN Wk 8-2
Austen Lecture 3 (outline format, note-taking format)
Supporting
quotations for Lecture 3 on Austen
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Nov 24-25 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye (entire book)
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LN
Wk 9 Morrison Lecture 1 (presentation, printer friendly version )
Study
Questions for The Bluest Eye |
Nov 26-27 |
NO LECTURE Nov 26-27
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOV 27-28, CAMPUS CLOSED:
Tu Th Discussion sections will not meet Thursday, Nov. 27
MWF Discussion sections will not meet Friday, Nov. 28
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Dec 1-2 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Morrison, The Bluest Eye
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Morrison, The Bluest Eye (continued)
Third Paper due: Narrative Analysis
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LN
Wk 10-1 Morrison Lecture 2 (presentation, printer friendly version)
Study
Questions for The Bluest Eye, Part 2 |
Dec 3-4 |
Prof. Ann Van Sant - Morrison, The Bluest Eye |
Morrison, The Bluest Eye (continued)
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LN
Wk 10-2 Morrison Lecture 3 (presentation, printer friendly version)
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