Fall 2008 Course Calendar
Updated: 1 October 2008
Section 30 meets MW 4:00-5:15 in Grainger G16.
Section 35 meets TTh 2:00-3:15 in Grainger G18.
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Assignment |
You are encouraged to read the editoral headnotes (including the thematic introduction to each section of readings) and follow-up questions keyed to the readings below--they will do much to help you understand and discuss the texts we will consider in this course.) 1. Be prepared to summarize or paraphrase the text and the arguments its author makes. |
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Sec. 30: 25 August |
Course introduction. Introduction to first assignment: faith and inquiry. |
Sec. 30: 27 August |
Winchell 2-28, and Genesis 1-2 (Winchell 56-59). Apply the introductory Winchell readings to the Genesis text: annotate it, summarize it, and bring to class notes that develop an analysis of the text that comments on its structure, style, and rhetoric. |
Sec. 30: 1 September
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NO CLASS |
Sec. 30: 3 September
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Selections from the Koran and North American Creation Myths (Winchell 63-66, 70-80). Also read the excerpt from the Alphabet of Ben Sira (Winchell 476-477). |
Sec. 30: 8 September
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Selections from Paley, Darwin, and Henry Adams (Winchell 89-92, 98-104, 108-111). |
Sec. 30: 10 September
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Bring to class a word-processed, double-spaced copy of the thesis paragraph of your first paper and be prepared to share it with the class. |
Sec. 30: 15 September
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Short paper 1 due. Introduction to second assignment: good and evil. |
Sec. 30: 17 September
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The Book of Job (Winchell 344-374). |
Sec. 30: 22 September
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Excerpts from Samuel Johnson's Rasselas, Tennyson's In Memoriam, and Fankl's Search for Meaning (Winchell 427-428, 433-438, 449-457). |
Sec. 30: 24 September
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Bring to class a newspaper or magazine article, or a selection from a novel or non-fiction work (or poem, or song), that touches on the question of good and evil. I'm trying to avoid Internet sources here, unless they are links to magazine or newspaper articles, so don't bring in the Wikipedia entry for "good and evil." Be prepared to discuss how your examle is related to the previous readings on this topic. |
Sec. 30: 29 September
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Bring to class two copies of a word-processed draft of your second paper that is at least three full pages long. One copy of this draft will be handed in. |
Sec. 30: 1 October
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Bring to class a working draft of your second paper. |
Sec. 30: 6 October
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Short paper 2 due. Introduction to third assignment: individuals and the community. |
Sec. 30: 8 October
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Plato's Apology (Winchell 606-622) |
Sec. 30: 15 October
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Excerpts from Aristotle's Politics (Winchell 626-645). |
Sec. 30: 20 October
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Excerpts from Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" and King's Letter from Birmingham Jail (Winchell 676-694, 716-731).
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Sec. 30: 22 October
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Bring to class a work of secondary literature related to one of the readings we've discussed on this topic, and be prepared to discuss how it is related to our conversations on this topic. This should be a book, or a copy of an article from the library. If your topic is related to something in the news, feel free to bring a newspaper article or Internet source as well, but at least one source must be from an actual bound volume in the library. |
Sec. 30: 27 October
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Bring to class two copies of a word-processed draft of your third short paper. |
Sec. 30: 29 October
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Bring to class a draft of your third paper. |
Sec. 30: 3 November
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Short paper 3 due. Introduction to final research paper. Research strategies. |
Sec. 30: 5 November
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Logical fallacies. Read Kriszner and Mandell 86-87. Bring to class a logical fallacy in one of your sources, or in your own draft of your final paper. |
Sec. 30: 10 November
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Rhetorical strategies. Bring to class a draft of your research paper--everyone should have at least a thesis paragraph and one supporting paragraph at this point. |
Sec. 30: 12 November
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Bibliography funhouse. Bring to class a word-processed draft of your bibliography in MLA format. |
Sec. 30: 17 November Sec. 35: 18 November |
Bring to class a word-processed draft of your thesis paragrah, and a supporting paragraph in which you either apply or refute at least one work of secondary literature related to the topic or readings. |
Sec. 30: 19 November
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Individual conferences--no class. |
Sec. 30: 24 November
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Individual conferences--no class. |
Sec. 30: 1 December
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Individual conferences--no class. |
Sec. 30: 3 December
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Final Exam. Please bring a blue book to class. |
Final Exam Week Sec. 30: Sec. 35: |
Final research paper due. Oral presentations. |