T  Jan 13

Course Introduction

R Jan 15

Lakoff & Johnson, from Metaphors We Live By 7-11

Discussion of college writing

F Jan 16

Last day to ADD or DROP classes via Wingspan or IN PERSON for the spring semester.  Last day for students to elect to Audit courses

M Jan 19

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.  Offices closed; no classes.

T Jan 20

Bohm, “On Communication” 12-14; Sign up for Class Discussion Leader; Writing: making the subject the subject

R Jan 22

Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave” 3-6; Paper One Assigned

M Jan 26

Last day for undergraduate students to select the S/U (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) option for a course or to change a course from S/U to a letter grade.

T Jan 27

Mill, “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion” 41-45

R Jan 29

Avoiding Plagiarism: Prentice Hall pgs. 346-364. Download and bring a copy of “The Correct Use of Borrowed Information” (link on website)

T Feb 3

Emerson, “Self-Reliance” 59-64; Writing: Paper concerns

R Feb 5

Paper One due; Peer review

T Feb 10

Ridley, from Genome 167-176

R Feb 12

Ridley, “Human Nature” 177-187

T Feb 17

Eiseley, “The Secret of Life” 188-193

R Feb 19

Quinn, “An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit” 210-216

T Feb 24

Bodain, “Simple in Means, rich in Ends…” 217-221

R Feb 26

Paper Two Due; Paper Three Assigned—bring your “Correct Use of Borrowed Information” again

T Mar 3

Myers, “Ingroup and Outgroup” 69-71

R Mar 5

Swimme, “How Do Our Kids Get So Caught Up in Consumerism?” 122-124

T Mar 10

Marx, “The Alienation of Labor” 133-139

W Mar 11

Last day to withdraw from a spring semester course.  (Automatic N grade is issued.)  Students may not withdraw from a course after this date without documented extenuating circumstances. Last day to rescind elected S/U option.  A rescinded S/U will still count toward the maximum of four allowed.

R Mar 12

DuBois, from The Souls of Black Folk, 72-76

T Mar 17

Spring Break

R Mar 19

Spring Break

T Mar 24

Loury, “Free at Last?” 77-82

W Mar 25

Advising for Fall 2009 begins

R Mar 26

hooks, “Feminism is for Everybody” 110-115

T Mar 31

Hemingway, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” 119 (Please print out the story and bring it to class.)

R April 2

Paper Three Due.  Paper Four Assigned.  Final Group Presentations Assigned.

T April 7

Tillich, “What Faith Is” 235-299

W April 8

Registration for Fall 2009 begins

R April 9

T April 14

Moore, “The Sacred Arts of Life” 262-265

King, “I Have a Dream” 258 (Please print out the speech and bring it to class.)

R April 16

Lewis, from Mere Christianity 229-234

T April 21

Wrap up unfinished business

R April 23

Paper Four Due (Please make sure you get it into turnitin.com or emailed to me by 12 PM, in case I have to grade it electronically) I'd also like a hardcopy in my office: 207 Bancroft.

No class

M April 27

Last Day of Classes

T April 28

Study Day

T May 5 8:00

Final Exam Presentations