ID 201H Fall 2003

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Date

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Readings

Large Group Presentation

0

 

 

 

ORIENTATION : Disciplinary Perspectives on Frankenstein

9/1

Frankenstein

 

Roth (English)
Crone (Physics)
Rosengarten (HEOP)

9/2

Frankenstein

 

 

QUESTIONING AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD

1

9/3

Frankenstein

Preface to LS 1 reader

Topic for LS 1 Paper #1 assigned this week in discussion sections

2

 

9/8

Frankenstein

Peirce, "The Fixation of Belief"

R. Giguere (Chemistry) 

9/10 

 Frankenstein Plato.  "The Allegory of the Cave"

 
Final version LS 1 Paper #1 due this week (second meeting) in discussion sections

3

 

9/15

Frankenstein

 Herskovits, "Cultural Relativism"

Rogoff (Liberal Studies/English) 
  Residence Hall Program Prospectus due in class

9/17 

 Frankenstein

Frye

 

 

 HUMAN IDENTITIES

4

 

9/22

 Ahmed, A Border Passage.

 

 Marx (English)

9/24 

Ahmed, A Border Passage.

Darwin, The Origins of the Species
Bryan Sykes, from The Seven Daughters of Eve

 
Topics for LS 1 Paper #2 assigned this week in discussion sections.

5

 

9/29

Ahmed, A Border Passage.

Mead, from Mind, Self, and Society
W.E.B. Du Bois, "Of Our Spiritual Strivings"

 Guest Presenter:
Jonathan Kingdon, Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Biological Anthropology and Department of Zoology,f Oxford University

10/1

Ahmed, A Border Passage.

Maalouf, "On Identity"
Yuan Chen, "The Story of Ts'ui Ying-ying"

 
  Analyses of LS 1 Paper #1 Due

6

10/6

Yom Kippur: No Classes

10/8

Ahmed, A Border Passage.

Blacking

Rosengarten (HEOP)

 

THE CHEROKEE LAND CASE, 1830:  A Case Study Approach

7

 

10/13

The Case of the Cherokees

Indian Removal Act (1830)
Senator Freylinghuysen speaks against the Act (1830)
Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)
Andrew Jackson's case for removal (1830)

Delton (History)
  Working Draft of ID 201H Paper #2 Due for Peer Critique Exchange

10/15 

The Case of the Cherokees

Plato, The Republic (Pt I, Bk 1 sect 3)
Cicero, On the Laws

 
  Peer Critique Exchange for Working Draft of ID 201H Paper #2
Working Drafts for LS 1 Paper #2 due this week (first meeting) in discussion sections.

8

 

 

10/20

The Case of the Cherokees

John Locke, from The Second Treatise

Bastress-Dukeheart (History)

10/22 

The Case of the Cherokees

Supreme Court Decision (1831)
Herbert Spencer, "Progress:  Its Law and Causes" (1857)
Cherokee Chief John Ross Denounces US policy (1836)
Theda Perdue, "The Origins of Removal and Fate of Southeastern Indians"

 

10/24

Study Day:  No Classes

9

 

10/27

The Case of the Cherokees

King, "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

 
  Final Version of ID 201H Paper #2 Due

10/29 

The Case of the Cherokees

 

 
Final Version of LS 1 Paper #2 due this week (second meeting) in discussion sections.

 

 HUMAN ECOLOGIES

10

 

11/3

Wilson, Intro, ch. 1 and 2

 

Scientists' Views v. Popular Views of Environmental Issue
Halstead (Chemistry/ Environmental Studies)
Kuroda (History)

11/5 

Wilson, ch. 3

Alfred Crosby, "Ecological Imperialism"

  
  Analyses of LS 1 Paper #3 Due
Topics for LS 1 Paper #3 assigned this week (first meeting) in discussion sections.

11

 

11/10

Wilson, ch. 4

Environmental Footprint Exercise

The Hudson River Then and Now
Diggory (English)

11/12

Wilson, ch. 5

 

 
Optional Working Drafts for LS 1 Paper #3 due this week (second meeting) in discussion sections.

12

 

11/17

Wilson, ch. 6

Aldo Leopold, "The Land Ethic"

Special Presentation: Tang Dialog: Karen Kellogg (Environmental Studies) and Artist Alyson Shotz

11/19 

Wilson, ch. 7

Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"
E.N. Anderson, "A Malaysian Tragedy of the Commons"

 
  11/21 Working Draft of ID 201H Paper #3 Due for Peer Critique Exchange
13

11/24 Peer Critique Workshop for Working Draft of ID 201H Paper #3
Wilson		   Ecological Footprint Report
11/26-30

Thanksgiving Vacation
Final Version of Paper #3 due this week.

 

LIBERAL STUDIES 1 PROJECTS

14

 

12/1

 LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects

 

Coleman (MALS)

12/3

 LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects

 

 

15

12/8

  Final Version of ID 201H Paper #3 Due
LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects

 

Youndt (Management and Business) 

12/10

 LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects

 

16

12/15 LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects Due

12/17 (W)

ID201H LS 1 Human Dilemmas Projects Due