The following schedule is tentative and may change. Note when essay and reading assignments are given and when they are due. Plan well in advance so that you can complete these assignments on time.
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Date |
Class Activity |
Reading Due
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Writing Due
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M |
1/9 |
Introduction: Learned
in 101 Philosophical Ethics Get ready for Brave
New World |
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W |
1/11 |
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“Five Things You Need
to Know about Technological Change” |
In-class writing Essay
#1 |
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M |
1/16 |
MLK Holiday—Campus
closed |
Brave New World, ch. 1-4 |
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W |
1/18 |
Peer Review
Training--triage |
Brave New World, ch. 5-7 They Say, I Say,
Pt. 1 |
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M |
1/23 |
Groups A, B, & C |
Brave New World, ch.8-13; Style: Rules or Myths? |
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W |
1/25 |
Peer Review Training-ethos,
logos and pathos |
Brave New World, ch. 14-18; Style: Characters & Actions |
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M |
1/30 |
Groups C, D and E |
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Final Draft of Essay #1
due |
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W |
2/1 |
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In-class writing Essay
#2 on Brave New World |
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M |
2/6 |
Peer Review of Essay #2 |
They Say, I Say, Pt 2 |
Bring three copies of
Essay #2 |
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W |
2/8 |
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Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep; |
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M |
2/13 |
Prepare Group Presentations |
Do Androids Dream of
Electric Sheep |
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W |
2/15 |
Group Presentations |
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Assign Essay #3 |
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M |
2/20 |
Library Day |
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Final Draft of Essay #2 due |
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W |
2/22 |
Peer Review Training;
Refresher on the Basics of Ethics |
Joy, “Why the Future
Doesn’t Need Us” (online); Style: Concision, Coherence, and Cohesion |
Reading Response due |
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M |
2/27 |
Midterm (practice WPE) |
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Prospectus and
Preliminary Bibliography for Essay #3 due |
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W |
2/29 |
Star Trek: TNG episode 35 |
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M |
3/5 |
Peer Review Training |
They Say, I Say, Pt. 3 |
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W |
3/7 |
Peer Review |
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Draft of Essay #3 due
(bring three copies) |
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M |
3/12 |
Individual Presentation |
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Presentation handout |
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W |
3/14 |
Individual Presentation |
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Presentation Handout Hand in essay #3 (with
annotated bibliography and works cited page) |
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M |
3/19 |
Final Exam (1:30-4:00) |
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