REQUIREMENTS FOR COURSE:
The course requirements are specifically listed below. I like to let you know up front exactly how I am grading you, so you have no surprises as the course flows along. I also like to have things pretty well organized in the beginning so we can just let the process flow on its own without having to think about it too much. One thing I will do to keep all of your papers and grades organized is keep file folders on each of you. At the beginning of class you should find your folder in the "box" and put a check if you are present (I will also take attendance). You should also put any work you have for me in the folder. This will prevent some disorganization. You can also give me notes or whatever in the folder.
Attendance Grade 5%--You are expected to attend every class and event scheduled. If you miss a class your attendance will be lowered to B+, a second class to B- and a third class to C. More than three unexcused absences will result in an F. The only excused absences accepted require signed letters from the dean or a doctor's excuse. Attendance will be factored into your discussion grade. 30% of your discussion grade will be determined by your attendance.
Discussion Grade--15% of Total Grade
Every student should be prepared to discuss the reading assigned for a particular day on the attached schedule. I will try to ask a question for the next reading before you read it. I will either do this during the class before the assigned reading or on e-mail. Keep in mind that I expect you to initiate discussion. It is not my job to make you talk. If you are not prepared, and if you do not open your mouth, I may or may not call on you. If I do not, then you receive a low participation grade. Keep this in mind.
Writing Assignment: 45% of Total Grade
For every author you read you will be expected to write and turn in a paragraph highlighting the significance of the reading. These paragraphs are to help you write your papers and study for the exams. I suggest that you write these carefully--putting in page numbers and quotes to support your opinions. I am not planning on grading these. They will, however, help you tremendously as you go through the course. I will give you a check or a minus on these. If you have them all, then you will receive an A which will contribute to 8% of your writing grade. The bulk of your writing grade will be determined by your papers. There will be 3 paper assignments, one of these will involve a rewrite. You will receive the original grade on the rewrite and the rewrite grade--so essentially you will have 4 paper grades and the paragraph grade. I figure that will make each paper grade worth 23% of the 45% total. We will have the same Writing Fellows as you had last semester.
Midterm Exam: 15% of Total Grade
The MidTerm Exam will consist of essay questions and identifications of quotes.
Final Exam: 20% of Total Grade
Final Exam will consist of essay questions and identifications.
DATE TOPIC OF DISCUSSIONS READINGS
T 1/11 First Day of Class

1/13 Gospel of Matthew--The Bible All of Matthew

T1/18 Nietzsche, Preface and Essay 1 Nietzsche pp.15-56

The Genealogy of Morals Matthew Paragraph Due
R1/20 Nietzsche- Essay 3 Sections 1, pp.11-27
Ascetic Priest/The Superman
T1/25 Nietzsche--Making Sense of it All Nietzsche Paragraph

Comparing N. & Matthew--

R1/27 Virginia Woolf-A Room of One's Own Chapters 1-3 (pp.1-57)

Chapters 4-6 (Finish)

T2/1 Woolf's A Room of One's Own Paragraph for Woolf

R 2/3 Adrienne Rich Prose and Poems When we dead awaken, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, Snapshots of a Daughter-in-Law, Planetarium, Diving in the Wreck, The Phenomenology of Anger, Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, Twenty-One Love Poems (1,3, 6-12, 17-21).

M 2/7 FIRST PAPER DUE BY NOON IN THE BOX ON MY OFFICE DOOR
T 2/8 Adrienne Rich Blood, Bread and Poetry and For Ethel Rosenberg, sources (16, 22,23)
North American Time, Poetry I, Poetry III and The Genesis of Yom Kippur 1984 and
Yom Kippur 1984, An Atlas of a Difficult World. Paragraph on Rich

R2/10 Darwin, On the Origin of Species Darwin pp. 160-215

T2/15 Darwin The Descent of Man Darwin pp. 242-276 Paragraph on Darwin

R2/17 Study Session for Exam
T2/22 MIDTERM EXAM
R2/24 Film (TBA) to be watched in MRC and Discussed in class
T2/28 Kenzaburo Oe, A Personal Matter Oe pp. 1-90
R3/2 Kenzaburo Oe, A Personal Matter Oe pp. 91- 165
Oe Paragraph
3/4-12 SPRING BREAK
T3/14 Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? First Half?
R3/16 Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Finish Paragraph Due
F3/17 Second Paper Due by Noon in the box on my door
T3/21 Marx's Communist Manifesto Marx Pp. 158-186
R3/23 Marx Alienated Labor Marx pp. 58-68/157-86
Paragraph Due
Third Paper Topic Discussion
Set up Appointments with Writing Fellows
T3/28 Achebe Things Fall Apart Achebe Pp. 3-76
R 3/30 Achebe Things Fall Apart Achebe Pp. 77-148
Paragraph Due
T4/4 Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Bulgakov Pp. 1-85
R4/6 Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Bulgakov. Pp. 86-164
T4/11 Third Paper Due

R 4/13 Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Bulgakov Pp. 165-263
T4/18 Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita Read Pp. 264-335
Paragraph
R4/20 Review for Exam
R 4/27 Rewrite of One Paper Due in the Box on my door by One


Exams may be taken at one of two times:9:30-12:30 on Monday April 24th OR
9:30-12:30 on Wednesday April 26tth. You must let me know by the last day of class.
On the last day of classes, April 2oth, I will ask you to sign up for the day you choose for your exam.