Christopher Lay's Discussion Section
Humanities
Core Course
University
of California, Irvine
Winter
Quarter 2012
Course Description
The
Humanities Core Course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities
for freshmen that is designed to develop reading, writing, note-taking,
research, and discussion skills. Students will be expected to challenge their
abilities in argumentation, interpretation, and research, and be responsible
members of a smaller intellectual community, their Core section.
Course Information
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Meeting
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Mondays
& Wednesdays from 1:30 to 2:50PM |
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Meeting
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Humanities
Hall, Room 108 |
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Website............................................. |
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Instructor........................................... |
Christopher
Lay, Ph.D |
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Contact.............................................. |
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Office
Location................................. |
Humanities
Office Building 2 (HOB2), Room 204 |
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Office
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Mondays
from 3:00 to 5:00PM |
Humanities Core
Course Website:
https://eee.uci.edu/programs/humcore/Student/Winter2012/index.html
Texts
von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Faust I. New York: Bantam Books-Random
House, 1985. ISBN: 978-0553213485.
von Kleist, Heinrich, "The
Betrothal in Santo Domingo." The
Marquise of O and Other Stories (Penguin Classics). New York: Penguin,
1978. ISBN: 9780140443592 [Paperback]
Douglass, Frederick, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass:
An American Slave, Written by Himself. 2nd ed. Ed. David W. Blight. Boston:
Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. Paper Text, 188pgs. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-25737-8
Thomas, Brook, ed. "Plessy
v. Ferguson": A Brief History with
Documents. Boston: Bedford/St. Martins, 1997. The Bedford Series in History
and Culture. ISBN: 0-312-13743-5
Kingston, Maxine Hong. China Men. New York: Vintage-Random
House, 1989. ISBN: 0-679-72328-5
Humanities Core Course Reader:
Declaration of Independence
(1776)
"Remember the Ladies"
(letters from Abigail Adams to John Adams concerning the consideration of women
in the formation of the new republic, 1771-76) from The Feminist Papers. From Adams to de Beauvoir, ed. Alice S. Rossi,
New York: Columbia UP, 1973: 7-15.
Toussaint L'Ouverture,
Constitution of Saint-Domingue (1801)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton et al.
The History of Woman Suffrage, selections with emphasis on the "Declaration
of Sentiments" (July 19-20, 1848) from the Seneca Falls Convention on the
rights of women, from The Feminist
Papers. From Adams to de Beauvoir, ed. Alice S. Rossi, New York: Columbia UP, 1973: 413-421.
Thomas, Brook. Introduction to "The
Freedman's Case in Equity" and "In Plain Black and White."
Cable, George Washington. "The
Freedman's Case in Equity." Century Illustrated Magazine. 29 (1885):
409-417. (See PDF)
Grady, Henry. "In Plain
Black and White." Century Illustrated Magazine. 29 (1885): 909-917.
Thomas, Brook. "Mendez v.
Westminster (1947)."
Brown v. Board of Education
(1954). 347 U.S. 483.
Lunsford, Andrea A. Easy Writer. Fourth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010. ISBN 978-0-312-65031-5
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G.
Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams. The Craft
of Research, Third Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing. [Paperback] ISBN-13:
978-0226065663
Enrollment
Requests
to add or drop are processed by the Core Office (HIB 185), and please not that
enrollment changes are not automatic.
Attendance
Discussion
section attendance is mandatory. More than two absences will affect your grade.
Excused absences will require documentation of a credible excuse (in most
cases, health related). To receive
credit for attendance, you will also be expected to participate with
appropriate comments, questions, and attentiveness.
Requirements
The
writing grade is determined by performance on three essays (30%, 30% and 30%)
and participation in several required research and writing exercises. Although
the writing participation requirement numerically accounts for 10% of your
writing grade, failure to participate is grounds for failure in this portion of
the course. The writing participation grade will be determined by library
assignments, participation in peer editing and the drafting process, your final
portfolio of writing, and in-class writing activities and quizzes.
The
lecture grade is determined by performance on the midterm examination (40%) and
final examination (50%), and participation in several required argument and
interpretation exercises. Although the lecture participation requirement
numerically accounts for 10% of your lecture grade, failure to participate is
grounds for failure in the course. The lecture participation grade will be
determined by responses to weekly reading and discussion questions, substantive
email correspondence, and in-class discussion and debate, and office hours
participation.
(The
Humanities Core Course Director reserves the right to make changes in these
evaluation criteria during the course of the quarter.)
Late Assignment Policy
If you have a credible excuse (e.g., doctor's note, jury
summons, obituary notice, etc.) late take-home assignments will be
accepted. Without a credible
excuse, late assignments will be given a third of a letter grade penalty for
each day the assignment is late.
Assignment
Submission
Unless otherwise noted, all drafts, assignments, and final essays written outside of class must adhere to these standards: one-inch margins, double-spacing, and Times New Roman font, size 12. Furthermore, wherever possible, assignments are to be turned in physically and electronically. Electronic assignment submission should be in the form of an email attachment, and with the assignment cut and pasted into the body of the email. Final drafts are to be turned in with previous drafts and peer editing comments. Save all work. You will be expected to turn in a complete writing portfolio at the end of the quarter.
Standard Written
English
In
keeping with the Standard Written English policy of this course, you will be
expected to correct errors in mechanics, usage, grammar, and spelling. Corrections on final drafts will be an
essential part of your portfolio grade.
Plagiarism
"Plagiarism
is a serious matter and will be handled by the appropriate authorities.
Supervisors and instructors in this course regularly review suspect papers.
Turning in any work which is not your own and not properly acknowledged as such
will result in a recommendation for failure in the course and subject you to
further action by the university. Please review the university policy on
academic dishonesty and speak to me if you have questions. Internet sources must also be properly
acknowledged. For more information
about how to cite Internet sources, check the Mayfield electronic resources
guide or the EasyWriter Handbook." (This text is boilerplate information
made available to Humanities Core Course instructors.)
Internet
Information
Please
review the Internet use policies for the Humanities Core Course in the
Guide. This quarter it will also be
important to be familiar with the "References" section of the main
web page (http://eee.uci.edu/programs/humcore/Student). In addition, as part of a program-wide
effort to discourage plagiarism, you also may be asked to turn in electronic
copy of your essay to http://www.TurnItIn.com (as a pasted file).
Schedule of
Readings and Assignments
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Week
One |
Goethe's Faust |
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Monday,
January 9th |
Read:
Johann von Goethe's Faust I, lines 1-2336 Turn
In: In-Class Diagnostic |
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Wednesday,
January 11th |
Read:
Johann von Goethe's Faust I, lines 2337-4614 Read: Writer's Handbook: Analyzing
Drama (Walsh) Turn
In: Pre-Writing Grid Four |
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Week
Two |
Goethe's Faust |
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Monday, January
16th |
MLK
Day |
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Wednesday,
January 18th |
Read:
Johann von Goethe's Faust I (re-read) Read:
Writer's Handbook: Working
with Secondary Sources (Mitchell) |
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Friday,
January 20th |
Turn
In: Ideas Draft Essay Four |
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Week
Three |
Goethe's Faust & Kleist's "The Betrothal
in Santo Domingo" |
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Monday,
January 23rd |
Read:
Johann von Goethe's Faust I (re-read) Turn
In: Working Draft Essay Four |
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Wednesday,
January 25th |
Read:
Heinrich von Kleist's "The Betrothal in Santo Domingo" |
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Friday, January
27th |
Turn
In: Peer Editing Essay Four |
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Week
Four |
Kleist's "The Betrothal in Santo
Domingo," & The Declaration of Independence |
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Monday,
January 30th |
Read:
Heinrich von Kleist's "The Betrothal in Santo Domingo" |
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Tuesday,
January 31st |
Turn
In: Essay
Four |
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Wednesday,
February 1st |
Read:
Declaration of Independence (1776) (in HCC Reader) |
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Week
Five |
The Adams
and L'Ouverture |
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Monday,
February 6th |
Read:
"Remember the Ladies" (letters from Abigail Adams to John Adams
concerning the consideration of women in the formation of the new republic,
1771-76) (in HCC Reader) Read:
Toussaint L'Ouverture's Constitution, Saint-Domingue, 1801 (in HCC Reader) |
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Wednesday,
February 8th |
Read:
Selections from Elizabeth Cady Stanton, et al, The History of Woman
Suffrage with emphasis on the "Declaration of Sentiments"
(July 19-20, 1948) from the Seneca Fall Convention on the rights of women (in
HCC Reader) Turn
In: In-Class Midterm |
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Week
Six |
Frederick Douglass |
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Monday,
February 13th |
Read: Narrative
of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave By Himself |
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Tuesday,
February 14th |
Turn
In: Ideas Draft Essay Five |
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Wednesday,
February 15th |
Read:
Frederick Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An
American Slave By Himself &
his "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" (speech delivered in
Rochester, NY, 1852) (in HCC Reader) |
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Friday, February
17th |
Turn
In: Working Draft Essay Five |
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Week
Seven |
Frederick Douglass |
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Monday,
February 20th |
President's
Day |
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Wednesday,
February 22nd |
Read:
Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"
(speech delivered in Rochester, NY, 1852) (in HCC Reader) |
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Friday,
February 24th |
Turn
In: Peer Editing Essay Five |
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Week Eight |
Education
Equality |
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Monday,
February 27th |
Read:
Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History with Documents, pp.
vii-viii and 1-29 Read:
George Washington Cable's "The Freedman's Case in Equity" (in HCC
Reader) Read:
Henry Grady's "In Plain Black and White" (in HCC Reader) |
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Tuesday,
February 28th |
Turn
In: Essay
Five |
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Wednesday,
February 29th |
Read:
Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History with Documents,
pp. 30-60 Read:
Booker T. Washington, Atlanta Exposition Address, pp. 119-124 Read: W.E.B. DuBois Strivings of the Negro
People, 1897, pp. 140-149 Read:
Writer's Handbook: Grammatical
Coordination + Subordination |
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Week
Nine |
Education
Equality, and Kingston's China Men |
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Monday,
March 5th |
Read:
Brook Thomas, ed., Plessy v. Ferguson: a Brief History with Documents,
pp. 169-176 Read: Brown
v. Board of Education (in HCC Reader) Read:
Brook Thomas' Mendez v. Westminster (in HCC Reader) Read: Writer's Handbook: Counterargument
(Connell) Read:
The Craft of Research: Research,
Researchers, and Readers, pp. 3-27 |
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Wednesday,
March 7th |
Read:
Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, Title page-81 & 152-59 Lecture Notes |
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Thursday,
March 8th |
Turn
In: Ideas Draft Essay Six |
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Week
Ten |
Kingston's
China Men |
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Monday,
March 12th |
Read:
Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, pp. 82-151; 160-220 Read:
Writer's Handbook: Genre (Arndt) Turn
In: Working Draft Essay Six Lecture
Notes |
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Wednesday,
March 14th |
Read:
Maxine Hong Kingston's China Men, pp. 221-308 Lecture
Notes |
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Friday,
March 16th |
Turn
In: Peer Editing Essay Six |
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Week
Eleven |
Finals
Week |
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Wednesday,
March 21st |
Final
Exam from 1:30 to 3:30PM |
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Friday,
March 23rd |
Turn
In: Essay Six |