Humanities 411 (Senior Symposium)
Syllabus - Fall 2005
Vollum 137 (7622)
Each section of the course will be comprised of about 15 students and 3 faculty members from various disciplines. Participants will take turns hosting the class. In the first week, we will have a brief organizational meeting in the Vollum Lecture Hall to give everyone a chance to get acquainted.
Books are available in the bookstore. A few copies of each text will be on reserve in the library.
The requirements of the course are attendance and active participation. You are expected to be present and prepared at every session, although illness or family emergencies will be taken into consideration. At the end of the semester, you will be given a questionnaire about the readings. Completion of this form is a requirement for course credit.
August 31 Organizational Meeting
September 6 Founding Brothers, Joseph Ellis
September 12 The Anatomy of Fascism, Robert Paxton
September 19 Austerlitz, W. G. Sebald
September 26 Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag
October 3 In the Shadow of No Towers, Art Spiegleman
October 10 Mathematics Elsewhere, Marcia Ascher (Monday classes donÕt meet this week because of Fall Break)
Fall Break
October 24 Omeros, Derek Walcott
October 31 The MinerÕs Canary, Lani Guinier
November 7 Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, Alice Munro
November 14 Jazz Modernism, Alfred Appel
November 21 No Classes Š Thanksgiving week Š except for Monday sections which will read Ascher
November 28 The Responsibility of Intellectuals, Edward Said