Day

Dates

Anchor Text / Assignments

Complementary Readings

Large Group Presentation

ORIENTATION

Tuesday

9/7

Frankenstein (multi-discipline presentation)
9:15 am OR 10:45 am

Roth (English)
Nathan (American Studies)

Tuesday

9/7

Frankenstein (discussion seminars)
1:30-3:00 pm
Paper #1 Assigned

QUESTIONING AND UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD

Wednesday

9/8

Frankenstein
Problem Analysis Project Stage 1: Project Introduction

Monday

9/13

Frankenstein
Paper #1 Working Drafts Due
Paper #1: In-class Peer Critique Workshop

Peirce. "The Fixation of Belief"

Youndt (Management and Business)

WednesdayÝ

9/15

Frankenstein
Paper #1: Final Versions Due
Paper #2: Topics Assigned

Plato. "The Allegory of the Cave."

Monday

9/20

Frankenstein

Herskovits. "Cultural Relativism"

Marx (English)

Wednesday

 9/22

 Frankenstein

Frye. "The Motive for Metaphor"

HUMAN IDENTITIES

Monday

9/27

A Border Passage
Problem Analysis Project Stage 2: Potential Dilemmas

Solomon (Psychology)

Wednesday

9/29

 A Border Passage

Maalouf. "On Identity"

Monday

10/4

A Border Passage
Paper #2: Required Working Drafts Due

Mead. From Mind, Self, and Society

 LS 1 Tutors

Wednesday

10/6

 A Border Passage

DuBois. "Of Our Spiritual Strivings"
Zhen.Ý "The Story of Ying-Ying"
Blacking.Ý "How Musical Is Man?"

Monday

10/11

A Border Passage

Darwin. From The Origin of Species
Bender. "Discussion of Evoultion Through Natural Selection"

Hilleren (Biology)

Wednesday

10/13

 A Border Passage

Sykes. From The Seven Daughters of Eve.
Sandel. “The Case Against Perfection”

JUSTICE 

Monday

10/18

Cherokee Case Readings:
Perdue. "The Origins of the Removal and Fate of the Southeastern Indians"
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Senataor Freylinghuysen speaks against the Act (1830)
Andrew Jackson's case for Removal (1830)
Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)
Paper #2: Final Versions Due
Paper #3: Topics Assigned

Delton (History)

Wednesday

10/20

Cherokee Case Readings:
Perdue. "The Origins of the Removal and Fate of the Southeastern Indians"
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Senataor Freylinghuysen speaks against the Act (1830)
Andrew Jackson's case for Removal (1830)
Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)

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

Friday

10/22

Study Day

Monday

10/25

Cherokee Case Readings
Perdue. "The Origins of the Removal and Fate of the Southeastern Indians"
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Senataor Freylinghuysen speaks against the Act (1830)
Andrew Jackson's case for Removal (1830)
Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)
Problem Analysis Project Stage 3: Project Proposals

Locke. From The Second Treatise

N. Taylor (Government)

Wednesday

10/27

Cherokee Case Readings: 
Perdue. "The Origins of the Removal and Fate of the Southeastern Indians"
Indian Removal Act (1830)
Senataor Freylinghuysen speaks against the Act (1830)
Andrew Jackson's case for Removal (1830)
Appeal of the Cherokee Nation (1830)

Monday

11/1

Cherokee Case Readings
Supreme Court Decisions (1831)
Cherokee Chief John Ross Denounces US Policy (1836)
Emerson. Letter to Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1836)

Spencer. "Progress: Its Law and Causes"

Batker (English)

Wednesday

11/3

Cherokee Case Readings
Supreme Court Decisions (1831)
Cherokee Chief John Ross Denounces US Policy (1836)
Emerson. Letter to Martin Van Buren, President of the United States (1836)

 King. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" 

HUMAN ECOLOGIES

Monday

11/8

The Future of Life (Intro, chs 1 and 2)

Frye. "The Motive for Metaphor"
The Ecological Footprint Experiment

Kuroda (History)

Wednesday

11/10

The Future of Life (ch 3) 

Crosby. "Ecological Imperialism"

Monday

11/15

The Future of Life (ch 4)
Problem Analysis Project Stage 4: Project Format

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

Glotzbach

Wednesday

11/17

The Future of Life (ch 5)

Leopold. "The Land Ethic"

Monday

11/22

Paper #3: Final Versions Due
The Future of Life (ch 6)

Fowler and Hobbs. "Is Humanity Sustainable?"

Diggory (English)

11/24-26

THANKSGIVING VACATION

Monday

11/29

The Future of Life (ch 7)

Ecological Footprint Experiment

Kellogg (Environmental Studies)

LIBERAL STUDIES1 PROBLEM ANALYSYS PROJECTS 

Wednesday

12/1

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Monday

12/6

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Wednesday

12/8

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Monday

12/13

LAST OFFICIAL CLASS MEETING
Problem Analysis Project Presentations
Course Evaluations

Wednesday-Thursday

12/15-16

STUDY DAYS

Friday

12/17

LS 1 PROJECTS DUE
Morning exam period (9am-noon)