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

Thursday

9/9

Frankenstein
Problem Analysis Project Stage 1: Project Introduction
Paper #1 Working Drafts Due
Paper #1: In-class Peer Critique Workshop

Tuesday

9/14

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

Peirce. "The Fixation of Belief"

Youndt (Management and Business)

Thursday

9/16

 Frankenstein

 Plato. "The Allegory of the Cave."

Tuesday

9/21

Frankenstein

Herskovits. "Cultural Relativism"

 Marx (English)

Thursday

 9/23

 Frankenstein

Frye. "The Motive for Metaphor"

HUMAN IDENTITIES

Tuesday

9/28

A Border Passage
Problem Analysis Project Stage 2: Potential Dilemmas

Solomon (Psychology)

Thursday

 9/30

 A Border Passage

Maalouf. "On Identity"

Tuesday

10/5

A Border Passage
Paper #2: Required Working Drafts Due

Mead. From Mind, Self, and Society

 LS 1 Tutors

Thursday

 10/7

 A Border Passage

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

Tuesday

10/12

A Border Passage

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

Hilleren (Biology)

Thursday

 10/14

 A Border Passage

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

JUSTICE 

Tuesday

10/19

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)

Thursday

10/21

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

Tuesday

10/26

Cherokee Case ReadingsPerdue. "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)

Thursday

 10/28

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)

Tuesday

11/2

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)

Thursday

11/4

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

Tuesday

11/9

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

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

Kuroda (History)

Thursday

 11/11

The Future of Life (ch 3) 

Crosby. "Ecological Imperialism"

Tuesday

11/16

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 (Skidmore College President)

Thursday

11/18

The Future of Life (ch 5)

Leopold. "The Land Ethic"

Tuesday

11/23

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

Fowler and Hobbs. "Is Humanity Sustainable?"

Diggory (English)

11/
24-26

THANKSGIVING VACATION

Tuesday

11/30

The Future of Life (ch 7)

Ecological Footprint Experiment

Kellogg (Environmental Studies)

LIBERAL STUDIES1 PROBLEM ANALYSYS PROJECTS 

Thursday

 12/2

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Tuesday

12/7

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Thursday

 12/9

Problem Analysis Project Presentations

Tuesday

12/14

LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Problem Analysis Project Presentations
Course Evaluations

12/
15-16

STUDY DAYS

12/17

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