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IDEAS & EXISTENCE Fall 2007 & Spring 2008 - IDH 1001 & 1002 Sections 5, 6, 7, & 8 Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 – 12:15 Faculty
THC Course Description Using the lens of ontology, this course is designed to examine questions surrounding the nature of being and existing. The fundamental nature of truth and reality as it is constructed in our lives is questioned as students examine knowledge that has been created and accepted as truth.
Specific Course Description Class Objectives - To exit with many, many more questions than entering. - To question and re-examine “knowledge” and what we perceive as “reality”; to realize that there are pluralities of knowledge and reality. - To appreciate that knowledge, debate, pleasure and fun are mutually compatible phenomena. Required Fall 2007 Genesis from Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament The Forest People by Colin Turnbull - | Paperback | Touchstone Book | ISBN-13: 978-0671640996 Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement edited by John Brockman | Paperback | 272 pages | Random House | ISBN: 978-0-307-27722-0 (0-307-27722-4) The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language by John McWhorter ISBN: 9780060520854; ISBN10: 006052085X; Imprint: Perennial ; On Sale: 1/7/2003; Format: Trade PB; Trimsize: 5 5/16 x 8; Pages: 352; $13.95; Ages: 18 and Up Cracking Creativity: The Secrets of Creative Genius by Michael Michalko | Format: Paperback | Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches | Pages: 320 | ISBN-13: 9781580083119 | ISBN-10: 1580083110 | Publication Date: 6/2001 | Imprint: Ten Speed Press
Nafisi, Azar. Reading Lolita in Tehran. New York: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004. Shlain, Leonard. Art & Physics. New York: Quill/W. Morrow, 1993.
Grading Legend
Letter grades correspond to the following point scale:
Participation policy As this class involves discussion, attendance and class participation are essential. Unexcused absences will result in a lowering of your grade as follows:
Class Schedule
T 28 Aug: Introduction Th 30 Aug: Origins of Students Week 2 T 4 Sep: Th 6 Sep: Week 3 T 11 Sep: Th 13 Sep: Discussion Week 4 T 18 Sep: Th 20 Sep: Discussion Week 5 T 25 Sep: Introduction of Semester Project Th 27 Sep: Form groups and start Semester Project Week 6 T 2 Oct: Th 4 Oct: Discussion Week 7 T 9 Oct: Th 11 Oct: Discussion Week 8 T 16 Oct: QUIZ: The Forest People (Bailly Lecture) Th 18 Oct: Discussion Week 9 T 23 Oct: Th 25 Oct: Week 10 T 30 Oct: Th 1 Nov: Discussion Week 11 T 6 Nov: Th 8 Nov: Discussion Week 12 T 13 Nov: Th 15 Nov: Group work on Semester Project Week 13 T 20 Nov: Th 22 Nov: No Class: Thanksgiving Week 14 T 27 Nov: Student presentations Th 29 Nov: Week 15 T 4 Dec: Student presentations Th 6 Dec: Student presentations Week 1 T 8 Jan: Art & Physics Th 10 Jan: Large Group Meeting: Art & Physics Week 2 T 15 Jan: Th 17 Jan: Week 3 T 22 Jan: Th 24 Jan: work on Give a Damn Project Week 4 T 29 Jan: QUIZ: Among the Thugs Th 31 Jan: Student Art and Physics Art Exhibition Week 5 T 5 Feb: Th 7 Feb:
Week 6 T 12 Feb: Abducted (Schwartz Lecture) Th 14 Feb: Discussion Week 7 T 19 Feb: Th 21 Feb: Week 8 T 26 Feb: Lolita Background (Chatfield Lecture) & Mapplethorpe (Bailly Lecture) Th 28 Feb: Discusion (Bailly out-Ritzi & Bailly section meet in HLS 180) Week 9 T 4 Mar: Lolita (Chatfield Lecture) Th 6 Mar: Discussion Week 10 T 11 Mar: Th 13 Mar: Work on Give a Damn or Films (meet in large group in HLS 180) Week 11 T 18 Mar: No Class: Spring Break Th 20 Mar: No Class: Spring Break Week 12 T 25 Mar: Watch student films Th 27 Mar: Watch student films (meet in large group in HLS 180) Week 13 T 1 Apr: Th 3 Apr: Discussion Week 14 T 8 Apr: Th 10 Apr: Week 15 T 15 Apr: Student presentations Th 17 Apr: Student presentations Florida International University is a community dedicated to generating and imparting knowledge through excellent teaching and research, the rigorous and respectful exchange of ideas and community service. All students should respect the right of others to have an equitable opportunity to learn and honestly to demonstrate the quality of their learning. Therefore, all students are expected to adhere to a standard of academic conduct, which demonstrates respect for themselves, their fellow students, and the educational mission of the University. All students are deemed by the University to understand that if they are found responsible for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and sanctions, as outlined in the Student Handbook. Misconduct includes: Cheating – The unauthorized use of books, notes, aids, electronic sources; or assistance from another person with respect to examinations, course assignments, field service reports, class recitations; or the unauthorized possession of examination papers or course materials, whether originally authorized or not. Plagiarism – The use and appropriation of another’s work without any indication of the source and the representation of such work as the student’s own. Any student who fails to give credit for ideas, expressions or materials taken from another source, including internet sources, is responsible for plagiarism. Academic Integrity Please read all information on the following link. Registration in this course requires an acceptance of The Honors College Policies for students http://honors.fiu.edu/current_policy_standing.html. In this learning community, we are expected to act as moral beings governed by a sense of ethics. These ethics are outlined in the University Code of Academic Integrity.(www.fiu.edu/~dwyere/academicintegrity.html) and the The Honors College at FIU Plagiarism Policy Honor in Honors In The Honors College, the term “honor” refers both to academic accomplishment and character. Students in Honors should therefore adhere to and be held to the highest standards of personal academic accountability. Academic dishonesty in any form, including plagiarism, is antithetical to the very definition of being an Honors student at FIU. Consequently, an Honors College student found responsible for academic misconduct will be dismissed from the College. Academic misconduct is a violation of the University Code of Standards, the Code of Academic Integrity, the ethical relationship between the student and the academic community, and especially between the student and the instructor. It is the responsibility and prerogative of the instructor to make an initial determination about the extent and severity of an instance of academic misconduct; the instructor may opt to make a referral for further adjudication in appropriate cases. Plagiarism Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to:
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