KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING: REACTING TO THE PAST

The Honors College at FIU

Fall 2007 & Spring 2008 - IDH 2003 & 2004 Sections 5, 6, 7, & 8
Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:30 – 13:45
HLS 160

Faculty

Course Description
Guided by the epistemological questions of what we know, how we know it, and how we judge. Students will investigate and test competing theories of knowledge.

Required Readings

Fall 2007

Burke, Edmund and Conor O'brien. Reflections on the Revolution in France. New York: Penguin Books, 1986.
ISBN 9780140432046

Carnes, Mark and Gary Kates. Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791. New York: Longman, 2005.
ISBN: 9780321332295

France, Anatole and Frederick Davies. The Gods Will Have Our Blood. New York: Penguin Books, 1982.
ISBN 9780140443523

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques and Maurice Cranston. The Social Contract. Harmondsworth Eng.: Penguin, 2003.
ISBN 9780140442014

Spring 2008

Carnes, Marc C., Pettersen, Michael S., and Purnell Jr., Frederick. Galileo and the New Cosmology: Reacting to the Past. Longman, 2007.
ISBN 9780321341327

Sobel, Dava. Galileo's Daughter. Harmondsworth Eng.: Penguin, 2000.
ISBN 9780140280555

Class Assignments

• Be prepared in each class session by having completed assigned readings.
• Written assignments are expected to have correct grammar and punctuation unless the assignment calls for something else.  You may contact the FIU Writing Lab for assistance or guidance on what this means.
• Regularly monitor WebCT and your personal FIU email account for assignments, announcements, discussion, etc. 
• All assignments must be submitted to TURNITIN.COM.  Instructions will be given later.  In addition, you will provide a paper copy to your professor.

Grade Calculation

Fall 2007
Reacting to the Past: 40 pts
Visual Thinking Project: 15 pts
Paper 1 (Research): 15 pts
Paper 2 (Journal): 15 pts
Paper 3 (Reflection): 15 pts  

Spring 2008
Reacting to the Past: 30 pts
Quizzes: 25 pts
Visual Thinking Project: 15 pts
Paper 1: 15 pts
Paper 2: 15 pts

Letter grades correspond to the following point scale:

Participation policy

As this class involves discussion, attendance and class participation are essential. Absences will result in a lowering of your grade as follows:

Class Schedule
Please note that the class schedule is subject to change. In addition, all four faculty members are likely to be away for small portions of the Semester as their other assignments so dictate. All such changes, will be announced in class.

FALL 2007
 

Week 1

T 28 Aug: Introductionof Course and Professors

Th 30 Aug: Introduction of Students

Week 2

T 4 Sep: World before the French Revolution (Davies)

Th 6 Sep: Science before the Enlightenment (Markowitz)

Week 3

T 11 Sep: Religion before the French Revolution (Garrote)

Th 13 Sep: Art Before the French Revolution (Bailly) (Garrote out)

Box Portrait Project (Bailly): Due end of October

Week 4

T 18 Sep: La Nuit de Varennes (Davies out) | GMs select Roles for students

Th 20 Sep: La Nuit de Varennes (Markowitz out)

Week 5

T 25 Sep: Reacting to the Past: Rousseau | Discuss Possible Game Roles

Th 27 Sep: Reacting to the Past: Rousseau

Character Research Paper (Davies): Due Th 11 Oct

Week 6

T 2 Oct: Reacting to the Past: Faction Meetings | First National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy)

Th 4 Oct: Reacting to the Past | First National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy)                                                                                                                                          

Week 7

T 9 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy continued)

Th 11 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly (Civil Constitution Clergy continued)

Due Th 11 Oct: Character Research Paper (Davies)

Week 8

T 16 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly
Due T 16 Oct: Newspapers, Volume 1

Th 18 Oct:  Reacting to the Past | Second National Assembly

Week 9

T 23 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Third National Assembly

Th 25 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Third National Assembly (Bailly out)

Week 10

T 30 Oct: Reacting to the Past | Fourth National Assembly
Due T 30 Oct: Newspapers, Volume 2

Th 1 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Fourth National Assembly (Bailly out)                                                                                                                                                    

Week 11

T 6 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Fifth National Assembly

Th 8 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Fifth National Assembly

Week 12

T 13 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Sixth National Assembly
Due T 13 Nov: Newspapers, Volume 3

Th 15 Nov: Reacting to the Past | Sixth National Assembly (Davies out)

Week 13

T 20 Nov: End Reacting to the Past:

Th 22 Nov: No Class: Thanksgiving

Journal Paper (Garrote), Due T 20 Nov

Week 14

T 27 Nov: Effects of French Revolution (Garrote)

Th 29 Nov: Effects of French Revolution (Markowitz)

Week 15

T 4 Dec: Effects of French Revolution (Bailly)

Th 6 Dec: Effects of French Revolution (Davies)

Reflection Paper (Markowitz), Due T 4 Dec

SPRING 2008

Week 1

T 8 Jan: Introduction to Galileo and the New Cosmology

Th 10 Jan: Emergence of Science (Markowitz Lecture) | QUIZ 1: On the Heavens 

Week 2

T 15 Jan: The Art of Caravaggio & Gentilleschi (Bailly Lecture)

Th 17 Jan: History of Astronomy (Dr. Caroline Simpson Lecture)

Week 3

T 22 Jan: Bruno, Protestanism, & Challenges to the Vatican (Garrote Lecture) | Distribution of game roles

Th 24 Jan: Telescope lab (Markowitz Lecture) | QUIZ 2: p. 1-48 of Galileo Gamebook                                                                         

Week 4

T 29 Jan: Historical Context of Game (Davies Lecture)

Th 31 Jan: Science (Markowitz Lecture) | Introduction of Film Project (Bailly) | QUIZ 3: Starry Messenger

Film Project due on Tu March 4th:  Galileo Film Project.  Must be done in slide show or movie format.

Week 5

T 5 Feb: Phase 1 | QUIZ 4: Letter to the Grand Duchess

Th 7 Feb: Phase 1

Sa 9 Feb: Meet at 12: 30 PM at The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse
591 NW 27TH ST
MIAMI, FL 33127
t : 305.576.1051
http://www.margulieswarehouse.com/index.html

Week 6

T 12 Feb: Trial Session I

Th 14 Feb: Trial Session I                                                                                                                                                

Week 7

T 19 Feb: Prince Cesi Party | DUE: Paper 1 (Garrote)

Th 21 Feb: Prince Cesi Party

Week 8

T 26 Feb: Trial Session II

Th 28 Feb:  Special Session for President Maidique & Provost Berkman                                                                                                                                               

Week 9

T 4 Mar: Trial Session II | QUIZ 5: Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems

Th 6 Mar: Day 1 of Propaganda Films

Week 10

T 11 Mar: Day 2 of Propaganda Films

Th 13 Mar: Elect new pope

Week 11

T 18 Mar: No Class: Spring Break

Th 20 Mar: No Class: Spring Break

Week 12

T 25 Mar: Day 3 of Propaganda Films | QUIZ 6: Galileo's Daughter

Th 27 Mar: Game Session 6 | DUE: Paper 2 (Davies)

Week 13

T 1 Apr: Game Session 7

Th 3 Apr: Game Session 7

Week 14

T 8 Apr: Game Session 8

Th 10 Apr: Game Session 8

Week 15

T 15 Apr: Post-Mortem

Th 17 Apr: Party

FIU Academic Misconduct Statement
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 Honors College policy on plagiarism (http://honors.fiu.edu/current_policy_plagiarism.html).  In simple language, in this course you will not cheat, misrepresent others' work as your own (plagiarism), or lie to the instructor or others in this learning community. One act crossing that boundary and you will be recommended for expulsion from the Honors College.

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.

The faculty member will decide whether to pursue informal resolution, file formal resolution charges, or take no further action, and will follow the procedures outlined in the Academic Misconduct Procedures, available at http://www.fiu.edu/~oabp/misconductweb/1acmisconductproc.htm.

The student will have the right to appeal the outcome of the meeting with the instructor within one week of the faculty’s decision, when the decision is to pursue informal resolution or file formal resolution charges. The appeal will take the form of a letter to the Dean outlining the circumstances of the case and the reason for the objection to the professor’s recommendation. The Dean or his designee will examine the case and make a final determination about the pursuit of Informal Resolution or the filing of formal resolution charges.

Penalties
An Honors College student found responsible for plagiarism or other academic misconduct by informal resolution or formal resolution will receive an F in the relevant Honors course, and will be dismissed from Honors by the Dean, effective from the end of the semester in which the infraction occurs. Dismissal will be in writing and will entail the loss of all privileges and benefits of being in The Honors College, and the student will not be readmitted to The Honors College. The decision of the Dean will be final. This decision relates solely to the student’s status in The Honors College and does not affect the student’s right to appeal the original faculty decision.

The penalty of dismissal from The Honors College may apply to academic misconduct in any course within Florida International University and not only to courses offered by The Honors College. In the case of courses outside The Honors College, the Dean of The Honors College will rely on the Office of the Provost for notification about the infraction(s). More stringent penalties, such as dismissal from the university, may be pursued through the university’s established academic misconduct process.

This Policy follows the University Academic Misconduct Procedures of the Code of Academic Integrity, with modification to provide for appeal within The Honors College.

Religious observances
Every effort, where feasible and practical, will be made to accommodate students whose religious practices coincide with class requirements or scheduling. Please make sure to notify your instructor at the beginning of the semester of which dates you will be out.

Physical, mental and sensory challenges
Every effort, where feasible and practical will be made to accommodate students who are so challenged. Should you require accommodations contact your instructor or the Disability Resource Center if not done so already.

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