GNED 101 Weekly Lessons

Schedule

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The table below shows the weekly schedule of lessons and assessments.

WK

TOPIC

EXERCISES, QUIZZES, AND TESTS

DUE

1

Jan 9

Introduction

 

  
DEAD WHITE GUYS THINKING ABOUT REALITY

2

Jan 16

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
  • Online discussion on Plato (5%)
 Mon Jan 20 in Blackboard

3

Jan 23

 Clifford, Ethics of Belief
  • In-class group exercise (or online individual if you can't make it to class) (5%)
 Jan 23 (or 26 in Blackboard)

CONSUMING MEDIA

4

Jan 30

The Society of the Spectacle
  • TBA (5%)

 

  

5

Feb 6

 [NO CLASS]
  • Online Mini test (15%)
 Feb 10

6

Feb 13

Amusing ourselves to death
  • TBA (5%)

 

  

CONSUMED BY FEAR

7

Feb 20

Theories of Anxiety
  • TBA (5%)
  

8

Feb 27

Discussion and review
  • Midterm test (15%)
 Feb 27

READING WEEK

THE REALITIES OF NATURE AND CULTURE

8

Mar 13

Amusing ourselves to death REDUX
  • Vote compass exercise (5%)

 

 Thu Mar 13 in Blackboard

9

Mar 20

Nature (Climate Change)
  • Online quiz on Climate Change (5%)
 Mon Mar 24 in Blackboard

10

Mar 27

Capitalism
  • Discussion post (5%)
 Mon Mar 31 in Blackboard

11

April 3

Review and In-class mini test
  • In-class mini Test (10%)
 Apr 3

12

April 10

Nature vs Capitalism
  • Reflection Piece (5%)
 Mon Apr 14 in Blackboard

13

April 17

Our biotech future
  • Week 13 Discussion post (5%)
 Mon Apr 21 in Blackboard

14

Apr 24

Final test
  • Final test (10%)
 Apr 24