GL320:
Meeting Times, Location, & Course Delivery Details
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REQUIRED TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
- L’Assommoir by Emile Zola (Oxford Classics)
| The debate | Assignments | |
1/13 1/15 1/17 | Intro’s, course goals, WC values review, big questions, contemporary conversations Read “Degeneration” (Blackboard) Historical anchors:19th century studies: science, behavior, “classification” and concerns Introduction to 19th century naturalism, the Rougon-Macquart project | Assignment due: Reflection: How do you define Nature vs Nurture? |
| Zola: heredity & milieu | ||
1/20 1/22 1/24 | MLK Jr. – No class
L’Assommoir (chapter 1) L’Assommoir (chapter 2) | Quiz Assignment due: in-class observation exercise |
1/27 1/29 1/31 | L’Assommoir (chapters 3-5) L’Assommoir (chapters 6-7) Critical article : “The Life of Gervaise Macquart as a Lower Working Class…” | Quiz Assign due: Discussion board 1 |
2/3 2/5 2/7 | L’Assommoir (chapters 8-10)
L’Assommoir (chapters 11-12)
Article: “Alcoholism and Degeneration…” | Quiz Paper 1 topic workshop Assign due: Article worksheet due |
2/10 2/12 2/14 | L’Assommoir (chapters 13-end)
Paper 1 workshop L’Assommoir – scholarship: “A Medical Reading of Gervaise” | Quiz Paper 1 outline & evidence workshop Assign due: Discussion board 2 |
| Modern studies & applications | ||
2/17 2/19 2/21 | GROUP A: current scholarship, same issues GROUP B: current scholarship, same issues GROUP C: current scholarship, same issues | Assign due: 2-3 page essay – your choice of article applied to draft of paper 1 |
2/24 2/26 2/28 | Paper 1 workshop Group A Paper 1 workshop Group B Paper 1 workshop Group C | Assign due: 5-page draft due on day of your group meeting |
3/3 3/5 3/7 | Modern cases of Nature vs Nurture, media TBD Modern theories, what is this today? READING Modern cases of Nature vs Nurture, media TBD | Paper 1 Due Assign A (in-class): Discussion board 3 Assign B (in-class): Debate in-class |
SPRING BREAK | ||
3/17 3/19 3/21 | What about free will? Film TBD Film TBD, discussion Short essay | Assign due: Short essay- what can I choose to do differently? |
| Independent research | ||
3/24 3/26 3/28 | Research topics & questions Research question conferences (Tuesday-Thursday) Database navigation (bring laptop to class! Please!) | Assign due: Research question and topic breakdown due before your conference |
3/31 4/2 4/4 | Working bibliography, formatting; identifying themes for notes, outlines & synthesis Database supplementation Notes & synthesis | Assign due: Working Bibliography |
4/7 4/9 4/11 | Outline conferences Outline conferences Outline conferences | Assign due: Outline drafts due (at conference) |
4/14 4/16 4/18 | Draft conferences Draft conferences Good Friday – No classes | Assign due: Rough draft due (at conference) |
| Presenting the research | ||
4/21 4/23 4/25 | Research presentations; how-to & date raffle Presentation prep Research presentations | Research lit review due
Research presentations GROUP B
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4/28 4/30 5/2 | Research presentations Research presentations Conclusions, Core Values Personal Reflection assignment (to be completed at final exam) | Research presentations GROUP C Research presentations GROUP A |
GRADING: 
Assignments/discussion boards: 40%
Quizzes: 5%
Paper 1: 15%
Project 2 lit review: 15%
Research project & presentation: 15%
Core Values essay exam: 10%
Grade Scale:
A | 93.5 < | B+ | 87 < | C+ | 77 < | D | 60 < |
A- | 90 < | B | 83.5 < | C | 73.5 < | F | > 59.9 |
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| B- | 80 < | C- | 70 < |
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