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1st | Term

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for study during the first term of the Third Year Core.

In | August

— First Week

First Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William Blake, The French Revolution (1791), America a Prophecy (1793), Europe a Prophecy (1794) and The Song of Los (1795).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, the US Declaration of Independence (1776), the US Constitution (1789), France’s Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), along with Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) and Rights of Man (1791), Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, David Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) and An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751) and Edmund Burke, Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Second Week

Second Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life (1789) and CLR James, The Black Jacobins (1938).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780), Emancipate Your Colonies! (1793) and Anarchical Fallacies (1796), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Third Week

Third Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels (1795-1829) and William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780), Emancipate Your Colonies! (1793) and Anarchical Fallacies (1796), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; August. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Prometheus” (1789) and Faust (1790-1832) and William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason (1781), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and The Wealth of Nations (1776), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

In | September

— First Week

First Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus  (1818), Lord Byron, “Prometheus” (1816) and Percy Shelley, Prometheus Unbound (1820).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text on galvanism, vivisection, and grave digging for cadaver dissection in medical schools].

— Second Week

Second Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason (1788), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Third Week

Third Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre (1847) and Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea (1966).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Critique of Judgment (1790), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; September. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) and Benito Cereno (1855).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals (1797), GWF Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) and Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” (1852), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835-1840) and WEB DuBois, Black Reconstruction in America (1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

In | October

— First Week

First Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Herman Melville, Moby-Dick (1851) and “Bartleby, the Scrivener” (1853) and DW Griffith, The Birth of a Nation (1915).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals (1797) and GWF Hegel, The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), the US Emancipation Proclamation (1863) and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835-1840) and WEB DuBois, Black Reconstruction in America (1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Second Week

Second Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (1866) and Notes from Underground (1864).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (1863), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Third Week

Third Week; October. Our course of study continues after this first midterm period.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; October. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment (1866) and Anton Chekhov, Ward No 6 (1892).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (1863), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

In | November

— First Week

First Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880) and Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya (1899) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Second Week

Second Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov (1879-1880) and Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilyich (1886).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Leo Tolstoy, Confession (1882) and The Kingdom of God Is Within You (1894), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, politics, and linguistics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert].

— Third Week

Third Week; November. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to HG Wells, The War of the Worlds (1898), Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (1899) and Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now Redux (1979).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1935), Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795) and the Covenant of the League of Nations as Part I of the Treaty of Versailles (1919).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Selected Writings (1843-1894), Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) and Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929-1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to John Snow, On the Mode of Communication of Cholera (1849, 1855), Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859) and The Descent of Man (1871), and Gregor Mendel’s “Experiments on Plant Hybridization” (1866), along with material on eugenics and alien, artificial and state intelligence and technologies.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; November. Our course of study moves into the reading and review period, prior to finals in December.

In | December

— First Week

First Week; December. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this December.

— Second Week

Second Week; December. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this December.

— Third Week

Third Week; December. Our course moves into finals period, where all final assignments and exams are due.

2nd | Term

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for study during the second term of the Third Year Core.

In | January

— First Week

First Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Ulysses, I-III (1922) and WB Yeats, “The Second Coming” (1919).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Friedrich Nietzsche, Selected Writings (1872-1888), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Selected Writings (1843-1894), Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) and Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929-1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), along with research on consciousness, cognition, communication and their production and representation in the brain, community, language, and page.

— Second Week

Second Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to James Joyce, Ulysses, IV-IX (1922) and William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying (1930).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Friedrich Nietzsche, Selected Writings (1872-1888), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Selected Writings (1843-1894), Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) and Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929-1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), along with research on consciousness, cognition, communication and their production and representation in the brain, community, language, and page.

— Third Week

Third Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to James Joyce, Ulysses, X-XV (1922) and TS Eliot, The Waste Land (1922).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Friedrich Nietzsche, Selected Writings (1872-1888), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Selected Writings (1843-1894), Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) and Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929-1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), along with research on consciousness, cognition, communication and their production and representation in the brain, community, language, and page.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; January. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to James Joyce, Ulysses, XVI-XVIII (1922) and Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway (1922).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Friedrich Nietzsche, Selected Writings (1872-1888), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Selected Writings (1843-1894), Vladimir Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (1917) and Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks (1929-1935), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to William James, The Principles of Psychology (1890), along with research on consciousness, cognition, communication and their production and representation in the brain, community, language, and page.

In | February

— First Week

First Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat and Selected Haiku (1903-1905), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, “Rashōmon” (1915) and “In a Grove” (1922), Lu Xun, Selected Stories (1918-1926) and Ding Ling, Miss Sophia’s Diary (1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (1915), “In the Penal Colony” (1919) and The Trial (1925), Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (1932), Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” (1935), Fritz Lang, Metropolis (1927) and David Fincher and Madonna, Express Yourself (1989).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents (1930).

— Second Week

Second Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924) and Bertolt Brecht, Man Equals Man (1926) and The Threepenny Opera (1928).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History,” (1935) and Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text on Koch, germ theory, tuberculosis, colonial and tropical medicine and science].

— Third Week

Third Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain (1924) and Bertolt Brecht, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930) and Mother Courage and Her Children (1939).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History,” (1935) and Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text on Koch, germ theory, tuberculosis, colonial and tropical medicine and science].

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; February. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Primo Levi, If This Is a Man (1947) and The Periodic Table (1975) and Leni Riefenstahl, Triumph of the Will (1935).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Vivien Spitz, Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans (2005).

In | March

— First Week

First Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus (1947) and Bertolt Brecht, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (1938) and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1941).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Vivien Spitz, Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans (2005).

— Second Week

Second Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Mann, Doctor Faustus (1947) and Bertolt Brecht, The Good Person of Szechwan (1943).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) and Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Max Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905) and Economy and Society (1950) and Jürgen Habermas, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere (1962), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Vivien Spitz, Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans (2005).

— Third Week

Third Week; March. Our course of study continues after this first midterm period.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; March. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Joseph Heller, Catch-22 (1961) and Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot (1953).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon or the Inspection-House (1787) and Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1975), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (1944) and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent (1988), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

In | April

— First Week

First Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and American cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and American arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and American civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, David Olusoga and Casper Erichsen, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism (2010) and David Olusoga, Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich (BBC, 2005), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and American natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Michael J Neufeld, The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era (1995), André Sellier, A History of the Dora Camp: The Untold Story of the Nazi Slave Labor Camp That Secretly Manufactured V-2 Rockets (2003), Wayne Biddle, Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race (2009).

— Second Week

Second Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow (1973).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, David Olusoga and Casper Erichsen, The Kaiser’s Holocaust: Germany’s Forgotten Genocide and the Colonial Roots of Nazism (2010) and David Olusoga, Namibia: Genocide and the Second Reich (BBC, 2005), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Michael J Neufeld, The Rocket and the Reich: Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era (1995), André Sellier, A History of the Dora Camp: The Untold Story of the Nazi Slave Labor Camp That Secretly Manufactured V-2 Rockets (2003), Wayne Biddle, Dark Side of the Moon: Wernher von Braun, the Third Reich, and the Space Race (2009).

— Third Week

Third Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962), Václav Havel, The Garden Party (1963) and The Memorandum (1965) and Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 (1953).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon or the Inspection-House (1787) and Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punish (1975), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Leon Trotsky, The Revolution Betrayed (1936), Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (1944) and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent (1988), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; April. Our course of study continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to George Orwell, Animal Farm (1945) and Ninety Eighty-Four (1949) and Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom (1944) and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent (1988), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

In | May

— First Week

First Week; May. Our course moves into the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May.

— Second Week

Second Week; May. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May

— Third Week

Third Week; May. Our course remains in the reading and review period, prior to finals later this May

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; May. Our course moves into finals period, where all final assignments and exams are due.

Academe, Minnesota, USA (Ricky Turner)

Sum | Term I

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for Series I of optional group reading and discussion during the summer after the Third Year Core.

In | June

First Week; June. Our reading series begins as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Bayajidda, Eri and Oduduwa.
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— First Week

Second Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Bayajidda, Eri, and Oduduwa and DO Fagunwa, The Brave Hunter in the Forest of 400 Deities (1938).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Second Week

Third Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Gassire’s Lute, Silâmaka and Poullôri, Sundiata, T’heydinn and Ayi Kwei Armah, Two Thousand Seasons (1979).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Third Week

Fourth Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Gassire’s Lute, Silâmaka and Poullôri, Sundiata, T’heydinn and Ayi Kwei Armah, Two Thousand Seasons (1979).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

In | July

— First Week

First Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Mwindo and Kebra Nagast and Okot p’Bitek, Song of Lawino (1966).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Second Week

Second Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to the Epics of Mwindo and Kebra Nagast and Okot p’Bitek, Song of Lawino (1966).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Third Week

Third Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to the Epic of Emperor Shaka the Great and Thomas Mofolo, Chaka (1925).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; July. Our reading series concludes as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and African cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and African arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to the Epic of Emperor Shaka the Great and Thomas Mofolo, Chaka (1925).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and African civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African anthropology, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and African formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

Sum | Term II

Overview

We provide below a preview of the subject focus and materials for Series II of optional group reading and discussion during the summer after the Third Year Core.

In | June

First Week; June. Our reading series begins as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Introductory video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— First Week

Second Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Second Week

Third Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; June. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

In | July

— First Week

First Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Second Week

Second Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Third Week

Third Week; July. Our reading series continues as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Continuing video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.

— Fourth Week

Fourth Week; July. Our reading series concludes as follows:

Week’s Focus
Modern Atlantic and European cultures and societies — as they developed and are later studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Modern Atlantic and European arts and humanities. Concluding video and conversation, with attention to Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time (1913-1927).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Modern Atlantic and European civics and ethics. Concluding video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European economics, politics and sociology. Concluding video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Modern Atlantic and European formal and natural sciences. Concluding video and conversation, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
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The Third Year of the Core Curriculum