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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 Fourth Year Core.

In | August

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Aimé Césaire, Notebook of a Return to My Native Land (1939), The Tragedy of King Christophe (1963), A Season in the Congo, (1966) and A Tempest (1969) and Alejo Carpentier, The Kingdom of this World (1949).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Alain Locke, “The New Negro” (1925), CLR James, World Revolution (1937) and The Black Jacobins (1938), Jean-Paul Sartre, “Orphée Noir” (1948), Aimé Césaire, “Poetry and Knowledge” (1944) and Discourse on Colonialism (1950), Léopold Senghor, “What the Black Man Contributes” (1939) and “Negro-African Aesthetics” (1956), Léon Damas, “Introduction” to Poètes d’expression française (1947), Édouard Glissant, Caribbean Discourse (1981) and Roberto Fernández Retamar, Caliban (1989), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, WEB DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1952), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text on eugenics, phrenology, Nazi inquiry into the workings and applicability of Jim Crow system in Germany].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Journey to the End of the Night (1932).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, 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
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, WEB DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903) and Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1952), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Albert Camus, The Plague (1947) and The Fall (1956).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) and Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (1943), and the Charter of the United Nations (1945).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Franz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism (1959), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Albert Camus, The Plague (1947) and The Stranger (1942).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness (1943) and the Constitution of the World Health Organization (1946).
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Franz Fanon, A Dying Colonialism (1959), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

In | September

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo Trilogy (1956-1957) or Midaq Alley (1947) and André Gide, The Immoralist (1902).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo Trilogy (1956-1957) or Children of the Alley (1959) and Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North (1966).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Naguib Mahfouz, Cairo Trilogy (1956-1957) or The Coffeehouse (1988) and Cheikh Hamidou Kane, Ambiguous Adventure (1961).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex(1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (1958) and Arrow of God (1964) and Wole Soyinka, The Bacchae of Euripides (1973) and Death and the King’s Horseman (1975).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

In | October

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to DO Fagunwa, Forest of a Thousand Daemons (1938) and Ben Okri, The Famished Road (1990).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Ben Okri, The Famished Road (1990).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (1972), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) and Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality (1976), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— 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
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952) and James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues” (1957).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, James Baldwin, “Everybody’s Protest Novel” (1953) and The Fire Next Time (1963), Ralph Ellison, “Sound and the Mainstream” from Shadow and Act (1964), the Belmont Report (1978) and John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) and Justice as Fairness (2001), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Henry K Beecher, Ethics and the Explosion of Human Experimentation (Beecher Papers, 1965), Susan M Reverby, Tuskegee’s Truths (2000) and Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy (2009), Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: the Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (2006) and Jonathan Metzl, The Protest Psychosis (2010), along with basic science research on physical, physiological and psychological sequelae of discrimination and therapeutic outcomes.

In | November

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952) and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Martin Luther King, Jr, “My Trip to the Land of Gandhi” (1959) and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963), the Belmont Report (1978) and John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) and Justice as Fairness (2001), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Henry K Beecher, Ethics and the Explosion of Human Experimentation (Beecher Papers, 1965), Susan M Reverby, Tuskegee’s Truths (2000) and Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy (2009), Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: the Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (2006) and Jonathan Metzl, The Protest Psychosis (2010), along with basic science research on physical, physiological and psychological sequelae of discrimination and therapeutic outcomes.

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977) and Yusef Komunyakaa, Dien Cai Dau (1988).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Martin Luther King, Jr, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” (1967), the Belmont Report (1978), John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) and Justice as Fairness (2001) and Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother (2007), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Henry K Beecher, Ethics and the Explosion of Human Experimentation (Beecher Papers, 1965), Susan M Reverby, Tuskegee’s Truths (2000) and Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy (2009), Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: the Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (2006) and Jonathan Metzl, The Protest Psychosis (2010), along with basic science research on physical, physiological and psychological sequelae of discrimination and therapeutic outcomes.

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987) and Yusef Komunyakaa, Dien Cai Dau (1988).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Martin Luther King, Jr, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” (1967), the Belmont Report (1978), John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) and Justice as Fairness (2001) and Saidiya Hartman, Lose Your Mother (2007), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in politics, psychology, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1961), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Henry K Beecher, Ethics and the Explosion of Human Experimentation (Beecher Papers, 1965), Susan M Reverby, Tuskegee’s Truths (2000) and Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy (2009), Harriet Washington, Medical Apartheid: the Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present (2006) and Jonathan Metzl, The Protest Psychosis (2010), along with basic science research on physical, physiological and psychological sequelae of discrimination and therapeutic outcomes.

— 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 Fourth Year Core.

In | January

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Jorge Luis Borges, Labyrinths (1940-1962) and Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Octavio Paz. The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, The Law of Peoples (1999), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Pablo Neruda, Canto General (1950).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, The Law of Peoples (1999) and [insert on Chile TRC], along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Octavio Paz. The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Gabriel García Márquez, The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) and Pablo Neruda, Canto General (1950).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, The Law of Peoples (1999) and [insert on Chile TRC], along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Octavio Paz. The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Rabindranath Tagore, “The Living and the Dead” (1892), The Home and the World (1916) and Sacrifice (1917) and Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (1981).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Mahatma Gandhi, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule (1909), Rabindranath Tagore, Nationalism (1917), John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands (1992) and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Can the Subaltern Speak?” (1988), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

In | February

— First Week

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (1981).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands (1992), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children (1981) and The Satanic Verses (1988).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands (1992), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses (1988).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands (1992) and Homi Bhabha, Location of Culture, “Introduction” and “Dissemination” (1994), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Ben Okri, The Famished Road (1990).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

In | March

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Ben Okri, The Famished Road (1990).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, John Rawls, Political Liberalism (1993) and Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999) and The Idea of Justice (2009), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in cultural studies, migration, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on identity, migration, and self and social reformation.

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Derek Walcott, Omeros (1990), “A Far Cry from Africa” (1962), “Names” (1976) and “The Schooner Flight” (1979).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic (1993), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on alienation, creativity, identity, and self and social reformation.

— 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
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Derek Walcott, Omeros (1990) and “The Muse of History” (1974).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic (1993), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to basic science research on alienation, creativity, identity, and self and social reformation.

In | April

— First Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Antje Krog, Country of My Skull (1998).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, No Future Without Forgiveness (1999), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, economics, and politics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Mahmood Mamdani, “Amnesty or Impunity: a Preliminary Critique of the TRC of South Africa” (2002), along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to [insert text].

— Second Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in 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
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Kgebetli Moele, Room 207 (2006) and The Book of the Dead (2009), Tony Kushner, Angels in America (1991) and Margaret Edson, W;t (1999).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor (1978) and AIDS and its Metaphors (1989) and Jonny Steinberg, Sizwe’s Test (2008), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Paul Farmer and Nicole Gastineau Campos, “Rethinking Medical Ethics: a View from from Below” (2004) and Paul Farmer, “Chronic Infectious Disease and the Future of Health Care Delivery” (2013), along with basic science research on immunology and communicable diseases treatment and resistance.

— Third Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in cultures and societies — as they developed and are currently studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to JM Coetzee, Disgrace (1999) and The Lives of Animals (1999).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to assigned above, along with basic science research on human trauma and reparation, animal consciousness, suffering, and veganism.

— Fourth Week

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

Week’s Focus
Contemporary human concerns in cultures and societies — as they developed and are currently studied, known — from the perspective of the arts, civics, ethics, humanities, and sciences.
Monday, Arts, Humanities
Contemporary concerns in arts and humanities. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005).
Tuesday, Civics, Ethics
Contemporary concerns in civics and ethics. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, Martha Nussbaum, Love’s Knowledge (1990), Upheavals of Thought: the Intelligence of Emotions (2003) and From Disgust to Humanity (2010), along with associated law and regulation.
Wednesday, Social Sciences
Contemporary concerns in anthropology, politics, and sociology. Lecture and seminar, with attention to above assigned, along with associated studies.
Thursday, Natural Sciences
Contemporary concerns in natural and applied science. Lecture and seminar, with attention to Dolly, the Cloned Sheep (1996-2003); the CRISPR sequence, system, and technology (1987-2012); and the Case of first genetically edited, HIV-resistant human embryos and babies (2018).

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 remain 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

Overview

Sum (or Summary, Summation) Term runs from the beginning of June to the end of July.

In | June

Sum Term; June. Sum Term begins in early June and continues through the month as follows:

June, First Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Ramayana (700-200 BC).
June, Second Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Ramayana(700-200 BC).
June, Third Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Mahabharata (300BC-400).
June, Fourth Week
The Vedas (1500-1200 BC) and The Mahabharata(300BC-400).

In | July

Sum Term; July. Sum Term continues through the month of July as follows:

July, First Week
The Bible (1200 BC-100).
July, Second Week
The Bible (1200 BC-100).
July, Third Week
The Quran (610-632).
July, Fourth Week
The Quran (610-632).

Mid | Terms

Overview

The following are short periods of break from instruction expected to occur during (“amid”) the course of each term.

In | First

First midterm is to occur on the third week of the third month, October.

In | Second

Second midterm is to occur on the third week of the third month, March.

In | Sum

Sum midterm consists of 1-2 day extension of July 4th holiday.

Calendar University

Core Course (Year Four)

The Fourth Year of the Core Curriculum