Preceptorial Common Syllabus
IDS100A - Freshman Preceptorial - Fall 2008
Social and Ethical Responsibility in an Interdependent World
Key Dates
- Add/drop deadline: September 3, 2008
- Advising weeks: November 10 - November 21, 2008
- Withdrawal deadline: November 21, 2008
- Classes end: December 5, 2008
Readings
Each instructor will determine specific readings and assignments including, but not limited to, the following sources:
- Julia Alvarez. In the Time of the Butterflies. Plume, ISBN-13: 978-0452274426
- Lee A. Jacobus, A World of Ideas, 7th. edition, Bedford/St. Martin's, ISBN-13: 978-0312437176
- John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, Hackett, ISBN-13:978-0915144860
- Fareed Zakaria, The Future of Freedom, revised edition. W. W. Norton ISBN-13: 978-0393331523
Summer assignment: Alvarez- In the Time of the Butterflies - Read entire book
Schedule
Fall, 2008
Weeks 1-3: Introduction to course; follow-up advising; Library Orientation Tours; Alvarez- In the Time of the Butterflies
Weeks 4-6: Locke, Second Treatise on Government
Weeks 7-8: Readings from A World of Ideas, Part One: Government
Weeks 9-10: Readings from A World of Ideas, Part Four: Wealth and Poverty
Weeks 11-12: Readings from A World of Ideas, Part Five: Mind
Weeks 13-14: Readings from A World of Ideas, Part Three: Education
Bridge assignment (Fall-Spring): Zakaria, The Future of Freedom
Spring, 2009
The focus will be on preparation of the First Year Essay.
Weeks 1-4: Zakaria, The Future of Freedom
Weeks 5-9: Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”
Weeks 10-14: Readings from A World of Ideas
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Preceptorial Library Resources on Electronic Reserves
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Each instructor will determine specific readings and assignments including, but not limited to, the following sources: