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Dr. Robert Sutton |
Office: S511-B |
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HUM 220 Spring |
Phone: 362-7133 |
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E-Mail: robertcsutton@yahoo.com |
Office Hours: MWF 12-1:00, TTH 11-12:00, by appointment. |
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Home Page: http://cfcc.edu/faculty/rsutton/ |
Mail S202 |
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course presents some major
dimensions of human experience as reflected in art, music, literature,
philosophy, and history. Topics include the search for identity, the quest for
knowledge, the need for love, the individual and society, and the meaning of
life. Upon completion, students should be able to recognize interdisciplinary
connections and distinguish between open and closed questions and between
narrative and scientific models of understanding. This course has
been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education
core requirement in humanities/fine arts.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, a student
should be able:
To meet these objectives, this course will raise these questions in
reference to literature, film, art, philosophy, and popular culture:
GENERAL EDUCATION COMPETENCIES:
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Written Communication |
Understanding Social Structure |
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Oral Communication |
Problem Solving |
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Critical Thinking |
Understanding Scientific Concepts & Application |
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Basic Computer Usage |
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REQUIRED TEXT:
· Camus, Albert. The Stranger, Vintage Press, 1988 edition.
· Watson, Peter. The Modern Mind: An Intellectual History of the 20th Century, Perennial, 2002.
· Wiesel, Elie. Night, Hill and Wang, 2006.
INTERNET:
·
Brians, Paul, et al. Reading
About the World, Volume 2
·
Condorcet.
The
Future Progress of the Human Mind
·
Declaration of
Independence, July 4, 1776
·
Declaration of the Rights of Man
and of the Citizen
·
Foucault,
Michel, What
Is Enlightenment?
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Kant,
Immanuel. What is
Enlightenment?
· Kreis, Steven, The History Guide's Lectures on Modern European Intellectual History
o Lecture 9: Écrasez l'infâme!: The Triumph of Science and the Heavenly City of the 18th Century Philosophe
o
Lecture
10: The Vision
of Human Progress:
Vico, Gibbon and Condorcet"
· Lyotard, Jean-Francois, The Postmodern Condition. Trans. Geoff Bennington, et al. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1984.
·
Mill,
John Stuart. On
Liberty (1859)
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Sartre,
Jean-Paul,
Existentialism
is a Humanism
·
A Surrealist
Manifesto: The Declaration of January 27, 1925.
FILM:
REQUIREMENTS: This course is divided into three sections:
After each reading a 1-2 page paper will be due. These papers combined will count as 1/3 of the course grade. In addition, a 4 page paper will be required after sections 1 and 3. Detailed instructions for these assignments will be given as their due dates approach. Each paper will count 1/3 of your final grade. There will be no late papers accepted.
The class format will be lecture-discussion.
CAPE
FEAR ATTENDANCE POLICY: CFCC policy requires 80% attendance. Thus,
a grade of "F" is issued on the 10th hour of absence, no exceptions.
It is your responsibility to keep track of your absences. To encourage
attendance I will award 4 points to your final grade now, deduct a point for every
class that you are absent.
As a matter of respect for your colleagues, and me you are expected to be in
class on time. Roll will be taken at the beginning of class and if you
are not here to respond, you will be marked absent.
GRADING: School wide grade scale is as follows:
A=100-92(4), B=91-84(3), C=83-76(2), D=75-68(1), F=67(0), WP, WF, I.
No withdrawals will be granted without a face to face consultation with the instructors and it is CFCC policy that, “No withdrawals may be requested after the 80 percent point of a class. Students who wish to appeal should secure an Instructional Appeal Form from the Office of the Vice President for Instruction. Permission will be granted for extenuating circumstances only. Documentation will be required. The Vice President for Instruction’s decision is final.”
PLAGIARISM STATEMENT: Plagiarism is using as your own the words or ideas of another, whether written or oral. When you use material from a source, you must quote or paraphrase accurately and properly cite the information. Failure to do so is considered plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism include word-for-word copying without correctly indicating that you are quoting, inaccurate quoting and paraphrasing and incomplete or missing documentation. Purchasing a paper or copying someone else's work and submitting it as your own are also plagiarism. Any misrepresentation of the source in your writing or speaking would constitute a form of plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is not acceptable. The Humanities and Fine Arts Department adheres to the CFCC policy on cheating as stated in the Catalog and Student Handbook. In the unlikely event of an act of plagiarism, I will give the student a failing grade for the course.
CONTINGENCY PLAN: If there is an emergency and the instructor or an appropriate substitute does not meet with the class, wait fifteen minutes. If no instructor shows, the class should sign a roll sheet and designate someone to take it to the Humanities/Fine Arts Department Secretary or Chair. In the event of faculty absences, unless an assignment is given, it is expected that students will use the time studying in the library.
ACCOMMODATION OF SPECIAL NEEDS: Any student who requests classroom accommodations because of a disability must present documentation to verify his/her disability. This documentation must be furnished to the Disabilities Service Coordinator. On a confidential basis, the student, disabilities services and the instructor will determine the appropriate accommodations following documentation. These accommodations will be provided in a manner that is consistent with the objectives, outcomes, and academic standards of the course. Absences must not exceed class attendance policy.
CELL PHONES: Please make sure
that your cell phone is off before entering the classroom. There is no reason to ever have your cell phone
out during class time, thus there is no need to every see a cell phone in the
classroom.
MYCFCC: MYCFCC is your student web
portal - there you can access your class websites, email, and WebAdvisor (official academic info such as grades,
transcripts, schedules, etc). Your
official CFCC-provided email account is to be used for all e-mail
correspondence with your instructors and CFCC staff. Some information from CFCC will ONLY be
emailed to this address, and not sent through postal mail, so it is very
important that you check this account.
To access this account, visit the myCFCC
portal - there is a link to the portal near the top of the CFCC.edu
website. Login and click the Email
link. Your username is part of your
email address: user@mail.cfcc.edu. (Note if you've had a CFCC email address in
the past, this one differs because we've changed 'email' to 'mail' in the
address.) This email account is provided
to you as long as you are enrolled in classes (you can take the summer off),
and may be used for personal email as well as academic email. The class websites linked from the portal are automatically created for every class - it is up to the
instructors to decide whether and how to use them. Even if they are not used, you can send an
email to your instructor by clicking the Send Email link on your class homepage.
TOBACCO USE: Tobacco use is prohibited on all CFCC
property. The first offense is a warning and the second offense may
result in disciplinary action.
Disclaimer on First-Day Handouts: The instructor reserves the right, acting within the policies and procedures of Cape Fear Community College, to make changes in course content or instructional techniques without notice or obligations.
CREDITS, HOURS, PREREQUISITES, COREQUISITES:
Semester Hours Credit: 3
Course hours per week: 3
Prerequisites: ENG 111.
Corequisites: None:
Updated 12/08/2011