ENJOY!
Dr. Elizabeth Oakes
Offices and phones:
110C Cherry Hall, Phone 270 745 5783
l34 Cherry hall, Phone 270 745 5720
e-mail: elizabeth.oakes@wku.edu
Web page: http://www.wku.edu/~elizabeth.oakes
Office Hours: TBA
Required Texts: A World of Ideas, sixth edition, edited by Lee A. Jacobus and Quick Access, fourth edition, edited by Lynn Troyka
Grading
20%--reading exams, mechanics and documentation tests, including the final, research report
30%--2-3 in-class essays
40%--3 out-of-class essays
10%--in-class writing/exercises/tests
Grading scale
90-l00=A
80-89=B
70-79=C
60-69=D
0-59=F
Policies
Reading exams--I allow one make-up on these if done within a week. After that one, I need a written, verifiable excuse. I don't allow students to take the exam and then leave class. Also, if you are tardy, I may not waste class time to let you take the exam. You will have to take a much harder make-up.
Out-of-class essays--I subtract ten points per day for each day late, including weekends. Only under rare circumstances do I bend this rule.
In-class essays--You'll need an iron-clad excuse to make up one of these.
In-class writing/exercises/tests--There is no make-up on these.
Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or servies) for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services, Room 445, Potter Hall, phone: 745-5004.
Please note that the last day to drop without a grade is January 20, and the last day to drop with a W is March 4.
One of your essays will be kept for a departmental review; this will in no way affect your grade.
SYLLABUS
1/12
Introductions
1/14
Diagnostic essay--bring pen and paper. This is not one of your graded in-class essays.
1/19
No class
1/21
Machiavelli, 35, and Lao Tzu, 19--reading exam and discussion
1/26
Jefferson, 75, Stanton, 169, King, 179--reading exam and discussion
1/28
No class--I will be out of town
2/2
Sentence structure workshop
2/4
Documentation workshop--bring Quick Access
2/9
NO CLASS--I will be at a workshop on teaching 300!
2/11
Out-of-class essay due
Mimi-workshop
The paper should be 4+ pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins. Use at least one of the readings from this section. Have at least three paraphrases, three short quotations, and one long quotation (doesn't count as part of length). Also, you will need to find two outside sources. These can't be from an encyclopedia, a dictionary, or the Bible. Each should be at least four or more pages. You may not use a summary of an article that you get from a computer search. If you use something from the internet (which is fine), make sure it is from an edited site and not just the ravings of some lunatic or someone without credentials. Either print a copy or xerox one for me, on which you have clearly marked which sections you have used. If you use part of a chapter of a book, xerox the chapter. Turn your completed paper and the xeroxing in to me in a folder. If you don't meet these requirements, I won't grade it. I'll give it back to you to re-do and count it as late.
2/16
Galbraith, p. 247, quiz and discussion
2/18
The Friedmans, p. 261, quiz and discussion
2/23
Reich, p. 287
2/25
In-class essay--bring paper, pen, the Jacobus book, and Quick Access
3/l
Mechanics Workshop--bring Quick Access
3/3
Mechanics and documentation exam
3/8
Plato, p. 313, quiz and discussion
Bring Quick Access as well as your Jacobus reader
3/10
Bacon, p. 417, quiz and discussion
Bring Quick Access as well as your Jacobus reader
3/15
Gardner, p. 373, quiz and discussion
Bring Quick Access as well as your Jacobus reader
3/17
In-class essay
Bring Quick Access, your Jacobus reader, pen, and paper
SPRING BREAK
ENJOY!
3/29
Quiz and discussion, Gilligan, p. 835
3/31
Quiz and discussion, August, handout
4/5
Quiz and discussion, Horney, p. 357
4/7
Mechanics workshop day--bring both your books
4/12
Paper due by 3:45 p.m.
We won't meet as a class this day.
Paper guidelines:
*5+ pages
*5 outside sources (These can't be summaries; they need to be the full article.)
*2 of the three essays we've read in this section (You may use the introductions in A World of Ideas, but you need to use the essays as well.)
*5 paraphrases
*5 direct quotes, at least one of which must be long (Long quotes don't count as part of the length.)
*underline thesis and topic sentences (The thesis and topic sentences can't be something you have to cite; they need to be your overall point.)
*have at least one (that you mark by putting the number in parentheses before it) of each of the sentence patterns and three combinations (again, which you mark) per page
*xeroxes must be handed in with the direct quotes and paraphrases clearly marked. This includes the pages you use from A World of Ideas and my handouts. These must be clearly marked.
The sentence patterns:
#2 complete thought; complete thought
#3 complete thought, coordinating conjunction complete thought
#4 incomplete thought, complete thought
#5 complete thought with an incomplete in the middle (maybe commas, maybe not)
#6 complete thought with an incomplete at the end (maybe a comma, maybe not)
4/14
Buddha, p. 645, quiz and discussion
4/19
The Book of Job, p. 665, quiz and discussion
The Sermon on the Mount, p. 691, quiz and discussion
4/21
The Bhagavad Gita, p. 703, quiz and discussion
The Prophet Muhammad, p. 719, quiz and discussion
4/27
Paper due
Guidelines tba
4/29
Catch-up Day
I will be in my office (110C or 134) if you want to see me, but unless we miss a day we won't meet as a class.
Final
1-3 p.m., Friday, May 7
In-class essay
Bring Quick Access, pen, and paper