Fall Quarter Syllabus


SECTION ONE: FROM SOUND TO MEANING (led by Sean Williams)

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Week One - Sound and Music

9/24 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Program Introduction/Understanding Sound
1:00-3:00 The Cultural Determinants of Music
(break)
5:00-6:30 Bring Your Own Dinner! Workshop on the Perception of Rhythm
6:30-8:30 Seminars

9/26 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

9/27 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Sound and Music Production: Timbre
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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Week Two - Music and the Mind

10/1 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Music and the Mind (I)
1:00-3:00 Music and the Mind (II)
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

10/3 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Time Management workshop (Eddie Maiava and others)

10/4 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Guest speaker Jason Kilmer/Music and the Mind (III)
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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Week Three - Music and Meaning

10/8 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Music and Meaning (I)
1:00-3:00 Music and Meaning (II)
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

10/10 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

10/11 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Music and Meaning (III)
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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SECTION TWO: PERCEPTION AND THE BRAIN (led by Jean Cavendish)
Week Four

10/15 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Is Reality a Collective Hunch? (I)
1:00-3:00 Is Reality a Collective Hunch? (II)
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

10/17 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

10/18 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 If You are Human You Cast a Shadow
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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Week Five

10/22 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Who Runs My Computer? (I)
1:00-3:00 Who Runs My Computer? (II)
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

10/24 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

10/25 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Personality: True or False?
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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Week Six

10/29 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 If You Jump to Conclusions Will You Miss the Boat? (I)
1:00-3:00 If You Jump to Conclusions Will You Miss the Boat? (II)
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

10/31 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

11/1 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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SECTION THREE: THE NATURE OF PHYSICAL REALITY (led by Don Middendorf)

Week Seven

11/5 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 What is Science?
1:00-3:00 Models of Reality in "Classical" Physics
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

11/7 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

11/8 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Meet for Presentation Preparation
2:30-4:30 Meet for Presentation Preparation
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Week Eight

11/12 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Introduction to Modern Views of Reality
1:00-3:00 Quantization and Wave-Particle Duality
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

11/14 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

11/15 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Complementarity
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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BREAK WEEK - NOVEMBER 16-25 (DON'T COME TO CLASS! SLEEP, GET HEALTHY, READ!)
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Week Nine

11/26 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Entanglement
1:00-3:00 Hidden Variables
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Student-led Activity
6:30-8:30 Seminars

11/28 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

11/29 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Quiz: QQ (all) & Ch. 1-13 in TQL; Perceiver, Perceived, Perception; Parallel Universes; Intro to Consciousness Studies
2:30-4:30 Seminars
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Week Ten: Presentations (led by students)

12/3 (Monday)
11:00-12:30 Presentations
1:00-3:00 Presentations
(break)
5:00-6:30 Potluck Dinner and Presentations
6:30-8:30 Presentations

12/5 (Wednesday)
11:00-1:00 Content Group Meetings

12/6 (Thursday)
11:00-2:00 Presentations
2:30-4:30 Seminars: Writing a Self Evaluation
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