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winter week-by-week schedule

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Winter Weeks 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

FIRST WINTER MEETING: Noon, Tuesday, January 16, Sem2, E4115.

Week 1 (Jan 8)

No class on campus for this week. This week is used as an intensive reading period and for pilgrimage. Students should read the Iyer book and complete the assignment, which is due on Wednesday of next week (see below, week 2).

Week 2 (Jan 15)

Lectio

Iyer, Sun after Dark (facilitators will make selections for lectio, which begins at noon; students should have read the whole book)

lectio selection

DUE: Mind Map completed after lectio in class. Bring colored pencils/pens/markers if you have them.

Yoga

Arrive on time & wear comfortable clothes.
Bring yoga journal & color pens/markers/crayons to construct body maps.

For all readings, see yoga handout.
Boccio: pp. 85-92 and Yoga Sequence One, pp. 93-131.
Farhi: Tadasana, pp. 88-90

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Program Business
Complete Self Evaluation (see handout)
and Academic Advising self-assessment form.
Divide into groups

Portfolio checklist distributed.

Seminar

The program syllabus
Ivan Illich, "Ascesis"

DUE: Writing assignment on Pico Iyer
DYAD WORK: Bring your Iyer assignment every week.

Week 3 (Jan 22)

Lectio:

Martin Buber, The Way of Man (final story) and Meetings ("My Mother," "The Horse," & "A Conversion"), with a focus on material that clarifies the meaning of "meeting."
Notes by Lizzy Negelev

lectio selections

DUE: Mind Map
Yoga

Boccio, pp. 77-82 and 93-131.
Farhi: Preparatory stance and sitting bone to heel connection, knees, pp. 90-94.

BRING EVERY WEEK: Body Maps

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Sarah: readings in conversation with assignments.

Bill: science & awareness

Seminar

McCarty, et al., The Coherent Heart (download here) (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, freely available on the web, to open this file after downloading it.)

DUE: Answers to the Five Questions

Week 4 (Jan 29)

Lectio

Kingsley, Reality, Part II, pp. 309-559.
DUE: Mind Map (done in class)

lectio selection
Yoga

Boccio, pp. 137-144 and Yoga Sequence Two, pp. 145-185.
Farhi: Downward facing dog, pp. 116-119.

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Sarah & Bill: Love & Strife

Seminar

Kingsley, Reality, Part II, pp. 309-559.

Week 5 (Feb 5) MONDAY, noon-FRIDAY, noon, PROGRAM RETREAT, FORT FLAGLER, WASHINGTON

Miller, Yoga Nidra
Klein, Living Truth
DUE: Response essay #1 (due Monday at the retreat; make sure you read assignment requirements on the mind maps page or on the covenant.)
 
Poems from retreat
 

Week 6 (Feb 12)
PORTFOLIO REVIEW: Peer groups review portfolios. Fill out portfolio review forms and submit them to each student's faculty. Form will include a chance to note colleagues who might be at risk of receiving less than full credit.
DUE: Mid-quarter self evaluation (see handout), with portfolio (download portfolio checklist here).

Lectio

12:00 Mind Map Viewing
1:15 Student Presentations
DUE: Mind Map
Yoga

Boccio, pp. 57-65 and 145-185.
Farhi: Trikonasana, pp. 98-100.

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Student Presentations

Seminar

Seminar based lectio on
Miller, Yoga Nidra
Klein, Living Truth

DUE: Body map assignment to faculty only. See Yoga page.


Week 7 (Feb 19)

 

12:00 Mind Map viewing (maps done before class)
Student presentations

DUE: Mind Map
Yoga

Boccio, pp. 187-199 and Yoga Sequence Three, pp. 200-249.
Farhi: Backbends essential skills, pp. 177-179.

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Student Presentations

Carly Bretl, wet-on-wet painting workshop

Seminar

DUE:Independent Contract Form (that link takes you to Academic Advising's page where you can download the form; scroll about halfway down the page). DO NOT submit this form to anyone other than your seminar leader; we are using it only for internal program purposes.
Winterson, Art and Lies

Week 8 (Feb 26)
DUE: Final self evaluation available for peer review.

Lectio

McCarthy, The Road
Cayley, Rivers North of the Future, read pages 59-63, 31-35, then 59-63 again.
Technologies of the Self, pp. 121-144.

DUE: Mind Map (done at home before class)

Yoga

Boccio, pp. 67-75 and 200-249.
Farhi: Sun salutation variations, pp. 125-130.

DUE (8:45 AM): Response Essay #2

Tuesday All-Program Meeting

Guest: Sara Huntington

Seminar

McCarthy, The Road, selections from Illich & Foucault

Week 9 (Mar 5)
DUE: Final self evaluation to faculty: (1) hard copy along with colleague reviews and (2) email as attachment (make sure the attachment is compatible with MS-Word, i.e., that the file has a .doc suffix).

Lectio

Irigaray, The Way of Love ("Being with the other, pp. 55-95) and Empire of the Senses (chapters 21 & 22, pp. 369-96, plus Sensory Bibliography, again, pp. 399-406)
DUE: Mind Map (done in class)
DUE: Community Service paper

Yoga

Boccio, pp. 251-262 and Yoga Sequence Four, pp. 263-307.
Farhi: Dandasana, pp. 133-135.

 
Tuesday All-Program Meeting

 
Seminar

DUE: Peer-reviewed, carefully edited self evaluation (see handout and the faculty evaluation template for winter-only students or the template for students continuing from fall).
DUE: Body map assignment. See Yoga page.

Week 10 (Mar 12)

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH POSTERS and PORTFOLIO REVIEW this week
Faculty will return comments on self evaluations by Monday.
DUE: Final self evaluation, revised in response to faculty comments. Due Thursday at noon or at your evaluation conference, whichever is earlier.

MONDAY, 11 AM - 1 PM: Poster Sessions

12 noon - 2 PM PORTFOLIO REVIEW

Week 10 portfolio review checklist
Yoga

Boccio, pp. 251-262 and Yoga Sequence Four, pp. 263-307.
Evaluations

 
Evaluations

 

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