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Syllabus
Here's a table showing the general structure of the quarter. For specific assignments, see the "Assignments" webpage.
| DATES | READINGS | ASSIGNMENTS DUE | THEMES | ACTIVITIES |
| Week 1 April 2-4
| Plato, Aristotle,Descartes, Locke, Pinker, readings: on Web | -ABC re readings -Anatomy Pages 1-1,1-2,1-3 | What’s in the mind? How does it get there? | Covenant Mind inventory Web intro. |
| Week 2 April 9-11
| Damasio, pp 1-130 | -ABC re readings -Anatomy Pages 1-5,1-6, 2-1 NVC handout | What parts of brain are responsible for consciousness? | Overview of Brain Structure NVC |
| Week 3 April 16-18 | Damasio, pp 131-276 | -ABC re readings -Anatomy Pages 2-3, 2-5, 4-4
| Emotion Thinking about feeling | (Anatomy) Thinking about Feeling NVC |
| Week 4 April 23-25 | Damasio, pp 277-335 "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" -download, for Wed. | -ABC re readings -Anatomy Pages 4-9, 4-11, 5-1
| Emotions and consciousness | Brain Mysteries video (Anatomy) NVC |
| Week 5 April 30-May 2
| Hobson, pp 1-122
| -ABC re readings (Mon. only) -Anatomy Quiz (Wed.) -Draft of Integration paper #1 due Wed., May 2 | Attachment and mind/brain development | Attachment video NVC (Anatomy) |
| Week 6 May7-9
| Hobson, pp123-274 Siegel, Ch. 2, "Memory" text on Webpage | -ABC re readings (Mon. only.) -Integ. Paper #1 due Wed. May 9 | The intersubjective | (Anatomy) NVC |
| Week 7 May 14-16
| Siegel: CH. 3: Attachment (Mon.) Katherine Nelson, Ch.3 text on Web (Wed.) Rosenberg, "Empathy" on web (for Wed.) | -ABC re readings -Anatomy Pages: 5-33 | The hybrid mind empathy | Coherent autobiographical narratives (Anatomy) |
| Week 8 May 21-23
| Katherine Nelson, Ch. 11 text on Web PTSD article and Beah article, on Web (for Wed.) |
-ABC re readings Mon only -Draft Int #2 due 6/4
| Enculturation and the mediated mind
Trauma and recovery | DRUM Mon and Wed (Anatomy) |
| Week 9 May 28-30 | Tatum: texts on Web NO CLASS MONDAY 5/28 | -ABC re: Tatum Wednesday -Anatomy study guide will be handed out Wed. | Cultural identity compassion, repair, forgiveness | Workshop on Identity (Anatomy) |
| Week 10 June 4-6
| Read: Osherson, Kindlon, and Young-Eisendtrath Integrative Essay #2 due Mon., 6/4 |
-Anatomy Quiz Wed. FOODFOR POTLUCK Wednesday |
Gender identity, Moral development, | Closure, termination, food Eval. workshop; sign-up |
| Week 11 June 11-13 | Evaluation week | Self and faculty evals |
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