Instructor: Hoover (Fall 2008)

• Mon., Dec. 8: FINAL EXAM (11:00 AM)
  

 Previous Assignments

• Fri., Dec. 5: Bring next round of your "Eu-topia" + CULTURAL EVENTS SHEET DUE.
• Thurs., Dec. 4: Bring latest version of your own Eu-topia.
• Wed., Dec. 3: "Imagining your own Utopia" assignment [Bring a paragraph on each of the four main elements of your utopia--two sides of a page?  Title the utopia and put your ID# only it for identification)
• Mon., Dec. 1: Callenbach, Finish the book, Ecotopia + Post/Send Discussion Question
• Thurs., Nov. 20: Callenbach, Ecotopia (read to p. 133) + PORTFOLIOS DUE
• Wed., Nov. 19: Callenbach, Ecotopia (read through end of chapter "Workers' Control...." up to p. 106)
• Mon., Nov. 17: Callenbach, Ecotopia (read through end of chapter "Decline without Fall...." up to p. 77)
• Fri., Nov. 14: Callenbach, Ecotopia (read through end of chapter "Car-less Living in....")
• Thurs., Nov. 13: PAPER DUE.  (Bring your latest versions of the other papers with you to class--We will work on Portfolio assignments)
• Wed., Nov. 12: Richter, "Utopia/Dystopia"
• Mon., Nov. 10: Huxley, Brave New World, (finish entire book)
• Fri., Nov. 7: No new assignment.
• Thurs., Nov. 6: Huxley, Brave New World, (at least through pp. 185)
• Wed., Nov. 5: Huxley, Brave New World, (at least through pp. 145)
• Mon., Nov. 3: Huxley, Brave New World, (at least through pp. 106)
• Fri., Oct. 31: Huxley, Brave New World, (at least through pp. 29) + ORAL PRESENTATIONS
• Thurs., Oct. 30: NO CLASS -  advising sessions
• Wed., Oct. 29: Negley & Patrick, "Modern Utopias" + more ORAL PRESENTATIONS!
• Mon., Oct. 27: ORAL PRESENTATIONS!
  
• Fri., Oct. 24: No class.  PAPER DUE (by 4:00PM).
• Thurs., Oct. 23: Bellamy, Looking Backward (Finish book) + Cultural Events Sheet Submitted.Wed., Oct. 22: Bellamy, Looking Backward (read at least through sec. XXVI) + Cultural Events Sheet Submitted.
• Mon., Oct. 20: Bellamy, Looking Backward (read at least through sec. XXII) + Cultural Events Sheet Submitted.
• Fri., Oct. 17: Bellamy, Looking Backward (read at least through sec. XVII).
• Thurs., Oct. 16: Bellamy, Looking Backward (read at least through sec. XII).
• Wed., Oct. 15: Bellamy, Looking Backward (read at least through sec. VII).
• Fri., Oct. 11: No new reading
• Thurs., Oct. 10: Claeys, "Socialism and Utopia"
• Wed., Oct. 8: Kumar, "The Boundaries of Utopia
• Mon., Oct. 6: EXAM
• Fri., Oct. 3: REVIEW
  
• Thurs., Oct. 2: Meet in Cherry Auditorium  (Peterson Hall)
• Wed., Oct. 1: More, Finish More's Utopia + post a response to the question on the Discussion and Questions website (at least one hour prior to class).
• Mon., Sept. 29: More, Utopia (pp. 82-98)
• Fri., Sept. 26: More, Utopia (pp. 65-81)
• Thurs., Sept. 25: More, Utopia (pp. 47-65)
• Wed., Sept. 24: More, Utopia (pp. 1-47) + (pp. xi-xx).
• Mon., Sept. 22: Read Land of Cokaygne [handout]
• Fri., Sept. 19: Read + Mumford, "The Story of Utopias"
  
• Thurs., Sept. 18 (No-class, Individual meetings)
• Wed., Sept. 17: Read + Greco-Roman Golden Age Myths
  
• Mon., Sept. 15: Read + Epic of Gilgamesh +  Garden of Eden story. Also, think about how you would answer the question on the discussion board.
• Fri., Sept. 12: No new reading.  (Meet in the Library.)  PAPER DUE
  
• Thurs., Sept. 11: Read Kumar, "Elements of Utopia"+ then consider and be prepared to answer questions on the discussion board.
• Wed., Sept. 10: Read Sargent, "Utopian Traditions"+ then consider and be prepared to answer questions on the discussion board.
• Mon., Sept. 8: Plato, "Myth of Atlantis"
  
• Fri., Sept. 5: No new reading.
  
• Thurs., Sept. 4: No new reading.  MEET AT WRITING CENTER
• Wed., Sept. 3: Post a reply to the question on Plato's Republic on the Discussion and Question website.
• Fri., Aug. 29: Read pages 1-8 (Bk VII) of Plato, "The Republic" [addt'l text!]
• Thurs., Aug. 28: Read pages 15-27 (Bk III-IV) of Plato, "The Republic"
• Wed., Aug. 27: Read pages 1-15 (Bk III-IV) of Plato, "The Republic"
• Mon., Aug. 25: No assignment (First Class Period)