Proposal to Modify Kilachand Honors College Writing Equivalency February 28, 2016

Submitted by: Joseph Bizup

CAS Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Background: Students who complete the full Kilachand Honors College (KHC) curriculum are considered to have fulfilled all general education requirements (Foundational Skills, Divisional Studies) for CAS, including WR 100 and WR 150. However, students who leave KHC before completing the KHC curriculum are considered to have satisfied only WR 100. In the first year, KHC students take one four-credit first-year seminar and one two-credit “studio” course each term. The studio courses function as KHC’s writing courses and are designed, according to the KHC website, to “foster writing, research, and quantitative skills by exploring fundamental ethical, aesthetic, and social issues. They focus on the themes and problems raised by provocative modernist texts drawn from literature, film, psychology, philosophy, and the arts.” The studio has evolved considerably since KHC’s inception. While it remains nominally two-credits each semester, it is in fact a substantive seminar that is similar in approach and learning outcomes to the Writing Program’s WR 100 and WR 150 classes. Proposal: The proposal is to modify the current equivalency arrangement between KHC and CAS with respect to the CAS writing requirement. The current arrangement is this:

For students who leave KHC before completing the full KHC program, two semesters of the studio course are considered equivalent to WR 100.

The proposed equivalency arrangement is this:

KHC will designate certain of its first-year seminars “writing rich.” For students who leave KHC before completing the full KHC program,

• two semesters of the studio (4 cr) will continue to be considered equivalent to WR 100 (4 cr)

• one semester of the studio (2 cr) and one “writing rich” first-year seminar (4 cr) will be considered equivalent to WR 100

• two semesters of the studio (4 cr) and one “writing rich” first-year seminar (4 cr) will be considered equivalent to WR 100 and WR 150 (8 cr)

Rationale: These new equivalencies more accurately reflect the amount and kind of instruction students will have received in the KHC curriculum, relative to that which students receive in WR 100 and WR 150. Moreover, the students in these KHC classes are among the university’s best and thus among the most likely to be able to succeed in their respective undergraduate programs without the benefit of the full WR 100 and WR 150 sequence. The effect of the current policy I to require students who leave KHC to take WR 150 as sophomores or juniors, after having completed multiple semesters of writing instruction and two first-year seminars. This requirement is excessive and impedes their ability to progress in a timely manner through their chosen undergraduate programs. Effective Date: These new equivalency arrangements will apply to students were enrolled in KHC classes in Spring 2017 or later. KHC may retrospectively designate its first-year seminars “writing rich” for the purpose of this equivalency.

From: "Preston, Carrie J" <cjpresto@bu.edu> Subject: Re: KHC/WR150 petition Date: February 22, 2017 at 2:47:40 PM EST To: "Bizup, Joseph M" <jbizup@bu.edu> Dear Dean Bizup: We propose to designate specific Kilachand first year seminars as “writing rich” seminars. These seminars, in conjunction with the studio courses that Kilachand students take for two credits each semester of their first year, would fulfill the CAS Writing Requirement . Writing rich seminars will require a substantial amount of writing, at least 15 pages of formal prose. In the attached sample syllabus, “Islam in the Eyes of the West,” students are asked to write a 6-7 page exploratory essay and a 12 page research paper as well as an annotated bibliography. A second attached sample syllabus, “Global Shakespeares: Text, Culture, Appropriation," requires five short blog posts, a 3-page close-reading paper, a 4-5 page essay, and a final 10-page paper that requires research. Students meet individually with that instructor, Margaret Litvin, on their final paper drafts. I have included in the attachment some of the writing-specific handouts Litvin distributes, including a “Paper Self-Assessment Form,” “How to Submit a College Paper,” “Can a Literature Paper Write Itself?” “Developing a Thesis for a Literature Paper,” and “How to Make a Reader Like and Trust You.” First year seminars like this, which I propose to designate “writing rich,” are taken in conjunction with writing studios. In the fall studio, students write two essays on challenging texts (Freud, Nietszhe, and Woolf) and two reflective essays on their own progress as a writer. In the spring semester, students acquire familiarity with academic research strategies and library resources as they work through the multiple stages of a research project and write a capstone research paper. In both semesters, students meet individually for at least four tutorials with the studio faculty. While the studios are two credits each semester, the reading and writing requirements are more intensive than half of a course. We propose that the two studios with a writing rich first year seminar should be considered equivalent to WR 100 and WR 150. Warmest wishes, Carrie J. Preston Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor and Director Kilachand Honors College 91 Bay State Road, Suite 115 Boston, MA 02215

IslaminWesternEyesKHCRN103Fall2014

TuesdayandThursday12:30-2

ProfessorTeenaPurohittpurohit@bu.edu147BayStateRd.Room404Officehours:Tuesdays2-3,Thursdays11-12,andbyappointmentCourseDescriptionDespitethefactthatthemajorityofMuslimsliveinSoutheastandSouthAsia,thestudyofIslamhasbeendominatedbyaperspectivethatassumestheMiddleEastasitscenter.ThispreoccupationwiththeArabworldandArabictextswasconsolidatedduringtheEuropeancolonialerawhenfamousOrientalistswrotedefinitiveaccountsofIslamonthebasisoftheirphilologicalworkinArabicandEuropeanconceptionsofreligion.Thisbiascontinuestodayinthepopularmediaaswellasthewesternacademy:IslamisdefinedprimarilybytheQuranandearlyArabhistory.ThecoursebeginswithadiscussionofhowreligionasacategorywasdefinedbyEuropeansandChristiansprimarilyinthe19thcenturyandappliedtothestudyofnon-Europeansculturesatthesametime.Thisdiscussionof19thcenturyconceptionsofreligionisfollowedbyanengagementwiththediversityofdevotionalexpressionsofIslam,throughstudiesofart,poetry,philosophy,andethnography.Next,thecoursewillengagethediscursivephenomenonofOrientalismandthewritingsofOrientaliststoseewhenandhowthesewesterncategoriesofreligionwereappliedtoMuslimbeliefsandpractices.FromtherewewillexaminehowMuslimsinthemodernperiodrespondedtomodernityandwroteaboutIslamthroughsimilarOrientalistperspectives,whichgaverisetopoliticalIslamicthought.Finally,wewillconsiderhowwesternpoliticaltheoristshaveusedthesesameOrientalistcategoriesofreligiontosupportthetheoryofaninevitableconflictbetweentheWestandIslaminthecontemporaryperiod.Thecoursewillconcludewithcriticismsofthis“clashofthecivilizations”theoryandreflectionsonreligionintheaftermathofSeptember11.RequirementsandGradingTherearefourcomponentstoyourgrade:leadingoneclassdiscussion(15%);attendanceandparticipation(15%);one6-7pageexploratoryessay(30%);andone12-pageresearchpaper(40%).Attendanceatallclasssessionsisnecessarybecauselectureswillcovermaterialsnotintheclass

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readings.Participationindiscussionsisalsoanimportantelementinthiscourse.Together,attendanceandparticipationwillaccountfor15%ofyourgrade.Pleasenotethatevenifyoumissaclasssessionforavalidreasonyouareexpectedtoobtainnotesfromaclassmate,asyouwillstillberesponsibleforanymaterialcovered.Classpresentation:Eachoneofyouwillberequiredtopresentthereadingsfortheweekthroughaseriesofquestions.Theguidelinesfordiscussionwillbeaddressedinthesecondweekofclass.ExploratoryEssay:Apaperexploringaspecifictopicorthemeusingoneortwoofthesourceswewillhavediscussedbythedeadlineofthepaperwillaccountfor30%ofyourgrade.MorespecificguidelineswillbediscussedinOctober.ResearchPaper:Aresearchpaperwillbedueinthelastclass,whichwillaccountfor40%ofyourgrade.Priortothisfinalsubmission,youwillassembleanannotatedbibliographyontheresearchtopicinNovember.Studentsareencouragedtocometoofficehourstodiscusstheirpapers.

AcademicIntegrityandPlagiarismEverystudentisexpectedtobefamiliarwithandcomplywiththeBUpolicyonacademicconduct,whichcanbefoundat:http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code/Ifyouhaveanyquestionsabouthowthepolicyappliestoworkforthiscourse,pleasedonothesitatetoaskme.IwillreferanysuspectedcaseofacademicmisconducttotheDean’sOffice.Anyassignmentjudged,afterahearingbytheAcademicConductpanel,tobeplagiarizedwillreceiveagradeof“0.”CourseRequirements(or,myexpectationsfromyou):

1. Toreceivefullcreditfortheclass,studentsmustcompleteallrequirements.2. Studentsareexpectedtocompletethereadingsassignedforeachclass.3. Attendanceandparticipationinclassdiscussionwillbeexpected.4. Youwillbeallowedtwounpenalizedabsencesinthesemester.5. Disruptiveclassactivitiessuchastexting,browsingtheweb,cominglatetoclass,

eating,andtalkingwillbepenalized.Cellphones,blackberries,ipods,andotherelectronicdevicesMUSTbeswitchedoffbeforeclassbegins.LaptopsareallowedbutONLYtotakenotes.Browsingorchattingonthewebwillbeseverelypenalized.Ifyouarecaughtindulginginanydisruptiveactivities,itwillbecountedasano-showinthatclass!

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RequiredTexts

CarlErnst,FollowingMuhammad[UNCPress,2003]MahmoodMamdani,GoodMuslimBadMuslim[Pantheon,2004]EdwardSaid,Orientalism[Vintage1978]BruceLincoln,HolyTerrors[UniversityofChicago2006]Readingsmarkedwith**areavailableonthecoursewebsiteScheduleofReadings

SECTION1:ApproachestotheStudyofIslamToday

Introduction

TuesdaySeptember2:ThursdaySeptember4:FollowingMuhammad,2-36

Thewesternoriginof“Religion” Tuesday,September9:CarlErnst,FollowingMuhammad,38-69

Thursday,September11:continued

SECTIONII:IslamthoughProphecy,Scripture,andDevotionMuhammad’sProphecy

Tuesday,September16:FollowingMuhammad,72-92Thursday,September18:**“InPraiseofMuhammad:SindhiandUrduPoems”inReligionsofIndiainPractice,ed.DonaldLopez(Princeton:PrincetonUniversityPress),158-173.

IstheQur’anScripture?

Tuesday,September23:FollowingMuhammad,pp.93-104;**MichaelSells,ApproachingtheQuran:EarlyRevelations(Ashland:WhiteCloud,1999),96-130;**Islam:TheStraightPath,pp.1-35Thursday,September25:continued

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Sufism:JourneysofExperience

Tuesday,September30:**AlGhazali,“DeliverancefromError”TheFaithandPracticeofAl-Ghazali(KaziPublications,1982),19-85.

Thursday,October2:continued

PopularIslam:PerspectivesfromtheShrine

Tuesday,October7:Film:“IamaSufi,IamaMuslim” Thursday,October9:NOCLASS,PROFESSORATSTANFORD Tuesday,October14:NOCLASS,MONDAYSCHEDULE

Thursday, October 16: Documentary: “Hosay Trinidad”; **Frank J. Korom and PeterChelkewski’s“CommunityProcessandthePerformanceofMuharramObservancesinTrinidad”

TuesdayOctober21:Midtermexamination

SECTIONIII:EuropeanDiscoveryofIslam Colonialism,Orientalism,andtheRiseofModernIslam

Thursday,October23:**EdwardSaid,Orientalism,Introduction

MuslimResponsestothe“West”

Tuesday,October28:**Esposito,“ModernIslamReformMovements”(pp.141-144,152-171)Thursday,October30:**JamalAl-DinAl-Afghani’s“AnswertoRenan”;MuhammadAbduh’s“TheologyofUnity”

PoliticalIslam:RadicalResponsestothe“West”

Tuesday,November4:Thursday,November6:**EspositoonNeo-Revivalism(pp.175-185)

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Tuesday,November11:SyedQutb,Milestones(KaziPublications,1991),Chapters1,2,and7

SECTIONIV:IslamandtheWest:AClash? ClashoftheCivilizationsTheoryanditsCritique

Thursday,November13:**BernardLewis,“RootsofMuslimRage”fromTheAtlantic CarlErnst,FollowingMuhammad,38-69

TuesdayNovember18:MahmoodMamdani,GoodMuslim,BadMuslim,Chapter1,“CultureTalk”ThursdayNovember20:Mamdani,Chapter3“Afghanistan:theHighPointintheColdWar”

Tuesday,November26:NOCLASS(AMERICANACADEMYOFRELIGIONMEETING)Thursday,November28:NOCLASS(THANKSGIVING)ReflectionsonReligionafter9/11

TuesdayDecember2:**BruceLincoln,HolyTerrors:ThinkingaboutReligionAfterSeptember11th(Chicago:UniversityofChicago,2006)(Chapter1)

FinalPaperPresentations

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KILACHAND HONORS COLLEGE

Modernity and Its Discontents COURSE SYLLABUS

Spring 2017

Instructor: James Pasto Office: Yawkey 335; Mugar 406 Contact: jpasto@bu.edu Welcome to the KHC Studio: Your first year in the Kilachand Honors College introduces you to the modern university and to the intellectual life of metropolitan Boston, emphasizing the creative and multifaceted intellectual community of Boston University and its surrounding environment. The Studio complements the other elements of the KHC curriculum by providing you with a structured, curricular setting in which you can develop your abilities in writing and communication and your understanding of research methods and ethics. The Studio is a one-year integrated course, with a curriculum designed as an arc that begins by introducing you to some foundational texts and writing skills; it then moves you towards the development of research and advanced writing skills, and finally to the completion of a research paper, the capstone paper of the two-semester Studio. The final research paper is your opportunity to carry out a detailed examination and contextualization of a topic on the subject of the Studio: “Modernity and Its Discontents.” Course Description: The Fall and Spring Studio, “Modernity and Its Discontents,” will explore a series of ethical, aesthetic, and social questions through reading and viewing important “modernist” works. Modernism was a radical shift in thought that emerged in the late-19th and early-20th centuries against the backdrop of democratic politics, industrial capitalism, and imperial expansion. Modernist artists and intellectuals responded to profound socioeconomic, political, and technological changes and rebelled against traditional styles, values, and conventions. Although the modernist texts that we will consider in this course may seem distant, they raise fundamental questions about what is good, true, beautiful, and normal – questions that shape contemporary intellectual discourse. Furthermore, these texts provide us with the opportunity to examine our own values, assumptions, and conflicts. Spring Texts - Chodorow, Stanley. Writing a Successful Research Paper. Hackett, 2011 - Kafka, Franz. “In the Penal Colony” (“In der Strafkolonie”). 1919. Trans. Ian Johnston. 2003 (E-Resource) - Orwell, George. The Road to Wigan Pier. Mariner Books, (1937) 1972 - Renoir, Jean. La Grande Illusion, 1937 (Screened Film)

Other required readings are available at the Blackboard site. Go to https://learn.bu.edu and follow instructions to log in. There you will find posted a copy of the syllabus and other information. The Blackboard site also contains an area for you to upload assignments if you are instructed to do so.

Reserve material for this course can be found at http://www.bu.edu/library/services/reserves/ Search under course title, ST112 (for all sections). You can also find the list by entering “ST112” in the main search page. Most of this material is here as potential sources for a final research paper. You are not required to use them.

We also have a Course Guide page at: http://library.bu.edu/khcstudio This site will be helpful to you when we begin our research paper.

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Studio Goals (Fall) o To read and write analytically; to summarize and use textual evidence appropriately and effectively; o To generate, and write from, problems and questions rather than “topics”; o To work productively from a position of not knowing; to appreciate learning more than being right; to use moments

of ambiguity and complexity as opportunities for exploration in class and on the page; o To understand that accomplished essays have a shape or structure, and to write essays with well-reasoned, well-

structured arguments; o To revise rigorously, even courageously; to recognize that a draft sometimes gets worse before it gets better; o To use one text to illuminate another (or several others); o To set your own learning goals, and work toward those goals independently.

Studio Goals (Spring)

o To acquire familiarity with academic research strategies and library resources; o To gain an advanced understanding of literacy and information literacy; o To develop your abilities to evaluate the authority and reliability of sources and then to make critical choices among

the materials at your disposal; o To learn techniques to search for materials using contemporary online search tools and databases; o To acquire familiarity with physical sites of BU libraries, as well as electronic resources such as Primo, Databases,

Research Guides, and others; o To learn advanced citation and bibliographic techniques, and the use of electronic bibliographic databases.

Studio Requirements

o Research Paper: 40% o Research Project: 20% o Exercises: 15% o Class Participation: 15% o Tutorials: 10%

Assignments Exercises Exercises are due in class on the day scheduled. They are built around the course goals and the assigned texts for the week they are due. Exercises will help you to prepare for discussions of the readings and to develop skills that will help you on your research paper. Research Project This is a multi-stage assignment designed to guide you through all the stages of research, including planning, finding sources, visiting a library, and writing a research prospectus. It will also constitute your research and preparation for the research paper.

Research Paper The Research Paper is the capstone paper of the First-Year Studio. Here you will have the opportunity to pursue detailed research on a topic or text of the course, from either semester, so as to understand the context, discussion, and argument involved. You will receive detailed comments on a preliminary draft of the essay, and then a grade and additional comments on a revision. The progression of the essay will ask you to conceptualize, draft, and revise with increasing independence. The essay will be graded on the standard A-F scale.

Tutorials Students are required to schedule 3-4 one-on-one tutorial sessions over the Spring semester, as needed. It’s expected that these will occur primarily in the second half of the semester, when you’re fully immersed in work on your Research Paper. As you know from the Fall term, tutorials allow you and your professor to tailor Studio instruction to your individual needs and interests. These sessions offer you the opportunity to go into greater depth in exploring aspects of the readings that interest you, to discuss and build on analyses and questions generated by readings and shorter assignments, and to receive detailed feedback on your formal argumentative writing. Sign up through the poll that will be posted each week on Blackboard (Tutorials will begin the second week of classes). Treat your scheduled tutorial commitments the way you would a class. Come

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prepared with relevant readings and writing assignments. Attendance is mandatory, and under normal circumstances, meetings cannot be rescheduled. Missing tutorial meetings will affect your overall grade for the course. Course Policies Attendance: Class attendance is required. If you miss more than one meeting, your course grade may be lowered by 1/3 of a letter grade per missed class. If you have a special obligation that will require you to miss several classes (e.g., varsity athletics, religious observances) please talk with me at the beginning of the semester. Missed tutorial appointments will be counted as absences. Participation: This means arriving on time, being prepared, and bringing assigned texts to class. It also means responding to fellow students’ contributions, offering candid participation in peer review sessions, and fulfilling ancillary obligations such as the completion of exercises, attendance at library orientations, and so on. Please note that you must bring assigned texts to class in hard copy. Computers and other devices are not permitted, except on special occasions.

Tardiness: Regularly arriving late to class will be cause for a private conversation with the instructor, followed by grade penalties if appropriate. If the problem persists, the student may also be required to meet with Charles Dellheim, director of the KHC.

Late and Incomplete Assignments: Assignments may not be submitted late without my prior permission. There is a penalty of 1/3 of a letter grade per 24 hours past the first missed deadline.

Office Hours & Contacting Me: Unless otherwise announced, I will hold office hours in my office. I prefer that you contact me via email: jpasto@bu.edu. Put the course name and section in the subject line of the email.

Cellphones, Devices, and Laptop Usage Friendly and fruitful classroom exchange is disrupted by the use of cell phones for any purpose in the classroom. So there is no use of cell phones, or other devices. I may occasionally allow the use of laptops and/or tablets in class on days when their use will facilitate the day’s lesson; you will receive ample advance notice of those days on which laptops and/or tablets will be allowed.

Academic Conduct: You are expected to abide by the Kilachand Honor Code at all times including time spent in the Studio classroom. In addition to this code, you are also expected to follow Boston University’s Academic Conduct Code regarding “academic misconduct,” which is “conduct by which a student misrepresents his or her academic accomplishments, or impedes other students’ opportunities of being judged fairly for their academic work. Knowingly allowing others to represent your work as their own is as serious an offense as submitting another’s work as your own.” Examples include cheating on exams, falsifying data, theft of examinations, and plagiarism. Please review this code here: http://www.bu.edu/academics/resources/academic-conduct-code/ Spring Schedule Week 1 (Wed. 1/25)

Course Introduction Week 2 (Wed. 2/1)

Franz Kafka – “In the Penal Colony” (E-source) Due: Exercise 1, Kafka

Week 3 (Wed. 2/8) – Be Sure to View Film before Class on Wednesday Jean Renoir – La Grande Illusion Due: Exercise 2, Samuels

Week 4 (Wed. 2/15) George Orwell, Wigan Pier, Part I Begin Exercise 3 in class

Week 5 (Wed. 2/22) George Orwell, Wigan Pier, Part II Due: Exercise 3, Orwell & Terms

Week 6 (Wed. 3/1) – No Class Feb 20; Feb 21 Substitute for Monday

La Grande Illusion: You must watch the film before your class meets. There will be scheduled screenings as follows: CAS 533B: Fri Jan 27: 3:00pm - 6:00pm Mon Jan 30: 6:00pm - 9:00pm KHC Lounge Sun Jan 29: 6:00 – 9:00 (Pizza served) The film is also available to watch at the Geddes Language Lab (CAS 3rd floor East). You must watch it in the lab. You may reserve the film here: http://www.bu.edu/geddes/rese

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Degenerate Art Exercise 4, Group Research Organization

Week 7 (Wed. 3/8) – Spring Recess Week 8 (Wed. 3/15) The assignments due listed below are tentative; they may be adjusted as needed. Degenerate Art

Exercise 4, Group Research Presentations Week 9 (Wed. 3/22)

Due: Library Visit Report Due: Phase One, Preliminary Research Topic and Question

Week 10 (Wed. 3/29) Due: Phase Two, Prospectus and Outline

Week 11 (Wed. 4/5) – Presentations I Due: Phase Three, Annotated Bibliography and Abstract

Week 12 (Wed. 4/12) Presentations II Due: Presentations

Week 13 (Wed. 4/19) April 17, No class due to Monday schedule of classes on Wednesday

Week 14 (Wed. 4/26) Due: Draft of the Research Paper Week 15 (Wed. 5/3) Due: Final Research Paper Academic Calendar

Spring 2017

January 16 MLK Jr. Day Holiday

January 19 Classes Begin

February 20 Presidents’ Day Holiday, Classes Suspended

February 21 Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes

March 4 – 12 Spring Recess

March 13 Classes Resume

April 17 Patriots’ Day Holiday, Classes Suspended

April 19 Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes

May 3 Last Day of Classes

May 4 – 7 Study Period

May 8 Final Exams Begin

May 12 Final Exams End

May 19 – 21 Commencement Weekend

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ST 111 K1

Modernity and Its Discontents Fall 2016

Instructor: James Pasto, Ph.D. Office: YAW 336; MUG 406 E-mail: jpasto@bu.edu Phone: 617-358-1508 Office Hours: M 2:30-4:00; W 11:15-1:00; by appointment. (Office hours are held in Mugar Library, Room 406) ______________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the KHC Studio: Your first year in the Kilachand Honors College introduces you to the modern university and to the intellectual life of metropolitan Boston, emphasizing the creative and multifaceted academic community of Boston University and its surrounding environment. The Studio complements the other elements of the KHC curriculum by providing you with a structured, curricular setting in which you can develop your abilities in writing and communication and your understanding of research methods. The Studio is a one-year integrated course, with a curriculum designed as an arc that begins by introducing you to some foundational texts and writing skills. The Studio then moves you towards the development of research and advanced writing skills through the completion of a final research paper, the capstone paper of the two-semester Studio. The final research paper is your opportunity to carry out a detailed examination and contextualization of a reading or issue pertaining to the subject of the Studio: “Modernity and Its Discontents.” Course Description: The Fall and Spring Studios, “Modernity and its Discontents” will explore a series of ethical, aesthetic, and social questions through significant “modernist” texts. Modernism was a radical shift in thought that emerged in the late-19th and 20th centuries against the backdrop of democratic politics, industrial capitalism, and imperial expansion. Modernist artists and intellectuals responded to profound socioeconomic, political, and technological changes and rebelled against traditional styles, values, and conventions. Although the modernist texts that we will read in this course may seem distant, they raise fundamental questions about what is good, true, beautiful, and normal – values and ideas that shape contemporary intellectual discourse. Furthermore, these texts provide us with the opportunity to examine our own values, assumptions, and conflicts. Studio Sections: The Studio is designed as a two-semester, sequential course; however, students will not necessarily have the same instructor or classmates in both terms, grades and performance in the fall will have no official bearing on grades in the spring, and all students are encouraged to treat the spring semester as an opportunity to approach the material in new and different ways. Moreover, while all 10 sections of KHC Studio share a common curriculum, course goals, and required texts, you will find variation from class to class. Deadlines and some assignments will also vary depending on your Studio instructor and your individual section. Fall Studio Goals

o To read and write analytically, summarize, and use textual evidence appropriately and effectively; o To generate, and write from, problems and questions rather than “topics”; o To learn to work productively from a position of not knowing; to appreciate learning more than being right; to use

moments of ambiguity and complexity as opportunities for exploration in class and on the page; o To understand that essays and arguments have a shape or structure, and to write well-organized essays with well-

structured arguments; o To revise rigorously, even courageously (a draft may well get worse before it gets better); o To use one text to illuminate another (or several others); o To set your own learning goals and to work toward those goals independently.

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Fall Texts: o Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and its Discontents. W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (1903) 2010. o Nietzsche, Friedrich. On the Genealogy of Morals: A Polemic. Oxford University Press, (1887) 2009. o Woolf, Virginia and Francine Prose. Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated) Mariner Books (1925) 1990.

Other required readings are available at the Blackboard site. Go to https://learn.bu.edu and follow instructions to log in. There you will find posted a copy of the syllabus and other information. The Blackboard site also contains an area for you to upload assignments if necessary. Instructions for doing this will be provided.

Fall Studio Requirements

o Essay 1: 25% o Essay 2: 30% o First Reflective Essay 5% o Final Reflective Essay 10% o Writing Exercises: 10% o Tutorials: 10% o Class Participation: 10%

Assignments Writing Exercises

Writing Exercises are “low-stakes,” (see handout on this term) short, one-page, single-spaced assignments, due in class on the day scheduled, and built around the course goals and the assigned text(s) for the week they are due. These exercises will facilitate discussion of the readings and help you develop the skills necessary for composing essays. They will be graded on a check-plus/check/check-minus basis. “Check-plus” equals full credit, “check” equals 85% credit, and “minus” equals 75%.

Essays

You will complete two major essays for the fall Studio, as well as two reflective essays. The major essays will ask you to engage our texts in terms of their ethical and moral concerns, while the reflective essays will ask you to incorporate your own sense of ethics. Each essay assignment will include specific instructions and criteria for grading.

Sharing of Student Writing

Experienced writers routinely share their work with others, because they understand that the best way to improve a piece of writing is to test it out with actual readers. In this class, you will learn how to respond productively to the writing of others and how to use feedback from others to improve your own work. All students in the class will be required to share at least one draft of each paper. If you are concerned about sharing your writing, please talk with me about your concerns.

Tutorials Description:

Tutorials are principally designed to address issues of writing. However, they also offer you the opportunity to go into greater depth in exploring aspects of the readings that interest you. You should come to tutorial prepared and with a plan for what you would like to achieve.

Procedure: You and your instructor will arrange to meet 4-5 times during the semester, each meeting lasting 20-30 minutes. Treat this commitment as you would a class. Come prepared with relevant readings and writing assignments. Attendance is mandatory, and under normal circumstances meetings cannot be rescheduled. You may miss one meeting without penalty. Missing any additional tutorial meetings will reduce your tutorial grade by a full letter for each meeting missed. Semester tutorial grades will be calculated based upon your preparation for, commitment to, and conduct in the tutorial sessions.

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Course Policies

Late and Incomplete Assignments: Assignments may not be submitted late without my prior permission. There is a penalty of 1/3 of a letter grade per 24 hours past the first missed deadline. Attendance: Class attendance is required. If you miss more than one meeting, your course grade may be lowered by 1/3 of a letter grade per missed class. If you have a special obligation that will require you to miss several classes (e.g., varsity athletics, religious observances) please talk with me at the beginning of the semester to make special arrangements. If you have a serious illness and will be missing class, please let me know right away. Missed tutorial appointments will be counted as absences.

Participation: Attendance includes class participation: arriving on time, preparing and bringing assigned texts to class, offering thoughtful contributions to class discussions, listening carefully and responding to fellow students’ contributions, candid participation in peer review sessions, and fulfillment of ancillary obligations such as completion of exercises, attendance at library orientations, tutorials, and so on. Please note that you must bring assigned texts to class in hard copy. Tardiness: Regularly arriving late to class will be cause for grade penalties, if appropriate. If the problem persists, the student may be required to meet with Charles Dellheim, director of the KHC.

Office Hours & Contacting Me: Unless otherwise announced, I will hold office hours and tutorials in Mugar 406. I prefer that you contact me via ___________. Put the course name and section in the subject line of the email. Cellphones, Devices, and Laptop Usage Friendly and fruitful classroom exchange is disrupted by the use of cell phones for any purpose in the classroom. So there is no use of cell phones or other electronic devices. You may use your laptops for taking notes during class, but not for reading e-mail or web surfing. Using your phone in class or email/web browsing on your computer counts against participation points.

Academic Conduct: You are expected to abide by the Kilachand Honor Code at all times, including time spent in the Studio classroom. You are also expected to follow Boston University’s Academic Conduct Code regarding “academic misconduct,” which is “conduct by which a student misrepresents his or her academic accomplishments, or impedes other students’ opportunities of being judged fairly for their academic work. Knowingly allowing others to represent your work as their own is as serious an offense as submitting another’s work as your own.” Examples include cheating on exams, falsifying data, theft of examinations, and plagiarism. Please review this code here: http://www.bu.edu/academics/resources/academic-conduct-code/

Boston University Libraries:

The Boston University Libraries offer a wealth of online and print resources and research support. Research Librarians can help you select a database or other search tool, or find books, journal articles, news and newspaper sources, government documents, data, and any other information you might need for your research. They can work with you to develop a research plan and organize your sources. The Research Center on the first floor of Mugar Memorial Library welcomes you for walk-in consultations with no appointment necessary. The Research Center is open Monday through Thursday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday 12:00 Noon to 8:00 pm. You can also make appointments for longer, in-depth consultations with one of the research librarians. Research appointments can be made at http://www.bu.edu/common/request-an-appointment/. Mugar Memorial Library 771 Commonwealth Avenue Phone: 617-353-2700/http://www.bu.edu/library

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Calendar

Week 1 (9/9) Introduction to Modernity and to Nietzsche First Day Reading Exercise

Week 2 (9/16) Read Genealogy of Morals, Preface and Essay 1; Response #1 Week 3 (9/23) Read Genealogy of Morals, Essay 2; Response #2 Week 4 (9/30) Read Genealogy of Morals, Essay 3 Week 5 (10/7) Read, White, “Return of the Master: An Interpretation of Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morals” Week 6 (10/14) Read “Selections from Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics.” Preview: Picasso, Les Demoiselles Essay 1 Draft Due/

Week 7 (10/21) Read Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 3-63 Response # 3 Week 8 (10/28) Read, Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 63-124 Essay 1 Final Due Week 9 (11-4) Read, Mrs. Dalloway, pp. 63-190 Week 10 (11/11) Review Week 11 (11/18) Read Civilization and its Discontents, Chapters 1-4 Response #4 Holiday Week (11/21-22) - No Class for Us Two Day Week - Thanksgiving Recess begins 11/23, Wednesday Week 12 (12/2) Read Civilization and its Discontents, Chapters 5-8 Week 13 (12/9) In-Class Final Reflection Essay 2, Final Draft Due

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Note: There is no final exam scheduled for this course.

Important Dates

September 6 Classes Begin

September 12 Official Registration Deadline for Standard Courses for Continuing, New, and Transfer Students (non-MET only)

September 19 Last Day to Add Standard Courses Official Registration Deadline for MET Students Last Day for Undergraduate Students to Change Standard Courses from Credit to Audit Status

October 10 Columbus Day, Classes Suspended

October 11 Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes

October 12 Last Day to Drop Standard Courses (without a “W” grade) Last Day for Graduate Students to Change Standard Courses from Credit to Audit Status

November 10 Last Day to Drop Standard Courses (with a “W” grade)

November 23 – 27

Thanksgiving Recess

November 28 Classes Resume

November 29 Last Day to Officially Take a Leave of Absence or Withdraw from the University

December 12 Last Day of Classes

December 13 – 15

Study Period

December 16 Final Exams Begin

December 21 Final Exams End