Syllabus update on Learning Web

Students!
Below, please note the syllabus updates/corrections.  Feel free to comment or email me with any questions concerning expectations this semester.

10 WEEK CALENDAR

¤         Week 1: Adaptation

¤         Week 2: Group work—Ghost hunt and class presentation

¤         Week 3: Entering Dante’s Inferno (using Dante’s Inferno: A Wanderer in Hell as translation)

¤         Week 4: Ghost hunt group presentations and “Pick Your Poison” creative writing

¤         Week 5: Adapting life to story and story to life—The Fall Midterm exam and essay  

¤         Week 6: Myth and symbolism through the ages

¤         Week 7: Art and Architecture

¤         Week 8: Field trip assignment—MFAH Sculpture Garden

¤         Week 9: What is Metalanguage?

¤         Week 10: Final Project and Potluck

Major essays/projects:

¤         Powerpoint Presentation: 10%

¤         Creative Writing Projects: 10%

¤         Research Essay on Adaptation in _________ (student selection): 10%

¤         Daily Class Participation/Projects and Assigned Homework: 50%

Classwork and homework instructions will be explained in-class or on the course blog.  MLA-style formatting and citations are expected. 

¤         Midterm: 10%

¤         Final Project: 10%

Instructional Materials

TEXT

Adventures in the Human Spirit.  7th Edition. Ed, Bishop.  New York:  Pearson & Manos.  2014.

ISBN: 978-0-205-88147-5

Additional texts will be free of charge and will be handed out in class or provided by e-link.

Note on Tech:  No electronics allowed without permission of your instructor.