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HUM 110: Introduction to Humanities BEING HUMAN HUM 110: Introduction to Humanities BEING HUMAN Spring 2020 Tu/Th 2:30-3:45 pm 202 Bailey Hall Professor Wilson [email protected] Office: BA 205-D Office Hours: Tu/Th 1:15-2:15 pm and by appt. Image: Imran H. Khan, “Cochlea” What does it mean to be human? To create, to feel, to consume, to work, to inhabit a body, to play, to destroy, to love, to seduce, to develop consciousness, to communicate, to strive, to die? What, if anything, makes the human species different from others? What are our moral obligations to other animals? What, if anything, makes us different from robots, cyborgs, and artificial intelligence? What is it that we share with other humans cross-culturally? This course explores the experiences that define the human experience in all its current complexities. Each section of the course will focus on a subset of the following issues: justice, sex and love, ecology and the environment, spirituality and faith, (in)tolerance, creativity and play, technology, the body and death. LEARNING OUTCOMES The technical outcomes: HUM 110 fulfills Goal 2.1 (Written Communication) and Goal 3 (Breadth of Knowledge). More information on Core Goals can be found at http://catalog.ku.edu/core/. Real talk explanation of what you’ll get out of this class if you invest time and energy: By doing all the things below, we will be developing skills that are important to humanities disciplines and to the workplace, skills like thinking critically, reflecting, reading closely, embracing diversity, and writing to learn. In other words, this class will help you become a better reader, writer, thinker, and communicator…and perhaps, even, a better human being. Together we will: 1. Read and hear a lot of different answers to the question, “what makes us human?” 2. Figure out what these answers have in common and what makes them different 3. Think about our own answers to the question. If we’re doing it right, we will: o Have epiphanies o Change our minds o Sit comfortably (and uncomfortably) in the things we don’t know1 4. Arrive at an answer to the question “what makes us human?” that is both my own, individual, and real, and that is informed by other people’s ideas REQUIRED TEXTS • Tales of Two Americas, edited by John Freeman • Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia Butler and Damian Duffy • Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro • Texts on Blackboard ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION Our in-class conversations will help you come to a clearer understanding of the ideas we’ll be studying, and this conversation isn’t something that can be recreated in class notes. You’re required to attend and participate in class because your performance on assignments will suffer if you miss a lot of class. However, life being what it is, people sometimes get sick, cars break down, and emergencies come up. You are allowed three absences without penalty, no questions asked. Every absence after three will result in your final grade being lowered by three percentage points (i.e., a student with a 92 average and five absences will receive an 86, or a B, for the final course grade). Every two tardies or early departures count as one absence. Missing more than 15 minutes of class is an absence, not a tardy. In the case of the following events, students should talk with me as soon as possible: extended or chronic illness that results in more than a week (two class sessions) of class missed, deaths in the immediate family and other documented family crises, religious holy days, calls to active military duty, jury duty, and official KU activities. In some circumstances I will ask for documentation, but I don’t need all the details. The purpose of the conversation is to make a plan for keeping you on track in class. In none of these cases will students be excused from completing assigned work, or from being responsible for material covered in class, including announcements about changes in assignments. EMAIL AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY ISSUES 1) I will send updates, changes, and other important course information to your campus email address and the course Blackboard page. Check them frequently. The best way to communicate with me outside of class is via email ([email protected]). I generally respond within 24 hours during the work week and within 48 hours on weekends and holidays; please extend me the same courtesy. Email is not text messaging; salutations, closings, correct grammar, and capitalization are expected. 2) I will not respond to emails asking me “what we did in class” on the day you missed or any other question your classmates or the syllabus can answer. This is not intended to discourage questions about assignments or readings, but my time is at least as limited as yours and relying on your classmates allows me time to answer the more difficult questions. 3) No make-ups will be allowed due to computer or printer problems on your end, so locate reliable internet access and printers, and back up your work. You have access to a number of computer labs around campus, so if you don't own a computer or printer, take advantage of KU's. 4) No photography or audio or video recording in class without prior approval. 1 Outcomes are a revised version of those created by Jesse Stommel 5) All cell phones should be off or on silent and put away in a bag or a pocket during class. Students may be asked to leave class if this becomes an issue. Recent research concerning laptops in the classroom shows that students process information better when taking notes by hand with minimal distractions. I encourage you to take notes by hand and bring the readings in hard copy. RESPECTING EACH OTHER I will not tolerate disruptive language or behavior, which includes, but is not limited to, violent, belligerent, and/or insulting remarks, including sexist, racist, homophobic or anti-ethnic slurs, bigotry, and disparaging commentary, either spoken or written (offensive slang is included in this category). This classroom functions on the premise of respect, and you will be asked to leave if you violate this statement. THE WRITING CENTER At the KU Writing Center, you can work one-on-one with writing consultants trained to talk with you about writing. This service is free. The Writing Center welcomes students who think they need help with writing as well as those who consider themselves good writers. You can meet face-to-face, receive feedback via e-mail, or schedule a videoconference. Consultants are coaches who work with you on any type of assignment—essays, research papers, reports, presentations---at any point of completeness or incompleteness. Students typically benefit most from a visit early in the thinking and writing process. Don’t wait until you are frustrated. To learn more, visit http://writing.ku.edu. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY Plagiarism, passing off anyone else's work as your own without credit, or recycling your own writing from another class, will not be tolerated in this course. Plagiarism may result in a failing grade on the assignment or a failing grade for the course. University policies may lead to consequences as severe as expulsion from KU. The University’s Academic Misconduct policy (2.6.1-2.6.7) can be found at http://policy.ku.edu/governance/USRR#art2sect6. Pursuant to the University of Kansas’ Policy on Commercial Note-Taking Ventures, commercial note- taking is not permitted in this class. Lecture notes and course materials may be taken for personal use, for the purpose of mastering the course material, and may not be sold to any person or entity in any form. Any student engaged in or contributing to the commercial exchange of notes or course materials will be subject to discipline, including academic misconduct charges, in accordance with University policy. (Volunteer note-taking for a classmate with a disability, as an ADA accommodation, is permitted.) ACCOMMODATIONS I am happy to accommodate the needs of students with disabilities. Students needing academic accommodation should: (1) register with and provide documentation to Academic Achievement and Access Center; and (2) bring a letter to me indicating the type(s) of accommodation necessary. This should be done during the first week of class or as soon as possible. To initiate the process please contact the Academic Achievement and Access Center in Strong Hall Room 22, 785-864-4064, [email protected]. Details concerning the accommodation procedure can be found at http://www.disability.ku.edu/accommodation-process. FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY No one can perform to the best of their abilities if they’re hungry or unsure where they’ll sleep. Any student who has difficulty affording groceries or accessing sufficient food to eat every day, or who lacks a safe and stable place to live, is urged to contact me or Student Affairs for support ([email protected]). Other resources you may find helpful: Student Emergency Assistance Fund: https://studentaffairs.ku.edu/emergency-assistance-students Free food at the Campus Cupboard: http://www.cco.ku.edu/food/ Free Legal Services for Students: www.legalservices.ku.edu ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING Participation…………………………………………………………15% of your final grade Critical Thinking Exercises.…………………………………………20% Reading Quizzes…………………………………………………….15% Curation Assignment……………………………………….……….20% Curation Update…..…………………………………………………10% Final Essay……………………………………………………...…...20% KU stipulates that A-level work is outstanding, C-level work is average, and so forth. Anything else is grade inflation. Effort alone is not sufficient for a high grade. Failing should not be understood solely as a penalty grade: it will be given to any work which fails to meet an assignment's demands or to meet the minimum standards of college discourse.
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