Sakai @ UNC-Chapel Hill : IDST190.002.SP19 : Syllabus https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/3ab3cb6b-6064-47f9-b4dc-dbbd80a... IDST190.002.SP19 ∠ " # Syllabus Unpublished Site Publish Now Syllabus Send To Printer | Close Window DRAFT - Death & Dying Syllabus IDST 190.002 Triple I Spring 2019 DEATH & DYING Hanes Art Center 121 TTH, 9:30a - 10:45a INVITATION TO THE COURSE Death and dying are universal human experiences. Yet there is immense cultural variation and historical fluidity to the ways we define, understand, and treat death, dying, and relations between the living and the dead. Drawing from methodologies and approaches from Anthropology, American Studies, and Psychology & Neuroscience, this course explores concepts, experiences, and practices of death and dying from multiple disciplinary perspectives and modes of inquiry, considering the similarities and differences between them. Through our engagement with contemporary case studies from around the globe, we ask: How has the threshold between life and death been defined, and what are some of the dilemmas involved in determining death? Why and in what ways have we sought to control death and dying? How are deaths differently valued and made meaningful, and what might this tell us about the complexity and diversity of human life experience? The course will introduce students to data literacy, principles of evidence, and methodologies from three disciplines as they differently yet synergistically illuminate shared questions concerning death, dying, and afterlives. LEARNING OBJECTIVES There are four broad goals for this course: Students will acquire knowledge of key concepts, methodologies, modes of inquiry, theoretical approaches, and issues of concern in the fields of Anthropology, American Studies, and Psychology & Neuroscience Students will be exposed to data literacy, global orientation, principles of evidence, and collaboration. Students will gain beginning knowledge of some of the diversity of understandings, practices, and dilemmas surrounding death and dying. Students will develop analytical skills which will facilitate critical thinking and writing. In particular, they will compare and contrast approaches across interdisciplinary methodologies. INSTRUCTORS Dr. Jocelyn Chua Dr. Jeannie Loeb Dr. Timothy Marr Alumni Building 307 Davie Hall 235 Greenlaw Hall 412 TEACHING ASSISTANTS 1 of 16 1/7/19, 2:42 PM Sakai @ UNC-Chapel Hill : IDST190.002.SP19 : Syllabus https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/3ab3cb6b-6064-47f9-b4dc-dbbd80a... Grant Canipe Office location: Davie Hall 216 Office Hr: Thursdays, Noon - 1pm (please come at least 10 min. before the end of office hours) & by appointment Hannah Evans Office location: Swain 109 Office Hr: Tuesdays, 12:45pm - 1:45p (please come at least 10 min. before the end of office hours) & by appointment Dawn Rivers Office location: 410B Alumni Office Hr: Thursdays, 3p - 4p (please come at least 10 min. before the end of office hours) & by appointment CONTACTING US For course issues (e.g. non-exam grading/credit issues, basic questions about concepts, etc.), please use the course email account: Death&[email protected] Expect to receive a response within 24-48 business hours. If you do not hear from us within this time-frame, please check the email that you used. Emails sent to other email addresses may not be responded to. Email Etiquette: Include your FULL NAME In the subject line, include the issue, e.g., "Missing credit for [date]" Do not use text lingo; use full sentences Be polite and respectful To review the midterm and for midterm grading issues, please use the course email account: Death&[email protected] Be sure to indicate which Teaching Assistant you would need to meet with. Students with last names A - I should RSVP for Grant Canipe Students with last names J -R should RSVP for Hannah Evans Students with last names S - Z should RSVP for Dawn Rivers When reviewing an exam, it is very important to RSVP to TA office hours so that the TA has time to locate your exam before you arrive for the review. If you come unannounced, the TA may be unable to find your exam at the time and you may be unable to review your exam. For non-basic questions and additional discourse about concepts, you may also email the Instructors. However, please email the class email account if you have questions pertaining to the logistics of the course (e.g. grading/credit issues, basic questions about concepts, etc.). Be sure to contact the instructor whose topic you'd like further discourse about. Anthropology topics by Dr. Chua To schedule office hours, click the hyperlink: Mtg with Dr. Chua or Copy & paste the following (be sure to copy the ENTIRE link): https://calendly.com/jlchua/office-hours If you cannot make office hours, email Dr. Chua directly to set up an appointment American Studies topics by Dr. Marr Dr. Marr: [email protected] Psychology & Neuroscience topics by Dr. Loeb Click the hyperlink: Mtg with Dr. Loeb or Copy & paste the following (be sure to copy the ENTIRE link): https://calendly.com/drloeb/office-hours REQUIRED READINGS Readings are posted on Sakai You are required to attend a dramatic production of Charly Evon Thompson's Jump at Playmakers Repertory Company at UNC's Center for Dramatic Arts. Please see a performance sometime in the two weeks between its opening on Wednesday, January 23 and Wednesday, February 6, the day before we explore it it class. Shows are from Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm and on Sundays at 2:00pm. Please plan to reserve and purchase a $10 student ticket in advance by contacting the box office at https://playmakersrep.org/ or by using this link. SAKAI Frequently refer to Sakai for important class materials and announcements. 2 of 16 1/7/19, 2:42 PM Sakai @ UNC-Chapel Hill : IDST190.002.SP19 : Syllabus https://sakai.unc.edu/portal/site/3ab3cb6b-6064-47f9-b4dc-dbbd80a... Go to https://sakai.unc.edu Login with your onyen and onyen password Choose our class If your Sakai login does not work, you will miss important emails and announcements, as well as be unable to complete assignments/quizzes. Contact ITS (962-HELP) if Sakai is not working for you. It is the student's responsibility to have access to Sakai. Extensions are NOT given for Sakai issues. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Online Sakai quizzes: 10% of course grade This is a basic knowledge check on the assigned readings. You can only take the quiz once so treat it like a mini-exam. However, note that the quizzes are much easier than the exams. If you accidentally open up a quiz when you are not ready to take it, because we do not have the means to reset individual quizzes, the quiz will be considered a drop. It is important NOT to open a quiz unless you have 10 minutes in which to take the quiz. It is "open-book," however, if you have not thoroughly done your readings beforehand, you may run out of time to accurately answer the questions. Our advice is to thoroughly read all materials and then have them on hand while taking the quiz. Each quiz has 5 multiple-choice questions. Deadline: 8 am before the start of the lecture topic (see schedule below). We strongly urge you to complete quizzes well ahead of deadlines in case of unexpected problems including computer and/or internet connectivity issues. There are no extensions due to computer issues. (The drops will accommodate such idiosyncrasies.) It is strongly recommended that, after submitting a quiz, you check the gradebook to make sure that you received credit. This will help you to keep track of the number of quizzes you complete. Best 10 out of 17 will be counted. If you experience computer problems, contact ITS for assistance (919-962-HELP) before the deadline has passed. If your computer has persistent issues, try using the computers in Davis or the Undergraduate Library. This is not group work. Do not plagiarize ("deliberate or reckless representation of another's words, thoughts, or ideas as one's own without attribution in connection with submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise"). https://studentconduct.unc.edu/sites/studentconduct.unc.edu/files /documents/Instrument.pdf Exams: 40% of course grade University Approved Absences. Note that "University Approved Absences" refer to very specific situations as outlined in the University Catalog (http://catalog.unc.edu/policies-procedures/attendance-grading-examination/#text). As such, to be considered for makeup work, a student must have the following: An absence which falls under the specific circumstances considered to be a "University Approved Absence." Specifically: Authorized University activities with official notification from the organization (e.g. travel letter) Disability/religious observance/pregnancy, as required by law and approved by Accessibility Resources and Service and/or the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office (EOC) Significant health condition and/or personal/family emergency as approved by the Office of the Dean of Students, Gender Violence Service Coordinators, and/or the Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office (EOC). Invalid excuses are anything not listed explicitly as a University Approved Absence, including but not restricted to: club activities/events, interviews (unless interviewer provides documentation that the date of the interview cannot be changed), travel plans, feeling unprepared, feeling ill but not ill enough to warrant a University Approved Absence, etc. Documentation which comes specifically from ARS, EOC, the Office of the Dean of Students, the Gender Violence Service Coordinators or official organization involved with the authorized university activity (e.g. athletic group; club sports are ineligible). All other types of documentation (e.g. "doctor's note" or a note from student health) cannot be used for University Approved Absences, and thus, makeup work cannot be given under these circumstances. Documentation needs to specify exactly which dates the student is to be excused for.