Check here to see what you should read before class, when the next test is, what the instructor's objectives are, etc. (For "on-line" students: you are not required to attend any on campus classes. The daily schedule is organized as a "three class per week" schedule to help keep your work on track. The daily assignments listed aren't absolute requirements, but you should still use this to keep up with the pace of the course.  Notice that each "date" below has a "DAY #" and the actual date. A three semester hour class requires 45 hours of classroom instruction, and each of the 45 lessons is numbered. So you have some flexibility in speeding up or slowing down (within each of the five "units"), as long as you cover all 45 lessons. 

The Undergraduate Center

Theater	Ethics	Social Psych

THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)

1. Explain what "ethics" means and how that "discipline" is related to social psychology and theater;
2. Present several examples of "good" and "bad" actions;
3. Explain what "excremental assault" and "institutionalized violence" is;
4. Explain why "kindness" can be a form of cruelty;
   
5. Discuss some answers to the question, "What makes an action right?"
6. Understand Aristotle's "ethics" of happiness;
7. List several "vices" and "virtues," explaining how they affect happiness;
8. Explain what "hot," "choleric," "sulky," and "bad temper is;
   
9. Begin to understand how "character" is shown in the play Oedipus Rex;
10. Complete a 20-item multiple choice quiz on the material in the unit.

Intro to Theater (SPE130)

1. Define terms essential to a study of theater;
2. Describe how theater began
3. Describe the role of theater in ancient Greece and Rome as fine art and a communicator of ideas, human understanding, and cultural values;
4. Identify by what critical standards Oedipus Rex is an "ideal" tragedy and Oedipus an "ideal" tragic hero;
5. Identify the contributions and functions of the playwright.

Social Psychology (PSY201)  

1. Understand the differences between social psychology and other disciplines
2. Why is everyone a "little social psychologist"?  Draw conclusions during small group discussion.
3. Focus on how research in social psychology is conducted, including major types of research and issues related to ethics of this type of research.
4. Examine the influence of Oedipus Rex on Freud
5. How does the behavior of Oedipus as he slays Laius on the passageway represent what we often see and label as "road rage"?
6. Examine the impact of group processes on the individual. 

DAILY SCHEDULE / ASSIGNMENTS

DAY 1: Wednesday, Jan. 20

THEATER: (Lesson 1) Introduction to the course. (Textbook Required --Theater: The Lively Art, 7th Ed. by Wilson & Goldfarb). Read Chapter 11 and page 410 and take an online QUIZ on it by 9 A.M, Monday, January 25. There is one extra credit opportunity. To earn ExCr, you may go to Lesson 1 online and post a self introduction in the online discussion board. This is explained in lesson 1 online and will also be explained in class.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Distribution of syllabus, course requirements, textbook requirements.   Chapter 1 – Introducting Social Psychology

 

DAY 2: Friday, Jan. 22

ETHICS: Have read "From Cruelty to Goodness" on-line. Discussion of cruelty, kindness, and excremental assault.

THEATER: (Lesson 2) Defining theater

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 1 – Introducing Social Psychology
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 DAY 3: Monday, Jan. 25

ETHICS:  Have read Part 1 of Aristotle's Ethics on-line; QUIZ..

NOTE: The whole of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is also available here on-line; selecting the underlined title above will take you to the book. 

THEATER: (Lesson 3) Origin of theater;

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 2 - Research 

 DAY 4: Wednesday, Jan. 27

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY. 

Joint Social Psychology/Ethics 9:00 - 10:20
Theater 10:35 - 11:45

ETHICS: Continue to discuss Part 1 of Aristotle's Ethics; QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 4) Greek stages and stagecraft

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 2 - Research

DAY 5: Friday, Jan. 29

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: Have read Part 2 of Aristotle's Ethics on-line, as well as the chart of virtues and vices ; QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 5) ONLINE ASSIGNMENT. Research and writing assignment. Go online into Lesson 5 and follow the directions from there. You'll find that you are assigned to a question. You'll need to use the online Theater Library and/or Google to research your question. And you'll need to respond to your question in an online form that you'll find in Lesson 5. Jot down notes when you do your research or print a copy of your response to bring to class next Monday so that you can use the information you found for our class discussion.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 2 - Research

 DAY 6: Monday, Feb. 1

ETHICS: Have read Part 3 of Aristotle's Ethics on-line, QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 6) Theater audiences; discussion of research from Lesson 5. Have your notes with you from your Lesson 5 research.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 12 - Aggression-Read "Seventh Victim" (short story) - quiz due prior to class. Discussion of "Seventh Victim"

 

DAY 7: Wednesday, Feb. 3

ETHICS:  Have read Part 4 of Aristotle's Ethics on-line; QUIZ. (Also have read "Aristotle Meets Mrs. Bartholomew" and the on line lecture "Applications of Aristotle."

THEATER: (Lesson 7) Oedipus in everyday life. Assignment. Go online into Lesson 7 and follow the directions from there. You'll find a link to an article by a college sophomore named Barstow. You'll need to read the article and respond (in an online form that you'll find in Lesson 7) to my question about the article. Jot down notes when you do your research or print a copy of your response to bring to class on Friday so that you can use the information for our class discussion.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 12– Aggression

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Social Psychology 9:00 - 10:20
Joint Ethics/Theater 10:35 - 11:45

ETHICS: Have read   "Oedipus as the Ideal Tragic Hero" (Marjorie Barstow) and  excerpt from Oedipus the King on-line. JOINT CLASS WITH THEATER; Discussion of the "character" of Oedipus and the tragic hero (See THEATER).
THEATER: (Lesson 8) JOINT CLASS WITH ETHICS; Discussion of the Barstow article and  the "character" of Oedipus and the tragic hero (See ETHICS). Please have your notes with you from your Lesson 7 work.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 12 - Aggression

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.
ALL CLASSES MEET TODAY IN THE AUDITORIUM, RC-218

         Oedipus Rex, the film (RC-218) 10:00 - 11:50

ETHICS: Have finished reading all of the play OEDIPUS REX by today.

THEATER: (Lesson 10) ALL CLASSES VIEW THE VIDEO OF OEDIPUS REX. NOTE: If you're attend the showing of the video today, you are exempt from the quiz on Oedipus Rex. However, if you do not come to class today, you need to take the online QUIZ on Oedipus Rex by midnight, February 15.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  ALL CLASSES VIEW THE VIDEO OF OEDIPUS REX.   Online reading assignment of Freud and his use of Greek mythology. Read the online material. Please note: Allen Salzman, another member of our department, has written a short file on the ancient Greeks which may help you to understand Greek theater and its characters. This is available on-line here as Greeks1.

 

 DAY 10: Wednesday, Feb. 10

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Joint Social Psychology & Theater 9:00-10:20
Ethics 10:35- 11:45

ETHICS: Have read  "On Pride" (Taylor) on-line; QUIZ.   

THEATER: (Lesson 11) Dramatic criticism (including Sigmund Freud's observations) applied to Oedipus Rex.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Oedipus Rex - Freud

 DAY 11: Friday, Feb. 12

ETHICS: Have read  "Ten Commandments," and  " Sermon on the Mount"  on-line. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 9) Playwriting; Read EITHER Chapter 4 or Chapter 5 in text. Take your choice! Then, take an online QUIZ of the chapter you read by 9 A.M., February 15. Extra Credit Opportunity -- Only one of the chapters is required. If you'd like to earn extra credit, read both chapters and take both quizzes.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 9 – Group Processes

 

DAY 12: Monday, Feb. 15

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Theater 9:00 - 9:50 

ETHICS:  DO LESSON ONLINE. Read "Excerpts from Augustine" on line and respond to all "Reading Tutorial Questions."  No on-campus class meeting today.

THEATER: (Lesson 12) Judging Oedipus' actions.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: No classroom session; Do EXAM online.

FAMILY Villains and Victims

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
By the end of Unit 2, students should be able to:

1. Explain how Aquinas modified Aristotle's theory to make it more compatible with the Judeo-Christian tradition;
2. Explain how Hamlet can be seen as an indirect criticism of Aristotle's ethics;
3. Explain how Dante's Inferno illustrate Aquinas' theory,
4. Explain what the following terms mean:
• State of nature
• Commonwealth
• "sin" and "vice"
• Theological virtues
• Leviathan
• Sovereignty
• Hell as getting what you want
• Evil as the absence of good
  
• Ultimate happiness
• Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Avarice, Anger, Pride, Envy
5. Complete the writing assignment on Dante and Aquinas (available on-line and in class).
6. Give a summary of the web page information at http://www.littanam.ulg.ac.be/hamletenglish.html#oedipus
7. Complete a 20-item multiple-choice quiz on material in the unit.

Intro to Theater (SPE130)
By the end of Unit 2, students should be able to:

1. Describe the role of Elizabethan theater as a fine art and a communicator of ideas, human understanding, and cultural values;
2. Describe Elizabethan drama, staging and acting;
3. Identify qualities that make Hamlet a tragedy and Hamlet a tragic hero.

 

Social Psychology (PSY201)

During Unit 2, we will:

1. Attempt to employ our social psychological imaginations to achieve a perspective on one specific question which dominates this unit - What factors help us to understand and predict the changes in relationships?
2. Approach the related questions by examining readings on emotions, attraction, and helping behavior.
3. Examine the influence that appearances of beauty and factors of attraction have on long-term, intimate relationships.
4. Analyze some of Shakepeare's characters and their multiple relationships through the eyes of a social psychologist.

DAILY SCHEDULE / ASSIGNMENTS

DAY 13: Wednesday, Feb. 17

 ETHICS:  Have Read on line introduction to Unit 2  and Aquinas Hand-out. Introduction to Dante's World.  NOTE: Ethics students should have skimmed through unit hand-out HAMLET section by  Monday, Mar. 8. You don't have to read every single line, but you should have some sense of the play by then. The whole text of Hamlet is also available on line here by selecting the underlined title.

THEATER: (Lesson # 13) Medieval Theater; Read pages 238-246 in Theater: The Lively Art. Take an online QUIZ on these pages (NOTE: The quiz should be taken online by Feb. 22)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 3 - Social Cognition
 

 DAY 14: Friday, Feb. 19

ETHICS: Read first third of Dante's Inferno Quiz.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 3 - Social Cognition
THEATER: (Lesson # 14 ) Elizabethan tragedy

DAY 16: Wednesday, Feb. 24

ETHICS: Have read the rest of Dante's Inferno on-line. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson # 16) Life during the Renaissance.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 10 - Interpersonal Attraction
 

 DAY 17: Friday, Feb. 26

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Ethics 9:00- 10:00

ETHICS: Continue discussing Dante and Aquinas. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson #17) Online Assignment. Read very brief excerpt from Naughty Shakespeare (The reading is linked to the online Lesson 17 page); Submit writing assignment online by 9:00 A.M., March 6. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 10 - Interpersonal Attraction - ONLINE CLASS

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ALL SECTIONS WILL BE IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR A FILM FROM 9:00-11:50

ETHICS: ALL CLASSES VIEW SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

THEATER: (Lesson #18) ALL CLASSES VIEW SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. NOTE: If you view this film with the class, you are EXEMPT from the quiz. If you do this lesson online, you should view the film on your own (it's available from video rental stores) or read the script (available at most book stores such as Borders, Barnes and Noble, etc.) AND take the online QUIZ on the story line. The quiz should be taken by March 10.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ALL CLASSES VIEW SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

DAY 19: Wednesday, Mar. 3

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ALL SECTIONS

Joint Social Psychology/Theater 9:00 - 10:20

Ethics 10:35 - 11:45

ETHICS: Finish discussing Dante and Aquinas. QUIZ. 

THEATER: (Lesson #19) William Shakespeare

          SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Joint class with Theater -- Perceeption, Trust

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: Have read Excerpts from Hobbes Leviathan  on-line. Discussion of Hobbes and Hamlet. QUIZ.
THEATER:(Lesson #20) Online Assignment. Attending Elizabethan Theater; Discussion question(s) and QUIZ on my online lecture Attending Elizabethan Theater (NOTE: The quiz is to be taken online by March 8)
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 4 - Social Perception  ONLINE CLASS

DAY 21: Monday, Mar. 8

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

DAY 22: Wednesday, Mar. 10

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: JOINT CLASS WITH THEATER: Heroes and Villains in Hamlet. Review  Excerpts from Hobbes Leviathan before class.
THEATER: (Lesson #22) JOINT CLASS WITH ETHICS. Heroes and Villains in Shakespeare in Hamlet
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 4 - Social Perception

 DAY 23: Friday, Mar. 12

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Ethics 9:00-9:50
Theater 10:00- 10:50

ETHICS: Have read Hume on Moral Sentiment  and Hume Meets Mrs. Bartholomew on-line. QUIZ.  (All students in ETHICS should have read the play A Doll's House by Monday, Apr. 5. NOTE: The whole play A Doll's House is available on-line here; selecting the underlined title above will take you to the script of the play.

THEATER: (Lesson #23) Themes in Hamlet

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Online -- Unit 2 Exam

GENDER  and  CULTURE

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
By the end of Unit 3, students should be able to:

1. Explain the ethical theories of Hume, Kant, Bentham and Kierkegaard;
2. Apply these three theories to some specific moral problems, especially in the play A Doll's House;
3. Explain what the following terms mean:
• Moral sentiment
• Categorical Imperative
• Utilitarianism
• "Greatest GOOD for the Greatest number"
• Hypothetical Imperative
• Value versus Dignity
• Existential Paradox
• Kingdom of Ends
• "Self" as a "relation that relates itself to its own self"
• Good Will
• Dread, Despair, and Anguish
• Others as "ends" versus "means"
• One dimensional vs. two-dimensional life
• "Freedom" as a "foundation" of ethics
• "Crystal Palace"

Intro to Theater (SPE130)
By the end of Unit 3, students should be able to:

Describe the role of Theater of Realism as a fine art and a communicator of ideas, human understanding, and cultural values;
Describe Realistic drama, staging and acting;
Identify qualities of A Doll's House that reflect the "well-made play" and Ibsen's greatness.

Social Psychology (PSY201)

During Unit 3, we will be exploring many questions:

What are the roles of genetic endowment and environmental influence in the determination of gender-typed behavior?
What factors are the most powerful influencers of obedience and disobedience?
Can society mold helpful and hurtful behavior?
How does culture promote sexism?
How could it be that changing one's situation may be the best way to change one's behavior?

DAILY SCHEDULE / ASSIGNMENTS

DAY 24: Monday, March 22

ETHICS:  Review Hume reading from Friday and have read "Bentham on Utility" on-line. (Jeremy Bentham).

THEATER: (Lesson 24) Moving from Elizabethan theater to Realistic theater. Read in your text and take QUIZ online on Chapter 7 (to be taken online by midnight., March 28).

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 4 - Social Perception

DAY 25: Wednesday, March 24

ETHICS: Have read Kant's Ethics (Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals) on-line (Kant). QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 25) Modern Theater and its goals. Read in your text and take a QUIZ on pages 335-348. Quiz is to be taken online. Due by midnight, April 1.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 4 - Social Perceptin

ETHICS:  Continue discussing Kant's Ethics (Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals) on-line. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 26) The problem play
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: DO LESSON ONLINE - Chapter 8 - Conformity

ETHICS:  Have read John Mullen on Soren Kierkegaard (Self Deception and Cowardice) on line or handout. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 27) Life in the mid-1800s (the Victorian Era)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 8 - Conformity

 DAY 28: Wednesday, March 31

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS/SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY/THEATER:  MEET IN RC-218 (Auditorium)

10:00-11:45 A DOLL'S HOUSE, the film, and follow-up comments (FILM RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes.)

ETHICS: Have read Strindberg on Ibsen's A DOLLS HOUSE on line or handout, and review A DOLLS HOUSE reading. ALL CLASSES VIEW THE VIDEO OF A Doll's House

THEATER: (Lesson 28) ALL CLASSES VIEW THE VIDEO OF A Doll's House; If you attend the film, you are exempt from the quiz. If you do this lesson online, you need to take a QUIZ on Doll's House (to be taken online by April 4)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ALL CLASSES VIEW THE VIDEO OF A Doll's House

ETHICS:  Finish discussing Soren Kierkegaard (Self-Deception and Cowardice) on-line or handout. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 29) Staging realistic theater. Read and take a quiz on Chapter 6 in your text. Due midnight, April 7

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 5- Self Knowledge

DAY 30: Wednesday, April 7

ETHICS: Review Hume, Kant, Bentham and Kierkegaard readings. Continue discussion of all of these. Quiz. 

THEATER: (Lesson 30) Acting in realistic theater
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 5 - Self Knowledge

 DAY 31: Friday, April 9

ETHICS: Joint class with Social Psychology. Discussion of A Doll's House. Review Soren Kierkegaard handout and Excerpt from A DOLL'S HOUSE handout.

THEATER: (Lesson 31) Online Research and Writing Assignment on Henrik Ibsen. Due -- midnight, April 10. Bring your research notes to class on April 11.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 5 - Self Knowledge (ONLINE CLASS)

 DAY 32: Monday, April 11

ETHICS: Have read "Notes from Underground" (Dostoyevsky) on line or handout.  QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 32) Henrik Ibsen; Have your notes with you from your lesson 31 research.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  UNIT 3 EXAM (ONLINE)

CONTRACT UNIT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
Ethics Contract Unit

For "Ethics," the contract unit will meet on campus for the amount of class time you regularly spend, but the focus will be on a variety of ethical issues, including the ethics of war.  We will read and discuss some short essays on "just war theory" as well as see two videos on the ethics of war and also discuss ethics and the current war.  (Students who chose to do this unit on line can pick other topics of their own interest to explore and do all of this work on line. See "Unit 4" in the on line ethics course for more details about this option.)

Intro to Theater (SPE130)
In the contract/project unit, we will leave campus and explore one of the local theatre treasures. We will conduct class discussions electronically, and we will conduct one field trip to see a production of the musical Ragtime at the Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 18. Cost will be $23.00. Guests are welcome. Note: Students must have signed up for this option by 11:00 A.M., April 12.

Social Psychology (PSY201)

During the Contract Unit, students will participate in a Volunteerism project of their choice. Upon completing their experience, they will reflect on 3 main principles or insights from Chapter 10 - Helping Others and write a paper about their experience.

DAILY SCHEDULE / ASSIGNMENTS

DAY 33: Wednesday, April 14

ETHICS: Either work online through the on line materials in the "Unit 4" section of the on line class, choosing which issues you want to focus on, or meet in R-211 at 9 a.m. to "report" to the draft board, and to begin discussing the ethics of war.

THEATER: Go into the web theater course and click on Ragtime in the course menu. This will take you to very clear directions (and directions to the theater) regarding your requirements. Then we will meet at the Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook on the evening of Sunday, April 16, 6:00 P.M., for the production of Ragtime. Tickets for this play are $23.00 and must have been purchased from me by 11:00 A.M., April 12. The critique assignment that you'll find in today's lesson is due Wednesday, April 21.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Students are required to complete 6 - 9 hours of volunteer work for this unit. Volunteer site must be approved by instructor in advance. Write a reflection paper on your experience. Relate your experience with the themes in Chapter 10 - Helping Others. Paper due by Monday, April 26 by 9 AM.

 DAY 34: Friday, April 16

ETHICS: On line students: Continue to work on the ethical issue of your choosing, or meet at 9 a.m. in R-211 to discuss the first half of the reading on the ethics of war.
THEATER: Class will have another assignment online. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: See Wednesday, April 14

DAY 35: Monday, April 19

ETHICS: On line students: Continue to work on the ethical issue of your choosing, or meet on campus at 9 a.m. in R-211 to finish discussing the hand-out on the ethics of war.

THEATER: Remember, Critique of Ragtime is due by April 21 submitted using an online form that you'll find in the lesson.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: See Wednesday, April 14

LABOR AND LEISURE The Meanings of work

UNIT  OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
By the end of Unit 5, students should be able to:

1. Understand the history and meanings of:
• Labor
• Work
• Leisure
• Liberal Education
• Free time
• Alienation
• Craftsmanship
• Division of Labor
• "Quality" vs. "Quantity"
2. Apply these terms to their own career choices;
3. Explain how the history of ethics helps explain our "work ethics;"
4. Apply ethical theories to Death of a Salesman.
5. Complete activity on "Fromm's Alienated Labor and Death of a Salesman," either in class or on-line.

Intro to Theater (SPE130)
By the end of Unit 5, students should be able to:

1. Describe the role of Post-War Modern Theater as a fine art and communicator of ideas, human understanding, and cultural values;
2. Describe dramaatic staging and acting of this era;
3. Relate Death of a Salesman to issues of the family and the world of work and problems created by the success ethic, mass production, and the reduction of man to a commodity.

Social Psychology (PSY201)

By the end of Unit 5, students will understand:

1. The importance of helping others.
2. Issues of health, law and business as relates to social psychology.
   
   

DAILY SCHEDULE / ASSIGNMENTS

DAY 36: Wednesday, April 21

ETHICS: Have read  "Labor, Leisure and Liberal Education" (Adler)

THEATER: (Lesson 36) Dramatic criticism

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 11 - Prosocial behavior
 

 DAY 37:  Friday, April 23

ETHICS: Have read "Liberal Education and Success at Work" (Chickering) and  "The Meanings of Work Throughout History" *(C.W. Mills).

THEATER: (Lesson 37) Introduction to Post-War Modern Theater

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 11 - Prosocial behavior -- Do Lesson Online
 

 DAY 38: Monday, April 26

ETHICS: Continue discussing "The Meanings of Work Throughout History" (C. W. Mills). Also read on-line "Days Off in History" for a bit of information about how "free" Americans are (or aren't).

THEATER: (Lesson 38) Discussion of Arthur Miller's world (the twentieth century)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 11 - Prosocial behavior
 

 DAY 39: Wednesday, April 28

ETHICS: Have read  "Excerpts from Wealth of Nations" (Adam Smith).

THEATER: (Lesson 39) Death of a Salesman as the great American tragedy

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 6 -- Need to justify our actions

 DAY 40: Friday, April 30

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS/PSYCHOLOGY/THEATER:

9:00 - 9:20 Introduction to the film

ETHICS, PSYCHOLOGY, THEATER:

9:20 - 11:50 DEATH OF A SALESMAN, the film, and follow-up discussion

ETHICS: ALL CLASSES VIEW VIDEO DEATH OF A SALESMAN. 

THEATER: (Lesson 41) ALL CLASSES VIEW VIDEO DEATH OF A SALESMAN; QUIZ on DOS (must be taken online by midnight, May 10 -- Students in attendance at this film in the auditorium do not need to take the quiz).

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  ALL CLASSES VIEW VIDEO DEATH OF A SALESMAN.
 

 DAY 41: Monday, May 3

ETHICS: Have read  from Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts essay "Estranged [Alienated] Labor" (Marx).

THEATER: (Lesson 40) Do lesson online. Internet Research/Writing Assignment on the playwright Arthur Miller; due May 5

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 6 - Need to Justify Our Actions
 

DAY 42: Wednesday, May 5

ETHICS: Have read  "Alienation Under Capitalism" (Fromm). Use Fromm's Alienated Labor and Death of a Salesman" as your "study guide" to this reading.  (Part of Death of a Salesman is also available on-line for your use in completing this exercise.) Quiz.

THEATER: (Lesson 42) Participate in online discussion -- Why is Arthur Miller considered perhaps America's greatest playwright? 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter  6 - Need to Justify Our Actions - ONLINE CLASS
 

 DAY 43: Friday, May 7

ETHICS: Continue to discuss alienation in work, using hand-out Fromm's Alienated Labor and Death of a Salesman"   (Part of Death of a Salesman.

THEATER: (Lesson 43) Do lesson online. Scenic design in Death of a Salesman The nostalgic image of the salesman and Death of a Salesman.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 7 -- Attitude 
 

 DAY 44: Monday, May 10

ETHICS: Have read "Assembly Line" (B. Traven). Quiz. 

THEATER: (Lesson 44) The nostalgic image of the salesman

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 7 - Attitude -- ONLINE

 

DAY 45: Wednesday, May 12

ETHICS:  Slides of Vietnam war; have read "Just War Theory and the Recent U.S. Air Strikes Against Iraq"  and  "Moral Clarity in a Time of War." (9:00 A.M.)

THEATER: (Lesson 45) Theater today and in the future
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 5 Exam due

Ethics (PHL103) Instructor: John Wager.

Intro to Theater (SPE130) Instructor: Terry Fencl.

Social Psychology (PSY201) Instructor: Tracy Wright-Goehmann

Final Exam Schedule