Check here to see what you should read before class, when the next test is, what the instructor's objectives are, etc. Because all three instructors plan the assignments to connect with each other, and because they often "team teach" together, you will notice that some of the reading assignments are the same for more than one class, or that you will use a written assignment in more than one class. That's one of the advantages of The Undergraduate Center! And since these three classes are a "package," you will notice that there won't be three big tests on the same day!

(For "on-line" students: you are not required to attend any on campus classes, although you have the option of doing so. 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 semester.  Obviously you don't have to do each assignment on the exact same day that the on-campus students are working on a topic; you have some flexibility about the lessons. But try to stay on the three lesson a week schedule so that you can finish the course by the deadline.) Also 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. Discuss some answers to the question, "What makes an action right?"
4. Understand Aristotle's "ethics" of happiness;
5. List several "vices" and "virtues," explaining how they affect happiness;
6. Begin to understand how "character" is shown in the play Oedipus Rex.
7. 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, January 23

ETHICS: Mrs. Barthlomew's Dilemma on-line (or in printed hand-out).  Intro to Ethics and the love of wisdom; Question of the course: "What makes an action right or wrong?"  For on line students, or for students who miss teh first day, the Introduction to Unit 1 lecture is on line. (All students in ETHICS should have read the play Oedipus Rex by Monday,  Feb. 12.  The whole play Oedipus Rex is also available on-line here; selecting the underlined title above will take you to the play. (There is also a more scholarly, fully annotated translation of the play with extensive notes at: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Soph.+OT+5.)

THEATER: (Lesson 1) Introduction to the course. (Textbook Required --Theater: The Lively Art, 6th Ed. by Wilson & Goldfarb). Read Chapter 13 and take an online QUIZ on it by midnight, January 27. There one extra credit opportunity. 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, January 25

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 1 "What Is Morality?"

THEATER: (Lesson 2) Defining theater

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 1 – Introducing Social Psychology
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 DAY 3: Monday, January 28

ETHICS:  Do Lesson Online  Chapter 1 (continued) "What Is Morality?" Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   Bring quiz results to our next class. Complete online discussion assignments.

THEATER: (Lesson 3) Origin of theater;

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 2 -- Research

 DAY 4: Wednesday, January 30

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

 Joint Social Psychology/Ethics 10:30 - 11:45, RC-211
Theater is Online

ETHICS: Chapter 4 "Virtue Ethics"

THEATER: (Lesson 4) Do Lesson Online. Research and writing assignment. Due: midnight, Feb. 3. Go online into Lesson 4 and follow the directions from there. You'll find that you're assigned to a question. You'll need to use the online Theater Library to research your question. And you'll need to respond to your question in an online form that you'll find in Lesson 4. 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 - Turn in research observation worksheet

DAY 5: Friday, February 1

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online Chapter 4 (Cont'd) "Virtue Ethics". Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   Bring quiz results to our next class. Complete online discussion assignments.

THEATER: (Lesson 5) Greek stages and stagecraft

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Do Lesson Online Chapter 2 - Research

 DAY 6: Monday, February 4

ETHICS: Chapter 4 "Virtue Ethics"

THEATER: (Lesson 6) Theater audiences; discussion of research from Lesson 4. Have your notes with you from your Lesson 4 research.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGy: Chapter 12 - Agression - Read "SEventh Victim" (short story) - quiz due prior to ch\lass. Discussion of "Seventh Victim"

 

DAY 7: Wednesday, February 6

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 3 "Nonconsequentialist (Deontological) Theories of Morality" Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   Bring quiz results to our next class. Complete online discussion assignments.

THEATER: (Lesson 7) Do Lesson Online. Reading (Barstow article) and writing assignment: Due: midnight, Feb. 7. 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 - Agression 

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online Have read Chapter 2 "Consequentialist (Teleological) Theories of Morality". Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   Bring quiz results to our next class. Complete online discussion assignments.
THEATER: (Lesson 8) Discussion of the Barstow article and  the "character" of Oedipus and the tragic hero. Please have your notes with you from your Lesson 7 work.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 9 - Group Process

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 read Chapter 6 "Freedom vs. Determinism" Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   

THEATER: (Lesson 9) 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 17.

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, February 13

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

Joint Social Psychology/Theater (RC-211) 9:00- 10:15

Ethics (RC-211) 10:30-11:45

ETHICS: Chapter 6 "Freedom vs. Determinism" (cont'd)

THEATER: (Lesson 10) Dramatic criticism (including Sigmund Freud's observations) applied to Oedipus Rex.

        SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Oedipus Rex - Freud

 DAY 11: Friday, February 15

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online Have read Chapter 5 "Absolutism vs. Determinism". Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux   Bring quiz results to our next class. Complete online discussion assignments.

THEATER: (Lesson 11) Playwriting; Read EITHER Chapter 6 or Chapter 7 in text. Take your choice! Then, take an online QUIZ of the chapter you read by midnight, February 19. 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:  Do Lesson Online Chapter 9 – Group Processes

 

DAY 12: Monday, February 18

ETHICS:  "Absolutism vs. Determinism" (con'd)

THEATER: (Lesson 12) Judging Oedipus' actions.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 1 Exam  

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

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, February 20

 ETHICS:  Have read chapter 5 (Absolutism vs. Relativism). NOTE: Ethics students should have skimmed through unit handout HAMLET section by March 10. 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 online here by selecting the underlined title.

THEATER: (Lesson # 13) Medieval Theater; Read pages 268-275 in Theater: The Lively Art. Take an online QUIZ on these pages (NOTE: The quiz should be taken online by midnight, Feb. 21)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 4 - Social Perception.  Assignment: Take Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (due Monday, Feb. 25)
 

 DAY 14: Friday, February 22

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online: Complete online discussion assignment on Chapter/Absolutism and Relativism and the Matrix.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 4 - Social Perception
THEATER: (Lesson # 14) Do Lesson Online: You're assigned to a research topic on the Renaissance. Do reserach online and submit online writing assignment. Writing assignment should be submitted by 9 A.M., February 26. 

DAY 16: Wednesday, February 2

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online.  Complete online discussion assignment on Chapter 6/Freedom & Determinism. Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux. Bring quiz results to our next class.  

THEATER: (Lesson # 16) Life during the Renaissance. Please bring to class your notes from the Lesson 14 research. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 5 - Self Knowledge
 

 DAY 17: Friday, February 29

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: Complete and bring online quizzes to class. Be prepared to discuss Freedom & Determinism. 

THEATER: (Lesson #17) Do Lesson online. Read a very brief excerpt from Naughty Shakespeare (The reading is linked to the online Lesson 17 page); Submit writing assignment online by 9 A.M., March 7 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 10 - Interpersonal Attraction (ONLINE CLASS)

DAY 18: Monday, March 3

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: Do Lesson Online. Complete online discussion assignment on Chapter 6/Freedom & Determinism in the Matrix.
THEATER: (Lesson #18) Attending Elizabethan Theater; NOTE: If you are in the classroom for this lesson, you are EXEMPT from taking the quiz. If you do this lesson online, you need to take an online QUIZ on my online lecture Attending Elizabethan Theater (NOTE: The quiz is to be taken online by midnight, March 6).
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 10 - Interpersonal Attraction

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; Complete Chapter 6 discussion questions and exercises.

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 storyline. The quiz should be taken by March 12.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ALL CLASSES VIEW SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

DAY 21: Monday, March 10

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

DAY 22: Wednesday, March 12

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS: JOINT CLASS WITH THEATER: Heroes and Villains in Hamlet
THEATER: (Lesson #22) JOINT CLASS WITH ETHICS. Heroes and Villains in Shakespeare and Hamlet
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Discussion of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator results.

 DAY 23: Friday, March 14

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 8 - Taking of Human Life. Complete the online matching, multiple choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux. Bring quiz results to class after spring break.  

THEATER: (Lesson #23) Themes in Hamlet

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:   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

  SPRING BREAK -- MARCH 17 - MARCH 23

DAY 24: Monday, March 24

        ALL SECTIONS

                Social Psychology 9:00 - 9:50, RC-207
                Ethics 10:00 - 10:50, RC-211
                Theater 11:00-11:50, RC-211

ETHICS:  Have read Chapter 9 - Allowing Someone to Die, Mercy Death, Mercy Killing – and bring 5 questions about the reading to class.

THEATER: (Lesson 24) Directing Theater; Read Chapter 8 and take an online QUIZ on it by 10 a.m., Mon., March 31.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 3 -- Social Cognition  

DAY 25: Wednesday, March 26

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

        ALL SECTIONS

        Joint Social Psychology/Theater: 9:00 - 10:15, RC-211

        Ethics 10:30 - 11:45, RC-211

ETHICS:  Complete Chapter 9 Discussion Questions and Exercises.  Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux.  Bring quiz results to class. 

THEATER: (Lesson 25) Modern Theater and its goals. Read in your text and take a QUIZ on pages 343-354. Quiz is to be taken online. Due 10 A.M., Wed., April 2.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Finish Chapter 3 -- Social Cognition

        ALL SECTIONS
        Social Psychology/Theater: 9:00 - 10:15, RC-211

ETHICS:  DO LESSON ONLINE – Complete Online Discussion Assignment on Chapter 9/Allowing Someone to Die

THEATER: (Lesson 26) DO LESSON ONLINE. Research  and Writing Assignment on the Nineteenth Century world in which the playwright Ibsen lived and wrote. You'll see that you're assigned to a specific question. Assignment due by 9 A.M., Wed, April 2. Please bring your resesarch notes to class on Wednesday, April 2.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 8 - Conformity

DAY 27: Monday, March 31

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.
10:00-11:45 A DOLL'S HOUSE, the film, (FILM RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes). MEET IN RC-218 (Auditorium)

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 10 – Abortion – and bring 5 questions about the reading to class. 

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 9)

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

 DAY 28: Wednesday, April 2

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

        ALL SECTIONS                 
        Social Psychology 9:00 - 10:15, RC-207
        Joint Ethics/Theater 10:30 - 11:45, RC-211

        ETHICS:   Have read Chapter 10 – Abortion – and bring 5 questions about the reading to class. 

THEATER: (Lesson 27) Life in the mid-1800s (the Victorian Era). Please have your notes with you from you lesson 26 research.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 8 - Conformity ONLINE CLASS

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS:  DO LESSON ONLINE - Complete Online Discussion Assignment on Chapter 10/ Abortion. Complete Chapter 10 Discussion Questions and Exercises.  Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux.  Bring quiz results to next class.

THEATER: (Lesson 29) Staging realistic theater

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  No Class Meeting -- Research Day 

DAY 30: Monday, April 7

        ALL SECTIONS
        Social Psychology: 9:00 - 9:30, RC-207
        Ethics:  10:00 - 10:50, RC-211

ETHICS:  Continue discussion of  Bentham, Kant, and Kierkegaard. Review these unit readings. QUIZ.

THEATER: (Lesson 30) DO LESSON ONLINE; Research and Writing Assignment on Henrik Ibsen. Bring your research notes to class on April 11.
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 13 -- Prejudice 

 DAY 31: Wednesday, April 9

        ALL SECTIONS
        Social Psychology: 9:00 - 9:30, RC-207
        Theater 9:30 - 10:20, RC-211

ETHICS: DO LESSON ONLINE - Complete Online Discussion Assignment on Chapter 10/ Abortion. Complete Chapter 10 Discussion Questions and Exercises.  Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux.  Bring quiz results to next class.

THEATER: (Lesson 31) Acting in realistic theater. Read in your text and take QUIZ online on Chapter 5 (to be taken online by midnight, April 13).

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 13 -- Prejudice 

 DAY 32: Friday, April 11

        ALL SECTIONS
        Theater: 9:00 - 9:50, RC-211
        Ethics 10:00 - 10:50, RC-211

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 30 research.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Unit 3 Exam (on Chapters 3, 8, 13) Do Online

CONTRACT UNIT INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

UNIT OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
Ethics Contract Unit

For “Ethics,” the contract unit will meet on campus to participate in the debates being hosted by the philosophy club.  The debates will be centered upon a variety of ethical issues that will be advertised several weeks in advance by the philosophy club.  Students are to use class time (Monday, April 14) to research the issues and come to the debates (Wednesday, April 16 and Friday, April 18) with information, facts, informed opinions, etc. to contribute positively to the discussion.  Students are expected to demonstrate their grasp of the issues via their comments, challenges and questions during the discussions.  There will not be an online alternative for this unit.  However, students who choose to complete the “Ethics” project in addition to one of the other projects can receive extra credit points (in Ethics) for doing so.

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 satire Sweet Charity at the Drury Lane Theater in Oakbrook at 6:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 20. Cost will be $20.00. Guests are welcome (and get the same discount). Note: Students must have signed up for this option by March 27.

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: Monday, April 14

ETHICS: This is a research day. Students are to use class time to research information to prepare for this week’s debates.  Research material should be printed and shown to Mr. Muhammad during the debates. Topics and location will be announced in advance.

THEATER: The class will only meet in cyberspace at our online classroom. Paticipants will be required to use the Internet to do research in order to answer discussion questions and do writing assignments. Go into the web theater course and click on Musical Tht in the course menu. This will take you to very clear directions regarding your requirements. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Students are required to complete 6-8 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 on Prosocial Behavior/Helping Others. Paper due by Monday, April 21 by 9 A.M. 

 DAY 34:   Wednesday, April 16

ETHICS: Students are to attend and actively engage the Philosophy Club Debates 10 A.M. - 12 P.M.  (Location –TBA)

THEATER: Class will have another assignment online. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: See Monday, April 14

DAY 35: Friday, April 18

ETHICS: Students are to attend and actively engage the Philosophy Club Debates 10 A.M.-12 P.M.  (Location –TBA).  Students are to reflect on their experience with the debates in their journals (2-page minimum).

THEATER: Conintuation of online activities.

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: See Monday, April 14

LABOR AND LEISURE The Meanings of work

UNIT  OBJECTIVES:

Ethics (PHL103)
By the end of Unit 4, 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;

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: Monday, April 21

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 13 - Morality, Marriage and Human Sexuality

THEATER: (Lesson 36) DO LESSON ONLINE. Internet research/writing assignment on the postwar era in which the playwright Arthur Miller lived and wrote

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY:  Chapter 11 - Prosocial Behavior

 DAY 37: Wednesday, April 23

ETHICS: Continue discussing Chapter 13 - Morality, Marriage and Human Sexuality; Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prehnall.com/thiroux. Bring quiz results to class.

THEATER: (Lesson 37) Dramatic criticism 

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

 DAY 38: Friday, April 25

ETHICS: ONLINE Chapter 13 - Morality, Marriage and Human Sexuality. Submit discussion questions/exercises

THEATER: (Lesson 38) Introduction to Post-War Modern Theater; QUIZ on pages 367-372 (take online by May 1) 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 6 - Need to Justify Our Actions
 

 DAY 39: Monday, April 28

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 14 - Bioethics (Ethical Issues in Medicine)

THEATER: (Lesson 39) Have your Internet research done from lesson 36 and bring it to class with you. Discussion of Arthur Miller's world (the twentieth century)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 7 - Attitudes

 DAY 40: Wednesday, April 30

ETHICS: Continue discussing Chapter 14 - Bioethics (Ethical Issues in Medicine). Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux. Bring quiz results to class.

THEATER: (Lesson 40) The nostalgic image of the salesman and Death of a Salesman. 

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 7 - Attitudes
 

 DAY 41: Friday, May 2

ETHICS: DO LESSON ONLINE; Chapter 14 - Bioethics (Ethical Issues in Medicine)

THEATER: (Lesson 41) DO LESSON ONLINE. Internet Research/Writing Assignment on the playwright Arthur Miller

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: DO LESSON ONLINE  Chapter 15 - Social Psychology and Health

DAY 42: Monday, May 5

NOTE: A DIFFERENT SCHEDULE OCCURS TODAY.

ETHICS, PSYCHOLOGY, THEATER:

9:00 - 11:50 DEATH OF A SALESMAN, the film

ETHICS: ALL CLASSES VIEW VIDEO DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Read Chapter 15 - Business and Media Ethics) Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux. Bring All Journals & online quizzes to class for review.

THEATER: (Lesson 42) ALL CLASSES VIEW VIDEO DEATH OF A SALESMAN; QUIZ on DOS (must be taken online by midnight, May 11 -- 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 43: Wednesday, May 7

ETHICS: Have read Chapter 15 - Business and Media Ethics. Complete the online matching, multiple-choice, case and true-false quizzes for this chapter at www.prenhall.com/thiroux. Bring quiz results to class.

THEATER: (Lesson 43) Why is Arthur Miller considered perhaps America's greatest playwright? Have your research from lesson 41 done and bring it to class with you. Clips from The Making of Death Of A Salesman (interviews with the playwright, actors, and director)

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Chapter 16 - Social Psychology and Law
 

 DAY 44: Friday, May 9

ETHICS: ONLINE Chapter 15 - Business and Media Ethics. QUIZ

THEATER: (Lesson 44) Scenic design in Death Of A Salesman

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Social Psych - Labor (No textbook chapter) - Discussion of Personality Mosaic (work style inventory) Bring results to class.

DAY 45: Monday, May 12

           ALL SECTIONS

Ethics/Theater: 10:00 - 11:15, RC-211

ETHICS:  Ethical issues in Death of a Salesman
THEATER: (Lesson 45) Ethical issues in Death of a Salesman
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: Online assignment - Final Exam - must be submitted online by noon! Unit 5 quizzes and extra credit due.

Ethics (PHL103) Instructor: Eugene Muhammad

Intro to Theater (SPE130) Instructor: Terry Fencl

Social Psychology (PSY201) Instructor: Tracy Wright-Goehmann