Professor David Moore
108 Broad Hall
Office extension: 71648
E-mail: dmoore@pitzer.edu
Pitzer College
First-year Seminar 04
GENE DREAMS:
The Social Consequences of Genetic Determinism
Fall, 2002
Class meets Mondays & Wednesdays from 2:45 - 4:00,
in AVERY HALL 201.
My OFFICE HOURS will be on:
Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Wednesdays from 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
If, for some reason, this turns out not to be enough, I'll
arrange for others. In addition, I'm free to be scheduled -- in
fact, it never hurts to let me know if you're planning to stop in to talk.
Under any circumstances, I'll be in my office or lab lots, so you can just drop on in.
BOOKS
Copies of all of the readings for this course will be collated into a reader available
at Kings Copies on the south side of Foothill Boulevard (358 W. Foothill, between Indian Hill and Yale).
Buy yours as soon as possible.
That said, the sources of our readings are all wonderful books (with the
exception of Mein Kampf, of course), so let me give credit where credit is due--some of
you might decide to buy one or more of them and give the authors their deserved royalties.
- Burr, J. R., & Goldinger, M. (2000). Philosophy and Contemporary Issues, (8th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
- Gould, S. J. (1996). The Mismeasure of Man, (revised ed.). New York: Norton.
- Kevles, D. J. (1995). In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard.
- Lewontin, R. C., Rose, S., & Kamin, L. J. (1984). Not in Our Genes. New York: Pantheon.
- Moore, D. S. (2002). The Dependent Gene: The Fallacy of "Nature Vs. Nurture." New York: Times Books/Henry Holt.
- Smith, A. D. (1994). Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992. New York: Anchor Books/Random House.
- Wilson, E. O. (1978). On Human Nature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard.
In addition to the reading packet, all first-year students are required
to buy the following writing manual, available in Huntley bookstore:
- Hacker, D. (1999). A Writer's Reference, (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's.
WRITING AND OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
While we'll talk more about this in class, I thought I'd put a reminder here:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PITZER WRITING CENTER!
The Writing Center
--in C1 in Sanborn Dorm--is here to help you with your
writing. It's always a good idea to go over the first draft of a newly written
paper with them, even before you bring it in to class for peer editing.
In addition, please note that I will make every reasonable effort to
accommodate students with disabilities; if you need to request
accommodations or need additional assistance, feel free to contact
the Academic Support Services Office at campus extension 73553.
A FINAL NOTE:
Come to class armed with your questions and ideas about the readings. Share yourself
with the rest of us. In a seminar, participants learn from each other,
so it will be important
for everyone to put themselves out there, take risks, think out loud, and basically
just let it fly. Don't just be a sponge; this course will fulfill its potential
only if everyone contributes to the collaboration.
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