SYLLABUS FOR GENE DREAMS

Date

Topic

Reading

Other Info

Wed. 9/4

Welcome! Allow me
to introduce...

You've read Twilight L.A., right?

EVENING MEETING at 6:30 p.m.:
President Trombley

Mon. 9/9

Determinism & free will

Blatchford, Lamont, and
Hall + Bowie selections

Wed. 9/11

Determinism & free will

Stace & Skinner selections

Mon. 9/16

No Class
(Yom Kippur)

Wed. 9/18

Eugenic ravings
from the abyss

Mein Kampf selections

Meet in Broad Center Performance space with Wachtel's FYS
EVENING MEETING:
Judy Grabiner

Mon. 9/23

History:
Galton & Pearson

Kevles, Chapters 1 - 3

Wed. 9/25

Writing Workshop

SAT. EVENING MEETING:
Anna D. Smith on 9/28

Mon. 9/30

Peer Editing

Kevles, Chapters 4 & 5

DUE:First draft
of reflective paper

Wed. 10/2

Eugenics emerging

Kevles, Chapters 6 & 7

DUE:Reflective paper
EVENING MEETING

Mon. 10/7

"There oughta be a law!
Then again..."

Kevles, Chapters 8 & 9

Wed. 10/9

Sociobiology

Wilson, Chapters 1 & 2

Mon. 10/14

Peer Editing
and a meeting with P. Nardi

DUE:First draft
of critique paper

Wed. 10/16

E.O. Wilson on aggression

Wilson, Chapter 5


DUE:Critique paper
EVENING MEETING

Mon. 10/21

No Class
(Fall break!)

Wed. 10/23

Twilight L.A.

Twilight, Los Angeles, 1992

Mon. 10/28

Science, politics, & society

Lewontin et al., Chapters 1 & 2

Wed. 10/30

A visit to the library

EVENING MEETING

Sun. 11/3

GENE DREAMS MOVIE NIGHT:
GATTACA

Mon. 11/4

Rotten roots in science

Lewontin et al., pp. 46 - 61
and TDG selection

Wed. 11/6

Basic biology

TDG selection

Mon. 11/11

Criticism & implications
of biological determinism

Lewontin et al., pp. 69 - 81 & 168 - 195

Wed. 11/13

Sociobiology and ideology:
A closer look
(+ Peer Editing)

Lewontin et al., Chapters 9 & 10

DUE:First draft
of argument paragraphs
(+ critique re-writes)
EVENING MEETING

Mon. 11/18

Individual conferences

DUE:Argument paragraphs
(+ critique re-writes)

Wed. 11/20

Individual conferences

DUE:Tentative proposal for final paper

GENE DREAMS MOVIE NIGHT:
MINORITY REPORT

Mon. 11/25

Mismeasuring intelligence

Gould, Chapter 1
and pp. 176 - 204

DUE BEFORE YOU LEAVE:
Prospectus for final paper

Wed. 11/27

No Class (Thanksgiving travel day
for east coasters!)

Mon. 12/2

The reification and
consequences of IQ

Gould, pp. 204 - 263

Meet with Keeley's FYS

Wed. 12/4

Some conclusions from S. J. Gould

Gould, Chapter 7
and Epilogue

Meet with Keeley's FYS
EVENING MEETING

Mon. 12/9

Genetic determinism & social justice
(+ Peer Editing)

DUE:First draft
of final paper

Wed. 12/11

Conclusions & Celebration

DUE:Final paper

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