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IUF 1000 Syllabus, Bushey, Spring 2016-4
IUF 1000 Syllabus, Bushey, Spring 2016-4
Spring 2016
Online Lectures: To be watched before weekly discussion
meetings
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Sarah Bushey, Assistant Director of IUF 1000 What is the Good Life
Contact Info: sbushey@ufl.edu, Pugh 339
Office Hours: Thursday, periods 6 and 7 and by appointment
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Section
Time
Location
Teaching Assistant
2D66
218C
08HD
0803
0843
14FD
07E9
218B
07H3
07H2
071D
0891
14FB
14FE
218E
083H
0841
085B
08G6
08H7
084H
07GG
07G6
071B
088E
0897
094H
07E1
218F
07FG
R3
R4
W3
W4
W7
R3
R4
R8
R8
F3
F6
R3
R5
R6
R9
W5
W7
W8
W3
W4
W6
F2
F3
F6
R3
R4
R5
R8
R9
F2
0899
14FC
14FF
2D67
0808
0845
085A
08G9
08H9
088B
218D
085C
086E
088C
071G
071F
072F
084F
088H
089E
083D
0834
0874
2D65
07E2
07F9
97G5
R3
R6
R7
R8
W5
W7
W8
W3
W4
W9
F2
W8
W9
R3
F2
F6
F7
W6
R3
R4
W5
W6
W9
R7
R4
F2
F3
MAT 2
Matthew Michel
LEI 104
Matthew Michel
UST 108
Matthew Michel
TUR B310 Matthew Michel
NPB 1216 Arun Pokhrel
WM 202
Arun Pokhrel
TUR B310 Arun Pokhrel
MAT 2
Jason Purvis
MAT 9
Jason Purvis
MAT 51
Jason Purvis
MCCB 3124 Morgan Rich
MAT 5
Christie Robinson
TUR B310 Christie Robinson
WEIL 279 Christie Robinson
NPB 1216 Dragana Svraka
MAEB 234 Dragana Svraka
FLG 275
Dragana Svraka
FLI 115
Kayley Thomas
MAT 5
Kayley Thomas
MAT 5
Kayley Thomas
FLI 121
Keasha (Renee) Worthen
MAT 151
Keasha (Renee) Worthen
MAT 151
Keasha (Renee) Worthen
MAT 151
Keasha (Renee) Worthen
ROL 205
Mary Wright
TUEL 2349 Mary Wright
MAT 13
Mary Wright
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Drawing on the cluster of disciplines that make up the Humanities and the
considerable resources at UF in support of the Humanities, this course
inquires into the very nature and experience of being human. Applying multidisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches to explore the question What is
the good life?, students consider the cost of the good life, examine how
people have chosen to live as members of local and global communities, and
analyze conceptions and expressions of beauty, power, love, and health.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
COURSE FORMAT
Each week students watch web lectures, online context videos, and complete
all reading assignments before attending a discussion section meeting led by
a lecturer or graduate teaching assistant.
COMMON ACTIVITIES
This course expects students to become actively engaged in experiences
unique to UF. As such, course requirements include attending the Good Life
Performance at the Constans Theatre, seeing the Good Life exhibit at the
Harn Museum of Art, and the Good Life Nature Activity at the Florida Museum
of Natural History (FLMNH). More information on these activities can be found
on the courses Canvas page.
COURSE WEB SITE
General Good Life course site at http://undergrad.aa.ufl.edu/humcourse.aspx
Course materials are available in Canvas at https://lss.at.ufl.edu/
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/general-educationprogram.aspx
TEXTS
The following required readings are available in local bookstores and online
retailers either as eBooks or paperbacks:
All other required readings and materials are in the Resources folder of the
courses e-Learning webpage.
ASSIGNMENTS AND REQUIREMENTS
1. A forty-five minute Midterm Exam on February 15 (150 points, 15% of
the course grade)
2. An Essay (1,000-1,250 words) due on March 21 in Canvas by 8:00
AM. Detailed instructions will be supplied prior to the due date. (200
points, 20% of course grade)
3. A Final Exam (cumulative) during the courses assembly exam
scheduled time: (275 points, 27.5% of course grade)
4. Group Notes (120 points, 12% of course grade).
5. Discussion Activities. (100 points, 10% of course grade)
a. Participation in weekly discussions (including online self-test
quizzes each week). (50 points total, 20 for combined quizzes and
30 for discussion)
b. Sacred Space Postcard, due by discussion section for Week 13. (30
points)
c. Essay Outline and Thesis Statement. (20 points)
6. Attendance. (95 points, 9.5% of course grade)
a. Discussion. (75 points, 2 unexcused absences are permitted)
b. Common Activities. (10 points for the Harn Tour, 10 points for the
Good Life Performance)
7. This I Believe Audio Essay Research (60 points, 6% of course grade)
a. Value Sort (9 points), This I Believe Research Assignment (7
points), This I Believe Thesis Statement (4 points)
b. This I Believe Audio Essay Draft (10 points)
c. This I Believe Audio Essay Final Version (30 points)
GRADING SCALE AND ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY
Grade Proportion
Grade Scale
Grade Value
930-1,000 = A
900-929 = A870-899 = B+
830-869 = B
790-829 = B750-789 = C+
720-749 = C
690-719 = C660-689 = D+
620-659 = D
600-619 = D0-599 = E
A = 4.0
A- = 3.67
B+ = 3.33
B = 3.00
B- = 2.67
C+ = 2.33
C = 2.00
C- = 1.67
D+ = 1.33
D = 1.00
D- = 0.67
E = 0.00
https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx
*Please note: An earned grade of C- will not be a qualifying grade
for major, minor, Gen. Ed., or basic distribution credit.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
UF students are bound by The Honor Pledge which states, We, the members
of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our
peers to the highest standards of honor and integrity by abiding by the
Honor Code. On all work submitted for credit by students at the University of
Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied: On my honor, I
have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this assignment.
The Honor Code. On all work submitted for credit by students at the
University of Florida, the following pledge is either required or implied: On
my honor, I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this
assignment. The Honor Code specifies a number of behaviors that are in
violation of this code and the possible sanctions. Furthermore, you are
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
*Please note that context and lecture videos are listed in Canvas but not
listed here. See Canvas for complete source bibliography.
Week Four:
1. Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha, finish complete text.
WEEK FIVE: EMBODYING THE GOOD LIFE (Feb 1 - 5)
1. Susan Bordo, Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the
Body, Reading the Slender Body, 185-212.
2. Kevin Connolly, Double Take: A Memoir, Chapter 3: What If? and Chapter
11: Snapshot.
3. Mike Webster Sports Injury Series and Timeline: The NFLs Concussion
Crisis
4. Rebecca Skloot, Excerpt from The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
PART 2: SOCIETY
WEEK SIX: SHARING THE GOOD LIFE (Feb 8 - 12)
Week Ten:
1. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail.