Introduction to Liberal Arts: Exemplary Lives

Professor Schell (Section S/19)

Part II BIOGRAPHY

Schedule of Readings and Class Meetings

Week 4 September 19^th-23^rd

Monday:        Reading: Ch 1 & 2 (1-34).

Class: Introduction to the genre of biography and Nuland’s project.

*Formal paper 1 (on Obama) due in class.                 

Tuesday:        Convocation. Mr. Drew Bauer, President & CEO of Southwest Bank. Title: “The Economics of Baseball.” [OPTIONAL]

Wednesday:  Reading: Ch 3 & 4 (35-83).  Class discussion. Quiz on the reading.

Thursday:       Reading: Ch 5 (84-100). Quiz on the reading. 

Informal writing due in class. Topic: What is exemplary about Leonardo da Vinci?.

Biographical paper assignment distributed.

Week 5 September 26^th-30^th

Monday:        Reading Ch 6 (101-18).

Library Workshop on Research. Meet in Hewes Library lobby.

Tuesday:        No convocation this week.  

Wednesday:  Reading: Ch 7 (119-140).

 Library Workshop on Research. Meet in Hewes Library lobby.

Thursday:      Reading: Ch 8 (141-166).

Learning community (on Da Vinci).

Meeting place: Highlander Room.

Looking ahead:

Biographical paper due Monday October 3^rd in class.

Begin reading Alan Lightman’s A Sense of the Mysterious