Group |
DATE |
TITLE |
LECTURER |
A |
January 13 |
“I'll be back!”: repetition, doubling, incest and revenge in The Terminator |
Dr. Michael Harrawood |
A |
January 20 |
Transportation and Immigration in Latin American and U.S. Latino Literatures |
Dr. Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilin |
A |
January 27 |
Arson Investigation – Optimizing Analysis Conditions |
Dr. Eugene Smith |
A |
February 3 |
TBA |
Dr. Chris Strain |
A |
February 10 |
The Clandestine Literature of the Last Muslims in Spain |
Dr. Miguel Vazquez |
B |
February 17 |
Consumer Package & Products: Reflections on a Career
***LOCATION IS LLS Auditorium, MA 109*** |
Ray Viault, Former Vice-Chairman of General Mills |
B |
February 24 |
Bronze Inscriptions and Confucianism in Early China |
Dr. Yu Jiang |
B |
March 3 |
TBA |
Dr. Jacqueline Fewkes |
|
March 10 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
B |
March 17 |
Fishes and Corals on the New England Seamount |
Dr. Jon Moore |
B |
March 24 |
How the World Got Rich Quick |
Dr. Travis Lybbert |
C |
March 31 |
The Persistence of Unconstitutional Laws |
Dr. Martin Sweet |
C |
April 7 |
Indescribable violence, truth, and what it means to be human: Why you should care about the literature of war |
Dr. Hilary Edwards |
C |
April 14 |
When 1 + 1 = 0: A Modern Twist on Classical Algebra
|
Dr. Ryan Karr |
C |
April 21 |
What Can We Learn from the Post-WWII Allied Occupation of Japan? |
Dr. William Londo |
Course Requirements:
Attendance: Attendance is 60% of your grade. Therefore, we suggest you attend all of the forum presentations. Attendance will be taken either at the beginning or the end of each forum. In addition, the attendance policy is subject to the honor code. Please arrive 10 minutes before the forum is to begin as tardiness is disrespectful to the speaker and your classmates. If you are late, you will not receive credit for attendance.
Please silence your cell phones and pagers upon entering the auditorium. No laptops allowed.
Assignment: A single 4-page paper critically analyzing three talks, one from Group A, one from Group B, and one from Group C is to be turned into to your advisor no later than Monday, April 24, 2006. After being graded, this paper will be placed in your Writing Portfolio.
Course Evaluation:
This course is graded S/U. You need a minimum of 70 points to pass the course with a grade of satisfactory. Attendance is 60% of the grade and the paper is 40% of the grade.
