Group |
DATE |
TITLE |
LECTURER |
A |
08/29/08 |
Panel discussion of the FAU Freshman Reading Selection, Nickel and Dimed |
Dr. Kevin Lanning
Dr. Chris Strain |
A |
09/05/08 |
Global Warming and the Myth of Hydrogen |
Dr. Michelle Ivey |
A |
09/12/08 |
The IRONy of Aging |
Dr. Paul Kirchman |
A |
09/19/08 |
Freedom to Break the Laws: One solution to the “Free Will Problem” |
Dr. Amy McLaughlin |
B |
09/26/08 |
Them! |
Dr. Jim Wetterer |
B |
10/03/08 |
Some Economics of Sports |
Dr. Keith Jakee |
B |
10/10/08 |
A Brief History of Pi |
Dr. Robin Jordan |
B |
10/17/08 |
Named Scholar Ceremony: "Consumer Product Safety" |
Ann Brown |
C |
10/24/08 |
Ethnomathematics – What is this? |
Dr. Terje Hoim |
C |
10/31/08 |
Optimizing Conditions for Arson Investigations |
Dr. Gene Smith |
C |
11/07/08 |
An Election Post-Mortem |
Dr. Martin Sweet |
C |
11/14/08 |
Enticing the Criminal: the problem of entrapment |
Dr. Mark Tunick |
X |
11/21/08 |
Retrospective: First Semester at “The HC” |
Dr. Jeffrey Buller |
|
11/26/08 |
Final Paper Due to Advisor by 5 p.m. |
|
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11/28/08 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Course Requirements:
Attendance:
Because of the nature of this class, you should plan to attend all of the forum talks. Please arrive 10 minutes before the forum is to begin. Please do not be late, since entering the auditorium late is disrespectful to the speaker and your classmates. Attendance will be taken either at the beginning or the end of each forum talk (and sometimes it is taken at both the beginning and the end). Leaving a presentation early or arriving late counts as an absence. The attendance policy is subject to the honor code. You will receive 4 points for each of the 13 forum talks you attend. If you are late or if you leave early, you will not receive credit for attendance and will be violating the Honor Code. Please turn off all cell phones and beepers (or set them to silent setting) when you enter the auditorium. You may use laptops in class only to take notes or for activities closely related to the course material. Use of laptops or other electronic devices to play games, surf the Internet (unrelated to that day’s topic) unless requested by the speaker), check e-mail, listen to music, or perform any other action not related to the course is a violation of the Honor Code.
Excused Absences:
A student will receive an excused absence in this course only for the following two reasons:
a: Illness, as documented by an excuse from a physician that is submitted to the dean’s office in the HC building.
b: An approved campus activity that occurs during the time when Forum meets, as documented by an email sent to Dean Buller by Dr. Tunick, Heather Bishara, David Flanigan, Dr. Metianu, or Sean Pierce.
Please note that no student can receive more than three excused absences during any term. Any excused absence above the maximum of three will be graded as an unexcused absence.
Assignments:
- There are four required Blackboard™ assignments in this course. Each is worth up to 2 points of your final grade.
- Blackboard assignment #1 is due by the beginning of class on Friday, September 5, 2008. (See below for details.)
- Blackboard assignments 2-4 will be announced in class and will be due by the start of class one week after they are announced.
- Paper - A single 4-page paper critically analyzing three talks, one from Group A, one from Group B, and one from Group C is due by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 and is to be turned in to your advisor. This paper will be placed into your Writing Portfolio.
Course Grading:
This course is graded S/U. A minimum of 70 points on a 100-point scale is required to pass the course with a grade of satisfactory.
52 points Attendance
40 points Paper
8 points Blackboard Assignments
100 points
