Spring Schedule

Week Date Topic
detail Week 1 01/13/2010 Introductions and Review
detail Week 2 01/18/2010 V is for Vendetta and Ethics
detail Week 3 01/25/2010 Ancient Monsters
detail Week 4 02/01/2010 Medieval Monsters
detail Week 5 02/08/2010 Scientific Monsters
detail Week 6 02/15/2010 Inner Monsters
detail Week 7 02/22/2010 Future Monsters and into the Cold War
detail Week 8 03/01/2010 Domino Theory and Draining Willpower: Vietnam & Afghanistan
detail Week 9 03/09/2009 End of the Cold War, & Terrorism
detail Week 10 03/16/2009 SPRING RECESS
detail Week 11 03/23/2009 Frankenstein
detail Week 12 03/30/2009 Modern Frankensteins: Bladerunners and Ghosts in the Shell
detail Week 13 04/06/2009 Dracula
detail Week 14 04/13/2009 Modern Draculas and Disease Metaphors
detail Week 15 04/20/2009 Jeckyll & Hyde
detail Week 16 04/27/2009 Modern Jeckyll & Hydes: Batman and More...
detail Week 17 05/04/2009 Final Presentations
detail Week 18 05/11/2009 Final Exam Week

Fall Schedule

Week Date Topic
detail Week 1 08/25/2008 Introductions and Expectations
detail Week 2 08/31/2008 Evil, Ethics, and Religion
detail Week 3 09/07/2008 Utilitarianism, Human Rights, and Institutional Evil
detail Week 4 09/14/2008 Critical Thinking, Defining Evil, and Your Arsenal
detail Week 5 09/21/2008 Virtue, The Greeks, and the Heroic Archetype
detail Week 6 09/28/2008 Greek Heroes and Their Monsters
detail Week 7 10/05/2008 More Greek to Me..
detail Week 8 10/12/2008 Midterms: Jason, Medea, and Masks
detail Week 9 10/20/2008 Medea and Masks
detail Week 10 10/27/2008 Modern Medeas
detail Week 11 11/03/2008 Anglo Saxons and Beowulf Culture
detail Week 12 11/10/2008 Beowulf
detail Week 13 11/17/2008 Beowulf & Grendel
detail Week 14 12/01/2008 Grendel and his Guilt