Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Course Outlines

Summer 2020 - HUM 101W D100

Introduction to the Humanities (3)

Class Number: 3939

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    May 11 – Aug 10, 2020: Wed, 4:30–7:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

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Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

An introduction to issues and concepts central to the study of the Humanities. Through exposure to primary materials drawn from different periods and disciplines, students will become acquainted with a range of topics and ideas relating to the study of human values and human experience. Equivalent Courses: HUM101 Writing/Breadth-Humanities.

COURSE DETAILS:


 
This course has three broad purposes. First, to get students thinking about certain fundamental questions of moral intelligence, as those questions arise across a range of human relationships¾with one’s family and friends, with society, with oneself and with the divine. Second, to alert students to some of the diverse ways in which literary texts and other cultural artefacts can generate meaning. And third, to foster an understanding of canon-formation and the pursuit of humanistic knowledge as historically conditioned processes, in which we have a role to play as interpreters and continuators.


Grading

  • Draft of first paper 5%
  • First paper 15%
  • Second paper 20%
  • Third paper 20%
  • Tutorial participation 10%
  • Quizzes 10%
  • Final exam 20%

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Sophocles, Antigone, trans. Richard Emil Braun (Oxford UP 1989)
ISBN: 978-0195061673

The Song of Roland, trans. Glyn Burgess (Penguin Classics 1990)
ISBN: 978-0140445329

Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, trans. Tim Parks (Penguin Classics 2011)
ISBN: 978-0141442259

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave” and “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (Modern Library 2000)
ISBN: 978-0679783282

Michael Frayn, Copenhagen (Anchor 2000) 
ISBN: 978-0385720793

**Further readings will be made available online by the instructor.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating.  Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SUMMER 2020

Please note that all teaching at SFU in summer term 2020 will be conducted through remote methods. Enrollment in this course acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as soon as possible to ensure that they are eligible and that approved accommodations and services are implemented in a timely fashion.