Fall 2018 - FASS 101W D003
STT - FASSFirst Special Topics Seminar (3)
Class Number: 9751
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 4 – Dec 3, 2018: Tue, Thu, 10:30 a.m.–12:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Stephen Collis
scollis@sfu.ca
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Students choose one of 10 FASSFirst Special Topics seminars open only to first-year FASS students by invitation from the Dean’s Office. Top ranked professors from across the Faculty work with students to discover the surprising, profound and interdisciplinary reach of the arts and social sciences. Students will learn to draw connections between values, ideas and evidence while developing core academic skills, from reading to research, writing and dialogue. Students with credit for FASS 101 may not take this course for further credit. Writing.
COURSE DETAILS:
Whether it is the latest technological wonder, surprising and often bewildering election results, or the climate, part of the contemporary condition is the feeling that the world is constantly changing—and at an ever quickening pace. At the same time, we often feel powerless to effect any significant social changes ourselves. Change—the desire for it and fear of it—is at the core of our political and personal lives. In this course we will consider poetry, fiction, film and music that helps us think large-scale change as a possibility, and ourselves as possible agents of such change. In doing we so will consider the history and theory, as well as the literature, music and film associated with that most dramatic form of change: social revolution.
Grading
- Low-stakes in class writing and discussion group 30%
- First essay and revision (1200 words max) 30%
- Reading journal and response essay (1200 words max) 30%
- Discussion group presentation 10%
REQUIREMENTS:
Required Texts:
Demson, Michael: Masks of Anarchy (Verso)
William Morris: New from Nowhere (Broadview)
Other readings, available on Canvas, will include: excerpts from Karl Marx, “The Communist Manifesto,” China Mieville, “October,” and Louise Michel, “The Red Virgin”; poetry by Gil Scott Heron, Amiri Baraka, Diane Di Prima, Fred Moten, Juliana Spahr, Sean Bonney, Sara Larsen, Layli Long Soldier, and Maged Zaher; and the films La Commune: Paris 1871 (2000), Battleship Potemkin (1925), and Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993).
Registrar Notes:
SFU’s Academic Integrity web site http://students.sfu.ca/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
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