Fall 2019 - HUM 375 D100
The Woodsworth Seminar (4)
Class Number: 9391
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 3 – Dec 2, 2019: Thu, 5:30–9:20 p.m.
Vancouver
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Instructor:
Stephen Collis
scollis@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
45 units.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
A special topic in the humanities to be offered by the Woodsworth chair.
COURSE DETAILS:
“Our spread over the earth was fuelled by reducing the higher species of vegetation to charcoal, by incessantly burning whatever would burn.… Combustion is the hidden principle behind every artefact we create…. From the earliest times, human civilization has been no more than a strange luminescence growing more intense by the hour, of which no one can say when it will begin to wane and when it will fade away”
—The Rings of Saturn
Grading
- Participation 10%
- Presentation 20%
- Short essay based on presentation (1200 words) 20%
- Proposal for final paper/project (250 words) 10%
- Final essay / project (2500 words) 40%
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
Austerlitz, W. G. Sebald
ISBN: 9780375756566
The Rings of Saturn, W. G. Sebald
ISBN: 9780811214131
Vertigo, W. G. Sebald
ISBN: 9780811214308
Registrar Notes:
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
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS