Course Outline

Class # Date     Group        Assignment Due_                 rev.9/12

0          8/26      class    Martyr of the Amazon writing assignment

1          8/30      pod       Robert Coles, Call to Service writing

2          9/1        pod       Online Source # 1: viewing notes

3          9/6        pod            Portfolio started link sent

4          9/8        pod/class      Sr. DorothyStang 2 page paper due

5          9/13      class           Online Source #2: blog entry

6          9/15      class           Man’s Search for Meaning (MSM) to p.41

7          9/20      class                MSM to p.94 blog entry

8          9/22      class                read Rescuers, 1-18, 230-234

            9/22                  Required Besa: The Promise, NDNU Theater, 7pm         

9          9/27      class         Rescuers, 19-89; blog on Besa event

10         9/29      class*         Online Source #3: blog

                         Training for I-Witness project and presentation—*time TBD

11         10/4      class         Rescuers, 90-157; blog entry

12         10/6      class           Rescuers, 158-229; blog entry

            10/6                 Optional Recommended Activity: Matt Black’s Photography, Wiegand Gallery;

Required: Student visit during run of Matt Black exhibit  (it closes October 22) required, followed by blog entry

13         10/11                      St. Joe’s Lounge at 9:30am

14         10/13    class              Rescuers, 235-249; blog entry on CTA

15         10/18    class          Online Sources #4 and #5

            10/18      Optional Recommended Activity: Internship and Volunteer Fair

16         10/20    class        Man's Search for Meaning, pps. 97-165/ quiz on this and Hallmarks booklet

17         10/25    pod            Position Paper #1 due: "What I have learned about altruism so far"

18         10/27    pod            Personal Discernment/Mentor presentation                 

            10/28   Optional Recommended: Lenci Farkas, Shoah Survivor, Province Center 2pm

            10/28    Optional Recommended Activity: Halloween in the Tenderloin

19         11/1      class                       begin VOWR readings

20         11/3      pods                        continue VOWR readings

21         11/8      class                 VOWR pps.9-32, 369-396; blog

22         11/10    class                            VOWR pps.33-86; blog                                     

            11/11     Optional Recommended: Veterans’ Interfaith Prayer Service, Chapel at noon

23         11/15    class                            VOWR pps.87-148; blog            

24         11/17    class                             VOWR pps.149-196: blog

            11/17                     Required SDSC/Library Speaker Series 4pm; Ruth Jacobs Gibson

25         11/22    class                     VOWR pps.197-246;blog on speaker

26         11/24    no class                 Thanksgiving Holiday

27         11/29    class                        VOWR pps.247-284; blog

28         12/1      class                 VOWR pps.285-330; blog

29         12/6      class                  VOWR pps.331-368; Paper #2 due

30         12/8      class                        VOWR pps.397-404

Week of December 12: Final Exam (TBD)