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HONORS BOOK COURSE, FALL, 2005
In Fall, 2005, The Honors Book Course will focus on the book,
The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth.
The Director's Book course is a seven-week pass/fail discussion course open to students in the Honors Program. It concentrates on a single book in that seven-week period. This fall, we will be trying two experiments with the book course. First, rather than meet in the evening once each week, the book course will meet during the regular daytime class schedule to permit students with very tightly organized schedules to participate. If sufficient numbers of students enroll during the Add/Drop period in the fall, alternative meeting times may be arranged.
The second experiment is a cross-collaboration with other campuses in the Commonwealth Honors Program who may be reading the same book. The precise nature of the collaboration is under discussion, and the exact plans will be announced at the opening of the college in September. The collaboration plans may require the tentative schedule listed below to change slightly.
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Philip Roth
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Class Schedule:
The course meets each Monday and Wednesday at 1:00 in Bowman 206.
The course ends on October 26.
Sept 12: Introductions & listening exercises; how to conduct a discussion
Sept. 14: Close Reading Exercise
Sept. 19: Opening questions; first discussion of the book.
Choosing topics for reports/discussions
Sept. 21: Further discussion.
Sept. 26: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Sept. 28: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 3: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 5: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 3: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 10: Columbus Day - college holiday.
Oct. 12: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 17: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 19: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 24: Discussion focused on specific topics and reports.
Oct. 26: Final class session
Useful Links:
Books featured in prior semesters:
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