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WEEk # TOPICS KEY DATES
1

Introduction

 Benchmark questions due (PDF)
2

Viewing Assignment

"The Powers of Ten" (© Charles & Ray Eames and Pyramid Media). To view "The Powers of Ten", please visit Worlds: The Universe Within. (Videotape - viewing time 8 mins.)

Writing assignment 1: what is good? And what is not good?

What is good (Phaedrus)? And what is not good? Do we need anyone to tell us these things? (1-2 page "reaction paper")

 Writing assignment 1 due
3

MFA field trip guide

Print yourself a copy (lots of color images). Also, please copy "MFA Reaction Form" (pp. 49-50 of the Guide) to your word-processing software.

Writing assignment 2: what is quality? ...

What is quality? ... (1-2 page "reaction paper")

MFA field trip guide due (PDF)

MFA photos due 1 day after Week #3
4

Writing assignment 4: searching for quality at the MFA

Searching for quality at the MFA (1-2 page "reaction paper")

 Writing assignment 4 due
5

Class meeting 5 (PDF)

Wrapping-up ZAAMM

Keep going in ZAAMM thru part IV

 Writing assignment 5 due
6

Writing assignment 6: quality in my MIT education

What is good and what is not good in education?

 Writing assignment 6 due
7

Writing assignment 7: main points of kuhn and snow

Summary and evaluation of the main points of Kuhn and Snow readings

Writing assignment 7 due

Viewing assignment

Mindwalk. Directed by Bernt Amadeus Capra. Film, viewing time 112 minutes. 1991.
8

Writing assignment 8: three key ideas about the neuropsychology of affect

Three key ideas about the neuropsychology of affect (1-2 page "reaction paper")

Writing assignment 8 due

Viewing assignment

"The Powers of Ten" (© Charles & Ray Eames and Pyramid Media). To view "The Powers of Ten", please visit Worlds: The Universe Within. (Videotape - viewing time 8 mins.)
9

Writing assignment 9: psychosurgery: the key issues in the controversy as I see them

Psychosurgery: the key issues in the controversy as I see them (1-2 page "reaction paper")

 Writing assignment 9 due
10

Writing assignment 10: ethics of/in science

Ethics of science in the modern national corporate state: some key values in conflict in Copenhagen, as I see them

Writing assignment 10 due

Viewing assignment

Copenhagen, BBC television adaptation of Michael Frayn's play, adapted and directed by Howard Davies. (Viewing time 117 mins.)
11

Writing assignment 11: term paper proposal

Writing assignment 11 (term paper proposals) due 1 week after Week #10

Writing assignment 12 due
12

Writing assignment 12: sustainability and environmental crisis as emotional issues

Sustainability and environmental crisis as emotional issues (1-2 page "reaction paper")

Writing assignment 13 due

Writing assignment 14 due
13

Writing assignment 13: main arguments in Melucci/Chorover article

Main argument(s) in Melucci/Chorover article (1-2 page "reaction paper")

Writing assignment 14: the quality of my learning experience

Interim self-evaluation: the quality of my learning experience in 9.68 (1-2 page)

Writing assignment 15: term paper

 Writing assignment 15 (Term Paper) due