World Views: War and Its Alternatives - Schedule
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Unit I: Human Experiences of War

Session Day Date Time Topic
1 Thu 8/25 5:00 - 6:00 pm Course Introduction "The Good War"
* Thu 8/25 6:00 - 7:30 pm Opening Days Picnic, Brown Field
2 Fri 8/26 8:30 - 10:15 "The Good War" (paired advisor will join class from 10:00-10:15)
3 Fri 8/26 10:30 - 12:00 Opening Convocation, Smith Auditorium. Dr. Shannon French, "The Code of the Warrior"
4 Fri 8/26 1:30 - 3:00 "The Good War"
5 Sat 8/27 9:00 - 10:30 "The Good War"
6 Mon 8/29 9:00 - 10:30 "The Good War"
* Mon 8/29 10:30 - 4:00 Academic Advising & Schedule Confirmation
* Mon 8/29 12:30 - 4:00 Library Orientation, Mark O. Hatfield Library
7 Wed 8/31 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
8 Fri 9/2 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
* Mon 9/5 NO CLASS LABOR DAY
9 Wed 9/7 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
10 Fri 9/9 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
11 Mon 9/12 12:40 - 1:40 Draft Workshop
12 Wed 9/14 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
13 Fri 9/16 12:40 - 1:40 Regeneration/World War I Poets
14 Mon 9/19 12:40 - 1:40

Paper 1 Due;
Convocation #2, Smith Auditorium:
Dr. Kurt Raaflaub, "War, Peace, and Reconciliation in the Ancient World"

Unit II: Ethics of War

Session Day Date Time Topic
1 Wed 9/21 12:40 - 1:40 History of the Peloponnesian War
2 Fri 9/23 12:40 - 1:40 History of the Peloponnesian War
3 Mon 9/26 12:40 - 1:40 History of the Peloponnesian War
4 Wed 9/28 12:40 - 1:40 History of the Peloponnesian War
5 Fri 9/30 12:40 - 1:40 History of the Peloponnesian War
6 Mon 10/3 12:40 - 1:40 But Was It Just?
7 Wed 10/5 12:40 - 1:40 But Was It Just?
8 Fri 10/7 12:40 - 1:40 But Was It Just?
9 Mon 10/10 12:40 - 1:40 Draft Workshop
10 Wed 10/12 12:40 - 1:40 But Was It Just?
11 Fri 10/14 12:40 - 1:40 But Was It Just?
12 Mon 10/17 12:40 - 1:40 Paper 2 Due;
Convocation #3, Smith Auditorium:
Joseph Sebarenzi, M.A.: "Achieving Peace Without War: Rationale and Approaches"

Unit III: Alternatives to War

Session Day Date Time Topic
1 Wed 10/19 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
* Fri 10/21 NO CLASS Mid-Semester Day
2 Mon 10/24 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
3 Wed 10/26 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
4 Fri 10/28 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
5 Mon 10/31 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
6 Wed 11/2 12:40 - 1:40 Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
7 Fri 11/4 12:40 - 1:40 Death and the Maiden
8 Mon 11/7 12:40 - 1:40 Death and the Maiden
9 Wed 11/9 12:40 - 1:40 Death and the Maiden

Unit IV: Optional Units for Individual Sections

Session Day Date Time Topic
1 Fri 11/11 12:40 - 1:40  
2 Mon 11/14 12:40 - 1:40  
3 Wed 11/16 12:40 - 1:40  
4 Fri 11/18 12:40 - 1:40  
5 Mon 11/21 12:40 - 1:40  
6 Wed 11/23 12:40 - 1:40 Final Paper Due

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