IOCC 201 Final Exam Study Guide

IOCC 201 Final Exam Study Guide


• This is a very basic guide. The best guides to study by are your class notes and the readings.

• DO NOT TAKE THIS TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF POSSIBLE QUESTIONS.

Know the source languages from EVERYTHING we read in this class.

Know the basic chronology of persons, text, and ideas presented in the ENTIRE class.

Types of monks

Method of excommunication

7 Divine Offices

Basic life of Saint Benedict

Basics of Monastic life

The Vow of Stability (stabilitas loci)

Work and Prayer

How the monks keep their “rank”

The Western world at the end of 201

Basic history of the Roman Republic, Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire.

Fundamental virtue emphasized in Cicero’s speech

What the edict of Milan did financially, legally and in terms of Christian places of worship.

Myth of Rome

Cultural points connected to the fall of Rome and the barbarians.

Later Christian development

What group burned Rome and the complexities that followed this event.

Church traditions brought forth by the Early Church

Basics of the Doctrine of Trinity and the Two Natures of Christ

Words of the day

Basic Heresies

Augustine on God, time, original sin, human nature, basic human anthropology and literature.

Cicero’s speech, the main point.

Map Exam: Rome, Athens, Jerusalem, Hippo, Alexandria, Constantinople, Troy, Paris, Ireland, Ancient Greece, Italy, The Mediterranean, Spain, The Straight of Gibraltar, Gaul, Norway (The Land of Ice) Africa, The British Islands, Judea, Germania, The Atlantic Ocean, Ionia, Galatia., the Aegean sea.

Rhet 102

Greetings!

Three points for the Rhetoric class.

1.  We are having poor attendance for the oral presentations.  Remember you will loose 10 points per missed class during these presentations and it will ultimately alter your final grade when I figure in the the points for attitude and participation.  Do not fail this course because you did not show up for your colleagues' presentations.

2.  You can not make up your oral presentation if you miss your day (or did not sign up for a time slot).

3.  Your papers are due on the last day of class.  No exceptions.

Dr. Berg

IOCC 201

Our final exam is:
December 12th from 12-2pm in Ed Complex 105/105.
Thanks!
Dr. Berg

W/F IOCC 201

Wed (Today):  Augustine and exams back.
Fri - Roman period.  Reading package from Library
Wed - Review
Fri - No Class
December 12th 12-2pm Final Exam Ed Complex 105/105
Thanks!

Rhet 102

Oral presentations start today. A few items to note: If you miss a presentation by a colleague you lose 10 points. You must have something for me to follow your presentation. Dress appropriately. A few of you have not had an office conference with me, you need to do this. Follow the advice I gave you on the handout.


Dr. Berg

Rhet 102 Office meetings

Rhetoric 102 students.
Missing the paper conference in my office can have catastrophic consequences on your grade in the course.

IOCC 201 Exam II study guide

Review Sheet


IOCC 201

Second Exam



For all documents that we read know: the aprox. date written, author, location and source language. (There are some documents we read that we do not know these things about, others that we know all of the above, a few that we know some of the above, consult your notes)





The synoptic gospels, the Gospels.

Quadriga method

The basic message of Judaism.

The basic message of Paul’s Christianity.

Which Gospel was written first.

The lost source of the Synoptic Gospels

Source languages of the Bible

When the Biblical text were written in relation to Homer, Plato and Aristotle.

Basics of the life of Jesus of Nazareth

Basics of the life of Paul.

Basics of the Bible.

Basic narrative the Genesis 1-23

Basic narrative of Joshua.

Structure of Isaiah

Pauline opening/greeting

The complexities of the ending of Mark

Basic arguments of Romans

Romans 13 and society

How to work with a Biblical text as a Jewish and a Christian Text

Basic of the Koran

5 pillars of faith

Basics of the life of Muhammad

Technical terms related to the Koran

Basics of the Islamic tradition, history, and current practice

RHET 102

Very Important!

Students that signed up for a conference on Wed I must change your date.

Please email me and we can set up a time to meet.

Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

Class presentation sign up sheet is hanging next to the conference sheet.
You must bring me an outline of your presentation for me to follow.
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

The sign up sheet for office conferences is now hanging by my outer door.
Please note that you must bring 2 copies of the following:
1..A formal outline
2. A bibliography

Both typed.

Thank you,
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

WSPR

Title of source
Hypothesis
Exposition of source
Support for your hypothesis with quote
Proper Citation

IOCC 201

Exams will be ready Friday.  I still have 2 students that need to take the exam and have a valid excuse.
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

Greetings everyone.  Two things:  1.  Remember you owe me a WSRP on one of your sources from the last library visit (not today's visit).  2.  You owe me a list of 10 good sources on your topic and include a few meta-sources.  I do not need the entire source, that is a silly waste of paper.  I just need an abstract or something close to an abstract.
Dr. Berg

IOCC 201

Add your informal fallacies to your study guide.

IOCC 201 Study Guide

Remember, I am not bound by this guide in any way.  Think of it as a good basic guide but not a controlling document.

IOCC 210 study guide

Do not take this as a complete representation of what could be on the exam, it is a “rough guide” at best.

Know the “ages” of the Greek world and what gave rise to Homer’s age.

The basic of Homeric authorship, style, works, structure, muse/poet, etc.

Know the main characters from the sections of The Odyssey we read.

When did Greek philosophy develop? Know some basics of Greek Philosophical thought.

Difference between Plato and Socrates.

Fundamentals of Platonic thought.

The story of Ion, magnetic rings, and what it teaches, and Plato’s argument.

Details of the trial of Socratesl, outcome, charges, etc

Know the Socratic defense.

The Allegory of the cave from Republic (Books 4 and 7)

Rough details of Aristotle’s life.

What counts as poetry

Know how to identify the poetic

Three forms of poetry. Which one is best and why

How to identify the tragic.

 The four causes.

Aristotle on women

Aristotle on happiness

The 6 conditions for happiness and their order

The 4 lives, which one is best any why.

Voluntary and involuntary acts.

The ideal Polis for Plato and Aristotle

Basic forms of knowledge and the justification for truth from all three.

How Truth, Beauty, Symmetry and Purity relate in the Greek world.

Basic form of Platonic and Aristotelian writing as we have it today.

Basic Greek form of Democracy and their legal system.

Know your words of the day.

IOCC 201

Remember, when we are working on Aristotle's Poetics, we meet in the Putnam/Springer atrium.
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102 exam notes

Rhet 102 students.  You do not have to memorize dates and names in the Sissons text.  Remember I am a Philosophy Professor and I am most interested in the ideas and arguments presented.  Make sure you are clear on the ideas presented in the text, do not get bogged down with the task of memorizing dates, etc.
Bring you Hacker to the exam.

IOCC 201 Friday Sept 23

IOCC 201 is canceled for Friday September 23, 2011.
Keep on track with your reading.

Rhet 102

The web page that may help you select a population:

http://indigenouspeoplesissues.com/

Greetings all

Just a reminder to keep current with your reading in all my classes.

RHET 102:  Be aware that you will need to select a certain population to study soon.  Attend to this duty and do not let it sneak up on you!  Cruise the web page I will give you tomorrow, it is a good start.

Dr. Berg

Awesome blog from the UCC

This is short, and right on point.


Well done:

http://www.ucc.org/feed-your-spirit/daily-devotional/spiritual-but-not-religious.html#.Tl5WqF1KXIg.facebook

The Koran

Summer IOCC 201:
Please read the following Surahs from the Koran:  1,4,9,14,19,21,23,28,35,47,63,65,75,76,82,102,104,107,109.

You may (and are encouraged) to read more or even the whole Koran!
Dr. Berg

IOCC 201 summer

Greetings summer students!
I am having very little luck with a gallery for Poetics.  We may stay in the classroom for this exercise, stay tuned.

Graduation Guide

Historical Overview

The origins of academic dress date back to the 12th and 13th centuries, when universities were taking form. The ordinary dress of the scholar, whether student or teacher, was the dress of a cleric. With few exceptions, the medieval scholar had taken at least minor orders, made certain vows, and perhaps been tonsured. Long gowns were worn and may have been necessary for warmth in unheated buildings. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head until superseded for that purpose by the skull cap.

A statute of the University of Coimbra in 1321 required that all "Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors" wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain colleges forbade "excess in apparel" and prescribed the wearing of a long gown. In the days of Henry VIII of England, Oxford and Cambridge first began prescribing a definite academic dress and made it a matter of university control even to the extent of its minor details. The assignment of colors to signify certain faculties was to be a much later development, and one which was to be standardized only in the United States in the late 19th century. White taken from the white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge B.A. hoods, was assigned to arts and letters. Red, one of the traditional colors of the church, went to theology. Green, the color of medieval herbs, was adopted for medicine, and olive, because it was so close to green, was given to pharmacy. Golden yellow, standing for the wealth which scientific research has produced, was assigned to the sciences. European institutions have always had great diversity in their specifications of academic dress and this has been a source of confusion. In contrast, American colleges and universities opted for a definite system that all might follow. A significant contribution to the development of this system was made by Gardner Cotrell Leonard of Albany, New York. Mr. Leonard designed gowns for his class at Williams College in 1887 and had them made by Cotrell and Leonard, a firm established by his family in Albany, New York. He was greatly interested in the subject and following the publication of an article by him on academic dress in 1893, he was invited to work with an Intercollegiate Commission made up of representatives of leading institutions to establish a suitable system of academic apparel. The Commission met at Columbia University in 1895 and adopted a code of academic dress, which besides regulating the cut and style and materials of the gowns, prescribed the colors which were to represent the different fields of learning. In 1932 the American Council on Education authorized the appointment of a committee "to determine whether revision and completion of the academic code adopted by the conference of the colleges and universities in 1895 is desirable at this time, and, if so, to draft a revised code and present a plan for submitting the code to the consideration of the institutional members of the Council." The committee reviewed the situation through correspondence and conference and approved a code for academic costumes that has been in effect since that year. A Committee on Academic Costumes and Ceremonies, appointed by the American Council on Education in 1959, again reviewed the costume code and made several changes. In 1986, the committee updated the code and added a sentence clarifying the use of the color dark blue for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. (return to top)

The Academic Costume Code

Gowns

Pattern. Gowns recommended for use in the colleges and universities of this country have the following characteristics. The gown for the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn closed. The gown for the master's degree has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist, like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The rear part of its oblong shape is square cut, and the front part has an arc cut away. The gown is so designed and supplied with fasteners that it may be worn open or closed. The gown for the doctor's degree has bell-shaped sleeves. It is so designed and supplied with fasteners that it may be worn open or closed.

Material. As a means of adaptation to climate, the material of the gowns may vary from very light to very heavy provided that the material, color, and pattern follow the prescribed rules.

Color. Black is recommended. (For permissible exceptions, see below.)

Trimmings. Gowns for the bachelor's or master's degrees are untrimmed. For the doctor's degree, the gown is faced down the front with black velvet; three bars of velvet are used across the sleeves. These facings and crossbars may be of velvet of the color distinctive of the disciplines to which the degree pertains, thus agreeing in color with the binding or edging of the hood appropriate to the particular doctor's degree in every instance.

For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctors' gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of caps, the colors associated with the different disciplines are as follows:

Agriculture		Maize
Arts, Letters, Humanities		White
Commerce, Accountancy, Business		Drab
Dentistry		Lilac
Economics		Copper
Education		Light Blue
Engineering		Orange
Fine Arts, including Architecture		Brown
Forestry		Russet
Journalism		Crimson
Law		Purple
Library Science		Lemon
Medicine		Green
Music		Pink
Nursing		Apricot
Oratory (Speech)		Silver Gray
Pharmacy		Olive Green
Philosophy		Dark Blue
Physical Education		Sage Green
Public Administration, including Foreign Service		Peacock Blue
Public Health		Salmon Pink
Science		Golden Yellow
Social Work		Citron
Theology		Scarlet
Veterinary Science		Gray

(return to top)

In some instances American makers of academic costumes have divided the velvet trimming of the doctor's gown in such a fashion as to suggest in the same garment two or more doctor's degrees. Good precedent directs that a single degree from a single institution should be indicated by a single garment.

Hoods

Pattern. As usually followed by American colleges and universities, but following the specifications listed below.

Material. In all cases the material must be the same as that of the gown.

Color. Black, in all cases.

Length. The length of the hood worn for the bachelor's degree must be three feet, for the master's degree three and one-half feet, and for the doctor's degree, four feet. The hood worn for the doctor's degree only shall have panels at the sides.

Linings. The hoods are to be lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring the degree; more than one color is shown by division of the field color in a variety of ways, chevron or chevrons, equal division, etc. The various academic costume companies maintain complete files on the approved colors for various institutions.

Trimmings. The binding or edging of the hood is to be velvet or velveteen, two inches, three inches, and five inches wide for the bachelor's, master's, and doctor's degrees, respectively; the color should be indicative of the subject to which the degree pertains (see above). For example, the trimming for the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture should be maize, representing agriculture, rather than golden yellow, representing science. No academic hood should ever have its border divided to represent more than a single degree.

In the case of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, the dark blue color is used to represent the mastery of the discipline of learning and scholarship in any field that is attested to by the awarding of this degree and is not intended to represent the field of philosophy.

Caps

Material. Cotton poplin, broadcloth, rayon, or silk, to match gown are to be used; for the doctor's degree only, velvet.

Form. Mortarboards are generally recommended.

Color. Black.

Tassel. A long tassel is to be fastened to the middle point of the top of the cap only and to lie as it will thereon. The tassel should be black or the color appropriate to the subject, with the exception of the doctor's cap that may have a tassel of gold. (return to top)

Other Apparel

Shoes and other articles of visible apparel worn by graduates should be of dark colors that harmonize with the academic costume. Nothing else should be worn on the academic gown.

Some Permissible Exceptions

• Only members of the governing body of a college or university, whatever their degrees, are entitled to wear doctor's gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
• The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution.
• It is customary in many large institutions for the hood to be dispensed with by those receiving bachelor's degrees.
• Persons who hold degrees from foreign universities may wear the entire appropriate academic costume, including cap, gown, and hood.
• Members of religious orders may suitably wear their customary habits. The same principle applies to persons wearing military uniforms or clad in special attire required by a civil office.
• It is recommended that collegiate institutions that award degrees, diplomas, or certificates below the baccalaureate level use caps and gowns of a light color, e.g., light gray.

IOCC 201 Study Guide

IOCC 201 Final Exam Study Guide


• This is a very basic guide. The best guides to study by are your class notes and the readings.

• DO NOT TAKE THIS TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF POSSIBLE QUESTIONS.

Know the source languages from EVERYTHING we read in this class.



Know the basic chronology of persons, text, and ideas presented in the ENTIRE class.

Types of monks

Method of excommunication

7 Divine Offices

Basic life of Saint Benedict

Basics of Monastic life

The Vow of Stability (stabilitas loci)

Work and Prayer

How the monks keep their “rank”

The Western world at the end of 201

Basic history of the Roman Republic, Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire.

Fundamental virtue emphasized in Cicero’s speech

What the edict of Milan did financially, legally and in terms of Christian places of worship.

Gladiator points

Myth of Rome

Cultural points connected to the Land of Ice and Rome

Later Christian development

What group burned Rome and the complexities that followed this event.

Church traditions brought forth by the Early Chruch

Basics of the Nicean Creed

Words of the day

Basic Heresies

Augustine on God, time, original sin, human nature, basic human anthropology and literature.

Map Exam: Rome, Athens, Jerusalem, Hippo, Alexandria, Ireland, Ancient Greece, Italy, The Mediterranean, Spain, Gaul, Norway (The Land of Ice) Africa, The British Islands, Judea, Germania, The Atlantic Ocean.

IOCC 201

IOCC 201 students.  Be aware that there is a map section on the final exam.  I waned of this at the beginning of class.  The areas of the West you need to know are clearly listed on the study guide.
Dr. Berg

IOCC 201 review session

Thursday, April 28th, 9am in Ed 104/105.  We can only run until 9:50 as I have a meeting at 10am.
Dr. Berg

Intro to Philosophy Take Home Exam

Intro to Philosophy

Take Home Exam
Spring 2011
Dr.Berg

You may use all of your course notes and the assigned text. Do not use any other source for this exam. It is essentially an ethics exam at this point so you are on your honor. If I locate a source outside the scope listed above, you will fail this exam and the possibility of passing the class is low. If you cite me or our text, use the rules you learned in Rhet 102 or consult the CLE. Do not work together. Answer both questions. Each question is worth 50 points. Prepare your answers in a word document and email it to Eric.Berg@mac.edu by 11am Saturday, April 30. Make sure you answer these questions with a very high level of precision (pre•ci•sion (pr-s zh n) n. 1. The state or quality of being precise; exactness) and be thorough (thor•ough (thûr, th r) adj. 1. Exhaustively complete).

1. Kant

Explain why (1) lying, (2) stealing, and (3) murder are wrong in Kant's theory, using the Categorical Imperative. Does Kant provide a convincing account why these actions are wrong? Why or why not? Does Kant provide a convincing account of how to explain the motivation to do or to not do each of these actions? Why or why not? Raise one objection to Kantian theory and create an example to demonstrate the seriousness of your objection. Do you see any connection to either Plato or Aristotle? Select one (Plato or Aristotle) and tell me where and or how you see a connection.

2. Mill

Using Mill’s moral theory of Utilitarianism (consequentialism) solve the following moral dilemmas: (1) Cheating on this exam. (2) Stealing from MacMurray College. (3) American intervention in Libya. Raise one objection to Mill’s moral theory and demonstrate with an exhaustive example. Fully illuminate one main point where Kant and Mill differ on basic points of moral theory (agent v. action, intention v. consequences, the role of happiness, etc). Do you see any connection to either Plato or Aristotle? Select one (Plato or Aristotle) and tell me where and or how you see a connection.

IOCC 201

Augustine's Confessions read: I, II,VII, VIII, IX.
Thanks!

IOCC 201 Final Exam

Monday, May 2nd at 12 noon.  Ed Complex 104/105.

Study hard!

Intro to Philosophy

April 15th - Mill
April 20 - Presentations
April 22 - No Class Good Friday
April 27- Presentations and final papers due.

Presentations

Most of the class has an assigned time for their final presentation in Rhet 102.  However, there are several students that have not made their way to my office and signed up for a time to present their paper to the class.  As of 3:30 April 15th, the sign-up sheet will come down and you will present your paper when I call your name in class.

Dr. Berg

Thank you to all the students that have taken care of business.

Rhet 102

Make sure you have signed up for a paper conference and a time slot for your presentation.  The sign-up sheets are hanging on the wall outside my office (Mac 27).
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

Please bring your study guides from the movie today (Tuesday).

We will adjust the schedule in class and it will appear here.
Dr. Berg

T/TH IOCC 201

We will NOT have an exam this Tuesday, March 29th.

The exam will be on the 31st of March.

IOCC 201 study guide Exam #2

Review Sheet

IOCC 201
Second Exam
For all documents that we read know: the aprox. date written, author, location and source language. (There are some documents we read that we do not know these things about, others that we know all of the above, a few that we know some of the above, consult your notes)

The synoptic gospels, the Gospels.

Quadriga method

The basic message of Judaism.

The basic message of Paul’s Christianity.

Which Gospel was written first.

The lost source of the Synoptic Gospels

Source languages of the Bible

When the Biblical text were written in relation to Homer, Plato and Aristotle.

Basics of the life of Jesus of Nazareth

Basics of the life of Paul.

Basics of the Bible.

Basic narrative the Genesis 1-23

Basic narrative of Joshua.

Structure of Isaiah

Pauline opening/greeting

The complexities of the ending of Mark

Basic arguments of Romans

Romans 13 and society

How to work with a Biblical text as a Jewish and a Christian Text

Basic of the Koran

5 pillars of faith

Basics of the life of Muhammad

Technical terms related to the Koran

Basics of the Islamic tradition, history, and current practice

IOCC 201 and Rhetoric 102

Classes are canceled for Thursday, March 24th.  Please stay on the reading/assignment calender and I will make all the necessary adjustments.
Dr. Berg

All classes March 16-22

Don't panic if I am not here with you in class.  Everything has been taken care of in advance.  Students in the 2:25 IOCC 201 we will get to Paul and Romans.  Be very respectful of the faculty members that have graciously volunteered to help us out.  I would only leave my teaching duties under the most important of circumstances.

IOCC 201 Readings from the Koran:

Surahs:  1.4.9.14.19.21.2328.35.47.63.65.75.76.82

See you all soon!

Spring Break

Just a friendly reminder that you Spring Break begins on Saturday and not Friday.  Classes as scheduled today for Dr. Berg's courses.

Have a great time during break and stay safe.

Rhet 102 Annotated Bib

10 total


Source Requirements

Your citations must be from a variety of sources. They must include:

• 2 basic resources (books, reference books)

• 2 journal articles (peer reviewed journals, not magazines or newspapers)

• 2 Internet websites (properly evaluated)

The rest of the sources are at your discretion. Internet sources, however, are limited to a maximum of four of your citations.

Annotation Requirements

All annotations are to be a critique of the work and must include all of the following information:

• Qualifications of author

• Usefulness of the source to your research

• Any special features (illustrations, statistics, bibliography, etc.)

• Intended audience/purpose of the work

• Basis of the information (where did the author get the information? Research, opinion, etc.)

Writing Requirements

• All citations must be properly alphabetized, according to the main entry (author or title).

• All citations must be in correct bibliographic citation style, complete with all necessary and relevant information according to the citation style you have chosen.

• All annotations must be written in paragraph style.

• All annotations will be a minimum of three (3) sentences long.

• All assignments will be typed or word-processed and include proper spacing, punctuation, and stylistic markings (underlining, quotation marks, etc.)

Rhet 102

EBSCO A-to-Z is a new electronic resource on the Library’s Journal & Newspaper Articles page. EBSCO A-to-Z is a searchable listing of all the full-text journals available in the different databases we subscribe to through EBSCOhost (Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, etc.). Now, if you’re looking for an article in a particular journal, rather than browsing the title list for each individual database, you can search all of them at once. You can also access a list of subject headings in order to find journals dealing with a particular topic. There is a walkthrough with tips on using EBSCO A-to-Z on the Library’s Tutorials page. If you have in questions, feel free to contact me.

Jake Magnuson
Public Services & Reference Librarian
x7105
jake.magnuson@mac.edu

Intro to Philosophy

Intro to Philosophy


Revised Reading Calendar

3.2.11

March

2 Descartes Meditations

4 Descartes Meditations

16 Hume Enquiry

18 Hume Video Work

23 Hume Video Work

25 Hume Video Report Enquiry

30 EXAM II

April

1 Kant Foundations

6 Kant Foundations

8 Mill Utilitarianism

13 Mill Utilitarianism

15 Presentations

20 Presentations

22 Good Friday

27 Final Papers Due

Rhet 102

Mid-term exam today, March 1st.

1 point extra credit!

CLE Workshop

When: Monday, February 28th

3:00pm
WHERE: EC Room 204

Rhet 102 Thursday 24th

Remember that BOTH your 50 point WSRP and a 2-3m presentation are due on the 24th.  Do not miss class on the 24th.
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

Remember we meet in our regular classroom (Springer 112) tomorrow (Tuesday).  Also, you have a 2-3m presentation to do for the class tomorrow and I need some form of a written guide to your presentation.
Dr. Berg

IOCC 201 study guide

Do not take this as a complete representation of what could be on the exam, it is a “rough guide” at best.




Know the “ages” of the Greek world and what gave rise to Homer’s age.

The basic of Homeric authorship, style, works, structure, muse/poet, etc.

Know the main characters from the sections of The Odyssey we read.

When did Greek philosophy develop? Know some basics of Greek Philosophical thought.

Difference between Plato and Socrates.

Fundamentals of Platonic thought.

The story of Ion, magnetic rings, and what it teaches, and Plato’s argument.

Details of the Apology, trial, outcome, charges, etc

Know the Socratic defense.

The Allegory of the cave from Republic (Books 4 and 7)

Rough details of Aristotle’s life.

What counts as poetry

Know how to identify the poetic

Three forms of poetry. Which one is best and why

How to identify the tragic.

The four causes.

Aristotle on happiness

The 6 conditions for happiness and their order

The 4 lives, which one is best any why.

The ideal Polis for Plato and Aristotle

Basic forms of knowledge and the justification for truth from all three.

How Truth, Beauty, Symmetry and Purity relate in the Greek world.

Basic form of Platonic and Aristotelian writing as we have it today.

Basic Greek form of Democracy and their legal system.



Know your words of the day.

May Term trip to Germany

The MacMurray College May Term Study Tour of Germany and the City of Prague has been canceled due to logistical difficulties on campus that could not be overcome.

Professor Koffel and I want to thank you for your interest and wish to express our deep regret that this extraordinary opportunity had to be canceled.

There are no study abroad opportunities available during the May Term for MacMurray students.

Yours,
Dr. Berg

Rhet 102

We will NOT meet in the Ed Complex tomorrow, we will meet in SP112, our regular classroom.  Keep monitoring this blog for updates and ready the previous post.

Dr, Berg

Class policy for 2-3-2011

The President of the College has established the following policy:

Dear MacMurray College Students,



I have heard from many of you and want to share the following information with all of our students.

1. For everyone, please let your safety guide your behavior about commuting, classes, and reporting to practicum sites.

2. Commuting students, exercise your best judgment, and let safety guide your decision-making related to driving. If you believe you cannot get to class safely, please inform your professors and practicum site supervisors. Our faculty are renowned for their care for students, and I will ask them to please be responsive to weather-related problems.


3. Residential students with mobility needs, please let your faculty and practicum site supervisors know if you will not be in class due to mobility safety. Stay safe. They will understand.

4. Other residential students,


a. I suggest you NOT try to use your cars over the next day. I have heard from some residential students that cars are “snowed in” and many of you report you don’t believe that driving your car is safe.


b. Please dress as warmly as you can and walk to class. I have been out walking on campus and know it is VERY COLD.


c. Let faculty and practicum site supervisors know if you cannot make it to the practicum site tomorrow.


5. Campus walks have been cleared. The Katy parking lot has been cleared, and our wonderful facilities staff have been on duty with snow removal all day yesterday and today, in the most brutal of conditions. I am grateful to them for their very hard work. They will be back on the job in the morning, and I am sure snow removal will progress tomorrow.


Snow and ice are a part of the landscape of winter in central Illinois, unfortunately. Please be responsive to one another and lend each other a hand, if needed. I look forward to seeing you. Take care.
Sincerely


President Hester
Colleen Hester, PhD
President, MacMurray College
447 East College Avenue
Jacksonville, IL 62650

Wednesday Classes

IOCC 201:  Stay with the reading calender, I will make adjustments.

Intro to Philosophy:  Stay with the reading calender, I will make adjustments.

If  you intend on going on the May Term trip to Germany and Prague you need to get a deposit in by Monday the 7th of February!

Stay warm and make good use of your snow days!

Classes are canceled for Tuesday the 1st.

Rhet 102:  We will meet in the Computer Lab in the Ed complex on Thursday the 3rd.

IOCC 201 stay with the reading calender, Plato's Apology for Thursday the 3rd.  Make sure you have read the assigned sections from The Republic.


Dr. Berg

No Rhetoric 102 today, Jan 20th.

Keep an eye on this board for any assignment changes.

No IOCC 201 today (Jan 20th)

Rhetoric 102 is still on but may change.

IOCC 201 W/F Class

Subject to change.
January


19 Homer

21 The Classical Greek World

26 Plato Ion

28 Plato Republic

February

2 Plato Apology

4 Aristotle Physics

9 Aristotle Ethics

11 Aristotle Poetics

16 Exam I

18 The Hebrew World

23 Genesis

25 Isaiah/Joshua

March

2 Christianity

4 The Gospel of Mark

9 Spring Break

11 Spring Break

16 Paul’s Letter to the Romans

18 Islam Koran

23 Islam Koran

25 Islam Koran

30 Exam II

April

1 The Roman World

6 the Roman World

8 Early Church

13 Early Church

15 Augustine Confessions

20 Augustine Confessions

22 No Class Good Friday

27 Final Paper Due

Intro to Philosophy

January


19 Logic VSIP pp45-74

21 Logic

26 Plato VSIP 11-24

28 Plato Meno 7 Masterpieces (7M) 1-34

February

2 Plato Meno 7M 1-34

4 Aristotle

9 Aristotle 7m 34-63

11 Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 7M 34-63

16 Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics 7M 34-63

18 Aristotle Nichomachean Ethics 7M 34-63

23 Exam I

25 Descartes Meditations 7M 63-109

March

2 Descartes Meditations 7M 63-109

4 Descartes Meditations 7M 63-109

9 Hume VSIP 24-35

11 Hume Enquiry 7M 183-277

16 Hume Enquiry 7M 183-277

18 Exam II

23 Kant Foundations 7M 277-329

25 Kant Foundations 7M 277-329

30 Kant Foundations 7M 277-329

April

1 Mill Utilitarianism 7M 329-end

6 Mill Utilitarianisms 7M 329-end

8 Mill Utilitarianism 7M 329-end

13 Presentations

15 Presentations

20 Presentations

22 No Class Good Friday

27 Final Paper Due Final thoughts

Jan 18th

Sorry, no office hours today.
Dr. Berg

Intro to Philosophy

The 1st reading is now on reserve in the Library.  Enjoy!