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169:200 Instructor: Benjamin K Hunnicutt Time & Location Wednesdays |
SYLLABUS
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Instructor Ben Hunnicutt
Office 412
Office Hours: 3-4 T TR
I. Course
description
a. Number:
169:200
b. Title:
Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
c. Credit:
3 s.h. hours of graduate credit
d. Semester Offered: Fall Semester
e. Catalogue Description: This course will introduce historical and
philosophical topics and problems having to do with play, leisure, and work
that scholars have considered important. Included will be an overview of the
historical and cultural formation and development of play, leisure, and work
and the philosophical problems raised by these most basic of human realities.
We will also explore these topics as they have been raised as current issues,
and as our profession has addressed these issues and problems.
f. Pre-requisite: Graduate standing
II. Purpose and Objectives
1. Gain
familiarity with the "literature," that "body of knowledge"
that
relates to our concerns.
2.
Formulate one's own ideas and questions about the topics.
3. Begin
research to answer our questions- do research to look for answers.
4.
Communicate this research.
After taking this course,
the graduate student should be able:
a. To trace aspects of the history of
play,
leisure, and work being aware of the
following:
1.
The way in which play, leisure, and work relate to the cultural
and social forces of particular times and places.
2. Important
historical events and processes that
influence the development and change
of
concepts about play, leisure, and
work.
b. To demonstrate awareness of the role that
leisure and work, as concepts and as organizational realities, play in modern
social and cultural issues and
problems.
c. To evaluate the various philosophies studied
in
terms
of their appropriateness and application to the
current Recreation profession and to current social
problems, including the ability to:
1. Critically analyze current
philosophies as they relate to
modern leisure concerns and the Recreation profession.
2. Critically analyze current
literature to discover philosophical
bases and concepts.
d. To
employ skills in scholarship and research through
actual
practice.
III.
Evaluation
A. "Major" Reading Oral Report and
Written Critiques of
"Major" reading plus class
participation and attendance= 20% of
total
B. One Final Examination (40% of total)
C. Term Paper - Due last week of class in
December (included in this
grade
will be the oral prospectus presentation in class
due at
mid-term (October) 40% of total
V. Term Papers
Should be
no longer than 20 pages. Should be
typewritten.
Should use Chicago Manual of Style. Should
include
an extensive bibliography. The oral,
class
presentation of the project should not exceed fifteen
minutes.
Two
options exist:
A. A library research paper.
A
library research paper requires investigation of major
published materials on the topic selected, an analysis
of
theories, their development and current status and
the
types of research going on and the application of
the
theories and research and the usefulness to the
recreation profession.
I
would prefer that you write on the topics suggested by chapter headings of the
first reading assigned in class;
“Time to Live”, click here for the reading.
The topics are in blue type, and will be discussed in lecture September 1
Acceptable term paper topics included for library
research:
1. Crime, penal institutions and
leisure and
recreation
2. The environment and leisure as
conservation
3. Boredom -- the modern product
of leisure
4. Economic growth -- its
problems and limits and
leisure dimension
5. Alienation of modern leisure
6. Community decay and the
problem of the
fragmentation of the individual
7. Mass culture, popular culture,
and high culture and
leisure
8. Sex, drugs, and work as modern
leisure escapes
9. Minorities and the poor's
problems with leisure and
recreation
10. Recreation in institutions
that force a critical
leisure situation (e.g., prisons)
11. Recreation, leisure and aging
12. Play and child development
13. Historical problems of
leisure (see Hunnicutt)
14. The economy of leisure
15.
The religious views of leisure- or leisure spiritual dimension
or possibilities
16.
The “Religion of work.”
OTHER
TOPICS SHOULD BE CLEARED WITH ME
B. Limited, direct research paper, based on
collected
empirical data SEE ME
I
feel most comfortable with either economic research
and
historical/cultural analysis -- I can and will give you
data,
methods and suggestions on these topics.
Other
research topics -- sociology, soc-psy, etc. are
not
my cup of tea. But I will work with you
on
statistical methods and problems, computer use, etc.,
but
you must realize my limits here.
VI. Books
In order
to share the maximum information in this seminar
with the
minimum cost to the student, the following
format
will be followed. Major readings will be provided by class packets, available
at Xypher (across the street from the
General expectations for all students include
consistent class attendance, adequate preparation, constructive participation
and completion of reading and writing assignments on deadline. For purposes of
class communication and fulfillment of assignments, you'll need an e-mail
account and regular access to a computer.
Each student will take extra responsibility for one
class session, preparing a summary handout and discussion questions based on
that day's required readings as well as supplemental materials, and helping to
provoke and lead class discussion.
Other policies
Special accommodations: Special academic
arrangements for students with disabilities may be facilitated by
Student Disability Services, 133 Burge Hall, tel.
335-1462. Students who feel they need special
accommodations for any aspects of the course are
encouraged to contact SDS and to speak with the
instructors as early in the semester as possible.
Deadlines: Deadlines are deadlines. If you
anticipate a serious problem, alert the instructor beforehand.
Arriving to class late/leaving early: Inadvisable,
rude, etc.
Unethical conduct: Plagiarism (i.e., expropriating
the words and ideas of others and passing them off as one's own) and cheating of
any sort are grounds for a failing grade in the course. Under University
guidelines, plagiarism may lead to expulsion. Consult the Liberal Arts Bulletin
for a full discussion of this offense.
Complaints:
Feel free to contact the instructors by e-mail, by phone or in person during
office hours with any concerns or complaints. You also may bring problems or
concerns to Helena Dettmer, current director of the Program in Literature,
Science & the Arts; Fred Antzcak, associate dean for Academic Affairs of
the
Further
details on these matters, including logistical instructions, will be provided
in class.
Other
policies
Special
accommodations: Special academic arrangements for students with disabilities
may be facilitated by Student Disability Services, 133 Burge Hall, tel.
335-1462. Students who feel they need special accommodations for any aspects of
the course are encouraged to contact SDS and to speak with the instructors as
early in the semester as possible.
Deadlines:
Deadlines are deadlines. If you anticipate a serious problem, alert the
instructor beforehand.
Arriving
to class late/leaving early: Inadvisable, rude, etc. Please turn off cellphones
before class starts.
Unethical conduct: Plagiarism (i.e., expropriating the words and ideas of others and passing them off as one's own) and cheating of any sort are grounds for a failing grade in the course. Under University guidelines, plagiarism may lead to expulsion. Consult the Liberal Arts Bulletin for a full discussion of this offense.
Concerns:
Please contact the instructors by e-mail, by phone, or in person during office
hours with any questions or concerns. University protocol calls for any
concerns to be addressed to the instructors first before any higher authorities
are consulted.
ADDITIONAL INFOMATION
The student is responsible for requesting accommodations:
"I would like to hear from anyone who has a disability which may require
some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements so that
appropriate arrangements may be made. Please see me after class or during my
office hours."
A student who has a complaint against any member of the
College's teaching staff is responsible for following the procedures described below.
Complaints may concern inappropriate faculty conduct, incompetence in oral
communication, inequities in assignments, scheduling of examinations at other
than authorized and published times, failure to provide disability
accommodations, or grading grievances. In complaints involving the assignment
of grades, it is College policy that grades cannot be changed without the
permission of the department concerned.
§
The
student should ordinarily try to resolve the matter with the instructor first.
§
If the
complaint is not resolved to the student's satisfaction, the student should
discuss the matter further with the course supervisor (if the instructor is a
teaching assistant), the departmental executive officer, or, in some departments,
another faculty member designated to receive complaints.
§
If the
matter remains unresolved, the student may submit a written complaint to the
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, 120 Schaeffer Hall (335-2633). (Graduate
students should be directed to the offices of the
The Associate Dean for Academic Programs will attempt to
resolve the complaint and, if necessary, may convene the College's Committee to
Resolve Student Grievances. The Associate Dean will respond to the student in
writing regarding the disposition of the complaint.
If the complaint cannot be resolved through the mechanisms
described above, the student may file a formal complaint, which will be handled
under the Faculty Dispute Procedures.
While the College recommends the procedures above, students
always have the right to complain first to someone other than the instructor
(for instance, to the director of undergraduate studies, the departmental executive
officer, or the University Ombudsperson) if they do not feel, for whatever
reason, that they can directly approach the instructor.
(NB: If the complaint involves sexual harassment, the
procedures above need not be followed. The Office of Affirmative Action has
primary responsibility for complaints under the Policy on Sexual Harassment and
Consensual Relationships. If a complaint at the departmental or college level
involving reasonable academic accommodations for students with disabilities
cannot be resolved through the mechanisms described above, students may also
consult the Office of Affirmative Action.)
An instructor who suspects a student of plagiarism or
cheating must inform the student in writing as soon as possible after the
incident has been observed or discovered .
Instructors who detect cheating or plagiarism may decide,
in consultation with the DEO, to reduce the student's grade on the assignment
or in the course, even to assign an F. The instructor writes an account of the
chronology of the plagiarism or cheating incident for the DEO, who sends an
endorsement of the written report of the case to the Associate Dean for
Academic Programs, 120 Schaeffer Hall. A copy of the report must be sent to the
student.
The Associate Dean may uphold, as the offense warrants, the
following or other penalties.
§
First
offense: disciplinary warning until graduation.
§
Second
offense: recommendation to the Dean of the College that the student be
suspended from the College for a calendar year or longer.
§
Third
offense: recommendation to the President of the University that the student be
expelled from the University.
If a student believes that the finding of plagiarism or
cheating is in error or the penalty unjust, the student will be encouraged to
arrange a meeting with the instructor and the departmental or program
administration to present a response. If the student is dissatisfied with the
result of this meeting, he or she may request a hearing by writing to the
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, who may refer the matter to the College's
Committee to Resolve Student Grievances . If the student is not satisfied with
the results of the hearing, he or she may request a review by the Associate
Provost for Undergraduate Education.
Reports of first and second offenses of student academic
misconduct reside only in the CLAS Academic Programs & Services office. A notation
of disciplinary action does not appear on a student's record for a first or
second offense. Reports on first and second offenses are destroyed when the
student graduates, or after five years if the student has not graduated.
Reports for third offenses are maintained as part of the student permanent
record system in the Office of the Dean of Students
The Code of Student Life prohibits forgery of University records,
documents, or student identification cards. Staff members in the
If the signature is a forgery, the adviser or instructor
informs the CLAS Academic Programs & Services office, providing relevant
information and an explanation of extenuating or unusual circumstances. Staff
members in the office interview students suspected of forgery and take
disciplinary action based on the interview and verification provided by the
adviser, instructor, or dean.
Disciplinary action includes, as the offense may warrant,
disciplinary warning for one calendar year or until graduation, the reversal of
the action requested by the forged document, or other penalties. If a student
feels that the penalty imposed by CLAS Academic Programs & Services is
unjust, he or she may request a hearing by sending a written request to the
Associate Dean for Academic Programs, who may in turn refer the matter to the
Committee to Resolve Student Grievances for review. If the student is not
satisfied with the results of the hearing, the student may request a review by
the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.
The College's Committee to Resolve Student Grievances is an
ad hoc committee composed of faculty and student members. It is constituted
when a student requests a hearing to reconsider a finding or penalty
administered in a case of plagiarism, cheating, forgery, or other academic
misconduct.
The full policy is printed in the Schedule of Courses and
the College's Student Academic Handbook.
169:072 Leisure and the Liberal Arts
Syllabus
(for the full syllabus and class calendar, go to the class web page at http://www.shorterworkhours.com).
Instructor: Benjamin Kline
Hunnicutt
Contact Information:
Benjamin Hunnicutt,
E-mail: Benjamin-hunnicutt@uiowa.edu,
phone: 335-1326, Office: 413 Jefferson Bld, Office Hours: 11:00-12:30 TTR
Department Executive Officer: Helena Dettmer, 404 Jefferson Bld- 3193353884
The College's expectation for each semester hour
credit in the course, students should expect to spend two hours per week
preparing for class sessions (e.g., in a three-credit-hour course, standard
out-of-class preparation is six hours.
General expectations for all
students include consistent class attendance, adequate preparation,
constructive participation and completion of reading and writing assignments on
deadline. For purposes of class communication and fulfillment of assignments,
you will need an e-mail account and regular access to a computer.
Since it is essential to the quality of class discussion that everyone be
present, prepared, and focused, there may be graded, in-class writing checks on
assigned materials (i.e., pop quizzes). In addition, students' successful
completion of the course requires writing several essays in response to specific
questions introduced as the course progresses.
Reading: Required readings for
this course include five books and a wide variety of articles, essays, excerpts
and other materials:
As Announced in class-- Course packet available at Zephyr’s (across the street
from Jefferson Bld)
Plato, PHAEDRUS (on the Internet)
Grading: Set high standards for
yourself, as grading will be rigorous. You will receive letter grades for each
element of your work, with A for exceptional work, B for very good, C for
acceptable, D for unacceptable but passing, F for failing. Pluses and Minuses
will be used (e.g., B +, C-) Your overall grade for the course will be
calculated as follows: 20% attendance,
written assignments, and class participation; 40% by Mid-term (scheduled for Oct
9); 40% by Final Exam(the university choses not to reveal the final exam date and time until an month
before final exam week- as soon as the instructor know the time and date, he
will share it with students)
The
College recommends the following grade distributions (in percentages) for
elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses:
|
|
A |
B |
C |
D |
F |
Average |
|
Elementary |
15 |
34 |
40 |
8 |
3 |
2.50 |
|
Intermediate |
18 |
36 |
39 |
5 |
2 |
2.63 |
|
Advanced |
22 |
38 |
37 |
3 |
1 |
2.77 |
Other policies: Special accommodations: Special
academic arrangements for students with disabilities may be facilitated by
Student Disability Services, 133 Burge Hall, tel. 335-1462. Students who feel
they need special accommodations for any aspects of the course are encouraged
to contact SDS and to speak with the instructors as early in the semester as
possible.
Deadlines: Deadlines are
deadlines. If you anticipate a serious problem, alert the instructor
beforehand.
Arriving to class late/leaving early: Inadvisable, rude, etc. Please turn off
cell phones before class starts.
Unethical conduct: Plagiarism
(i.e., expropriating the words and ideas of others and passing them off as
one's own) and cheating of any sort are grounds for a failing grade in the course.
Under University guidelines, plagiarism may lead to expulsion. Consult the
Liberal Arts Bulletin for a full discussion of this offense.
Concerns: Please
contact the instructors by e-mail, by phone, or in person during office hours
with any questions or concerns. University protocol calls for any
concerns to be addressed to the instructors first before any higher authorities
are consulted.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Statement on availability of
modifications for students with disabilities
The student is responsible for requesting accommodations: "I would like to
hear from anyone who has a disability which may require some modification of
seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements
may be made. Please see me after class or during my office hours."
Procedures for
student complaints.
A student who has
a complaint against any member of the College's teaching staff is responsible
for following the procedures described below. Complaints may concern
inappropriate faculty conduct, incompetence in oral communication, inequities
in assignments, scheduling of examinations at other than authorized and
published times, failure to provide disability accommodations, or grading
grievances. In complaints involving the assignment of grades, it is College
policy that grades cannot be changed without the permission of the department
concerned.
§
The student should ordinarily try to resolve the matter with the instructor
first.
§
If the complaint is not resolved to the student's satisfaction, the student should
discuss the matter further with the course supervisor (if the instructor is a
teaching assistant), the departmental executive officer, or, in some
departments, another faculty member designated to receive complaints.
§
If the matter remains unresolved, the student may submit a written complaint to
the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, 120 Schaeffer Hall (335-2633).
(Graduate students should be directed to the offices of the
The Associate
Dean for Academic Programs will attempt to resolve the complaint and, if
necessary, may convene the College's Committee to Resolve Student Grievances.
The Associate Dean will respond to the student in writing regarding the
disposition of the complaint.
If the complaint
cannot be resolved through the mechanisms described above, the student may file
a formal complaint, which will be handled under the Faculty Dispute Procedures.
While the College
recommends the procedures above, students always have the right to complain
first to someone other than the instructor (for instance, to the director of
undergraduate studies, the departmental executive officer, or the University
Ombudsperson) if they do not feel, for whatever reason, that they can directly
approach the instructor.
(NB: If the complaint involves sexual harassment, the
procedures above need not be followed. The Office of Affirmative Action has
primary responsibility for complaints under the Policy on Sexual Harassment and
Consensual Relationships. If a complaint at the departmental or college level
involving reasonable academic accommodations for students with disabilities
cannot be resolved through the mechanisms described above, students may also
consult the Office of Affirmative Action.)
§
The
collegiate policy on plagiarism and cheating.
An instructor who
suspects a student of plagiarism or cheating must inform the student in writing
as soon as possible after the incident has been observed or discovered .
Instructors who
detect cheating or plagiarism may decide, in consultation with the DEO, to
reduce the student's grade on the assignment or in the course, even to assign
an F. The instructor writes an account of the chronology of the plagiarism or
cheating incident for the DEO, who sends an endorsement of the written report
of the case to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, 120 Schaeffer Hall. A
copy of the report must be sent to the student.
The Associate
Dean may uphold, as the offense warrants, the following or other penalties.
§
First offense: disciplinary warning until graduation.
§
Second offense: recommendation to the Dean of the College that the student be
suspended from the College for a calendar year or longer.
§
Third offense: recommendation to the President of the University that the
student be expelled from the University.
If a student
believes that the finding of plagiarism or cheating is in error or the penalty
unjust, the student will be encouraged to arrange a meeting with the instructor
and the departmental or program administration to present a response. If the
student is dissatisfied with the result of this meeting, he or she may request
a hearing by writing to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, who may refer
the matter to the College's Committee to Resolve Student Grievances . If the
student is not satisfied with the results of the hearing, he or she may request
a review by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education.
Reports of first
and second offenses of student academic misconduct reside only in the CLAS
Academic Programs & Services office. A notation of disciplinary action does
not appear on a student's record for a first or second offense. Reports on
first and second offenses are destroyed when the student graduates, or after
five years if the student has not graduated. Reports for third offenses are
maintained as part of the student permanent record system in the Office of the
Dean of Students
The Code of
Student Life prohibits forgery of University records, documents, or student
identification cards. Staff members in the
If the signature
is a forgery, the adviser or instructor informs the CLAS Academic Programs
& Services office, providing relevant information and an explanation of
extenuating or unusual circumstances. Staff members in the office interview
students suspected of forgery and take disciplinary action based on the
interview and verification provided by the adviser, instructor, or dean.
Disciplinary
action includes, as the offense may warrant, disciplinary warning for one
calendar year or until graduation, the reversal of the action requested by the
forged document, or other penalties. If a student feels that the penalty imposed
by CLAS Academic Programs & Services is unjust, he or she may request a
hearing by sending a written request to the Associate Dean for Academic
Programs, who may in turn refer the matter to the Committee to Resolve Student
Grievances for review. If the student is not satisfied with the results of the
hearing, the student may request a review by the Associate Provost for
Undergraduate Education.
The College's Committee
to Resolve Student Grievances is an ad hoc committee composed of faculty and
student members. It is constituted when a student requests a hearing to
reconsider a finding or penalty administered in a case of plagiarism, cheating,
forgery, or other academic misconduct.
The full policy
is printed in the Schedule of Courses and the College's Student Academic Handbook.
"All students in the College have
specific rights and responsibilities. You have the right to adjudication of any
complaints you have about classroom activities or instructor actions.
Information on these procedures is available in the Schedule of Courses and
on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook (http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/).
You also have the right to expect a classroom environment that enables you to
learn, including modifications if you have a disability."
"Your responsibilities to this class-and to your education as a whole-include attendance and participation. (Here an instructor could put specific information on his/her or the department's attendance policy.) You are also expected to be honest and honorable in your fulfillment of assignments and in test-taking situations (the College's policy on plagiarism and cheating is on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/). You have a responsibility to the rest of the class-and to the instructor-to help create a classroom environment where all may learn. At the most basic level, this means that you will respect the other members of the class and the instructor, and treat them with the courtesy you hope to receive in turn."
"This course is given by the College
of ___. This means that class policies on matters such as requirements,
grading, and sanctions for academic dishonesty are governed by the College of
___. Students wishing to add or drop this course after the official deadline
must receive the approval of the Dean of the College of ___. Details of the
University policy of cross enrollments may be found at:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/deos/crossenroll.pdf .