CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY Professor Jan Osborn Professor Bart J. Wilson Smith Institute for Political Economy Smith Institute for Political Economy and and Philosophy Philosophy Department of English Economic Science Institute Orange, CA 92866 Orange, CA 92866 [email protected] [email protected] (714) 628‐7221 (714) 628‐7306 COURSE SYLLABUS First‐year Foundation Course 100, Section 3 Fall 2017 Monday / Wednesday: 1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Argyros Forum 206C Office Hours: Available by appointment Humanomics: Exchange and the Human Condition Catalog Description: Prerequisites: Disposition to inquire and be challenged. What makes a rich nation rich? What makes a good person good? And what do these questions have to do with one another? While exploring these and other questions about markets and ethics, students will challenge the perception of economics as distinct from the humanities. This course combines an economic inquiry into the human propensity to exchange with the cultural interpretation of the human condition in the HBO television show Deadwood. The instructional methods include Socratic roundtable discussions of the texts, laboratory experiments, journaling, focused free writes, and five expository papers. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits. Program Learning Outcome: Students will be able to critically analyze and communicate complex issues and ideas. Course Objectives: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: 1.
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Understand how people create both material and immaterial wealth. Articulate the ethics for an age of commerce. Explain the motivations of the major characters in Deadwood. Apply McCloskey’s model of the virtues and social classes to the characters in Deadwood. Humanomics/Fall 2017, p. 2 5. Analyze the ethical tension between the emerging bourgeoisie and the other social classes in Deadwood. 6. Ask cogent, thought‐provoking questions based upon critical reading of texts. 7. Present, explain, and evaluate economic‐ and humanity‐based arguments orally and in essay format. 8. Challenge and deconstruct the perceived tension between economics and the humanities. Required Texts (and Bibliography): McCloskey, Deirdre N. The Bourgeois Virtues: Ethics for an Age of Commerce. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Ridley, Matt. The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves. New York: Harper, 2010. Deadwood. Seasons 1‐2, Created by David Milch, Roscoe Productions & Red Board Productions, A Presentation of Home Box Office. New York: HBO Video, 2006. Moleskin Journal 5"x8" Students are expected to bring the McCloskey and Ridley books and their journals to each discussion. Essential Facility: Access to computer lab; seminar setting. Instructional Methods: This course uses a combination of hands‐on learning in Socratic roundtable discussions of readings, laboratory experiments, journaling, focused free writes, and five expository papers. Evaluation: 1. Participation in class discussions (15%) 2. Laboratory experiments (5%) 3. Questions (15%) 4. Journal (15%) 5. Expository papers (35%) 6. Oral final examination (15%) Because of the interactive nature of the class, attendance is an essential component. Excessive tardies constitute absences; six absences may result in failure (Undergraduate Catalog 2017‐
2018, “Academic Policies and Procedures”). Please keep this in mind. Missed in‐class work cannot be made up. Students with Disabilities In compliance with ADA guidelines, students who have any condition, either permanent or temporary, that might affect their ability to perform in this class are encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Services. If you will need to utilize your approved accommodations in this class, please follow the proper notification procedure for informing your professor(s). This Humanomics/Fall 2017, p. 3 notification process must occur more than a week before any accommodation can be utilized. Please contact Disability Services at (714) 516‐4520 or (www.chapman.edu/students/student‐
health‐services/disability‐services) if you have questions regarding this procedure, or for information and to make an appointment to discuss and/or request potential accommodations based on documentation of your disability. Once formal approval of your need for an accommodation has been granted, you are encouraged to talk with your professor(s) about your accommodation options. The granting of any accommodation will not be retroactive and cannot jeopardize the academic standards or integrity of the course. Chapman University Academic Integrity Policy Chapman University is a community of scholars, which emphasizes the mutual responsibility of all members to seek knowledge honestly and in good faith. Students are responsible for doing their own work, and academic dishonesty of any kind will not be tolerated anywhere in the university. Prepared by: Jan Osborn & Bart J. Wilson, Fall Term, 2010 Last revised by: Jan Osborn & Bart J. Wilson, Spring Term, 2017 Tentative Course Schedule Monday, 8/28 Organization & Exhortation Wednesday, 8/30 Ridley, Prologue and Chapter 1 Monday, 9/4 Labor Day Holiday Wednesday, 9/6 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 1‐4 Monday, 9/11 Ridley, Chapter 2 Wednesday, 9/13 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 5‐6 Monday, 9/18 Library Orientation, Library, Room 305 Wednesday, 9/20 McCloskey, Apology Humanomics/Fall 2017, p. 4 Monday, 9/25 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 7‐8 Expository Paper #1 Due Wednesday, 9/27 Experiment Monday, 10/2 Ridley, Chapters 3 Wednesday, 10/4 McCloskey, Chapters 1‐3, 26, 28, 31 Monday, 10/9 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 9‐10 Wednesday, 10/11 Experiment Monday, 10/16 McCloskey, Chapters 4‐5, 7‐9 Wednesday, 10/18 Expository Paper #2 Due Deadwood, Season 1, Episode 11 Monday, 10/23 McCloskey, Chapters 10‐12, 15 Wednesday, 10/25 Deadwood, Season 1, Episode 12 Monday, 10/30 McCloskey, Chapters 16‐20 Monday, 10/30, 6:30 p.m., Wilkinson Hall 116 Watch together Deadwood, Season 2, Episode 1 Wednesday, 11/1 Deadwood, Season 2, Episode 1 Expository Paper #3 Due Monday, 11/6 McCloskey, Chapter 21, 24‐25 Humanomics/Fall 2017, p. 5 Monday, 11/6, 6:30 p.m., Wilkinson Hall 116 Watch together Deadwood, Season 2, Episode 2 Wednesday, 11/8 Deadwood, Season 2, Episode 2 Monday, 11/13 McCloskey, Chapter 43‐45 Wednesday, 11/15 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 1‐6 Expository Paper #4 Due Final Exam Dates Set Monday, 11/20 & Wednesday, 11/22 Thanksgiving Break Monday, 11/27 McCloskey, Chapter 46‐48 Wednesday, 11/28 Deadwood, Season 1, Episodes 7‐12 Monday, 12/4 Ridley, Chapter 11 Wednesday, 12/6 Synthesize ideas for final examination FINAL EXAMINATION The final examination will be conducted orally, each student responding to questions from the professor in a ten‐minute block of time. Your final expository paper #5 is due at your final examination. Friday, December 8, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 9, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 1:30 – 4:00 p.m.