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8/28/2014

BIC 1212: EXAMINED LIFE I

FALL 2014/ TTh 2:00 pm

Large Group: Kayser Auditorium (Hankamer School of Business)

Small Group: (by Professor; see your schedule)

COURSE INFORMATION AND POLICIES

Welcome to BIC 1212: Examined Life I. The Examined Life is the theme of the whole BIC program. On trial for his life, Socrates declared, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” The crime Socrates was charged with: “corrupting the youth,” encouraging his students to think for themselves and to challenge the accepted ideas of their culture. The sentence was death. But Socrates thought death was preferable to a life of unthinking acceptance. He believed that human beings were created to wonder and learn about themselves, about the world around them, and about God. So we have adopted his words as the idea behind our approach to learning.

Education begins with us, with understanding ourselves, our strengths and limitations, and with living lives of balance. That is what BIC 1212 is all about—trying to help you start your college experience with an eye to balance, examining all the dimensions of life that the university experience will test and change. In the end, your education will depend on you—on what you do and don’t do, what you try and don’t try, how you live or refuse to live. Our goal is just to give some pointers along the way. After all, as Socrates also said, “Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.” We want to help kindle that flame.

BIC 1212 looks at five critical dimensions of human life: intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual. We hope that you will come to see these dimensions as tightly interwoven and interdependent. For example, good intellectual achievement is dependent on proper diet, enough sleep, and a calm emotional state. It isn’t enough to focus only on the intellect; the true goal of the university is to develop the whole person.

The goals of BIC 1212 are:

• To encourage thinking about the nature of the university and of the Christian university.

• To open conversation on the nature of vocation and profession.

• To guide and encourage critical thinking.

• To provide out of classroom experiences in the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual dimensions of human development, and an opportunity to reflect on how those dimensions can be integrated into a vigorous intellectual life.

• To provide an opportunity for personal reflection on past experience and future goals in the five dimensions.

• To foster healthy, balanced lifestyles in the areas of personal identity, interpersonal connections, and civic contributions.

• To enhance the ability to form healthy relationships and to learn how to deal with conflict within relationships.

• To foster a sense of community among BIC students.

• To help students become familiar with the Baylor campus and the resources available to them.

Professors:

Prof. Cassie Findley, Exercise Physiology

Prof. Doriss Hambrick, Paul Foster Success Center

Dr. Jim Marsh, Director of the Baylor Counseling Center

Prof. Jennifer Martinsen, Health Education/Health Promotion

Prof. Adam Moore, Higher Education/Religion (BIC)

Dr. Melanie Nogalski, Religion/Spirituality (BIC)

Dr. Martha Lou Scott, Assoc. Vice President for Student Life

Dr. Tyler Smith, Child and Family Studies

Prof. Andrew Telep, Electronic Library

Dr. Sarah Walden, Rhetoric/American Studies (BIC)

Dr. Will Williams, Religion

You have registered for a small group with one of these professors. We all want to help you in any way we can. Your professor will tell you more about his/her office hours or availability.

Overall Review of Assignments:

• Participation: This grade is based on attendance and participation in class discussion.

• Activity Logs: Each dimension includes an outside activity that you are asked to participate in. At the end of the activity you should complete a log (see instructions on Blackboard), discussing the activity and your response to it. Note that the Intellectual Dimension activity requires the completion of the Library Assignment AND the completion of the log describing the activity and your reaction to it.

• Journal: A journal assignment has been designed to help you reflect on each dimension in your own life. You will be expected to complete the questions asked as thoughtfully as possible. All journals should be typed.

• Readings: You will be expected read the assigned selections for both large group and small groups. Your professor will provide a means of assessment to determine if you are keeping up with the assigned reading. A variety of possible assessment methods may be employed according to individual professor’s preferences: presentations, reading summaries, discussion questions, in-class writing assignments, or quizzes. Other methods might also be used. Keeping up with the readings will help you participate well in discussions as well as answer some of the questions posed on journal assignments.

• Exams: One take home final will be due at the end of the semester. Your class and reading notes will be very useful in meeting the requirements of the final exam.

Required Texts:

Palmer, Parker.  Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation.  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass, 1999.

Steltenpohl, Elizabeth. Jane Shipton and Sharon Villines.  Orientation to College:  A Reader on Becoming an Educated Person.  Second Edition. Boston:  Wadsworth, 2004. 

Assessment for Assignments:

Journals: 250 points (50 points per dimension): 10 questions, with some questions relating to the reading.

Activity Logs 125 points (25 points per dimension)

Participation: 125 points (50 points for reading assessment, 50 points for participation, and 25 points for attendance)

Final 100 points (comprehensive essay)

Total 600 points

Grade scale:

A = 558-600 C+= 462-478 F = below 360

A- = 540-557 C = 419-461

C- = 420-437

B+ = 522-539 D+ = 402-419

B = 498-521 D = 378-401

B- = 480-497 D- = 360-377

Policies/Tips for Success

Policy on Cell Phone/Laptop Use: You are expected to contribute in a positive way to the overall learning atmosphere of the class, whether that is in lecture hall or in small group.  This means no cell phone use (either making/taking calls or texting). Laptop use during class meetings is ONLY for taking notes (no exceptions--this means no checking email, no working on other assignments, and probably all kinds of other things you might be tempted to do).  Using your laptop for purposes other than taking lecture notes and/or using your cell phone in class will result in your receiving an ABSENCE for the day (see next item).

Attendance: Honors College Attendance Policy: To earn course credit in an Honors College course, a student must attend at least 75% of all scheduled class meetings. Any student who does not meet this minimal standard will automatically receive a grade of “F” in the course. Any University-related activity necessitating an absence from class shall count as an absence when determining whether a student has attended the required 75% of class meetings. Departments/programs and individual faculty members may establish more stringent requirements regarding attendance, punctuality, and participation.

For this class, the attendance policy means that a student may not miss more than 7 class sessions. Obviously, regular attendance is necessary for earning a good grade. Excessive tardiness may count as absences as your small group professor sees fit.

UNIV 1000/BIC 1212 Exemption: Most students in BIC will be exempt from the University 1000 small groups meeting during the beginning of the semester. Note that some of you may also be enrolled in a New Student Experience course required by your major or program in addition to Examined Life (a BIC course requirement).

Grading: Assignments will be marked down for late work. If you can’t turn in an assignment, let your professor know immediately and discuss if your work can still be accepted.

Preparation: Students are expected to come to class prepared by having read the assigned test or by having accessed the assigned Web site.

Reading: You are expected to complete and comprehend all reading assignments. Most of the concepts, theories, and examples from your reading will be discussed in class. Your professor will determine the assessment(s) they will employ in your section.

Blackboard: Blackboard, the online course management program, will be used throughout the semester. Check the large group site regularly for announcements, handouts, and course updates. Grades and attendance will be kept on your small group Blackboard site. You should also refer back to the syllabus and course schedule to keep up with daily assignments.

BIC 1212 The Examined Life—Fall 2014

LOCATIONS:

LG = Large Group Meets in Kayser Auditorium in the Hankamer School of Business

SG = Small Group (The location next to your professor’s name that is NOT Kayser Auditorium)

|Date |Group |Topic |Reading Assignment(s) |

| | | |Note: Readings located on Blackboard (italics) |

| | | |Readings from Steltenpohl/Shipton/Villines are noted by |

| | | |individual author. |

| | | |Palmer=Let Your Life Speak |

| |~ Semester Begins ~ |

|Tues., Aug. 26 |LG (Kayser) |Introduction and Overview to Course |Review the syllabus for this class!!!!! |

| | | |"Seven Vectors" Chickering & Reisser Blackboard |

| | | |Palmer, Let Your Life Speak, pp. 1-8. |

|Thurs., Aug. 28 |SG (prof small |Intellectual Dimension: What is a liberal|Burtchaell, “Major Decisions” Blackboard |

| |group) |education? |Chickering, “Liberal Education, Work, and Human Development,” |

| | | |pp. 206-211 |

| | | |Giammatti, “The Earthly Use of a Liberal Education,” pp. 45-48 |

|Mon, Sept. 1 |Labor Day |No class! |Rest and Enjoy Friends and Family |

|Tues., Sept. 2 |LG |Intellectual Dimension: |King, “Learning to Make Reflective Judgments,” pp. 143-147 |

| | |Reading for the Intellectual Dimension |Adler and Van Doren, “How to Be A Demanding Reader,” Blackboard|

| | | |Writing in College Blackboard |

| | | |Entitled to Opinion Blackboard |

|Thurs., Sept. 4 |SG |Intellectual Dimension: |Hauerwas, “A Tale of Two Stories” Blackboard |

|Tues., Sept. 9 |Library Day or |Intellectual Dimension: How do library |Walden, Telep, Williams, Moore, and Nogalski in LIBRARY. |

| |Small Group; |resources enhance my academic development?|Walden and Telep meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:00 |

| |check details |(Library) |Williams and Moore meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:15 |

| |for your | |Nogalski meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:30 |

| |section | |Work on Intellectual Activity. |

| | | |(Note the readings for Intellectual Activity Log: Baylor Honor |

| | |OR What qualities mark a lifelong learner |Code and NYT Article) |

| | |(Small Group Discussion) | |

| | | |Small Group sections: Scott, Marsh, Findley, Martinsen, and |

| | | |Smith. |

| | | |Sections: In SG room. |

| | | |Weil, “The Right Use of School Studies With A View to the Love |

| | | |of God,” Blackboard. |

| | | |2) Lewis, “Talking About Bicycles” Blackboard |

|Thurs., Sept. 11 |Library Day or |Intellectual Dimension: How do library |Scott, Marsh, Findley, Martinsen, and Smith in LIBRARY. |

| |Small Group; |resources enhance my academic development?|Scott and Marsh meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:00 |

| |check details |(Library) |Findley and Martinsen meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:15 |

| |for your | |Smith meet in Moody Library Lobby at 2:30 |

| |section | |Work on Intellectual Activity. |

| | |OR What qualities mark a lifelong learner | |

| | |(Small Group Discussion) |(Note the readings for Intellectual Activity Log: Baylor Honor |

| | | |Code and NYT Article) |

| | | | |

| | | |Small Group Sections: Walden, Telep, Williams, Moore, and |

| | | |Nogalski. |

| | | |Sections: Small Group Discussion. In SG room. |

| | | |Weil, “The Right Use of School Studies With A View to the Love |

| | | |of God,” Blackboard. |

| | | |Lewis, “Talking About Bicycles” Blackboard |

|Tues., Sept. 16 |LG |Intellectual Dimension: Lecture by Dr. |Neuhaus, “The Christian University: Eleven Theses” (Blackboard)|

| | |Thomas Hibbs, Dean of the Honors College |Whitehead, “Universities and their Function,” pp. 39-40. |

| | |“What is a University?” |Atwell, “What Does Society Need from Higher Education?” pp. |

| | | |29-31 |

|Thurs., Sept. 18 |LG |Physical Dimension: The Value of Health |“Virtue and Health/Medicine in Pre-Christian Antiquity “ by |

| | |and Exercise |Ferngren and Admunson Blackboard |

| | | |**DUE: Intellectual Activity and Log |

| | | |**DUE: Intellectual Journal |

|Tues., Sept. 23 |LG |Physical Dimension: Nutrition |Mayo Clinic, “New Dietary Guidelines: How to Make Smart |

| | | |Choices” Blackboard |

|Thurs., Sept. 25 |SG |Physical Dimension: Nutrition and Exercise|“New U.S. Dietary Guidelines: What Not to Eat” Blackboard |

| | |Related Issues |Medical News Today, “Healthy Restaurant Eating” Blackboard |

| | | |**DUE: Journal Assessment from (see Journal |

| | | |instructions!) |

|Tues., Sept. 30 |LG |Physical Dimension: |“How We Get Addicted”by Michael D. Lemonick Blackboard |

| | |Drugs, and Biopsychology | |

|Thurs., Oct. 2 |SG |Physical Dimension: Drugs and |Myers, from Psychology, Chapter 3. “Consciousness and the |

| | |Biopsychology |Two-Track Mind” pp. 112-127. Blackboard |

| | | |University of California Davis, Publication 8265, “Energy |

| | | |Drinks by Karrie Heneman and Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr. Blackboard|

|Tues., Oct. 7 |SG |Physical/Emotional Dimension: Stress |“The Stress of Life” by Hans Selye Blackboard |

| | | |Complete the Life Stress Scale Blackboard |

| | | |Mayo Clinic: “Exercise and Stress: Get Moving to Manage Stress”|

| | | |Blackboard |

|Thurs., Oct. 9 |LG |Emotional Dimension: Introduction to the |Levinson, “The Life Structure and Its Development in |

| | |Emotional Dimension and Discovering My |Adulthood,” pp. 110-113 |

| | |Identity |Weathersby, “Life Stages and Learning Interests,” pp. 114-119 |

| | | |Bring StrengthsQuest report to class |

|Tues., Oct. 14 |SG |Emotional Dimension: Discovering My | Olson and DeFrain “Conflict and Conflict Resolution” |

| | |Identity through the Range of My Emotions;|Blackboard |

| | |Dealing with Conflict |Chickering and Schlossberg “Your Preferred Learning Style,” |

| | | |pp. 161-166 |

| | | |Take VARK online |

|Thurs., Oct. 16 |LG |Emotional Dimension: Belonging, | Complete Resilency Questionnaire (Blackboard) and bring |

| | |Resilience, Hope, and Depression |results to class. |

| | | |Palmer, “On the Way Down” pp. 56-72 in Let Your Life Speak |

| | | |Tartakovsky, “Depression and Anxiety Among College Students” |

| | | |Blackboard |

| | | |Ewert, “Christians and Depression” Blackboard |

|Tues., Oct. 21 |SG |Emotional Dimension: Applying what we've |“Letters to a Young Poet” by Rilke Blackboard |

| | |learned |Take Myers-Briggs online |

| | | |**Due: Emotional Journal |

|Thurs., Oct. 23 |LG |Social Dimension: Macro Identity: Race, |Daloz, “Beyond Tribalism,” pp. 73-77 |

| | |Class/Power, Religion, Gender |Eitzen,”The Fragmentation of Social Life” pp. 563-566 |

| | | |(Blackboard) |

| | | |**Due: Emotional Activity Log |

|Tues., Oct 28 |SG |Social Dimension: Social Identity: |Sternheimer, “Class Consciousness” pp. 154-156 (Blackboard) |

| | |Further Discussion |Dowd, “What’s A Modern Girl to do?” Blackboard |

|Thurs., Oct. 30 |LG |Social Dimension: Micro Identity |Elkind, “Erikson’s Eight Stages of Life,” pp. 99-105 |

| | |Development (Erikson, Marcia) |Newman, “Individual Identity vs. Identity Confusion, pp. |

| | | |120-125 |

|Tues., Nov. 4 |SG |Social Dimension: Discussion (Family; |Corey & Corey, “Maslow’s Theory of Self-Actualization,” pp. |

| | |Emotional Intelligence) |106-109 |

| | | |Goleman, “Emotional Intelligence,” pp. 33-45. Blackboard |

| | | |**Due: Physical Activity |

|Thurs., Nov. 6 |SG |Social Dimension: Social Networking & |1) Carr "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"    |

| | |Friends | |

| | | |2) Rosenbloom, “Putting Your Best Cyberface Forward” |

| | | |Blackboard |

| | | |**Due: Social Journal |

|Tues., Nov. 11 |LG |Spiritual Dimension: Spirituality and | |

| | |Religion |Wendell Berry, “Two Economies” from Home Economics. San |

| | | |Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1987. Blackboard |

| | | |**Due: Social Activity Log |

|Thurs., Nov. 13 |SG |Spiritual Dimension: Spirituality, |Palmer, pp. 73-109 |

| | |Religion, and Developing Faith | |

|Tues., Nov. 18 |LG |Spiritual Dimension: Spirituality and |Buechner, "Vocation” Blackboard |

| | |Vocation |Palmer, pp. 9-36 |

|Thurs., Nov. 20 |SG |Spiritual Dimension: Theological |Palmer, pp. 37-55 |

| | |Reflection on Vocation |Evans, “Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities,” pp. |

| | | |201-205 |

|Tues., Nov. 25 | |No class |Note due dates for Spiritual Activity/Journal |

|Nov 26-28 |~ Thanksgiving Break ~ |

|Tues., Dec. 2 |LG |Putting the Dimensions Together |**Due: Spiritual Activity Log |

| | | |**Due: Spiritual Journal |

|Thurs., Dec. 4 |SG |Reflection and Evaluation |  |

|TBA | | Final Exam Due | |

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