Working - Fall 2009
Calendar and Assignments

Last updated on October 1

Link to Day in the Work Life Site:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/collections/coll_display.php?coll_id=20013

Link to Muhlenberg Center for Ethics Site:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/cultural/ethics/

Aug 31 : Introduction: Discuss Syllabus; Class Exercise
Sep 1:  Epicurus on Happiness (video - de Botton): http://www.sprword.com/videos/philosophy2/;
Read:  The Pursuit of Happiness; http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/ideasatwork/feature/70149/The+pursuit+of+happiness?&layout=cbs_print&top.region=main;
Day in the Work Life Selection: Shoe designer (6/26/09)

Sep 7: No Class
Note: Tues Sep 8 at 7:00 pm Miller Forum, Moyer Hall: Attend Mapping the Muhlenberg Landscape: Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers
Sep 9:  Diagnostic Essay Due
Overworked American Chap 1-3; Day in the Work Life Selection: Comic Book Artist (7/24/09)
Discuss Mapping the Muhlenberg Landscape: Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers

Sep 14: Library Training;
Sep 16: Overworked American Chap 4-5; Day in the Work Life Selection: Magician (5/29/09)

Sep 21: Worklife Presentation: Workplace Songs - Dr. Roland Kushner; Paper 1 Due
Sep 23: Overworked American Chap 6; Day in the Work Life Selection : Carpenter (1/9/09) - Page 2

Sep 28 No Class - Break
Sep 30: Working Preface 1 and 2, Book I & II; Day in the Work Life Selection: Pro Hockey Player (4/3/09)

Oct 5: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; Anthony Giddens "Introduction" (Handout)
Listen to: U.P. TV Anchor Moonlights at Target; http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113251614
Note Oct 5 at 7:00 pm Seegers Union Great Room: The Desire to Acquire: Or, Why Shopping Malls are Sites of Religious Violence
Oct 7: Working: Book IV, Discuss Center for Ethics Program (above)

Oct 12: Working: Book VIII & IX, Paper 2 Due
Oct 14: Articles; Day in the Work Life Selection

Oct 19: Team 1 and 2 Presentation
Oct 21: Team 3 and 4 Presentation

Oct 26: Articles; Day in the Work Life Selection, Paper 2 Revision Due
Oct 28: Discuss Death of a Salesman (Note: Film will be shown on Thurs Oct 22 at 7:30 in the Library, Room B2),

Nov 2: Writing Workshop
Nov 4: Then We Came to the End p. 3-137
Note on Nov 4 at 7:00 pmm at Miller Forum - Moyer Hall: Geo-Politicized Space: Race, Representation & the 2010 Census:
An Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion; Paper 3 Due

Nov 9: Dr. Paul McEwan Presentation
Nov 11: Then We Came to the End p. 138-263

Nov 16: Discuss Glengarry, Glen Ross (Note: Film will be shown on Nov 9 at 7:30 in the Library, Room B2)
Note on Nov 16 at 7:00 pmm at Miller Forum - Moyer Hall: The St. Bernard Project- Displaced people in New Orleans –
A Conversation with Liz McCartney; Paper 4 Due
Nov 18: Then We Came to the End  p. 264-385

Nov 23: Articles; Day in the Work Life Selection
Nov 25: No Class – Thanksgiving

Nov 30: Workplace Tour
Dec 2:Shop Class as Soulcraft p. 1-102 Paper 5 Due

Dec 7: Shop Class as Soulcraft p. 103-219
Dec 9: Final Project Presentations; Team Project Papers Due