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Schedule

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Important!

All times are Buffalo (Eastern Standard) Time.

Do not forget that every class meeting will have some sort of group discussion activity.

Optional Material: Any items in the schedule marked optional are just that. While I may discuss optional material during class, you are not required to have done them. Even so, I provide these items in case you are curious to learn more about these topics. Any activities related to optional material will only assume that you were present in class if/when they were discussed.

Week Date Topics & Readings Activities Topics, Readings & Activities
1 8/25 (Mon) What Have I Gotten Myself Into? (Topic #1)
David E. Gray, Course Syllabus. 		What Have I Gotten Myself Into? (Topic #1)
David E. Gray, Course Syllabus.
8/27 (Wed) What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
No new reading. 		What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
No new reading.
8/28 (Thu)
🗃 Professional photo & Handshake profile due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Professional photo & Handshake profile due by 11:59PM (midnight).
8/29 (Fri) What Is Philosophy? (Topic #2)
Plato, Apology. 		What Is Philosophy? (Topic #2)
Plato, Apology.
2 8/31 (Sun)
✅ Introductory survey due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✅ Honor agreement due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✅ Introductory survey due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✅ Honor agreement due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/1 (Mon) 🛠 Labor Day 🛠 🛠 Labor Day 🛠
9/3 (Wed) Civic Action
No new reading. 		Civic Action
No new reading.
9/4 (Thu)
🧪 Civic action due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🗃 Online profiles due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🧪 Civic action due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🗃 Online profiles due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/5 (Fri) Guest Speakers: Volunteering at UB
Alivia Vo-Coyne, Coordinator for Community & Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo.
Reid Collins, Graduate Assistant, Community & Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speakers: Volunteering at UB
Alivia Vo-Coyne, Coordinator for Community & Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo.
Reid Collins, Graduate Assistant, Community & Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo.
9/6 (Sat) 9/11 Day of Service from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity). 9/11 Day of Service from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity).
3 9/7 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/8 (Mon) What Is an Argument? (Topic #3)
Maralee Harrell, What Is the Argument? 		What Is an Argument? (Topic #3)
Maralee Harrell, What Is the Argument?
9/10 (Wed) Guest Speaker: Civic Engagement at UB
R.J. Haq, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speaker: Civic Engagement at UB
R.J. Haq, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement, Student Engagement, University at Buffalo.
9/11 (Thu)
🗃 Digital challenge cards due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Digital challenge cards due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/12 (Fri) What Is an Argument?
No new reading. 		What Is an Argument?
No new reading.
4 9/14 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/15 (Mon) How Do I Assess an Argument? (Topic #4)
Nicole Dular, “Boy Bye”. 		How Do I Assess an Argument? (Topic #4)
Nicole Dular, “Boy Bye”.
9/17 (Wed) How Do I Assess an Argument?
No new reading. 		How Do I Assess an Argument?
No new reading.
9/18 (Thu) Experience UB Fair from 11:00AM to 2:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). Experience UB Fair from 11:00AM to 2:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
🗃 Online profile review due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Online profile review due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/19 (Fri) Exploring Activity Ideas
No new reading. 		Exploring Activity Ideas
No new reading.
5 9/21 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/22 (Mon) How Do I Speak Truth to Power? (Topic #5)
Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. 		How Do I Speak Truth to Power? (Topic #5)
Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail”.
9/24 (Wed) How Do I Speak Truth to Power?
No new reading.
🧪 Community issue mapping due in class.
How Do I Speak Truth to Power?
No new reading.
🧪 Community issue mapping due in class.
9/25 (Thu)
🗃 Making professional connections due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Making professional connections due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/26 (Fri) Beginning Your Change Making Letter
No new reading. 		Beginning Your Change Making Letter
No new reading.
6 9/28 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
9/29 (Mon) What’s the Problem With Gaslighting? (Topic #6)
Kate Abramson, “Turning Up the Lights on Gaslighting”.
Optional: Leslie Jamison, “So You Think You’ve Been Gaslit”. 		What’s the Problem With Gaslighting? (Topic #6)
Kate Abramson, “Turning Up the Lights on Gaslighting”.
Optional: Leslie Jamison, “So You Think You’ve Been Gaslit”.
10/1 (Wed) Guest Speaker: Informational Interviews
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speaker: Informational Interviews
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
10/3 (Fri) What’s the Problem With Gaslighting?
No new reading. 		What’s the Problem With Gaslighting?
No new reading.
7 10/5 (Sun)
✅ Midterm course review due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✅ Midterm course review due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
10/6 (Mon) How Should I Make a Difference? (Topic #7)
William MacAskill, Doing Good Better.
Optional: Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism”.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: research due in class.
How Should I Make a Difference? (Topic #7)
William MacAskill, Doing Good Better.
Optional: Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism”.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: research due in class.
10/7 (Tue)
🧪 Change making letter draft due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Change making letter draft due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
10/8 (Wed) How Should I Make a Difference?
No new reading.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: advocacy due in class.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: reflection due in class.
How Should I Make a Difference?
No new reading.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: advocacy due in class.
🧪 Charitable giving investigation: reflection due in class.
10/9 (Thu) Civic Engagement Workshop: Voter Registration from 5:00PM to 6:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). Civic Engagement Workshop: Voter Registration from 5:00PM to 6:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
🗃 Informational interview scheduled due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Informational interview scheduled due by 11:59PM (midnight).
10/10 (Fri) Peer Review of Change Making Letters
No new reading.
🧪 Change making letter peer review due in class.
Peer Review of Change Making Letters
No new reading.
🧪 Change making letter peer review due in class.
8 10/12 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
10/13 (Mon) 🍁 Fall Break 🍁 🍁 Fall Break 🍁
10/15 (Wed) Organizing an Activity Discussion
No new reading.
🧪 Final change making letter due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
Organizing an Activity Discussion
No new reading.
🧪 Final change making letter due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
10/17 (Fri) Mailing Your Change Making Letters
No new reading.
🧪 Change making letter mailed due in class.
🧪 Change making letter short reflection due in class.
Mailing Your Change Making Letters
No new reading.
🧪 Change making letter mailed due in class.
🧪 Change making letter short reflection due in class.
10/18 (Sat) Community Day from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity). Community Day from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity).
9 10/20 (Mon) How Can We Improve Our Communities? (Topic #8)
Savannah Pearlman, “In Tension: Effective Altruism and Mutual Aid”. 		How Can We Improve Our Communities? (Topic #8)
Savannah Pearlman, “In Tension: Effective Altruism and Mutual Aid”.
10/21 (Tue)
🗃 Informational interview report due by 11:59PM (midnight).
🗃 Informational interview report due by 11:59PM (midnight).
10/22 (Wed) Guest Speaker: Informational Interviews Debrief
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speaker: Informational Interviews Debrief
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
10/23 (Thu) UB Votes Candidate Forum: Amherst Town Supervisor from 6:00PM to 7:30PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). UB Votes Candidate Forum: Amherst Town Supervisor from 6:00PM to 7:30PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
10/24 (Fri) How Can We Improve Our Communities?
Jennifer Gammage, “Solidarity, Not Charity”. 		Cause Connection from 12:00PM to 2:00PM (counts up to 2 hours towards the volunteer activity, depending on how long you stay and participate). How Can We Improve Our Communities?
Jennifer Gammage, “Solidarity, Not Charity”.
Cause Connection from 12:00PM to 2:00PM (counts up to 2 hours towards the volunteer activity, depending on how long you stay and participate).
10 10/26 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
10/27 (Mon) How Do We Address Structural Injustice? (Topic #9)
Iris Marion Young, “Structure As the Subject of Justice”.
🧪 Parable of the polygons due in class.
How Do We Address Structural Injustice? (Topic #9)
Iris Marion Young, “Structure As the Subject of Justice”.
🧪 Parable of the polygons due in class.
10/29 (Wed) How Do We Address Structural Injustice?
No new reading. 		How Do We Address Structural Injustice?
No new reading.
10/31 (Fri) How Do We Address Structural Injustice?
No new reading. 		How Do We Address Structural Injustice?
No new reading.
11 11/2 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
11/3 (Mon) Will I Recognize Myself in 10 Years? (Topic #10)
L. A. Paul, Transformative Experience.
Optional: Joshua Rothman, “The Impossible Decision”.
Optional: Alice Gregory, “The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves”. 		Will I Recognize Myself in 10 Years? (Topic #10)
L. A. Paul, Transformative Experience.
Optional: Joshua Rothman, “The Impossible Decision”.
Optional: Alice Gregory, “The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves”.
11/4 (Tue) Election Day Bash (North Campus or South Campus) from 11:00AM to 5:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). Election Day Bash (North Campus or South Campus) from 11:00AM to 5:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
11/5 (Wed) Will I Recognize Myself in 10 Years?
No new reading. 		Will I Recognize Myself in 10 Years?
No new reading.
11/7 (Fri) Guest Speaker: Designing Your Life
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
🗃 Design your life due in class.
Guest Speaker: Designing Your Life
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
🗃 Design your life due in class.
11/8 (Sat) Veteran’s Day of Service from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity). Veteran’s Day of Service from 9:00AM to 1:00PM (counts as 3 hours towards the volunteer activity).
12 11/9 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
11/10 (Mon) How Do I Find Meaning in My Work? (Topic #11)
Andrea Veltman, “What Makes Work Meaningful?”
David Graeber, “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs”.
Optional: Nathan Heller, “The Bullshit-Job Boom”. 		How Do I Find Meaning in My Work? (Topic #11)
Andrea Veltman, “What Makes Work Meaningful?.”
David Graeber, “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs”.
Optional: Nathan Heller, “The Bullshit-Job Boom”.
11/12 (Wed) Guest Speaker
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speaker
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
11/13 (Thu) After the Ballots: Post‑Election Analysis from 6:00PM to 8:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). After the Ballots: Post‑Election Analysis from 6:00PM to 8:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
11/14 (Fri) Guest Speaker
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo. 		Guest Speaker
Carl Remmes, Career Design Consultant, Career Design Center, University at Buffalo.
13 11/16 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
11/17 (Mon) Are Grades BS? (Topic #12)
Harry G. Frankfurt, “On Bullshit”.
Optional: Jim Holt, “Say Anything”. 		Are Grades BS? (Topic #12)
Harry G. Frankfurt, “On Bullshit”.
Optional: Jim Holt, “Say Anything”.
11/19 (Wed) Are Grades BS?
Jesse Stommel, “How to Ungrade”. 		Are Grades BS?
Jesse Stommel, “How to Ungrade”.
11/20 (Thu) Civic Engagement Workshop: Coalition-Building from 5:00PM to 6:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity). Civic Engagement Workshop: Coalition-Building from 5:00PM to 6:00PM (counts as 1 event for the civic engagement activity).
11/21 (Fri) Are Grades BS?
No new reading. 		Are Grades BS?
No new reading.
14 11/23 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
11/24 (Mon) Volunteer Activity & Organizing an Activity Planning
No new reading. 		Volunteer Activity & Organizing an Activity Planning
No new reading.
11/26, 28 🦃 Thanksgiving Break 🦃 🦃 Thanksgiving Break 🦃
15 12/1 (Mon) What Is Philosophy, Again? (Topic #13)
Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave”. 		What Is Philosophy, Again? (Topic #13)
Plato, “The Allegory of the Cave”.
12/3 (Wed) What Is Philosophy, Again?
Jennifer M Morton, “An Antidote to Injustice”. 		What Is Philosophy, Again?
Jennifer M Morton, “An Antidote to Injustice”.
12/5 (Fri) Pitching Your Success
No new reading. 		Cause Connection from 12:00PM to 2:00PM (counts up to 2 hours towards the volunteer activity, depending on how long you stay and participate). Pitching Your Success
No new reading.
Cause Connection from 12:00PM to 2:00PM (counts up to 2 hours towards the volunteer activity, depending on how long you stay and participate).
16 12/7 (Sun)
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✏️ due by 11:59PM (midnight).
12/8 (Mon) Putting It All Together
No new reading.
🧪 Volunteer activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
Putting It All Together
No new reading.
🧪 Volunteer activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
12/9 (Tue)
✅ Official UB course evaluations due by 11:59PM (midnight).
✅ Official UB course evaluations due by 11:59PM (midnight).
12/10 (Wed)
🧪 Organize an activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Pitch your success video due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Organize an activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Pitch your success video due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
12/12 (Fri)
🧪 Civic engagement activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Civic engagement activity report due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
17 12/15 (Mon) Final Presentations from 8:00AM to 11:00AM
💬 Final presentations due in class.
Final Presentations from 8:00AM to 11:00AM
💬 Final presentations due in class.
12/17 (Wed)
🧪 Letter to future students due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)
🧪 Letter to future students due by 11:59PM (midnight). (Submit here!)