This definition comprises oral, written, and crafted pieces. In addition, assigned case studies and supplementary reading materials will be made available. Literature on utopia plays a foundational role in consideration of just how the 'good society' might be constructed. Students are to read and report to the class on one piece of utopian literature of their own choosing. Each 'presentation' will be limited to twenty minutes, including time for questions.
Students are to facilitate discussion for one class session.
Groups are encouraged to meet with the course instructor prior to their 'presentation' in order to help 'frame' the class session. Defense of the position taken, rather than the position itself, is of fundamental importance. The first and most evidently adverse tendency of organization, large organization in particular, is that discipline is substituted for thought. Outlined above are the course activities available to students. Ranges of possible points have been listed in Section IV of this syllabus.