1st Edition
UGS 303: First-Year Signature Course
School: University of Texas at Austin (UT )
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Pages: 2Tackles this difficult question from the perspectives of Aristotle, Milton, and Woodruff. -
Pages: 2Woodruff discusses the pros and cons of teamwork; plus whether the constitution should be replaced. -
Pages: 3Touches on the concept of "reasoning without knowledge" in democratic debate; describes good meetings and bad meetings; reviews defeasible reasoning; describes a truly democratic debate. -
Pages: 2Lists the main characters of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and describes the main conflict of the play. -
Pages: 2Discusses what makes a law legitimate; defines civil disobedience -
Pages: 2Based on the guest lecture by Dr. Terri Leclera. Goes over incarceration rates, most common crime, SHUs, and whether or not correction works. -
Pages: 2Discusses Socrates' many brushes with the law, the necessary features of a law, and the definition of "positive law." -
Pages: 2Aesop on the difference between freedom and tyranny, characteristics of a tyrant, types of freedom. -
Pages: 3Learn about who criticized democracy and why; learn how to tell the difference between real democracy and its "doubles." -
Pages: 2The flaws of democracy; Plato's concerns, Plato's education argument; Madison's concerns. -
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Pages: 2Examines a sculpture from the Parthenon; looks at Thucydides' take on human nature; applies that to the nature of Athens; the motives behind the Sicilian Expedition -
Pages: 4The importance of using peer-reviewed articles and original sources for quotes in essays; the funeral oration of Pericles and how it parallels with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. -
Pages: 3Did democracy in Athens work? Goes over the values, practices, and history of ancient Athenian democracy. -
Pages: 3Defines democracy, describes the pros and cons of this system, overviews the history of democracy in Athens. -
Pages: 2Discusses the virtues of reverence and justice; answers some important questions about Bacchae. -
Pages: 5Begins with a brief explanation of what purpose the first essay assignment served; continues to discuss in detail Euripides' Bacchae and the worship of Dionysus. -
Pages: 3Discusses the role of the chorus and its importance; outlines the major conflicts in the play; describes the structure of the play; and ends with a review of the clicker quiz questions and answers. -
Pages: 3Food for thought about the nature of tyrants and the possible benefits they could have; introduction to Antigone by Sophocles. -
Pages: 2Gives answers and explanations to Prometheus questions Woodruff asked in class; overviews the debate over whether freedom is possible without a government. -
Pages: 2Lists Woodruff's four requirements for a leader (and exceptions); briefly describes the life of Aeschylus and overviews Prometheus Bound; explains who Peisistratos was and why he was important. -
Pages: 2Lists what our class believes to be the characteristics of a tyrant; contrasts them with what traits we believe a good leader should have. Includes noteworthy comments from Woodruff. -
Pages: 2Overviews the first lecture of the course; includes what freedoms the class most values; defines the two main types of freedom; defines the "paradox of freedom" and gives examples