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2. Today’s agenda Introduction to Class Attendance Course Housekeeping
Health Issues
Pop Quiz
Syllabus
Gradable Work
Deadlines
Opening Web Presentation

3. Introduction to class Ericka Ghersi
Peru (B.A.) – Ohio (M.A.) – Spain – Mexico – Ecuador –Florida (M.A. and Ph.D.)
University of Florida
Stetson University
Santa Fe College
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Foreign Languages

4. Attendance
La asistencia
A presença

5. hum2461
Course Housekeeping

6. Read your syllabus regarding attendance, health issues and homework.
Your homework will be assigned by your professor

7. Pop quiz Your name. Your heritage. Why are you taking this class?
What do you expect to learn in this class?
Have you ever taken a Humanities course before?
If YES (5) Name Course and Professor.

8. syllabus hum2461 Humanities of Latin America
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9. syllabus
HUM LATIN AM HUM Days: T & H Time: 12:30 PM-1:45 PM Final Exam Date: 04/29/2014 Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Campus: NW Bldg/Room: P-261

10. syllabus
My OFFICE: B-032B Office Hours: me at to make an appointment or call me by skype at (professor.ghersi) *** My personal webpage: *** SANTA FE COURSE WEB SITE & ON-LINE BOOK: 1.html

11. Gradable work Research Paper
(20% Abstract + 60% Essay+ 20% Final Paper) 15%
Midterm examination  25%
Final examination  20%
6 Quizzes (will be taken in class)  30%
Homework  05%
Class participation and attendance  05%

12. Extra credit will be added to your final grade.
Detours (extra credit)
5% out of the final grade.
Extra credit will be added to your final grade.
HOW DO I GET EXTRA CREDIT?

13. Detours (extra credit)
Library (reserved films under HUM2461)
International Lectures
International Films
Saint Augustine Trip (TBC)

14. Grade calculation A 90-100 B+ 85-89 B 80-84 C+ 75-79 D C 70-74 F
F Below 60

15. textbook Author’s name: William Little On-Line Book:
HUM2461.html

16. Lectures by Topics and Days

17. Lectures by Topics and Days
Research Paper
(GELO Primary Outcome)
20% Abstract (topics)+
60% Essay+
20% Final Paper 15%

18. Support Pages: Key Terms for HUM2461

19. Supplementary materials
(1) Popol Vuh (online):
Prologue (Chapter 9 only)
Download and print.
(2) Essay “The Answer” (online) by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and others assigned by the Professor.

20. Also, some French, Portuguese,
Course languages
English
Spanish
Also, some French, Portuguese,
Maya, Náhuatl, Quechua

21. deadlines Tuesday, 14th of January QUIZ #1 will be taken in class.
The Botany of Desire is a PBS documentary based on the book written by Michael Pollan: Botany of Desire. The documentary contains an introduction and 4 chapters.
Students will need to watch the “Introduction” and the last chapter (chapter 4) “Case of Potato”. Take notes and bring them in the day of the quiz!
This documentary will offer students a broader view of how Latin American pre-Columbian cultures understood/viewed nature. For our ancestors, the man had a mission on earth, it was to take care of nature, nourish it and protect it from themselves.
In this documentary Pollan explains how it has been in modern times the relation between man and nature.

22. deadlines Thursday, 16th of January is the due date for HW#1.
In order to answer the questions from the HW, you will need to follow carefully the directions (follow the links) or click here to have access to the webpage.
This documentary will offer students a broader view of how Latin American pre-Columbian cultures understood/viewed nature. For our ancestors, the man had a mission on earth, it was to take care of nature, nourish it and protect it from themselves.
In this documentary Pollan explains how it has been in modern times the relation between man and nature.

23. Opening web presentation
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24. See you Thursday
Hasta el jueves
À jeudi
Até quinta-feira

25. See you Tuesday
Hasta el martes
À mardi
Até terca-feira