This web site is designed to assist students in Humanities 320. The current information applies for Fall Quarter 2004. As noted during lectures, Dick Simon's web pages contain material applicable to this quarter's lectures and readings. Always search for discussions and illustrations on his site, especially regarding the readings and the popular culture/ high culture continuum. The url for Professor Simon's site is http://cla.calpoly.edu/~rsimon/Hum410/410Main.html
The first mid-term is scheduled for Tuesday, 19 October.
Students are expected to have read:
Berger, Ways of Seeing: all
Simon, Trash Culture: Chapters 1, 2, 6, 9, 11, 12
More, Utopia: all
Plato, Symposium: all
Powerpoint slides are available for each lecture:
Tuesday, 28 September:
Thursday, 30 September:
Tuesday, 5 October:
Thursday, 7 October:
Tuesday, 12 October:
Thursday 14 October: