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Syllabus
for 2006
Sunday, July 9
3:30PM-5:00PM—Check-in at Woodward Hall
5:00PM-6:30PM—Pizza Party (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:30PM-8:30PM—Screening of the film “Gattaca” with
introduction and a discussion led by Dr. Jeff Buechner (R Place, Paul
Robeson Center)
8:30PM—All students and counselors in assigned dormitory rooms
(Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Woodward Hall (Lights out)
Monday, July 10
7:30AM-8:30AM— Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
9:00AM-10:30AM-- Lecture: Kinds of Ethical Theories and How
They’re Used, Dr. Jeff Buechner.
10:30AM-10:45AM –Break (Room 203 Management Education
Center)
10:45AM-11:45AM—Critical Thinking Workshop: Identifying
Arguments (a method for determining how well premises support
an argument’s conclusion; critical analysis of two arguments),
Dr. Jeff Buechner (Room 203 Management Education Center)
Noon-1:00PM—Lunch (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
1:15PM-3:45PM—Discussion: What is Race Medicine and
Is It Good Medicine? (the pros and cons of race-based medicine
and race-based questionnaires), Dr. Barry Komisaruk).
- Discussion will be preceded by viewing of a Tony Brown
TV segment on this topic. (Room 203 Management Education
Center)
4:00PM-5:00PM-- Computer Lab, Dr. Robert Nahory (Room
126 Hill Hall)
5:30PM-6:30PM—Supper (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:30PM-8:30PM—Mr. Darnell Davis (Room
TBA)
8:30PM-- All students and counselors in assigned dormitory
rooms (Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Lights out (Woodward Hall)
Tuesday, July 11
7:30AM-8:30AM— Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
9:00AM-10:30AM-- Lecture: The Human Genome Project, Dr.
Karl Drlica (Room 203 Management Education Center)
10:30AM-10:45AM—Break (Room 203 Management Education Center)
10:45AM-11:45AM—Critical Thinking Workshop: Using the
Framework of Necessary and Sufficient Conditions to Assess Definitions
of Concepts (e.g., defining the concept of a person and
a human being), Dr. Jeff Buechner (Room 203 Management Education Center)
Noon-1:00PM—Lunch (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
1:15PM-3:45PM—Discussion: What is Race?,
Dr. Anna Stubblefield (Room 203 Management Education Center)
4:00PM-4:45PM--Computer Lab, Dr. Robert Nahory (Room
126 Hill Hall)
5:00PM-6:00PM—Supper (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:00PM-8:45PM—Screening of the film “Les Miserables” with
introduction and a discussion led by Dr. Pheroze Wadia (Dana Room of
the Dana Library)
8:30PM -- All students and counselors in assigned dormitory
rooms (Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Lights out (Woodward Hall)
Wednesday, July 12
7:30AM-8:30AM—Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
9:00AM-10:30AM –Lecture: Evolution, Dr.
Joseph Graves and Dr. Douglas Morrison (Room 203 Management Education
Center)
10:30AM-10:45AM—Break (Room 203 Management Education Center)
10:45AM-11:45AM—Critical Thinking Workshop: Distinguishing
Science from Non-Science (e.g., History) and Pseudo-Science (e.g., Creationism),
Dr. Jeff Buechner and Dr. Karen Chaffee (Room 203 Management Education
Center)
Noon-1:00PM—Lunch (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
1:15PM-3:45PM—Discussion: What Is Science?, How Should
a Scientist Do Research?, Dr. Robert Nahory and Dr. Douglas
Morrison (Room 203 Management Education Center)
4:00PM-5:00PM--Computer Lab, Dr. Robert Nahory (Room
126 Hill Hall)
5:30PM-6:30PM—Supper (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:30PM-8:30PM—Screening of the film “Bid ̀Em
In”, Speaker is Kim Fields, actress, producer, director
(Black Film Festival at The Newark Museum)
8:30PM -- All students and counselors in assigned dormitory
rooms (Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Lights out (Woodward Hall)
Thursday, July 13
7:30AM-8:30AM— Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
9:00AM-10:30AM –Lecture: Stem Cells and Cloning, Dr.
Mill Jonakait;
DVD: “To Walk Again” segment
from a CBS 60 Minutes TV program;
Lecture: Development
of the Human Brain, Dr. Barry Komisaruk (Room 371A Smith
Hall)
10:30AM-10:45AM –Break (Room 371A Smith Hall)
10:45AM-11:45AM—Critical Thinking Workshop: Scientific
Experimentation: Distinguishing Correlations from Causes,
Dr. Jeff Buechner (Room 371A Smith Hall)
Noon-1:00PM—Lunch (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
1:15PM-4:30PM—Hands-on Laboratory Experience: Extraction
of DNA, Drs. Patricia Soteropoulos and Saleena Ghanny
(Room 007 Olson Hall)
4:30PM-5:00PM--Return to Woodward Hall
5:00PM-6:30PM—Supper (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:30PM-8:30PM--“Musical Evolutions” Jazz
by the Leo Johnson Group (Dana Room of the Dana Library)
8:30PM -- All students and counselors in assigned dormitory
rooms (Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Lights out (Woodward Hall)
Friday, July 14
7:30AM-8:30AM— Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
9:00AM-10:30AM –Introduction: Dr. Jeff Buechner;
Lecture: Wellness
vs. Enhancement: Should We Not Seek Perfection?, Dr.
Jeff McMahon (Room 203 Management Education Center)
10:30AM-10:45AM –Break (Room 203 Management Education Centerl)
10:45AM-11:45AM—Critical Thinking Workshop: How and
Why Word Meanings Affect Reasoning, Dr. Jeff Buechner (Room
203 Management Education Center)
Noon-1:00PM—Lunch (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
1:15PM-3:45PM—Discussion: Is Enhancement Unfair? Dr.
William K. Hagmann and Dr. Helen Blank (Room 203 Management
Education Center)
4:00PM-5:00PM—Computer Lab, Dr. Robert Nahory (126 Hill Hall)
5:30PM-6:30PM—Supper (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
6:30PM-8:30PM-- TBA Teams finalize their presentations for
the closing banquet
8:30PM -- All students and counselors in assigned dormitory
rooms (Woodward Hall)
11:00PM—Lights out (Woodward Hall)
Saturday, July 15
7:30AM-8:30AM—Breakfast (R Place, Paul Robeson Campus Center)
8:45AM-11:45AM—Clean-up and check-out (Woodward Hall)
Noon-2:30PM—Closing Banquet, Guest Speaker--
Dr. Cary Booker, Associate Dean of the Academic Foundations Center of
Rutgers-Newark Student Presentations;
Award of Certificates.Parents/guardians
and siblings are invited to attend. (Atrium of the Center
for Law and Justice )
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