Below you will find a chart listing the days, times, locations, and TAs for your weekly discussion sections. Below this chart, you will find links to the topics for discussion for each week.

 

Attendance at discussion sections in mandatory; you will be expected to have read and prepared the weekly assignment before going to section.

 

It is up to your individual Teaching Assistant to devise a means of calculating participation and attendance, so be sure you know what your TA expects of you.

 

Your TA may also decide to use some discussion section time to go over material from readings or lecture, or to help you prepare for written assignments and mini-exams.

 

To find out the office hours of your TA, or other contact information, please check the contact information page.

 

There will be no switching of sections.

 

Discussion section meeting information: Where, when, who?

 

Section Number Day/Time Location Teaching Assistant
21 Thur., 8:10-9pm HMNSS 1400 xxxx
22 Mon., 8:10-9am WAT 1111 xxxx
23 Mon., 6:10-7pm SPR 2339 xxxx
24 Wed., 8:10-9am HMNSS 1405 xxxx
25 Wed., 9:10-10am ENGR2 139 xxxx
26 Wed., 11:10am-12noon WAT 2141 xxxx
27 Fri., 12:10-1pm SPR 2343 xxxx
28 Fri., 1:10-2pm SPR 2339 xxxx
29 Thur., 6:10-7pm SPR 2351 xxxx

 

Discussion section meeting information: What, how, why?

(Follow these links to topics for discussion in section; prepare to discuss these topics ahead of time. It is probably a good idea to print them out to bring with you.)

 

Discussion Week One: Podium and Pulpit

 

Discussion Week Two: Monotheism: Why One God?

 

Discussion Week Three: Scriptures: Why sacred texts?

 

Discussion Week Four: Authority: Who's in charge?

 

Discussion Week Five: Ritual: What does "doing" do?

 

Discussion Week Six: Ethics: More than morality?

 

Discussion Week Seven: Materiality: Do "things" matter?

 

Discussion Week Eight: Politics and religion?

 

Discussion Week Nine: No discussion section

 

Discussion Week Ten: Open topic