This schedule is based upon an "as-needed" concept of learning which allows for flexibility and student input
        for the course.  Thus,   the schedule will be developed in sections or modules as the study progresses in order
        to best meet the needs of the learners, the learning process and to allow the professor to mentor the learners
        in the most significant directions and ways of learning.  This method of learning is, therefore, learner or student-
        centered, active, experiential, collaborative,  interactive, creative and critically reflective/contemplative,
        and downright enjoyable. This schedule is organic and alive with possibilities.
        Assignments will be found listed here.

  Please monitor that  your email is working (empty your trash file regularly) and check your email regularly.

Week 1:     Introduction to the purposes, goals and methods of the study
8/20           Bisnauth 1-10; Olmos 1-11; Caribbean Map

Week 2:     Bisnauth 11-77
8/27                Map of Africa   |   African Slave Trade
                 [withdrawal period: 8/27 - 10/26]
                 Send valid email address(es) to mentor's email (altany@marshall.edu) by 8/31

Week 3:     No class on 9/3, Labor Day
9/3                  Afro-Caribbean Religion
                       Vodun   |   Vodou   |   The Early History of Haiti   |   Map of Haiti
                 Bisnauth 80-100;  Olmos 13-35

Week 4:     Bisnauth 101-138
9/10                Afro-Caribbean Faiths
                 Essay #1 Guidelines
                 Teams Formed 9/11; Team Work Time (TWT) on 9/13

Week 5:     Bisnauth 140-193  Olmos 79-121
9/17                Santeria   |   Santeria   |   What is Santeria?
                      Santeria:  A Practical Guide to Afro-Caribbean Magic   |  Santeria:  An Outsider Looks In
                      Map of Cuba
                 Team Work Time 9/20

Week 6:     Bisnauth 195-223; Olmos 195-215
9/24                 Jamaicans of Ethiopian Origin & the Rastafarian Faith
                       The Rastafarian Religion
                       Map of Jamaica

Week 7:     Olmos 231-246; Schwarz-Bart 2-70; Map of Guadeloupe
10/1           Team Work Time 10/4

Week 8:     Schwarz-Bart 71-173
10/8           Mid-semester Evaluations due to mentor's email on 10/11-12
                 Team Work Time 10/11
                 Team Essay due on the class discussion list 3 days prior to the Team's in-class presentation

Week 10:    Team Presentations
10/22
                  [last day to drop an individual course: 10/26]

Week 12:    Murphy vii-xiii, 1-61
11/5

Week 13:    Murphy 62-115
11/12

Week 15:    Summary, Interpretation, Evaluation, Integration
12/3            Final Essay, in its revised form, is due to the mentor's email by 10 AM, Dec. 8, 2001
                                     along with the Self-reflective, self-evaluation essay

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