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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FTT30111\/PHIL33101: THE GOOD CLASS
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Click through<\/a> to see the stupid garbage syllabus for The Good Class.
\nSee below for the forking amazing final projects from students
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Course Description
\n<\/b>This one-credit course offers an interdisciplinary deep dive into the ground-breaking NBC sitcom<\/span> The Good Place <\/span><\/i>for students in the Department of Film, Television, Theatre and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. We’ll look at the philosophical theories of goodness and human flourishing embedded in the episode\u2019s stories. We’ll consider how moral change figures in comedy and how television helps shape the conversation between popular art and morality. We\u2019ll analyze the economic and aesthetic forces that guide work like this and dig into the details of how the show was developed, produced, and received. And finally, we\u2019ll do the most human thing of all: attempt something futile with a ton of unearned confidence and fail spectacularly!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Course Policies
\n<\/b>Attendance: You are required to attend all sessions, with exceptions allowed only for documented illness and university-excused obligations. Pobody\u2019s nerfect, but more than one unexcused absence will result in an Unsatisfactory grade and a devastating declaration that Ya basic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Readings and screenings: You are expected to complete assigned readings and screenings for the day they are listed on the syllabus. All readings are available via Sakai, and screenings are available either on Sakai or Netflix. If you do not do the readings and watch the screenings, your brains will be removed, studied, and batted about Notre Dame Stadium like beach balls.<\/span><\/p>\n

Honor Code: The scripts we read this semester are proprietary information and must not be distributed or shared in any way with anyone outside of this course; any violation of this rule will constitute an Honor Code violation. The Strong Questions and Final Reflection assignments submitted for this class must be completed on your own by virtue of your own ideas and efforts, while the Blogging Assignment must be undertaken only by the students in their assigned group with all outside sources duly credited. See http:\/\/honorcode.nd.edu\/ for more information about Honor Code guidelines and procedures. Bottom line: Do not cheat off of Chidi, and if you do cheat on the BuzzFeed quiz \u201cDo you know all the slang words the Kardashians invented?\u201d at least be honest enough to admit you did. Also, no killing. Killing is one of the most famous moral no-nos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grading: The course will be graded on a Satisfactory\/Unsatisfactory basis. We will rate you in five categories: <\/span>dancing ability, coolness, dopeness, freshness, and smart-brained.<\/span> Beyond that, if you attend all sessions, complete the required assignments according to the listed guidelines, and regularly participate in class discussions, you will receive a Satisfactory. If you are deficient in at least one of these areas, you will receive an Unsatisfactory. We promise the grading will be fair, even though <\/span>fair is the stupidest word humans ever invented, except for staycation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Assignments<\/b><\/p>\n

1) Strong Questions for Guest Speakers: A strong question is one which you genuinely want to discover the answer to, is likely to be enlightening for the group, and helps us engage in a funny or serious way with a big idea behind the show. Students will be asked to prepare and submit two strong questions for each of our three guest speakers:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n