LB 492 Section 007, "The Nuclear Age"

Course Calendar, Spring 2013

This is the course calendar for LB 492 Section 007, "The Nuclear Age" (Spring 2013). Your reflection and questions on each reading assignment are due at 5:00 p.m. the day before the class when the reading will be discussed. Note: dates and contents of reading assignments are approximate and may change, but the due dates for all course assignments (in yellow) are fixed. Discussion leaders are responsible for preparing for class as described in the syllabus, and for leading the discussion that day. If you have any questions, please email Professor O'Shea.

The books that will be used in this course are:

 


Debate teams

Debate Team People
1 A Anderson, Butz, Leach, Masters
1 B Blazy, Kelly, Metrusias, Rolfe
2 A Aubry, Daly, Mcconnell, Lewandowski
2 B Colley, Liska, Pudlo, Wheeler

 


Research project presentations

Thursday April 18

Tuesday April 23

 


Reading assignments and deadlines

Date Reading assignment Discussion leader(s) Deadline
1/8 (Tu) No reading
1/10 (Th) Herken Ch. 1, 2 O'Shea
1/15 (Tu) Herken Ch. 3, 4 O'Shea
1/17 (Th) Cyclotron tour
1/22 (Tu) Herken Ch. 5, 6 Masters, Rolfe
1/24 (Th) Herken Ch. 7, 8 Kelly, Lewandowski
1/29 (Tu) Herken 9, CP "Legacy of Los Alamos" Daly, Leach
1/31 (Th) No reading - movie "The Day after Trinity"
2/3 (Sun) Research paper proposal, 11:59 p.m. Sun 2/3
2/5 (Tu) Reed Ch. 2, 3 Colley, Mcconnell
2/6 (W) Movie essay due, 11:59 p.m. Wed 2/6
2/7 (Th) No reading - Class debate #1 n/a
2/12 (Tu) Reed Ch. 4, 5 Aubry, Butz
2/14 (Th) Reed Ch. 6, 7, 8,
CP "Bringing Israel's bomb out of the basement"
O'Shea
2/19 (Tu) Reed Ch. 9, 10, 11 Anderson, Pudlo
2/21 (Th) Reed Ch. 12, 13 Metrusias, Wheeler
2/24 (Sun) Paper bibliography and outline due, 11:59 p.m. Sun 2/24
2/26 (Tu) Reed Ch. 14, 15,
CP "Why North Korea gets away with it"
Blazy, Liska
2/28 (Th) No reading - Movie: "Dr. Strangelove" n/a
3/5 (Tu) No class - Spring Break
3/7 (Th) No class - Spring Break
3/11 (Mon) Movie essay due, 11:59 p.m. Mon 3/11
3/12 (Tu) Reed Ch. 17,
CP "Deterrance lessons from Iraq",
"Botching the Bomb",
"The Dangers of a nuclear Iran"
O'Shea
3/14 (Th) Reed Ch. 18, 19, Epilogue,
CP "Stopping nuclear terrorism"
O'Shea
3/19 (Tu) CP "Nuclear Disorder",
"Stopping proliferation before it starts",
"Are we focusing on the wrong nuclear threat?",
"The Nuclear Domino myth"
O'Shea
3/21 (Th) no class n/a
3/26 (Tu) No reading - Class debate #2 n/a
3/28 (Th) CP "The Nukes we need",
"Long road to zero",
"Less than zero"
O'Shea
4/2 (Tu) CP: "The nuclear power debate",
"Why we still need nuclear power",
Ferguson Section 2
TBD
4/3 (Wed) Paper rough draft due, 11:59 p.m. Wed. 4/3
4/4 (Th) Ferguson Sections 3, 8 TBD
4/9 (Tu) Ferguson sections 4, 5 TBD
4/10 (Wed) Peer review of rough draft due, 11:59 p.m. Wed 4/10
4/11 (Th) Ferguson section 6 TBD Bring printout of peer review of paper rough draft to class Thursday 4/11
4/16 (Tu) Ferguson section 7 TBD
4/18 (Th) Student presentations
4/23 (Tu) Student presentations
4/25 (Th) Semester wrapup
4/30 (Tu) Final paper due, 5:00 p.m. Tuesday 4/30