NOTE: readings from Browne and Keeley are from the 11th edition. If you have the 10th edition, please be aware that the chapters may not correspond. Use this conversion chart.


DATE TOPIC READING, QUIZZES AND HOMEWORK
Aug 22 M Lecture # 1
IntroductionStart reading Browne & Keeley, 11th ed. (B&K)
    24 W Lecture # 2
Induction and DeductionContinue reading B&K
    26 F Lecture # 3
The Scientific Method; MagicQuiz on preface, chapter 1 of B&K: part 1, part 2
    29 M Lecture # 4
Science vs Pseudoscience Quiz on chapters 2 and 3 of B&K
    31 W Lecture # 5
Choosing a Paper Topic Quiz on chapter 4 of B&K
Sep 02 F Lecture # 6
Using the Libraries; Sylvia George-Williams from CUL Homework #1 due by 11:00AM
    05 Holiday  
    07 W Lecture # 7
Assumptions Quiz on chapter 5 of B&K
    09 F Lecture # 8
Pseudoscience and Evidence Homework #2 due by 11:00AM
    12 M Lecture # 9
Bermuda Triangle Quiz on chapter 6 of B&K
    14 W Lecture #10
UFOs Quiz on chapter 7 of B&K
    16 F Lecture #11
More UFOs Midterm paper's claim, abstract, outline, and sources due by 11:00AM
    19 M Lecture #12
More UFOs - finish Roswell Quiz on chapter 8 of B&K
    21 W Lecture #13
Causation Quiz on chapters 9 and 10 of B&K
    23 F Lecture #14
Scientific Thinking and Dr. Snow 3-page Book review #1 due by 11:00AM
    26 M Lecture #15
Creationism Quiz on chapters 11 and 12 of B&K
    28 W Lecture #16
Intelligent Design; Dr. John Wise, SMU Biology Quiz on foreword through chapter 2 of Sagan
    30 F Lecture #17
Creationism Homework #3 due by 11:00AM
Oct 03 M Lecture #18
Hoaxes Quiz on chapters 3 and 4 of Sagan
    05 W Lecture #19
More Hoaxes Quiz on chapters 5 and 6 of Sagan
    07 F Lecture #20
Two Significant Hoaxes Research paper due by 11:00AM
    10 M Fall Break
   
    12 W Lecture #21
Astrology Quiz on chapters 7 and 8 of Sagan
    14 F Lecture #22
Astrology Quiz on They See Dead People, Or Do They?
    17 M Lecture #23
Experimental Reproducibility Quiz on chapters 9 and 10 of Sagan
    19 W Lecture #24
Experimental Reproducibility Quiz on chapters 11 and 12 of Sagan
    21 F Lecture #25
Psychics Homework #4 due by 11:00AM
    24 M Lecture #26
Psychics Quiz on chapters 13 and 14 of Sagan
    26 W Lecture #27
Psychics Quiz on chapters 15 and 16 of Sagan
    28 F Lecture #28
Near Death Experiences Homework #5 due by 11:00AM
    31 M Lecture #29
Afterlife? Quiz on chapters 17 and 18 of Sagan
Nov 02 W Lecture #30
Talking to the Dead Quiz on chapters 19 and 20 of Sagan
    04 F Lecture #31
Talking to the Dead
    07 M Lecture #32
Talking to the Dead Quiz on chapters 1 and 2 of Battersby
    09 W Lecture #33
Propaganda Quiz on chapters 3 and 4 of Battersby
    11 F Lecture #34
Propaganda
    14 M Lecture #35
Propaganda Quiz on chapters 5 and 6 of Battersby
    16 W Lecture #36
Unintended Consequences Quiz on chapters 7 and 8 of Battersby
    18 F Lecture #37
Probabilistic Fallacies Midterm paper rewrites due by 11:00AM
    21 M Lecture #38
Probabilistic Fallacies Quiz on chapters 9 and 10 of Battersby
    23 W No classes
   
    25 F Thanksgiving
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    28 M Lecture #39
Eyewitness Testimony Quiz on chapters 11 and 12 of Battersby
Dec 30 W Lecture #40
Eyewitness Testimony Quiz on chapter 13 of Battersby
    02 F Lecture #41
Scams and Swindles 3-page Book review #2 due by 11:00 AM
    05 M Lecture #42
Survey; CFB Evaluations Homework #6 due by 11:00AM
    08 R Final Exam
1130-1430 in room 153 Fondren Science  






Lecture Topics:

2012 Maya Non-apocalypse; Abstinence Only; The Age of the Earth; AIDS/HIV Denial Alternative Medicine; Assumptions; Astrology; Bermuda Triangle; Cannibalism; Causation; Cold Reading; Talking to the Dead; Controversy and Denial; Creationism; Death Penalty; Tool for Decision Analysis DNA, Art Fraud; ESP; Second-hand Smoke (ETS); Experiment Design; What is Evidence?; Eyewitness Testimony; Faith Healing; Flat Earth; Global Warming; Hoaxes; Intelligent Design Creationism; Induction and Deduction; Introduction; Law of Unintended Consequences; How to Lie with Statistics; Trofim Lysenko; Modern Art; Natural Selection; Observation and Perception; Patents; The Placebo Effect; Peak Oil; Polls; Probability; Propaganda; Recognizing Pseudoscience; Psychics; Conceptions about Risk; Modern Scams; Scams, Frauds, and ID Theft; The Scientific Method; Science and Religion; Shroud of Turin; Skeletons in the Physics Closet; Dr. Snow and Cholera; Barry Marshall and Ulcers; Searching for the Star; Stellar Evolution; Student Presentations; Threshold Phenomena; UFOs; Vaccines do not Cause Autism; They See Dead People, Or Do They?









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