Every piece of graded work in the course, what it is worth, and when it is due.
Weights should sum to 100.
Close description report
A rigorous descriptive-phenomenology essay on one experience from the first half of the semester
Due 15 March 2027 · Weight: 15%
Paired curation project
Curate the thrill of anticipation and the warmth of morning sunlight, each once with someone you know and once with someone you don't
Due 29 March 2027 · Weight: 20%
Induced experience project
Design and run a deliberate attempt to induce one of the course's target experiences, then document what actually happened
Due 12 April 2027 · Weight: 20%
Noticing log
The semester-long journal of your weekly practicum entries, submitted together near the end of term
Due 3 May 2027 · Weight: 15%
Final portfolio: The hard problem, lived
A capstone synthesis arguing your own position on whether describing an experience can ever close the gap with living it
Due 24 May 2027 · Weight: 30%