Jeff Liss, Coordinator of Humanities and Instructor of English

Teaching Schedule Summer 2024

Hum7.981 CRN 54274

This is an online six-week course (6/10/24 to 7/21/24). Two mandatory Zoom meetings every Tuesday and Thursday (except for holidays, if any) from 12:10 to 2:00pm. This accelerated course moves very fast, with assignments due three times a week, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.

The course also depends on students attending the meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on.

Required textbook: Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Prentice Hall (10th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134168975) 

Teaching Schedule Fall 2024

PLEASE BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE COURSE YOU'RE CHOOSING:

DOES IT MEET FOR 8 WEEKS OR 16 WEEKS? (If it's 8 weeks, are you confident taking an accelerated course?)

CAN YOU ATTEND THE REQUIRED LIVE ZOOM MEETINGS (if any)?

CAN YOU ATTEND THE REQUIRED LIVE IN-PERSON MEETINGS (if any)?

Engl1A.944 CRN 73302

This is an online sixteen-week course (9/3/24 to 12/20/24). One mandatory Zoom meeting every Wednesday (except for holidays, if any) from 12:10 to 2:15pm. The course depends on students attending the meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on.

Required textbooks

TO BE ANNOUNCED

Engl48C.931 CRN 73452

This is an online sixteen-week course (9/3/24 to 12/20/24) which is an elective focused on enjoyment of the subject matter with less writing and academic pressure than composition courses like Engl 1A, 1B, and 1C.

Completely online with no mandatory Zoom meetings. The course depends on students being self motivated to watch recorded lectures and complete quizzes about their content.

Required textbooks

TO BE ANNOUNCED

Hum7.961 CRN 70750

This is an online eight-week course (9/3/24 to 10/27/24) on the Flex 1 schedule (the first half of the semester). Two mandatory meetings every Tuesday and Thursday (except for holidays, if any) from 10:10 to 11:25am:

• We will have live meetings on campus for the beginning and end of the semester (9/3, 9/5, 9/10, 9/12, 10/17, 10/22, and 10/24).

• We will have Zoom meetings in the middle of the semester (9/17, 9/19, 9/24, 9/26, 10/1, 10/3, 10/8, and 10/10).

This accelerated course moves very fast, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.

The course also depends on students attending the meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on for Zoom meetings.

Required textbook: Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Prentice Hall (10th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134168975) 

Hum7.984 CRN 73590

This is an online eight-week course (10/28/24 to 12/20/24) on the Flex 2 schedule (the second half of the semester). One mandatory Zoom meeting every Tuesday (except for holidays, if any) from 10:10 to 12:25pm. This accelerated course moves very fast, so students should prepare by being sure there is time in their schedule for the faster pace.

The course also depends on students attending the meetings; please do not register for it if your schedule doesn't allow for you to attend. Interaction is expected and your camera will be on.

Required textbook: Fisher, Mary Pat. Living Religions. Prentice Hall (10th Edition, ISBN-13: 978-0134168975) 

Humanities 7 or 8: What's the difference?

Please see our listings in the college catalog for the descriptions of these two courses. Although they cover the same six of the major world religions (Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and Daoism), they have key differences:

• Humanities 7: Comparative Religions works from a textbook whereas in Humanities 8: Philosophies of Religion, we read excerpts from the sacred scriptures and commentaries on them. This makes Humanities 8 a bit more challenging in terms of the level of reading.

• Humanities 7 takes on contemporary issues with religion somewhat more; Humanities 8 tends to be more about the founding of the religion as well as the interpretation and close reading of the text of the sacred scriptures.

Writing in Humanities 7 and 8

Both courses require two essays which may require research, except for six- or eight-week semesters, which will only require one essay. 

• Humanities courses expect to work in parallel with English Department composition courses, so the standards are the same.

• Essays will not be graded as rigorously, however, so students with little experience in writing should feel comfortable trying out writing academic essays in this class. The instructor will provide guidance towards English Department standards.

• Writing on Discussions will give students practice for writing essays.

Coordinator Duties and Course Equivalencies

Jeff serves as Coordinator of the Humanities program within the English Department. If you have Course Equivalency Forms for him to review and sign, send them to jliss@ccsf.edu (please do not use this e-mail address as a student in one of his classes). Remember that equivalency requests should have the following attached: a transcript, a description of the course from your former school's course catalog (or a syllabus), and a Course Equivalency form you can fill out with your counselor.

Keep in mind for Course Equivalencies that many courses under the larger umbrella of "Humanities" are not Jeff's responsibility. For example, forms for courses like Philosophy and Sociology should go to the Chair of Social Sciences to approve Course Equivalency.