The current prompts for the 2009-10 version of the course are listed below. Prompts are sometimes available in advance, but they're subject to revision right up to the time they're printed and distributed.

Winter term:

• Prompt # 9 January 14: A story and an exercise
• Prompt # 10 January 19: Choices and beliefs: how framing works
• Prompt # 11 January 19: Choices and beliefs: how framing works, part 2
• Prompt # 12 January 21: Choices and beliefs: how framing works, part 3
• Prompt # 13 January 26: Choices and beliefs: how framing works, part 4
• Prompt # 14 January 28: Who's talking?
• Prompt # 15 March 16: Digging into believing
• Prompt # 16 March 18: Assuming and believing
• Prompt # 17 March 23: Who's talking?

• Prompt # 1 October 1: Getting started in English
• Prompt # 2 October 6: Thinking about beliefs and reading
• Prompt # 3 October 8: Still thinking about beliefs and reading
• Prompt # 4 October 13: Our beliefs and reading: going deeper
• Prompt # 5 October 15: Some specific examples; focusing on the author
• Prompt # 6 October 20: Learning about research, and about the author
• Prompt # 7 October 22: Shanley's aims, and those of other writers
• Prompt # 8 October 27: Those two reviews