Starting in the second week of class, I will take attendance at the end of each lecture. You will receive half a point for being in class and half a point for answering a question on an international current event. My current event questions will be taken from the international section of the New York Times. You can keep up with international events in any manner you choose to, but I strongly suggest that you subscribe to the free New York Times email service. All the required readings can be found at the undergraduate library reserve in Capen Hall.
All articles are also available online.
Instructions regarding how to download the articles are posted on the class web page. There are no dates scheduled for each separate lecture, but I will keep you updated when we move from one lecture to the next. 2 nd Edition. St. Martin s Press, 1995. From 1500 to Modern Times .