Students are responsible for attending each class session, being excellent readers, fully engaging in our class discussions, and nurturing a civil environment in which we all learn. Graded coursework consists of five quizzes, two take-home questions, and a critical essay due throughout the semester. A limit of three absences will be granted to each student. Each additional absence will result in the loss of points from the final grade. Excessive absences will result in failure of the course.
All deadlines are firm.
In case of emergencies, the professor should be contacted as far in advance as possible. We will adhere strictly to the Vanderbilt Honor Code. Coursework is calculated according to following point distribution. In this course we will encounter the oratorical genius Parker describes, and determine whether such eloquence continued to flourish beyond the Golden Age of American Oratory. We will venture to discover what constitutes oratorical genius, and under what circumstances it volleys forth.