This course is a heavy reading course. My intent for this course, however, is that you motivate yourself to learn because you want to. I hope that you take the subject matter and the course seriously because it has direct meaning for you and the lives around you. More than 3 unexcused classes automatically results in partial deduction from your letter grade in the course. You should notify the instructor in writing or email that you will be missing a class or have to leave the class early.
Attitude is everything to classroom learning.
Be respectful and enable others. Disregarding others limits yourself and your own growth. If in class each quiz will be 15-30 min long and will be announced as open or closed book. Time allotments for quizzes will be strictly held to. Discussion of weekly assigned article material.