A principal goal will be to gain intensive experience with close reading, discussion, and written analysis of primary sources. We will also acquaint ourselves with the insights and debates of modern scholars. Grades for all assignments will be based primarily on the signs that you show of having given serious thought to the course materials. In calculating your course grade I will give credit for improved performance. Feel free to consult me as we go along about how you are doing.
Attendance is required at all class meetings.
Students who miss more that three class meetings for unacceptable reasons will be dropped from the course. I will advise you and your mentor if and when your next absence will have this result. Students who are egregiously or habitually late to class, or who come to class unprepared, will be counted as absent. Incompletes will be assigned only in case of a grave and documentable emergency. By enrolling in this course, you agree to inform yourself of these policies and to abide by them.