The workshop is essential to this course and is in many ways the heart of the learning process. Each student will have several papers workshopped by the class. Active participation in the workshops is expected. It is your job to get the most out of your workshop. This class is a community, and you have a responsibility here not only to yourselves but to each other.
Attendance is therefore mandatory.
In keeping with departmental policy, however, you will be allowed up to two unexcused absences. Each additional absence will result in the reduction of the final grade by two thirds of a letter grade. Thus a student who earns a final letter grade of B-minus will receive a of C if he or she is absent three times, and a grade of No Credit if he or she is absent four times. Students must come to class fully prepared, with assignments complete, with their floppy disks, a highlighting pen, and their portfolio. You must write all of your essays in Wordperfect 6.1 or 5.1 and bring two floppy disks with your essays on them to class so that we may access these documents in Bryan 203.