In order to encourage you to be prepared for class discussion, I will provide you with study questions each week. You must prepare written answers to these questions. Answering these questions will help you get the readings done, direct you to significant issues, and allow us all to focus on the same questions so as to facilitate class discussion. However, completion of these questions in a satisfactory manner does contribute significantly to your final grade. Attendance Your participation in class discussion is extremely important to your education in these materials.
Attendance is therefore mandatory.
We will meet approximately 32 times this semester. Because I understand that people get sick, sometimes choose to study or finish work for other classes, go to job interviews, and so forth, you will be allowed two unexcused absences with no questions asked. The assignments will consist of a report based upon an interview with family members and a paper that analyzes the events or people that we will study in class.