In each you will be asked to address specific questions designed to encourage you to reflect on the readings, lectures, and discussions and to encourage you to develop critical analyses of the issues raised by those questions. For the third essay you will do independent research on one of the theoretical debates discussed in class and examine how that debate has developed since the moment captured on the syllabus. Each exam will be essay format with both short and long essays. The exams will be designed to evaluate your grasp of the major concepts of the course. The presentations will be given during the scheduled final exam for the course, December 19th, at which time the written portion of the presentation is also due.
Attendance is important.
A record of attendance will be kept using a sign-in sheet for each class meeting. It is your responsibility to make sure your name is on the sign-in sheet. Plagiarism will be not be tolerated and will result in automatic failure of the course. Information and ideas that are not your own must be appropriately cited. Najma Chowdhury et.