The main emphasis of this course will be on keeping up with and engaging with the reading, through written responses and in class discussion. For almost every class meeting there will be a required reading and a required written response. I will collect these responses at the beginning of the class meeting at which they are due. It is essential that class members keep up with the reading, and thus I cannot accept late responses. If you keep up with the reading and engage with it at a challenging level, you are likely to do well in the course.
Attendance is important.
We cover a lot of material every day. The Cuban Missile Crisis.