In addition to a formal analysis and an interpretation of the building, you should include a brief history of the structure and the role it played in its city's history. Include images of the building in your paper. You should use at least five sources to support the research for this paper and cite those sources properly following the Chicago Manual of Style format. The exams will consist of several identifications of buildings and terms and two essays first identifying, and then comparing and contrasting buildings. Like the requirement for Paper 2, you should include both a formal analysis and an interpretation of the buildings.
Any information concerning the buildings' relationships to their historic periods is also important.
Excellent essays will follow the general guidelines cited above for evaluating written work. For advice on writing exam essays, see the Barnet book, pages 265-269. In addition to using your books as sources of images to study for exams, there are a number of useful websites with good images of modern architecture. If you stop coming to class and do not contact the registrar, you will end up receiving a failing grade even if you attended only once. Appropriate accommodations are arranged after you've presented the required documentation of your disability to DSS, and you have conferred with the DSS counselor.