To be able to refute revisionists historians and deniers who claim there never was a Holocaust. To raise our consciousness to contemporary examples of inhumanity. The required texts for the course are listed on the class calendar. A detailed description of the assignments, readings and exams are covered in the class calendar. There will be three or four take-home exams, the specific questions, material to be covered, due dates and an outline of the writing requirements, are detailed in the class calendar and exam schedule.
Exams are due on the date specified unless modified by the class and instructor.
For every four days the exams are late, the grade will be lowered one full letter. Each test is of equal value, but steady improvement across the semester will be considered in determining the final grade. This reflects the philosophy that where one stands at the end of the semester is a better measure of learning then performance on an single early exam. In other words, I do give credit for improvement where the grades are borderline. The final grade us ultimately determined by the cumulative performance across all the take-home exams.