Since this class is a colloquium, it is discussion-centered. For this reason, all students are expected to attend class and participate regularly. Class participation involves active contribution to the advancement of learning by completing the day's assignment, raising questions about the material, answering questions raised by the instructor or other students, making pertinent comments, encouraging discussion, and by regular attendance. In addition, each student will be responsible for a formal presentation of material on an assigned topic at some point during the semester. Civility is expected of all during class sessions.
All readings are to be completed before the class for which they are assigned.
Please bring the day's reading to class. Completion of the reading for this class involves more than passive absorption or skimming the text. Any unknown words must be looked up in a dictionary, and any difficult passages read more than once.