This is a discussion class, not a lecture. Attendance is important missing more than four classes is grounds for being dropped from the class. Equally important is recognizing that passive observation is a not viable classroom strategy for this course. These are straightforward assignments that will ask you to discuss one of two proposed questions. The questions will be distributed a week before the essay is due, and linked on-line to this syllabus.
Essays are due in class, on the dates indicated below on the schedule.
Two brief writing assignments of a less traditional format. The assignments will be distributed in class and on-line, and due at the following class. These are single-page assignments, and you should have fun with them. For each reading, you should try to prepare a simple one-page outline of the reading before class. You should begin with a couple of sentences that capture the nature of the reading and the author s objectives.