Your journal should focus on the content of the course and, in particular, each week s reading assignment. Do not fall into the trap of simply summarizing each week s readings this may tell me something about your ability to summarize but nothing about your ability to think and engage with the course material or to locate it in a broader context. In this respect, it focuses on you as a participant in the course and should be of value to you as something more than just one more piece of work to be submitted for assessment. You should begin to keep the journal from the beginning of the course. Your journal should be more than a literature review or a summary of the course.
Journals are due at the end of every other week .
Final grades will be based on the accumulation of scores at the end of the semester. No letter grades will be assigned until the end of the semester. Such satisfactory performance should include familiarity with the concept of the course as shown by an acceptable mastery of the information, concepts and skills involved, and regular participation in the work of the class. It involves excellence in some aspect of the work, such as completeness, accuracy, detail of knowledge, or effective independent work. A grade of F indicates an unacceptable level of performance.