The topic as well as what you argue concerning the topic will be completely at your discretion. I strongly suggest that you choose topics that you enjoy, ones that you will like reading and writing about, because nothing is worse than trying to develop a great paper about a subject that completely bores you. There will be 3 of these, and the lowest grade of the three will be dropped and will not count towards your final course grade. This will be your final paper, and it will be 8-10 pages long. Researching for a larger paper can be tedious and time-consuming, so do not pick a topic which you despise.
Late papers are subject to a reduction of one letter grade for each day that they are late.
Late journals are automatically reduced by half their value. In-class assignments are not made up. These reasons must be deemed justifiable by the instructor. This includes information from the WWW or any other electronic source, even if the site specifically states that you are allowed to download and use any portion and claim it as your own. It also includes overly helpful relatives and friends who are too generous with their input for the paper, no matter how pure their intentions are.