All are weighted equally. All students must take all exams. NO, you may not be excused from the final. The date and time for the final are determined by the Registrar. University regulations prohibit me from giving anyone the final sooner or later.
Exams consist of short-answer identification and essay questions.
All students will write an essay that conforms to the following assignment. The page count includes actual text only, not title pages, reference pages, etc. Give your paper a title that makes it clear what your topic is. Be sure to provide proper citations for your sources, even if they are the texts or lectures from this course. You are not required to do additional research, unless it is needed to substantiate claims that you make that cannot be supported by the evidence available from course materials.