They are take home exams that include short definition and essay questions. They are all worth 100 points and will count for 80 percent of the final grade. There will also be a short project assigned from the Egendorf reader that I will discuss in class. It will count for 20 percent of the final grade. The midterm exams will be passed out on Thursday, February 17 and Thursday, March 30.
Midterms are due one week after they are passed out.
This scale, however, is not set in stone. I do not take roll regularly, but each student is expected to attend the classes. Much of the material on the exam comes from the lectures and you will have a difficult time in passing the course if all you do is read the book. If you end up between grades and have not regularly attended the lectures, you will get the lower grade. The last day to drop an individual course is Friday, March 17, 2000.