Paper topics will be distributed in advance and will ask students to analyze and discuss material covered in class. Guidelines for papers will be handed out in class. Part II of the coursepack will be available before spring break. V. Polakow, Lives on the Edge , Ch. There is no final exam for this course.
Plagiarism results in a zero for the work submitted, so it's crucial to understand the concept.
Just as scientists demand complete and accurate information about experiments so that they duplicate and check those experiments, so scholars and readers demand complete information so they can check your use of sources and accuracy in reporting what others said.