To encourage this practice, I will give up to 64 points for good lecture notes. Your lecture notes will be graded for thoroughness and accuracy. To ensure proper credit, your lecture notes must be dated for each class session. Please be prepared to turn in your notebooks on the dates noted. It will be virtually impossible to earn the points without actually attending class.
Participation is optional.
However, for those students whose course work is not uniformly outstanding, class participation may be the way to improve one s final grade. Participation points constitute the only available extra credit work for the class. These points would be subtracted at the end of the semester from total points earned for coursework. My e-mail box is always open. Should it happen to you over the next few weeks and you find yourself unable to give adequate attention to the course, I hope you will let me know.