Textbooks will include two books of Professor Tart s, Altered States of Consciousness and States of Consciousness . This kind of question will be looked at from empirical and scientific points of view, rather than as issues of faith or belief, in accordance with both the charter of the Bigelow Chair and Professor Tart s own interests and expertise. Note this program is available for downloading from this web site . Each will consist of 40 multiple choice questions. Each quiz and the final exam will be comprehensive to varying degrees, covering all course material to date, not just material since the last quiz.
Quizzes cover the readings, lecture material, and answers to questions in lectures.
The lectures will be more understandable if you have read the reading assignments for that day before you come to lecture. The readings are fairly integrated with the lecture topics, but go into greater depth. There are a lot of readings, so keep up with them. A form of contract grading will be used. The extra credit work consists of creating and turning in 4 multiple choice type questions on the readings and lectures, on time , for the next 16 weeks.