Requirements include regular, active participation and three papers.
Participation combines a variety of factors.
One is attendance . If you miss more than two classes without very good reason, I will begin taking your participation grade down. Papers Papers should be argumentative. The longer paper will be in place of the final, and due at the time the final exam was scheduled. As for grading papers , it's impossible to put down hard and fast rules, but the following rules of thumb might give you an idea of what I am looking for.