Most reading assignments will be followed with some sort of informal evaluation, whether it be a short quiz or an impromptu writing. Your classwork grade is based on these evaluations plus your participation in group work, peer reviews of essays, library and lab exercises. In addition, one or more individual conferences will be required in order to discuss various aspects of your research paper. Your attendance at these conferences with the specified work completed is mandatory. Although you will be given some lab time to workshop your papers, most of the lab time will be used for specific tasks that will be evaluated as part of the classwork grade.
Research is very time-consuming so be prepared to spend many additional hours outside of class.
Consult the Arts and Sciences web page for a schedule of open labs. You must participate in these workshop sessions. I will not accept a final research paper unless I have seen it in progress. No matter what word processing program you use at home, you must use Word 7 on lab days. Learn to convert your files if you use a different program at home so that you can continue to work on the same document.