Every student is expected to be an active participant in the discussion and analysis of the course material. It reflects the ability to use the interpretive skill of seeing the relationships between facts and theories. Here one knows not just the results or conclusions of methods or theories in a subject, but can summarize or reproduce the arguments and logic by which these results were achieved. This course is structured to involve student participation. Class attendance and class preparation are necessary for participation in exploring the issues of the course.
Regular attendance is required as is punctual reading of assignments.
It is the responsibility of any student who misses three class sessions during the semester to confer with the instructor to see whether he or she should continue the course. Marger, Chapter 1. Marger, Chapter 3. In Takaki, From Different Shores. Racial Minorities in the Mass Media.