The final exam will include an evaluation of your understanding of major ideas we discuss during the term. In addition to doing the reading and preparing for class, you will have a standing weekly assignment. Your weekly assignment is to submit the three main questions you had, or that you think would be good synthesis, discussion, or exam questions, as well as two points that struck you as being particularly significant from the week's assigned reading. Those questions must be brought to class so that you can refer to them as the discussion on the week's reading unfolds. Your questions and points of interest are to be computer generated.
Weekly assignments are due before the end of the class period each week.
An assignment is late if the hard copy of an assignment is handed in after class on the due date. If the work is submitted via e-mail the assignment is considered to be late if it is sent after then beginning of the class on the due date. Late work will be accepted only until the assignment in question is handed back to the rest of the class. In any case, you must contact me immediately if you hope to make up missed work. Be aware that the turn-around time between an assignment due date and its return can be quite short.