The short papers are due at the very beginning of the section during which the reading is to be discussed, and thus should act as a stimulus to conversation. They cannot revise a previous short paper, however. Students will take two blue-book, essay exams, a midterm and a final . These exams will entail writing integrative essays. In the exam essays, students are expected to make explicit reference to as many of the course readings as are pertinent to the exam questions.
Students can expect to be asked to answer one of a few possible exam questions.
Part I of the course. The final exam covers the Introduction and Parts I and II-the entire course. Weekly discussion sections will be devoted to understanding the readings and relating them to one another and to themes raised in the lectures. The T.A.'s are responsible for developing their own grading criteria for each section, and will also grade the papers and exams. Research papers of roughly 7-10 pages are due on Monday, June 1, at the start of class.