Books have not been placed on reserve in the library in order to facilitate individual academic and work schedules. Students are strongly urged to acquire copies of all course texts for future use. Students are expected to attend all classes. Excused absences due to personal illness, as well as illness or death in the family, must be documented. The combined total of excused and unexcused absences cannot exceed three class meetings.
Students can review their grades with the instructor as frequently as they wish.
Quizzes are to last no longer than 15 minutes. The goal of the quiz is to provide a framework for the discussion of the readings assigned for that meeting of the class. Topics for the research paper must be discussed with the instructor before beginning work on the project. Paper topics can be on any aspect of socialist realism within any of the branches of the culture industry. Students are encouraged to meet with the instructor periodically to review their grades and progress in the course.