Generalizations and case-specific details. Opportunities to learn include lectures, discussions initiated by student questions, the course web page, assigned readings, and a term paper. No make-up exam will be available except in situations where the professor is notified of a legitimate absence. The only make-up exam opportunity will be near the end of the course and will involve long essay questions. Only the top 3 of these will be counted in each student's final grade, and no make-up options will be offered.
Students can participate in a group-structured, optional term paper exercise.
The papers are written individually, but a group-process is used to enhance the learning opportunity. The following scale will be used, with the possible exception that lower cut-off levels could be lowered. Each of these will be featured more prominently in some lectures than others.