Absences can affect your grade adversely, especially by your missing material introduced in class which may not be covered in the assigned reading. Any absences in excess of four will result in one point for each absence being deducted from your final average for the course. Please inform me of any special circumstances. Major teaching methods include your reading, my lectures, and class discussion. Tests and the final exam are on material introduced in class as well as assigned reading.
Tests are usually questions to be answered by essays.
The final exam will be comprehensive. Each test is of equal weight. Make-up tests are rarely given. I will evaluate each situation individually. I do expect to be informed as to the reason for a missed hour test.