Requirements (see class blackboard/website for
additional details):
- Active participation in class
discussions (20%)
- One paragraph-long answer to a
Blackboard reading question due by 12
pm the day of each class (20%)
- 3-page paper (~500-750 words) OR an oral presentation of 8-10 minutes on a reading question,
your interpretation of an aspect of the reading, or your background
research on historical context of the reading (10%)
- 4 to 5-page paper (~1000-1200 words)
due (15%)
- Final 10 to 12-page (~2000 to 2500
word) research, interpretive, or “alternative” paper (25%)
- Take home final exam (10%) – waived
for students who miss no more than 2 blackboard responses AND no more than
2 classes during the course of the semester (I will apportion the 10%
equally between class participation and blackboard responses for these
students)