| You are expected to attend and participate in all classes and complete
all readings and written assignments. Please note that if you have more
than 4 absences you can be failed or dropped from the course (department
policy). If you have more than 2 absences, you can expect your grade to
drop by one third, i.e. a B becomes a B- (ditto). Absences for religious
holidays will not be counted against you if you tell me in advance.
Each week, you will be required to post a response paragraph (around
half a page or so) on the class web bulletin board (can be found in ACIS
directory of classes with "CUB Boards"). You may analyze a particular
passage that strikes you, describe your overall reaction to the text,
discuss a particular image or symbol, etc. I will try to suggest possible
ideas and passages to explore, although you are free to write on whatever
topic you choose, provided it is closely related to the text in question.
The idea is to make your reading more active and engaged. These paragraphs
are to be posted before 2 p.m. every Monday so I (and your fellow
students, if they like) will have time to read them before class. Please
also bring me a hard copy of your work so that I may refer to it in class.
You may skip up to 5 of these assignments without penalty. If you skip
more than 5, your semester grade will be lowered. (In other words, since
there are 14 Mondays in the semester, you are expected to turn in response
paragraphs for 9 of those 14 Mondays. Please make an effort to keep up
with how many you have handed in.)
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