Nonduality in Indian and Tibetan Thought: Course Requirements

Course Requirements

Students will post to the course bulletin board (accessible through CourseWorks@Columbia) a response to the weekly readings. Responses should be about one page in length. These submissions are a required part of the coursework. Content is more important than form; you should try to avoid spelling and grammar mistakes, but your postings are not expected to be polished essays.
In referring to source material of any kind, you should make specific references using appropriate forms of citation.
Reading responses must be posted at least 24 hours before class (by 2:00 PM on the Wednesday before class). Please Note:
- Posting is not optional. To miss a posting is equivalent to missing a class. There can be no "make-up" postings later in the week (or semester).
- Late postings cannot be accepted. In order to enable all other participants to have time to read (and potentially respond to) your inspired, thought-provoking posting, there can be no late postings within any given week. 2:00 PM Wednesday will be a strict deadline.
- Responses to others' postings are encouraged at any time. Converse! Debate!

Surf the Web: Students are encouraged to suggest Web sites related to our course (Hindu/Buddhist/Western views on nonduality).
Write up a brief review/description of the site (a few sentences), and email us the review and the web address (URL).
We will add the link and review to the online materials for the course.

Class participants will develop descriptive labels for different broad topic areas.
Each student will post to the course bulletin board a paper topic by November 25, including an indication of the topic area in which it belongs, and will then post an abstract by December 1. These postings are in addition to the required weekly postings to the bulletin board.
Students are encouraged to communicate with others writing on the same (or a similar) topic area. This will enable the sharing of relevant bibliographic sources, reviews, etc.