Reading Memos

This course should be viewed primarily as a seminar which means that your thoughts, criticisms, and interests will drive the course. Good discussion requires you to be prepared. If you take the time to read and write up your thoughts prior to class, we will undoubtedly have better discussions, therefore I will require you to prepare a memo each week of 1-2 pages on the readings for the week. These memos should NOT be summaries of the readings, but rather should be reactions to, questions about, or commentaries on specific points in the reading you found particularly interesting and would like to discuss further in class. I have arranged for a listserv that we will use to distribute our comments to each other. I will give you details on how to use the listserv during the first class.

You must submit your comments to the listserv by class time on Monday. This will allow everyone time to read each other's comments before the discussion on Wednesdays. Over the course of the semester, you must submit a total of 10 memos (this gives you 2 vacation weeks).