This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Syllabus

Course Meeting Times

Seminar: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session

Assignments

Students are responsible for:

Each week's reading
2-3 page weekly response paper
Co-leadership of one class, providing questions for discussion that day
10-12 page research paper
Class presentation

We will also experiment with the forms in which we write. Students may choose to write their response papers in the form of letters to the editor and/or op-ed pieces.

Grading

Grading criteria.
ACTIVITies	PERCENTAGEs
Class participation and leading discussion	20%
Eight response papers	40%
Research paper and presentation	40%

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