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Summer 1999 -- 1st Term |
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Class lectures and discussion will be supplemented with a number of in-class exercises designed to help students engage in critical thinking and master skills necessary for effective critical decision making. Additionally, students will participate in actual decision making in class during three graded oral performances: a discussion, a debate, and a persuasive argument. Full participation in these three performances is necessary to passing the course. Students are expected to be working on their group's problem continuously throughout the term. Examination . There will be one examination, approximately halfway through the term, consisting of short-answer and essay questions, over the readings, class materials, and discussions. There will be no final examination.Written Assignments . There will be five separately graded written assignments: four out-of class written exercises and a final position paper. |
Beth S. Bennett, bbennett@bama.ua.edu. Created 9 June 1999.