• Active Participation: this includes, but is not limited to, attending class, listening respectfully, asking good questions and participating in discussion in a way that reflects familiarity with, and conscientious consideration of, the readings. 15%
• Short (~300 words) Reading Responses: (7x5%) max submission 1/week. You must submit at least 3 reading responses by the fifth week of class (one week skip), the remainder may be submitted by the last week of class (two weeks skip). You cannot submit more than 7 reading responses. These responses are meant to develop and demonstrate your understanding of the material. Submit a concise paraphrase of a pivotal portion of the reading and explain how it relates to the author's overall claim before briefly raising a critical question about an element (premise) of the reasoning at work in the portion that you paraphrase. Responses are due by 11:59pm the night before the class in which that reading will be discussed. 35%
• In-class reflections (~200 words) (3x5%): At the end of some classes, students will be given 20 minutes to write a reflection on the reading and class discussion for that week. These reflections are intended to extend the dialogue created through the class discussion. Students may use this opportunity to identify something they may not have understood, to raise further questions or objections that were not addressed, or to respond to aspects of the dialogue where they think a meaningful contribution could be made. Students may submit four in class reflections and only have their three best marks counted. 15%
• Term Paper Outline: Students will submit an outline for their paper a week after paper topics for the term are distributed so that they can receive and integrate feedback from their outline into their final paper. 10%
• Term Paper (2000-2250 words) 25%

NOTES:

Written work for this course will be submitted via Turnitin, a third party service licensed for use by SFU. Turnitin is used for originality checking to help detect plagiarism. Students will be required to create an account with Turnitin, and to submit their work via that account, on the terms stipulated in the agreement between the student and Turnitin. This agreement includes the retention of your submitted work as part of the Turnitin database. Any student with a concern about using the Turnitin service may opt to use an anonymous identity in their interactions with Turnitin. Students who do not intend to use Turnitin in the standard manner must notify the instructor at least two weeks in advance of any submission deadline. In particular, it is the responsibility of any student using the anonymous option (i.e. false name and temporary e-mail address created for the purpose) to inform the instructor such that the instructor can match up the anonymous identity with the student.