Assignments:
A. Discussions
Discussion questions and responses will be due throughout the semester. I like to think of the questions and responses as providing the main locomotive and continuity for the course.
On designated days (see "Schedule/Assignments" below), you will be asked to submit QUESTIONS of your own and RESPONSES to other classmates pertaining to the assigned course material.
Discussion questions and responses need not be intricate, penetrating theses with ten different sub-queries, but they should be a bit more profound in content than: Question: "Uh...what was the point of this essay?" or Response: "Yeah, I'm down with Kant, too."
The goal of the discussion exchanges is to demonstrate an engagement with and understanding of certain concepts and/or themes addressed in the readings (or viewings or listenings), as well as to engage with one another as fellow scholars.
In terms of your questions, one way to demonstrate your engagement is by way of isolating select passages/quotes and providing your potential respondent with a sense of why this passage speaks to a specific concern you have about the reading, or some clarification you are seeking, etc. (If you do use quotes, don't forget page numbers!)
In terms of your responses, the goal is to engage your classmates' questions in a meaningful way. Don't just agree/disagree/something in between...support your response. If a quote/passage was provided in the question, try and "unpack" it for us-in your own words, what do you think the author meant? Target a paragraph, minimum.
Keep in mind that some questions are better than others (at least in the sense where "better" means more critical, more thought-provoking, more engaged)...and thus some questions tend to inspire better responses than other questions.
I will endeavor to comment on each and every exchange that takes place, and let you know after I have done so. I will send grades for discussion board assignment to each student through separate e-mail. Grades for discussion board assignment are a combination of two grades-one for your question, one for your response.
All discussion board submissions/exchanges should also:
• Be civil.
• Be engaged.
• Cite references and/or quoted sources, if applicable.
• Be well-written. In other words, resist the typical conventions of electronic communication. Try to avoid being too informal, too personal, too much like you're talking casually to a friend (even if you're telling him or her how much you love philosophy and your "Meaning of the Arts" class!).
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