Most of the class sessions deal with topics discussed in the textbook. Please study the assigned reading in advance to prepare for the class session, thinking carefully about it and writing down notes and questions. You may also supplement the reading with your own research, studying related topics in other books or in texts available on the Web.

The class sessions are a mix of discussions and lectures. Please attend as many sessions as you can and submit makeup work for any sessions that you miss.

In discussion sessions, please be prepared both to ask questions about the topic of the day and to answer questions by exchanging thoughts and relevant information with other participants in the course.

In lecture sessions, please listen attentively and raise questions whenever you don't understand what I've said, whenever you suspect that I've made a mistake, and whenever I've avoided a topic that you want to know about.

Please submit a satisfactory solution to every homework exercise.

Finally, please schedule your end-of-semester travel and activity plans carefully, so as to be able to take the final examination for the course at the scheduled time: Thursday, May 19, from 2 to 5 p.m.

If you have specific physical, psychological, or learning disabilities and require accommodations, please let me know early in the semester so that we can work out appropriate arrangements.