Category: Uncategorized

Final papers have been graded. You should be able to check your grade by going to Brightspace. You can see my comments by clicking on the turnitin link.

Let me know if you have any questions!
Dr. M

The test will be will be administered on Brightspace and will be available from 2:30-3:45pm. You can take the test on any computer—you can take it in class, but you don’t need to come to class. You can find it by navigating to “Quizzes” in Brightspace after 2:30pm.

The exam is open book and open notes. I recommend that you study carefully for it by filling out the study sheet ahead of time. Most of the questions require understanding concepts, not simply repeating answers from the study sheet.

Do NOT plagiarize from the internet. Utilizing answers from class materials and lectures is acceptable. Plagiarism from the internet is grounds for a zero score on the test.

You can start it any time within the normal class period (2:30-3:45pm) and will receive a full 75 minutes to take the test. It is possible to pause the test and come back later, but the clock will keep ticking and you only have 75 minutes total to take the test. You will not be able to resume after 3:45pm.

If you need a special exception you need to contact me. If for some reason you don’t contact me and also don’t take it at the appointed time, you will need a documented excuse (either medical or related to bereavement) for permission to take it at another time.

I will be available both in the class and via email during normal class hours. Get in touch quickly if you have any questions or problems. Good luck and best wishes!

Dr. M

We will review for the final exam today during class. Remember to fill out the study sheet ahead of time. See you there!

Dr. M

See the earlier reminder post. 

Any remaining (late) written work must be submitted by midnight on 12/16 if you would like it to figure in your final grade. All written assignments can be submitted late except for analytical outlines, which are in-class only. Please submit any late work to Brightspace as usual (unless there is no way to submit it there, in which case you may email it to me).

Sorry, my mistake. Please disregard the earlier email. The argument paper is due by midnight on 12/9. 

Argument Paper 2 is due on Brightspace on Monday, 12/9 by midnight. This paper should critique some claim made by Mill in the short section we outlined in Analytical Outline 4 on 11/25. If you were not present in class and so did not do the analytical outline, you may critique any of the claims made by Mill in the assigned reading for 11/20.  You can see instructions for the Argument Papers on the assignment page.

Please do not include your name on your submission, I prefer to grade anonymously.

Our next analytical outline exercise will occur next class (this coming Monday, 11/25). You will have to outline a section of the assigned reading for 11/20:

• J.S. Mill, “Of the limits to the authority of society over the individual.” Chapter IV of On Liberty. Read pp. 49-60. (see link in schedule)

Familiarity with the reading will be immensely helpful to you in completing this in-class assignment. I will assign a smaller portion from this reading for you to outline in class.

You can find instructions for the analytical outlines on the Analytical Outline page. You will also want to take into consideration my comments on previous submissions.

Because this is an in-class assignment there is no way to complete it if you are not present. In cases where a student has an excused absence (generally only for medical reasons or bereavement), students should talk to me about how to make up for the missing grade.

Argument Paper 1 is due on Brightspace on Monday, 11/18 by midnight. This paper should critique some claim made by Locke in the short section we outlined in Analytical Outline 3 on 11/4. If you were not present in class and so did not do the analytical outline, you may critique any of the claims made by Locke in the assigned reading for 10/30.  You can see instructions for the Argument Papers on the assignment page.

Please do not include your name on your submission, I prefer to grade anonymously.

The Academic Integrity Quiz is due before class on Monday 11/11.  Please read Dr. M’s academic integrity policy on Openlab and then take the academic integrity quiz on Brightspace (under “Quizzes”). You will have only ten minutes to complete the quiz, so make sure you are ready before you begin.