The lectures for this class will assume that students have read the chapter before class. In order to reinforce that and in order to make the lectures more effective in deepening student understanding of the material, we have institute a "reading questions" requirement.
For each lecture with an assigned reading (see the schedule of topics and assignments), answer the following question by email:
What in the reading was most confusing? If you can, articulate a question about it. If nothing was confusing, what further questions does this reading raise for you?
There are 17 lectures with associated reading assignments, so each student should submit 17 reading question emails. These will collectively count for 5% of your course grade.
Submit RQ by email by Midnight Pacific Time the night before the associated lecture, with the following addressees and subject line:
Replace MM/DD in the subject line with the date of the lecture. This will allow us to efficiently track the submission of RQs for grading purposes.