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Implementation Notes - Changes for Course Assignments in 2006

For the third course offering in the fall 2006, I decided to make additional changes based on students’ participation from last semester.  I kept the layout of the course, but I redistributed the credits for the assignments.  Less credit was given for the two knowledge-based tests (but they were still there, midterm and final, because some facts need to be memorized) and more for the four writing assignments, which were based on a deeper understanding. In fall 2005, I had two analytical papers and two minor assignments.  In 2006 I used four assignments of equal importance (see Fall 2006 assignment descriptions).  Two were based on visual material, two on texts.  I changed one assignment based on an immigration problem that was acute a few years ago for one based on a more recent issue, the introduction of gay marriage in Spain.  I also graded the questions that students answered in the first minutes of class, to make sure that the readings were done.  The rubric for the grading of the papers was given beforehand, and I also designed an instruction for preparing the oral presentations.

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