Fall 2025
Note: Students signed up for the class or thinking about doing so may want to know the following:
- All readings will be online. There are NO textbooks to buy.
- Many/most of the readings from last year will be used again, but there may be a few new readings as well.
- The course will primarily be conducted face-to-face, but we'll also incorporate some of the online elements that worked well in the past. These digital tools and activities were effective in enhancing learning and will complement our in-person sessions, giving you a more well-rounded experience.
NOTE: This page is mostly for the benefit of those who want to know about the course. Actual students in the class have access to much more information.
Course Canvas Page - Fall 2025. We will use Canvas heavily this semester. I will use it to make announcements and you will use it to hand in all assignments. The most critical course links can be found there. So, just go to Canvas if you forget or lose anything about the course.
Online Readings Packet with Discussion Questions Links are available by request or on the course Canvas page
Discussion Questions are included with the readings. These are questions we will be discussing in class. Most of them are covered in the readings but we'll fill in gaps in class as necessary. Keeping these questions in mind as you go through the readings will help you to focus on some of the most critical points. This list will be updated regularly, at least a few days before we cover the material in class. We will break down into small groups to go over many of these questions. Similar questions will often appear on the exams, so being prepared to discuss these as we go along will be very beneficial to you. I have used online readings for several years and they work well and let me do things that I can't do with Canvas modules. Canvas will provide the links you need to the readings.
Online Backup. I have often had students whose computers crashed or who accidentally deleted the most current version of their paper or who have had some other problem. I've even had students who had to rewrite their papers from scratch. I therefore strongly encourage you to set up a Cloud Storeage Account if you do not already have one. OIT says "We highly encourage the use of Google Drive for cloud storage for all users with a Notre Dame account. Box is also an option. Please see https://nd.service-now.com/nd_portal?id=file_storage." Also I personally use Dropbox to store all the files I am currently working on.
