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CONDUCIT OF COURSE

The course will be conducted as a seminar. Each student is
expected to participate in every class. The grade will be determined
on the basis of the guality of the student's preparation and partici-
pation (written assignments, abstracts, class discussions and term
paper).

One student will be assigned primary responsibility for each
reading assignment. (Primary reading assignments will be made at
least one week before the class in which they are due and will be
recorded on the "Class Presentation Schedule".) That student will:
(1) prepare and present a 10 minute discussion of the material, (2)
lead the subseguent class discussion, (3) prepare a short (less than
1/2 page double spaced) abstract of the assignment, when an abstract
is not provided in the original reading, and (4) prepare a one to
three page summary of the material including its relation to other
relevant material. (Items 3 and 4 are to be neatly prepared and a

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