Description of assessment items
Journal: Pick a notebook at the beginning of the term and label it “Journal – Philosophy & Feminism”. This will be your course journal. See “resources” for journal instructions.
Writing assignments: These are short written exercises. There will be no make-up options for these exercises (see the late submissions policy below). There are 9 writing assignments worth 5 full points each.
Handout: You are expected to select a reading and develop a handout for it. The handout must summarize the argument of the reading. Format: it can be regular structured prose (up to one two-sided page), a mental map, a comic strip, a song (up to 2 mins), an animation (up to 2mins), a collage … be creative! (samples of handouts will be made available).
Group presentation: The class will be divided in groups of three, and each group will prepare a presentation. Groups will present at the end of the semester. See “resources” for instructions and rubric.
Participation: You do not learn and come to understand complex arguments simply by passively soaking up what happens around you in the classroom. In order to learn, you need to take an active role in processing the course material.
If you think you can do well in this course by working alone at home, without participating in class, please consider the following: Respectful and constructive discussion is a critical part to learning and becoming a good thinker. The pathway to good ideas and well-formed arguments is usually not a lonely one, but one filled with contributions and insights from others, sometimes in the form of challenges and questions, sometimes in the form of suggestions or comments. It is important to keep in mind that in this course, and in many others, you can learn not only from the texts and from me, but also from your classmates. Class discussions are a good opportunity to learn from classmates and to practice your own argumentative skills. It is also a way to initiate collaborative projects.
Participation will be evaluated on two parameters: relevance and quality.
There is a maximum of 0.5 of a point per class, and a total of 10 points you can earn for participation. If you don’t feel like speaking in class you can write your questions/comments and hand them to me at the end of class. Written participation contributions that were not handed to me at the end of each class will not be considered. By the way, if you feel uncomfortable speaking in class, come talk to me about it. I might help you with that. Check the folder “how to get a good participation grade” for more details.
Journal: Pick a notebook at the beginning of the term and label it “Journal – Philosophy & Feminism”. This will be your course journal. See “resources” for journal instructions.
Writing assignments: These are short written exercises. There will be no make-up options for these exercises (see the late submissions policy below). There are 9 writing assignments worth 5 full points each.
Handout: You are expected to select a reading and develop a handout for it. The handout must summarize the argument of the reading. Format: it can be regular structured prose (up to one two-sided page), a mental map, a comic strip, a song (up to 2 mins), an animation (up to 2mins), a collage … be creative! (samples of handouts will be made available).
Group presentation: The class will be divided in groups of three, and each group will prepare a presentation. Groups will present at the end of the semester. See “resources” for instructions and rubric.
Participation: You do not learn and come to understand complex arguments simply by passively soaking up what happens around you in the classroom. In order to learn, you need to take an active role in processing the course material.
If you think you can do well in this course by working alone at home, without participating in class, please consider the following: Respectful and constructive discussion is a critical part to learning and becoming a good thinker. The pathway to good ideas and well-formed arguments is usually not a lonely one, but one filled with contributions and insights from others, sometimes in the form of challenges and questions, sometimes in the form of suggestions or comments. It is important to keep in mind that in this course, and in many others, you can learn not only from the texts and from me, but also from your classmates. Class discussions are a good opportunity to learn from classmates and to practice your own argumentative skills. It is also a way to initiate collaborative projects.
Participation will be evaluated on two parameters: relevance and quality.
There is a maximum of 0.5 of a point per class, and a total of 10 points you can earn for participation. If you don’t feel like speaking in class you can write your questions/comments and hand them to me at the end of class. Written participation contributions that were not handed to me at the end of each class will not be considered. By the way, if you feel uncomfortable speaking in class, come talk to me about it. I might help you with that. Check the folder “how to get a good participation grade” for more details.
Sample handouts
For Anne Fausto-Sterling's Sex/Gender: Biology in a social world
For Peggy McIntosh's "White Privilege"