TEXTS:
Nausea, Sartre
Being and Time, Heidegger
Selected Poetry, Rilke
Short Stories, Kafka

RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVALUATION:
In accord with the belief that the best way to learn to write is by writing, students
will be required to keep a philosophical journal.  On most days that class meets, you
will be given a writing assignment, which is to be recorded in the journal.  There will
be various types of assignments: some will concern the readings; others will help prepare
for tests; and others will help you develop your own arguments and thoughts.  All
assignments are to be taken seriously.  Occasionally, an assignment will count as a quiz.

Journals may be examined by the teacher at any time.  If you get behind once, you will be
given a warning.  If you persist in being behind you will be given a failing grade for the course.
A failure to have the expected assignments by the end of the semester will also result in a
failing grade.

There will be at least four quizzes and no more than six.  Most quizzes will concern reading
assignments and\or the material discussed in the previous class.   Most quizzes will be
unannounced.  The last quiz will be cumulative and will be given during the period scheduled for
a final exam.

If  you have fulfilled all the requirements for the journal, your grade will be determined by your
average quiz grade.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:
 If you are not willing to make a commitment to attend each and every class, you should not be at
a university much less this class.   There will be no daily role call, but if there is a quiz and you are
not in class, you will be given a zero.