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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Busy Updating Syllabi Today
I had a good time doing DaTechGuy's show in Western Massachusetts today, but now I am busily updating the syllabi for U. S. History I and Western Civilization I, both of which I am teaching in the fall. The U.S. History class is online, and all 30 seats are full; the Western Civ class is 98 seats, and a long ways from being full.
Western Civ: I hope you're going to make 'em all read Adam Ferguson's 'An Essay on the History of Civil Society' (1767).
ReplyDeleteIt's a struggle getting some of the students to read the textbook.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with your last statement. I teach a class in financial planning at a regional university in North Carolina.
ReplyDeleteI always have a few students who complain when there is an exam question that wasn't covered in the lectures but came from the textbook. Of course, I do this on purpose to reward those students who do read the text.