Section Syllabus

Sections                     Wed, 4pm – 5pm                    Dwinelle 251

                            Thu, 11am – 12pm                 Hildebrand B56

Office Hours             Wed, 1:30pm – 3:30pm          Caffe Strada

                                    Or by appointment

If you see me during office hours speaking with a fellow classmate, feel free to join us; office hours are supposed to be inclusive affairs, and I welcome group discussion.

Contact                      johannkoehler@gmail.com

I will endeavor to respond to emails as quickly as possible, usually within 24 hours. It would be helpful if the subject line of any email you send me appeared as follows: LS104: [write your email subject here]

If you have a substantive question from which discussion with the rest of the class would benefit, I may choose not to respond to your email directly and will instead invite you to raise the question in section.

Grading                      (1) Midterm Exam I (February 18^th), worth 25%

(2) Midterm Exam II (March 20^th), worth 25%

(3) Take home final exam (May 9^th – 14^th), worth 25%

(4) Section blog contributions (essay and comments), worth 25%

Attendance                I will not be recording attendance during section. I will, however, emphasize that the material we cover in section, like the lectures and readings, will be tested on the exams. In addition, the method I use to teach during section is intended as preparation for the very kind of analytical approach on which I will be grading you, both in your exams and your blog contributions. To that end, it is acutely in your interest to attend. Please make an effort during section to engage with the readings and with your classmates. As Justice Dickson once famously said, “Mere presence is not enough!”[1]

                                    I am enforcing a ‘no laptops’ policy in section. We will not be covering enough new material to warrant detailed note-taking, and I would like to ensure that students are not distracted by laptops being used by neighbors.

Accommodation        Please contact me at least one week before a due date or test date at the latest if you need any special accommodations for this class. Please consult the class syllabus for further information concerning what counts as viable grounds for a special accommodation.

Late Papers                If you expect that you will need additional time to write your paper, you must ask me via email at least one week in advance of the due date. If your paper is late and you have not received an extension from me, the final grade of your paper will be reduced for every day your paper is late.

Academic Honesty    Don’t plagiarize or cheat. If you’re ever unsure of whether your work falls outside of acceptable bounds, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the other available resources on campus.

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[1] Dunlop & Sylvester v. The Queen, Supreme Court of Canada [1979].