Washington and Lee University, Winter 2002

Philosophy 395: Advanced Seminar/

University Scholars 201A: Humanities Seminar

Thursdays, GHI (Newcomb 8)

Ben Eggleston—home.wlu.edu/~EgglestonB

office hours: M&F, 2–4, and T&Th, 9–11 (Newcomb 25)

 

Presentation Assignment

 

The default assignment for presentations is the following:

Identify two or three claims in the assigned reading (for the day on which you are scheduled to do your presentation) that you regard as either (1) in need of clarification or (2) questionable, and give reasons for regarding those claims as in need of clarification or questionable.

That, as I said, is the default assignment for presentations. But there are other options. If you want to do a presentation on some other material than the day’s assigned reading, let me know—in general I am receptive to such requests, since it can be helpful for everyone when presentations introduce unassigned, but relevant and informative, material. Note, however, that although I am open to such requests, I do require that you make a proposal along these lines to me at least one class meeting in advance of the class in which you’re scheduled to do your presentation. So if I don’t hear from you at least one class in advance, I’ll grade your presentation according to the following criteria.

 

requirements:

points possible:

points earned:

1.      You identify two or three claims in the assigned reading that you regard as in need of clarification or questionable:

20

 

2.      You give reasons for regarding these claims as in need of clarification or questionable:

50

 

3.      Your presentation is clear and well organized:

15

 

4.      You do your presentation on the day when you are scheduled to do it:

10

 

5.      You turn in this sheet when you do your presentation, with your name filled in, below:

5

 

total score

100

 

 

Your name: __________________________________________