ENGL 430: Chaucer
Dr. Debora B. Schwartz

Syllabus Spring 2007
 
 
Week  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Unless otherwise noted, page numbers refer to the Riverside Chaucer. "CT" = the Penguin Classics Canterbury Tales, tr. Nevill Coghill;  "PC" = the Penguin Portable Chaucer, tr. Theodore Morrison.  NOTE: some background readings are in .PDF files on Electronic Reserve through the Kennedy Library.  To view a file, click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode (the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard).  You can then download, read and/or print the file using Acrobat Reader.

Week 1    (April 2 - 4)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Electronic Databases and  Web-based Resources)
Day 1
  • Introduction to ENGL 430: course organization, requirements and expectations.
  • Overview of Readings (you will sign-up for research topics at our next class meeting).
  • Background Lecture: manuscript culture; medieval literature and translatio.
Recommended Reading:
  • W. F. Bolton, "The Conditions of Literary Composition in Medieval England" (on e-reserve; .PDF file, 15 pp.).  To access this reading, click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode ( the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on hte front of your PolyCard). 
  • Click link for a  STUDY GUIDE to the Bolton reading.  The issues covered in the Bolton reading should be familiar to you from your prior study of medieval literature (e.g. ENGL 203); you are advised to  print it out and use to refresh your memory about some of the ways in which medieval literature differs from the literature of later periods.
  • Class homepageand this calendar of assignments.
  • Because sign-ups for Oral Presentations begin this week, you are advised to read through the Oral Presentation Guidelines and have a look at the Schedule of Oral Presentations.  Think about  dates/topics you are most interested in (including some alternates); sign-ups will begin in class today.
NOTE: you are responsible for the information found in these readings, although we will not spend a lot of time going over them at our next class meeting.		 In this class, you will hone your research skills using a number of electronic research tools accessible online through the Kennedy Library's subscription databases.  Please be aware that little if any material found using standard web search engines (Google, Lycos, etc.) is suitable for citation in a research paper.  Relatively few reliable scholarly journals,  ebooks  or encylopedias are currently available free on the web (although many valid scholarly resources can be accessed through online subscription databases).

Be aware that, with the exception of reputable scholarly work (e.g. unpublished conference papers, original or previously published essays, book chapters or journal articles) made available by an academic author, in an online scholarly journal, or on the website of a scholarly project, material found on the web is HIGHLY UNLIKELY to be suitable for citation in a research paper.  If you DO choose to use Web Search Engines for your research, be sure to consult Research Step 6: Finding and Evaluating Web-Based Resources for tips on how to evaluate the scholarly validity of a website or resource found online. (This optional assignment can be submitted for extra credit.)
Day 2 1) Contexts:  online reading "Translatio studii et imperii". 

2) Chaucer Background Readings in the Riverside Chaucer:

  • Biographical: xv-xxvi (see also shorter biographical intros, CT xi-xvii or PC 1-13). 
  • On the textual tradition of the Canterbury Tales:  1118-22. 
  • On language and versification:  skim xxvi-xxxviii, xlii-xlv, and read through the e-reserve handout "Tips for Reading and  Pronouncing Chaucer's English" (to access the reading as a .PDF file, click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode, the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard). NOTE: You need not worry about all the details found in these readings . . . yet!
You may also find it useful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for the Background to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Lyric Poems in the Riverside Chaucer: 

  • "Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His owne Scriveyn" (650); 
  • "Truth" (653); 
  • "Gentilesse" (654); 
  • "The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse" (656). 
Be sure to read the footnotes and consult the handouts; also feel free to consult translations of the poems, PC 602-4 and 607-8 or in a .PDF file on electronic reserve at the Kennedy Library (to access e-reserves, click on the links; you will be prompted to enter your last name and and library barcode, the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard).  You may also find it useful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for "Truth" and "Gentilesse". 		 Research Assignment (to be completed before class on 4/4):

Introduction to Kennedy Library Research Tools: Read through Preliminaries 1: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. When you come to class next Tuesday, you should

You are responsible for information covered in these research assignments, although we will not spend significant time talking about them at our next class meeting.  They may however be covered on our first reading quiz, which COULD occur at our next class meeting!

 

Week 2   (April 9 - 11)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Read though translation of the whole General Prologue (CT 3-26 or PC53-75). You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guides on the Opening of the General Prologue and on Estates Satire and the Pilgrim Portraits.

Backrground reading:  Introduction to the Canterbury Tales and to Fragment 1, pp. 3-9. 

Text: in the Riverside Chaucer, read carefully GP 1-42 (=line numbers, found at pp. 23-4) and then read through the whole General Prologue (23-36). 

Background: Estates Satire (online reading; see also Riverside 23-36); opening explanatory note, 795-8; and initial note on each pilgrim, 800-826. 

Supplemental materials: 

  • a map of the Pilgrimage route and chart of the Four Humours (useful details for interpreting Pilgrim portraits) are on e-reserve through the Kennedy Library (to access the .PDF file, click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode, the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard). 
The same map can be accessed through the Harvard Chaucer Pages website; on the four humours, see Michael Hanley's webpage.		 Second Research Assignment (to be completed before class on 4/9): 

SKIM your MLA Handbook chapters 1 (on Research and Writing), 2 (on Plagiarism), 3 (on the Mechanics of Writing) and 4 (on the Format of the Research Paper), so you'll know what's covered in this important resource (a required textbook for this class!). 

Then,  read carefully the sections on italics vs. underliningand on the Titles of Works (including sections on capitalization and punctuation)  in chapter 3, the Mechanics of Writing). You will need to be clear about these rules in order to write correct bibliographic citations (as you will do for the Polycat Research Exercise assigned for our next class meeting).  When you come to class today (Monday, 4/9), you should know:

  • that you should never mix italics and underlining in the same document -- you must pick ONE and use it CONSISTENTLY. For work submitted to me, please use only UNDERLINING, not italics.
  • when to use underlining (italics) and when to use quotation marks for titles (what sorts of work use each).
  • how to indicate a normally underlined (or italicized) title within another underlined (or italicized) title.
  • that an underlined title remains underlined when it is incorporated into a quotation-marked title.
  • how to indicate a normally quotation-marked title (or a quotation) within another quotation-marked title.
  • how to handle punctuation (or subtitles) within the title of a work.  (There are specific rules you must follow; do not simply copy the formatting found on the title page of the work in question, or you are likely to lose points for incorrect formatting of your bibliographic citations!)
  • what words/parts of speech should be capitalized in a title. (Again, there are specific rules you must follow; do not simply copy the capitalization or lack of same on the title page of a work or in a catalogue listing of MLA Bibliography listing, or you are likely to lose points for incorrect formatting of your bibliographic citations!)
Be aware that this information may be covered on our first reading quiz, which COULD occur at today's class meeting!

2) If you have not already signed up for an Oral Presentation date, check the Schedule of Oral Presentations and decide which of the remaining dates/topics you are most interested in (including some alternates!); sign-ups will continue in class today!
Day 2 First Hour:  General Prologue, wrap-up. 

Second Hour: begin discussion of the Knight's Tale.  Read through whole translation, CT 26-86 or PC 76-123. 

Text: in the Riverside Chaucer, read full text of the Knight's Tale, 37-66. 

Background: Courtly Love (online reading); 6-7; opening explanatory note to the Knight's Tale, 826-828, and opening notes to each of parts 1-4, pp. 828, 831, 834, 838. 

 Homework (to be completed before class on 4/11): Read carefully through the profile of Polycat on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what it is, what Polycat contains, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. 

Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for your first guided research exercise: Research Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat.  By following these directions, you should be able to find some  useful secondary sources -- which are studies ABOUT your author, topic or work, not an edition or translation of the text itself  -- in the Kennedy Library collections.  Come see me if you have any questions about what you need to do!

The directions will also guide you through submitting your first two research reports to the class research archive, "Searching Polycat" and "Kennedy Library Results."

Reminder: the class research archive is located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 430" from the classes you are taking; then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (I will create a separate "forum" for each reading.) 

 

Week 3    (April 16 - 18)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Knight's Tale, wrap up. 

New (required) reading:  Helen Cooper on the Structure of the Knight's Tale, from the Oxford Guides to Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, pp. 73-6.  Cooper's book is a recommended text for ENGL 430, available for purchase at El Corral; it is on reserve for ENGL 430 under the call number PR1874 .C64 1996; or, click on link to access the reading on e-reserve through the Kennedy Library (to access the .PDF file, click on the link; you will be prompted to type in your last name and library barcode, the 14-digit number beginning 20150 on the front of your PolyCard). 

Read though translation of the whole Miller's Prologue and Tale (CT 86-108 or PC 123-143).  You may also find it helpful to consult the linked study guide for the Miller's Tale.

Text: 66-77. 

Background: 7-8; opening explanatory notes to the prologue (841) and tale (842-3).  Review Courtly Love (online reading). 

Presentation on Miller's Tale (could also be on day two): Hannah Sidaris-Green

Also review Courtly Love (online reading).

Additional Background: review 1118-22 (on the textual tradition of the Canterbury Tales) and review or catch up on all background readings assigned for previous class meetings.

 Homework:  Read carefully through the description of LINK+ and its profile on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what it is, what can be borrowed from it, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the second research assignment: Research Step 2: Using LINK+.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do.

By following the directions in Research Step 2: Using LINK+, you will learn how to use LINK+ to order additional secondary sources from cooperating libraries.  LINK+ can be used to order books only -- not journal articles.  It is fast -- books ordered through LINK+ typically arrive within 2-3 days. 

The directions will also guide you though submitting your next two research reports to the class research archive, "LINK+ Search Results" and "LINK+ Orders 1."
Day 2 Wrap-up discussion of the Miller's Tale; the unity of fragment one.

The unity of fragment one.

New readings: translations of the Reeve's Prologue and Tale and the Cook's Tale (CT 144-159; not in PC). 

Text: 77-86.

Background:  Introduction to The Reeve's Tale and to The Cook's Tale, 8-9; opening explanatory notes to The Reeve's Tale, 849; to The Cook's Prologue, 852; and to  The Cook's Tale, 853.

 Homework: Read carefully through the profile of the MLA Bibliography on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools .  Be sure you are clear about what it is, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Read information on SFX and its limitations.  (Remember:  the MLA Bibliography is NOT itself a mode of access for secondary sources.)  Review information on ILL (Interlibrary Loan) as a mode of access distinct from LINK+. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the third research assignment: Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!).  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do.

By following the detailed instructions on Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!), you will learn to use the MLA Bibliographyto identify additional secondary sources on your topic and Interlibrary Loan to access articles and books which are not available at Cal Poly (or through LINK+). The directions will also help you prepare your next research reports for the class research archive, "MLA Search Results" and "ILL Orders" (as well as "LINK+ Orders 2" if applicable).

 

Week 4    (April 23 - 25)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Read though translation of the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale (CT 258-92 or PC 207-240).   You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for the Wife of Bath.

Text: 105-122; review lyric poem "Gentilesse," 654 (translation PC 602-3, "Nobility," or see text of translation on e-reserve). 

Background: Introduction to Fragment III and to the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, 10-11; opening Explanatory Notes to Fragment III (863-4); to the Wife of Bath's Prologue, 864-5; and to the Wife of Bath's Tale, 872-3.   Review translatio and Courtly Love (online readings). 

Presentation: Kirsten Vinther
 

 Homework: Read about electronic modes of access and the profiles of the four full-text journal databases we will be using on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what each database includes, what to use them for, and their advantages and disadvantages.  Carefully read information on SFX and on Polysearch (and their limitations).    Know what to add to the citation of a journal article citation accessed electronically  through a subscription database. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth research assignment: Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do.

The detailed instructions in Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases will help you learn to search for full-text journal articles on your topic in four of Cal Poly's subscription databases. 

The directions will also help you prepare your next four research reports for the class research archive: "Muse Results," "EAI Results," ASE Results" and "JSTOR Results."
Day 2 [If necessary, wrap-up on the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale.]

Translation of the Words of the Franklin to the Squire and the Franklin's Prologue and Tale (CT 407-433 or PC 292-314).   You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for the Franklin's Tale.

Text:  177-189.  Review lyric poem "Truth," 653 (translation PC 603-4, or see text of translation on e-reserve)

Background: Introduction to Fragment V and to the Franklin's Tale, 13-4; opening notes to Fragment V, 890; and to the Franklin's Prologue and Tale, 895-6. 

Kittredge's article on the "Marriage Group" (new online reading). Review Courtly Love (online reading).

Presentation: Lizzy Gilbert

 1)Homework: Review information on electronic modes of access and read carefully through the profile of NetLibrary on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what it is, when and how to use it, its strengths and its limitations.  Know what to add to the bibliographic citation of an ebook accessed through a subscription database like NetLibrary. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth research assignment: Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do.

The detailed instructions in Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary will guide you as you learn to search directly in the ebooks found in NetLibrary, another of Cal Poly's subscription databases. The directions will also help you prepare your next research report for the class research archive, "NetLibrary Results."

2) Click on the link and follow the guidelines to begin work on the Prospectus and Working Bibliography for your Research Paper, due by noon on FRIDAY MAY 4 at the latest.  Note 1: the Prospectus is normally an ungraded exercise allowing me to provide feedback that will help you write a stronger final research paper.  But if no prospectus is submitted (or if it does not follow assignment guidelines), it will count for 10% of the final course grade. Note 2:  your Prospectus MUST be turned in by Friday, May 4 so that I can evaluate prospectuses that week-end, before they get buried under a pile of midterm exams! 

3) Begin review for Midterm Exam 1 (on Monday, May 7).

Week 5    (April 30 - May 2)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Translation of the Clerk's Prologue and Tale (CT 320-56; not in PC).

Text: 137-53 . 

Background:  introduction to Fragment IV and to the Clerk's Tale, 12-3; opening notes to fragment IV, 879, and to CL T, 880-81. Review Kittredge's article on the "Marriage Group" (online reading). 

Presentation: Morgan Leckie

 1) Continue work on paper prospectus (due by noon on FRIDAY MAY 4 at the latest) and review for midterm exam 1. Remember, I will use your Paper Prospectus and Working Bibliography to help me grade the "Paper Preview" section on the midterm!

2) Click on the link for instructions for an OPTIONAL research assignment (which may be completed for Extra Credit): Research Step 6: Finding and Evaluating Web-Based Resources.
Day 2 Translation of the Merchant's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue (CT 356-88).

Merchant's Tale text: 153-68. 

Background: Introduction to the Merchant's Tale, 13; opening notes to the Merchant's Prologue and to the Merchant's Tale, 884-5. Review Kittredge's article on the "Marriage Group" (online reading). 

Presentation: Jack LaPorte 

 Continue review for midterm exam 1 and put final touches on paper prospectus (due to my mailbox in the main English office by noon on FRIDAY, May 4 at the latest).

Remember, I will use your Paper Prospectus and Working Bibliography to help me grade the "Paper Preview" section on the midterm exam!

Paper Prospectus due to my mailbox in the main English office by noon on Friday, May 4 at the latest.

Week 6    (May 7 - 9)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1 (remember to bring large-format Exam Book for essay). Review for midterm exam 1.
Day 2 Translation of the Shipman's Tale (CT 157-68; not in PC). 

Shipman's Tale text: 203-208.  Pay particular attention to lines 1-23 and 112-86 (evidence that this tale was originally intended for the WB).

Background: Introduction to Fragment VII (important, as we will be considering the unity of fragment VII for the next two weeks) and introduction to the Shipman's Tale, 15-16; opening notes to Fragment VII and to the Shipman's Tale, 910-11. 

NOTE: yet another fabliau . . . why read the Shipman's Tale? While it is not the strongest Chaucerian fabliau, the Shipman's Tale suggests how Chaucer's concept of the Canterbury Tales collection evolved over time.  There is evidence that it was originally intended for a female narrator, presumably the Wife of Bath, but that Chaucer ultimately decided to give Alison a different tale which would better illuminate her character and concerns.  Look for linguistic evidence of gender of the original narrator and note connections and differences (verbal, thematic or otherwise) between the Shipman's Tale and the Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale. 

 Work on Research paper. Sign up in class for individual conference to discuss research prospectus.

Week 7    (May 14 - 16)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 1) Fragment VII continues (with a brief aside); 2) new genres: the Miracle of the Virgin and Hagiography; 3) rethinking the "Marriage Group": the evidence of the "Bradshaw Shift."

Translation of the Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress (CT 157-69; not in PC); of the Prioress's Prologue and Tale (CT 169-76; PC 167-75) and of the Second Nun's Prologue and Tale (CT 433-49; omitted from PC).

Texts: 209-12 (the Prioress's Prologue and Tale) and 262-9 (the Second Nun's Prologue and Tale).

Background:  introductions to Fragments VII (review) and VIII, 15 and 19; introductions to the Prioress's Tale, 16, and to the Second Nun's Prologue and Tale, 19; opening notes to fragments VII, 910 (review) and VIII, 941-2; opening notes to the Prioress's Prologue and Tale, 913-4, and to the Second Nun's Prologue and Tale, 942-3.  Implications of the "Bradshaw Shift" (review pp. 5 and 910) for our understanding of Kittredge's notion of the "Marriage Group."

Presentation (Second Nun): Katy Wright

 Work on Research paper.
Day 2 As available, translation of the The Tale of Sir Topaz, including "Words of the Host to Chaucer" and "The Host Stops Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz" (CT 176-185; PC 176-82); synopsis of / short excerpt from Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (CT 185-7; PC 182-6); beginning of the Prologue to the Monk's Tale (Host's reaction to the Tale of Melibee, CT 204-5; PC 183-4).

Text: Sir Topaz 212-17; specific LINES from Melibee TBA (full text found 217-239) and the beginning of the Prologue to the Monk's Tale (p. 240) as follows: Melibee LINES 977-999 (pp. 217-8); 1054-1121 (pp. 220-222); 1409-1479 (pp. 229-31); 1517-49 (pp. 231-2); 1671-85 (p. 235); 1712-end (pp. 236-9); Prologue to the Monk's Tale LINES 1889-1923 (p. 240).

Background: Introductions to the Prologue to Sir Thopas, to Sir Thopas and to The Tale of Melibee, 16-17; opening notes to the Prologue to Sir Thopas and to Sir Thopas, 917-8, as well as the opening notes to the Prologue to Melibee and to The Tale of Melibee, 923-4.

 Work on Research paper.

Week 8    (May 21 - 23)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Translation of The Monk's Tale, including the Words of the Host to the Monk and the Words of the Knight and the Host (CT 186-214; PC ?).

Text:240-252.

Background: introduction to the Monk's Tale, 17-18; opening notes to the Monk's Prologue, 928, and to the Monk's Tale, 929-30.

 Work on Research paper.
Day 2 Translation of the Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue (CT 213-31or PC 186-206).   You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for the Nun's Priest's Tale.

Text: 252-61. 

Background: Introduction to the Nun's Priest's Tale, 18-19; opening notes to the Nun's Priest's Prologue and to the Nun's Priest's Tale, 935-6.  Review Courtly Love (online reading).

Presentation: John Kniespeck

 Work on Research paper.

Week 9    (May 28 - 30)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 MEMORIAL DAY -- No Class Continue work on Research paper; begin review for Second Midterm  Exam. 
Day 2 Translation of the Physician's Tale, the Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner, and the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (CT 232-58; PC 315-35 [summary only for Physician's Tale, which is omitted]).  You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide for the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale.

Text: Physician's Tale, 190-93; introduction to the Pardoner's Tale, the Pardoner's Prologue, and the Pardoner's Tale, 193-202. 

Background: Introductions to Fragment VI, to the Physician's Tale and to the Pardoner's Tale, 14-5; opening notes to fragment VI, 901; to the Physician's Tale, 901-2; and to the Pardoner's Introduction, Prologue and Tale, 904-6. 

Presentation (Pardoner): Christina Morales

 Continue work on Research paper and review for Second Midterm  Exam. 

Week 10    (June 4-6)
 
Topic and Readings Research Assignment 
(Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1 Pilgrimage as Metaphor: the Close of the Canterbury Tales. 

Read though translation of the Parson's Prologue and Chaucer's Retraction (CT 485-489 or PC 339-342). You may also find it helpful to consult the Engl 330/512 study guide on Pilgrimage as Metaphor . . . The Close of the Canterbury Tales.

Text: Parson's Prologue, 287-8; passages from the Parson's Tale:  288-9, 296-303, 325-32; Chaucer's Retraction, 328. 

Background: Introduction to Fragment X, 21-2; opening notes to Fragment X, to the Parson's Tale and to Chaucer's Retraction, 954-7, 965. 

 Continue work on Research paper and review for Second Midterm  Exam. 
Day 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2 (objective only; no essay section). Review for Second Midterm  Exam. 

In addition to the second midterm (objective only, no essay; taken on the last day of class), all students will participate in a REQUIRED "final oral exercise," a brief summary of his/her final research paper, presented to the other members of the seminar.  Ideally, this Final Oral Exercise will take place at Dr. Schwartz's home, followed by an (optional) class dinner, on either the week-end before Finals or no later than WEDNESDAY of final exam week.  In the event that we cannot schedule an evening meeting, the default time is our regularly scheduled final exam time: Tuesday, June 12, from 10 AM-1 PM in our regular class room.  If we are able to schedule an evening meeting, your attendance is required ONLY for the oral presentations; optional festivities will begin immediately after the last short presentation.

Unless an extension has been arranged in advance, Research Papers are due, along with the original marked up prospectus, at the time of the final oral exercise, or no later than Thursday, June 14.  If you cannot submit your paper by Thursday, June 14, you will receive a grade of "Incomplete" in the class.

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