This class will combine lecture and discussion, with synchronous and asynchronous dimensions. Lectures will be delivered synchronously, and combined during the same synchronous sessions with time for discussion. But the lectures will also be available asynchronously as videos on bcourses shortly after class, and for any student that cannot participate in the wider synchronous classes, we will set up a separate time to tune in for synchronous discussion. Students will need to attend either the synchronous larger class meeting or the separate synchronous discussion to be successful in the class.

The final assessment in the class will be a take-home, final exam (open note and open book) that students have a few days to complete, rather than a sit-down, three-hour final. show less