You are encouraged to use your notes but please turn in your own work rather than work someone else has done with or without their knowledge. Full disclosure: choosing to turn in someone else’s work can result in failure of the course or expulsion from BMCC.
Student Course Evaluations are super helpful to me in terms of building my classes and rehiring. I appreciate all feedback enthusiastic, so-so, or unfavourable. Evaluations must be completed by the end of the day Monday, December 13th. Your responses are anonymous and I will not be able to see them until after I have turned in your final grades. Here is the information I have received about the student evaluations:
We are asking for your assistance again to remind your students to complete the course evaluation survey; the deadline is Monday, December 13th, at 11:59 PM.If you are contacted by a student who has not received their course evaluation survey email, please have them reach out to ins@bmcc.cuny.edu.
On Monday, November 8th, 2021, we emailed students enrolled in your course with the subject line ‘Student Course Evaluations’.We asked them to evaluate the course(s) you are teaching this semester. Subsequent reminder emails were also sent to students who have yet to respond.
Information about the course evaluation survey was provided in the emails. Each student received an individualized link that directs them to their respective course evaluation. Please note that no general link is provided.
Tuesday, 12/07 come to class with questions. we will go over Weekly Reviews.
Friday, 12/10 come to class with questions. we will finish going over Weekly Reviews. revisit Question Building questions — what makes a good answer?
due Friday, 12/17 Final Exam due uploaded to Blackboard by 11:59pm Any late assignments must also be turned into Blackboard by 11:59pm. Any one hoping to take an incomplete must have already spoken to me directly about this and have my consent by 6pm.
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Richard D. Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Wolff will discuss US capitalism’s problems today which include record inequality, economic instability, Covid, inflation, bad jobs, record government, business, and household debts, US political gridlock, and tough global competition. These problems add up to a general crisis of the system. The reaction inside the US – mostly denial – solves nothing. We need solutions such as this: democratize workplaces for a system different from and better than capitalism.
About Richard D. Wolff Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, NYC. He is the founder of Democracy at Work and host of their nationally syndicated show Economic Update. His latest book, The Sickness is the System: When Capitalism Fails to Save Us from Pandemics or Itself, can be found along with his other books Understanding Socialism and Understanding Marxism at www.democracyatwork.info.
This assignment, worth 10% of your final grade, will be completed in class on Friday, November 19th.
No preparation is necessary to complete this assignment.
Students will work together to write a question for the final exam, including its answer. This assignment includes an individual and a group component.
Individually, students will need to provide Al with a piece of information they have learned. To receive full credit for this portion of the Question Building, student responses will need to be:
relevant to the class (information came from class readings or discussions)
a piece of information (not just a topic)
As a group, students will need to write two questions for the final exam with the correct answer. Questions can be true/false, multiple choice, fill in the blank, or short answer.
Additional instructions for completing this assignment will be given in class.
Apologies for the last minute change but today (Thursday, November 11th) I am moving office hours to 12:30-1:30pm. As always, if you want to get a hold of me and cannot come during office hours, please send me an email with some options of times you can meet. Next week, office hours will resume at their regular time, Thursdays 4-5:15pm.