Ben Young

Phone (UMKC): 816-235-5699

Office: 203E Manheim Hall

Office hours: by appointment

E-mail: youngb@umkc.edu

Class meets on Fridays: 1/21, 2/11, 3/4, 4/1

Credit Hours: 1

Prerequisites: Principles

Textbooks:

Mexifornia by Victor Davis Hanson. Encounter Books, 2004.

Race Rules by Michael Eric Dyson. Vintage Books, 1997

Two equally weighted tests. The tests will be essay questions over the readings and lecture. The questions will be mostly general in nature but specific enough to evaluate the student’s work.

Two tests (100 points each) 200

Class participation 100

Total 300

Class discussion to determine border line cases, e.g. a high B or an A. Pluses and minuses are not given.

Grading scale:

PERCENT

PART I

Mexifornia by Victor Davis Hanson

2-11

PART II

Race Rules by Michael Eric Dyson

4-1