Format

This is a 1-unit course (meaning approximately 3 total hours of effort per week), graded Pass/No Pass.

1 hour per week: online interactive discussion, in person, in the classroom. Regular participation required to pass; these will not be recorded. If you will miss more than 2 meetings and/or you become ill and suspect you may be contagious, contact Prof. Fox.
1.0-1.5 hours per week: watching documentary films and reading articles.
0.5 hours per week: occasional short writing assignments and/or oral presentations; some individual, some in small groups.

Important: Please note the COVID-19 campus requirements for in-person instruction, since remote participation is not an option.

We are arranging for all videos to be viewable on your own or in groups, at your convenience. However, for at least some cases, I will try to schedule a "screening" in Soda Hall that we can all watch together, for those interested in a more social experience!

No midterm or final: There may be occasional "microquizzes" (1 or 2 multiple-choice questions to verify that you actually watched/read the material we're discussing that day and/or jog your memory about key points). But bottom line, if you participate regularly and put in a good-faith effort on the short writing pieces and presentations, you will be fine!

Cool guest speakers: We may occasionally (with or without notice) have guest participants, including some of the people featured in the films we will watch.

Please activate your free Berkeley student subscriptions to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal since we will periodically include articles from those newspapers in the weekly readings.

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