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Syllabus, part 1 (contact information and course requirements)

Syllabus, part 2 (reading/writing assignments and their due dates)

Syllabus, part 3 (course requirements in detail)

Reading: Pollan (Wednesday, January 9)

Reading: Paper Format (Friday, January 11)

Guidelines for Paper 1, Summary and Analysis of "The Potato" (due during Week Two)

Reading: Definitions of Globalization (Monday, January 14)

Reading: Lynn (Wednesday, January 16)

Guidelines for Paper 2, Definitions and Issues of Globalization (weeks 3, 4, and 5)

Reading: Striffler (Wednesday, January 23)

Reading: Interviews 1 (Monday, January 28)

Reading: Interviews 2 (Wednesday, January 30)

Reading: Momus (Friday, February 8)

Guidelines for Paper 3, Music, Technology, Commerce, and Intellectual Property (weeks 6, 7, and 8)

Reading: Kusek/Leonhard (Monday, February 11)

Reading: Mann (1) (Monday, February 11)

Reading : Bottum (Wednesday, February 13)

Reading: Anderson (Wednesday, February 13)

Reading: Mann (2) (Wednesday, February 20)

Reading: RIAA (Wednesday, February 20)

Reading: Love (Wednesday, February 20)

Reading: Self-Evaluation (Monday, March 3)

Reading: Portfolio Evaluation (Monday, March 10)

Reading: Guidelines for In-Class Writing (Monday, March 10)

Reading: "Some Convenient Truths" (Friday, March 14)

Final Essay Topic and Instructions (Friday, March 14)