There is one extra credit opportunity in this class, and it is worth up to 5 points.
Students can read a book of their choosing and meet with Professor Brown for a one-hour discussion. That discussion will be about the book itself, but it will also be a discussion of your experience of reading the book in its entirety. When did you read? Where did you read? What was difficult, challenging, or rewarding about the experience? Given our discussions of attention in this class as well as media reports about the struggles of many college students to read entire books, the goal of this assignment is to provide you with space to read a book start to finish and to reflect on the book as well as on your own capacity for the deep attention often required for this kind of activity.
Students may choose the book they would like to read for this extra credit assignment, or Professor Brown can recommend a book based on the student's interests. The book has to be approved by Professor Brown by September 30. For this extra credit opportunity, the use of AI/LLM technology is not allowed
