Your Job

Our course is not difficult if you keep up with the assigned work. At the very beginning of the course, you need to ask yourself if you can spend a minimum of three hours a week studying for your Ethics course. If work, heavy course load, or family responsibilities interfere with this minimum number of study hours, you should not attempt this course.

When you seek help during office hours, the first items I will check are your posts and questions to the Philosophy Forum, your class notes, book notes, and homework problems--so that I can know where to begin. When a student claims he or she did not understand the subject well enough to ask any questions, take any notes, or attempt any homework, I am usually left with the impression the student has not yet attempted studying. In this regard, a good place to see how to study in our course is the ``Notes on How to Study'' on the Web at http://philosophy.lander.edu/study-topics.html. In past semesters, many students have found these study tips helpful.

• Come to class prepared.
• Take notes in class.
• Take notes on the important points of the assigned reading.
• Do all homework problems. If you cannot find time for doing homework, you probably will not benefit from this course of study.
• Ask questions in class, and on the Philosophy Forum.
• Seek help at the first sign of difficulty after the material has been covered in class: seek help on the Philosophy Forum and see your instructor.
• Make extensive use of the available online lectures, sample problems, quizzes, and tests.