| Instructor: Lee C. Archie | Office Hours |
| Office: LC M33 | MWF 10:20 am-11:20 am |
| LC Mezzanine | TR 08:30 am-09:30 am |
| Telephone: +1 864 388 8383 | TR 11:30 am-12:00 noon |
| Email: larchie@philosophy.lander.edu | other times by appointment |
Important: This online philosophy course is not for everyone. The course assumes that you are able to work independently and to schedule time daily for reading and study. Your Web course puts a substantial burden on you to take charge of your own learning. Before continuing with this course carefully consider if you are the kind of proactive student who can motivate yourself to take charge of your own study. You need to allocate about six hours a week for this university course.
I look forward to talking to each of you about our philosophy course. You are warmly encouraged to ask about tutorial lectures, readings, class requirements, ideas, or problems. ``Online office hours'' via Philosophy Chat will be announced on the mwforum Discussion Board. For questions about course content and course procedures use the Philosophy Server's mwforum Discussion Board. You will need to register for this Discussion Board according to the instructions given in section 3.10 mwforum Message Board below. Personal questions should be sent to larchie@philosophy.lander.edu only. Do not use WebCT email or my Lander Webmail address for email contact in this course. (I do not check WebCT email, and Lander Webmail has an occasional propensity to route student email to the Spam folder.)
If you have a personal question, concern, or problem, email your instructor at the first opportunity. If you have questions about class procedures (class policies, homework problems, class requirements, grading, assignments, or other housekeeping matters), post online to the mwforum Discussion Board.
If you have questions about class content (philosophical concepts, conceptual questions, or understanding the subject-matter of philosophy), also post to the mwforum Discussion Board. The Philosophy Server's mwforum Discussion Board is additionally used for class announcements. The WebCT Discussion List is not used in this class. The WebCT email also will not be used in this class.
You may use either your Lander email address or your own personal email address. Whichever address you use, you will need to know how to attach a file to email. All email must have a subject and must be signed by the student. Please learn proper email etiquette as soon as possible. A good brief overview is given here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA012054101033.aspx
Important! Be sure to delete all unnecessary messages in your email account used for this course. Most email services, including Lander student email, limit the storage of messages in each account. If an email account becomes full, all email addressed to that account ``bounces'' without notice that messages are being rejected for lack of space. Often, in such cases, requests for help appear to be unanswered, when, in fact, the email storage limit has been exceeded for that account.
Note especially: Although Philosophy 102 Introduction to Philosophy fulfills the General Education Core Curriculum Requirement for Humanities, this course does not fulfill the requirement for Logical and Analytical Thought. If you are seeking to fulfill the Logical and Analytical Thought requirement by registering for a philosophy course, you need to enroll in Philosophy 103: Introduction to Logic.