Fulfillment of requirements Each course module has sets of assigned readings. Students are required to submit reading reflections (~800 words, letter size, single-spaced, 11 font) of the readings, including one discussion question from each reading set to be discussed in class. Please follow the guidelines below for reading assignments: • Reflections are not summaries. For each reading, instead of summarizing the contents, select one or two topics that interest you the most. Discuss your own understanding/ views/ comments/ agreements/ disagreements on the selected topics. Consider asking the following questions: do you agree with the reading arguments? What examples from real life can you connect with the reading? What are your take-aways from the reading? What you like or dislike about the reading? • Create one separate paragraph for each reading. For example, if a reading set has four readings, use four paragraphs. Be sure to mention the reading you are discussing. • At the end of each reflection, including one discussion question from each assigned reading. Discussion questions are inquiries that you would like to discuss in class with others. These questions should generate out of the readings. You may contextualize the questions within the readings or briefly explain the context of the questions for better discussion. • Do not use sentences or lines from the readings in your reflection. Write in your own words. • Write complete sentences, do not use bullet points. • Any external references (materials/ terms/ sentences/ phrases quoted from other authors) should be properly cited. Use in-text Chicago style citations. Please follow this link for more information on citations:. No need to cite the assigned readings. You may use one additional page for citations. • Reading reflections should be between 700 to 800 words, excluding references, titles, or names. • There should be no grammatical errors in the reading reflections. Please use either MS Word’s Spellcheck or free applications like Grammarly (https://app.grammarly.comLinks to an external site.) to edit your document before submission.
• Kotkin (2005). The City. Chapters 1, 2 & 3. Pp. 3 – 18.
• Kotkin (2005). The City. Chapters 7, 8 & 9. Pp. 43 – 64.
• Pirenne (1925). City Origins & Cities & European Civilization.
• Morris (1994). The History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolutions. Chapter 1: The Early Cities.