1. Each student is required to write one long essay (10-12 pages for undergraduates, 14-20 pages for graduates).  Essays should engage the issues discussed during the course of the quarter in relation to an anime or film analyzed in class.  Raise questions, trace motifs, and point out problem areas. In addition to considering the issues raised, include in your analysis consideration of mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound design.  Other anime and films may also be discussed with the professor’s permission. Consult the discussion questions (and online forum discussions) each week for paper topic ideas. 

2. In the digital age, dialogue is not limited to face-to-face contact but also takes place in virtual chatrooms and online forums.  Such "virtual" or "digital" dialogue is no less real or pedagogically valuable than what takes place in the physical classroom; Towards the goal of establishing an online dialogue that picks up where face-to-face dialogue leaves off, each student is required to post 1 discussion question and 2 discussion responseS (to the questions posed by others) on the Tokyo Cyberpunk Forum (on Blackboard) each week that class meets. Posts are due by the start of the next class. A question or response may be as short as a sentence or as long as you like. Discussion questions/responses should relate in some way to the films, anime, and/or readings assigned for a given week.

3. Active participation on the part of every student is expected. Come to class prepared to discuss the films. Unexcused absences will adversely affect your grade.

4. Grading is calculated as follows: essay = 33%; online posting to the discussion board = 35%; and class attendance (including screenings & face-to-face discussion) = 32%.