Welcome to the Home Page for Prof. Furr's course

"Great Books and Ideas II", Spring 2012

HONP 101-01  Mondays and Thursdays 8:30-9:45 a.m. Room DI-275

I plan to put on this page links to all kinds of course information and other material related to the readings in this course.
Please let me know if you find any relevant sites on the Internet that other students should know about.

Class Photo

Group One Group Two Group Three

Email me here if you have any questions, comments, criticisms, or problems.

NOTE: Some of my web pages have my old email address on them -- furrg@ALPHA.montclair.edu. This email address does NOT work any more! Do not email me at 'ALPHA'.

English Department Home Page

You may be interested in the article I published about teaching this course.


NOTE: You CANNOT print out the readings for our course on MSU Computer Lab computers! This would tie up the computers and printers for hours, and consume tens of thousands of pages.


Print out the readings on your own computer. You will need to buy your own paper and ink cartridges. This is still far less expensive than buying the books.


ORGANIZATION:

Homework Page**

Class Schedule

(not yet up)

Course Syllabus

MLA Bibliography (with MSU ISP only -- click on 'Databases')

MSU Computer Lab Schedules

List of Public Labs at MSU

How to E-mail an Essay
Using the Copy-and-Paste
Method

(any E-mail client)

Guidelines for Short Papers

How to get FREE MSU email
NOTE: To use your MSU email, go to http://webmail.montclair.edu

IRC Information for Distance Classes

Streaming Audio Instructions

Guidelines for
Biweekly Assignments

How To Produce 'Plain Text' for Emailing Your HW Assignments

Sprague Library Home Page (for on-line bibliographies and some full-text journals)

Software You Will Need and How To Get It
-- FTP, Acrobat Reader Instructions

FTP Directions:
Where to get the FTP client and
How to use it.

Texts Associated With This Course

 

** I will post  the assignments at the end of the previous class, so you can do them on time. When you have done an assignment, you can delete the message I sent you giving you that assignment, because you'll always be able to find it here if you sho uld ever want it again.

BACK to Grover Furr's Home Page.

How To Inform Me of Your Absence (preferably beforehand, but no later than the same day).

Email me at furrg - AT - mail.montclair.edu, with the following Subject line:

Lastname GB [date of class you are absent] Absent

For example:

Subject: Robinson  GB September 21  Absent

This way I'll be able to recognize, file, and later find, your email, and so give you credit for an "excused absence."

Email me with comments, criticisms, questions, problems.


PLEASE NOTE:

1. You must have at least two e-mail addresses for this course. 

2. You MUST use the MSU mail email account for this course. It is "free" -- i.e. you have already paid for it in your tuition.

To set up this account, go here.

NOTE: To use your MSU email, go to http://webmail.montclair.edu

You also need a second email account, for emergency use only, in case the MSU mail server breaks down. If you don't have one already, you can get free email.

To get  free web-based e-mail, go to one of these two indexes:

3. You must have at least two ISPs for this course.

4. You will also need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader on your home/dorm computer. (It is already on all the computer lab computers at MSU). Download it from this page.

Be sure to "send a copy to yourself" of ALL your homework assignments!

IMPORTANT:   Whenever you email me, use the proper subject line:

                   Subj: Yourlastname  GB date assignment is due.

FFor example, if your last name is 'Robertson' and your are emailing me the assignment for the class on January 21,

                    Subj: Robertson  GB  January 21 [or, 1/21, or Jan 21, etc.]

There MUST be a space before and after the GB, and no space between them.

This is so I can search for, and sort, them efficiently.

If you don't, I'll forward your e-mail right back to you.


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