You will earn credit for completing the assignments described below. As you can see, you will write three essays. These essays are the most important element of your performance in the class.You will have two weeks to work on each essay. Spread your writing effort over those two weeks. The general theme of each essay is given below. The actual essay questions will be posted at the beginning of the course unit in which the theme of the essay is presented. Please read the essay questions carefully as soon as they are posted. Consult the instructions provided on the "How to write an essay" page.

This will be the only in-class examination in the course. It will consist of a number of multiple choice and short essay questions convering the readings and lectures up to this point in the course.

In order to help you make proper citations to the work of other authors in your essays, you will take a brief on-line tutorial concerning plagiarism. I know that some of you have taken this tutorial before. If so, you know that it only takes a few minutes, so do it again.

The topic of this essay is the properties of cognitive systems that include interactions of a person with the material world. Essay 1 Assignment Details.

The topic of this essay is the properties of cognitive systems that are composed of two or more persons in interaction with one another. Essay 2 Assignment Details.

The topic of this essay is the ways that mindfulness emerges from the coordination of brain, body and world in cultural practices. Essay 3 Assignment Details.

The final examination will cover all of the material in the course. Emphasis will be placed on Theme 5: Embodiment and Enactment. The exam will consist of multiple choice questions and short-essay questions.