CLST 272-001: Heroes and Classical Epics

Fall Semester 2007
Dr. Jacqueline Long

Policies and Assessment

Grades will be based on:

Attendance and other policies

• Active discussion and collaboration are important components of this course. Missing class cheats you of the opportunity to enrich your understanding with the insights of others and to share your insights and questions with us. It is a matter of respect, but far more importantly a matter of self-respect.
• If you must miss class, please tell me the reason, as soon as possible (in advance, if it's a schedulable reason).
• Legitimate absences (serious illness, non-negotiable appointments) should be documented in writing by the appropriate authority. Appointments with Loyola personnel should be scheduled for times other than when a class for which you are registered meets.
• Absences shall be defined as excessive, as follows:
  • Each unexcused absence beyone a total of three absences, excused or unexcused. That is, excused absences kill your budget of unexcused absences.
  • Repeated chronic lateness (more than 10 minutes) shall be counted as partial absences. Nevertheless, it is better to attend even part of a class, late, than to miss it entirely. Just don't disturb your colleagues.
  • Absences will be totalled over the whole semester.
• Active cooperation on the collaborative presentations is expected of all students. You owe it to one another as a courtesy, at very least, to plan together in advance so that all members can participate fully despite the burdens that everybody's busy schedule inevitably imposes.
• All written assignments, including presentation-papers, are due at the start of the class period for which they are assigned.
• Exams can be rescheduled only for truly dire, documented reasons. They will involve short-answer and essay questions. Bring pens that don't smear on the days when these exams are scheduled. Write legibly and spell correctly. Thanks!

Additional University resources

• Loyola's Learning Assistance Services, on the Web and in the Sullivan Center for Student Services on the Lakeshore Campus, offers workshops on topics such as study skills and test taking. They will also help arrange accommodations for students with disabilities.
• The Tutoring Center (physically in the Sullivan Center; peer-counselors) and the Writing Centers (sponsored by the Department of English: graduate students with expertise in writing pedagogy; Sullivan Center 245 and on the Water Tower Campus in 25 East Pearson 605) both offer consultation services.

Academic integrity

• Any practice of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, obstructing the work of other students, etc.) perpetrated in this course will result in failure of the course. Do not do it.
• For basic principles and definitions, see the subsection on "Academic Integrity" in Loyola's General Academic Standards and Regulations. Many websites offer fuller information and strategies by which you can keep yourself clear from plagiarism: for example,
  • from Oregon State University
  • from Indiana University
  • from Purdue University
  Learning is wholly personal: it only happens if you do it yourself. Your University record can legitimately certify only what has really happened.
• Loyola University requires that all instances of academic dishonesty must be reported to the chairperson of the department involved and to the academic Dean of the student's College.

Revised 14 August 2007 by jlong1@luc.edu
http://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/