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CLST/WSGS 295-WI:
Women in the Classical World
Spring Semester 2008
Dr. Jacqueline Long
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Policies and Assessment
Grades will be based on:
Contributions to Class (the value you add to everyone's
learning: thoughtful questions, pertinent answers, insight,
logic, substance, and always courtesy - more than mere
attendance)
- Penalty for excessive
absences (see below)
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10%
the Contribution component will have 2.5%
deducted for each absence falling
within the definition of excess (see below) |
| Source-exercises (building analytical and expository skills
@ 7.5%) |
15% |
| Problem-paper (further developing skills in research, analysis, and
argument) |
10% |
| Collaborative research project (cooperative development of
individual and collaborative research; joint in-class presentation
of results @ 5% plus written report of individual research and
results @ 15%, the culminating written exercise) |
20% |
| First in-class examination |
15% |
| Second in-class examination |
15% |
| Final examination |
15% |
The "midterm grade" will reflect the weighted average, pro-rated,
of the components completed to date.
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 are forced to miss class, please tell me the reason, as soon as possible
(in advance, if it's a schedulable reason).
- Legitimate absences (serious illness or other crisis)
should be documented in writing by the appropriate authority. Appointments
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.
- All written assignments are due physically in hand at the start of the class
period for which they are assigned. Exceptions can be made only in
extraordinary circumstances, for good and documented reasons.
- Exams can be rescheduled only for truly dire and 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 honesty
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 the
General
Academic Standards and Regulations and the College of Arts and Sciences'
Academic
Integrity Statement in .pdf form. There's also a helpful webpage
on Defining and Avoiding
Plagiarism, provided by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, to which the
Writing Center
refers. Learning is wholly personal: it only happens if you do it yourself. Your University
record should be certifying 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.
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Revised 1 January 2008 by
jlong1@luc.edu
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