Dr. Yoder
English 2337.06     World Literature     Fall 2009

House Rules
  1. Come to class. Do your homework. Be prepared to talk. ALWAYS BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS.

  2. There will be a mid-term exam, a take-home final exam, and a thesis driven paper that involves some research (5-7pp.). See the Reading Schedule for due dates. Click here for guidelines for the final paper.

  3. Course Listserve: This course makes fairly extensive use of the class email listserve. Computing Services enrolls all students onto the listserve, so you should already be on the list, but this will be with your UALR EMAIL ACCOUNT. If you wish to use some other email account, that is fine, but you will need to join from that account. Directions on how to do that are here. Your weekly journals MUST be posted to the listserve, but I also encourage you to use the listserve to continue our in class conversations online.

  4. You will also be writing weekly journals of about 250 words on anything about the class -- either the readings, or the discussion. Journals that stop only at "I like this; I do not like that" remarks will receive no credit. Since the individual journals entries will not be graded, the best approach is to try to have fun thinking about the work: speculate, venture, invent, try out new ideas, think through problems. These journals will be due by noon on Wednesday, and should be posted to the course email listserve. The individual journal entries will be ungraded, but you will receive a collective grade based on how many journals you actually submit. Journals not received by the beginning of class on Wednesday will not be accepted. NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

  5. Grading breakdown: I use a 4-point grading scale:
    For final grades: A=4; B=3; C=2; D=1;F=0.

    For individual assignments: A=4; A-=3.7; B+=3.3; B=3; B-=2.7; C+=2.3; C=2; C-=1.7; D+=1.3; D=1;
    D-=0.7; F= 0.

    The relative value of the assignments is as follows:

    Mid-Term Exam25%
    Final Exam25%
    Research Paper25%
    Journals15%
    Attendance/Participation10%

    ALL WORK MUST BE COMPLETED TO PASS THE CLASS.

  6. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another's work, whether directly quoted or paraphrased. It is intellectual theft and will not be tolerated. The best a plagiarist may hope for is an "F" on the particular assignment. If you have questions about plagiarism, please do not hesitate to ask.

Disability Support Services: It is the policy and practice of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to create inclusive learning environments. If there are aspects of the instruction or design of this course that result in barriers to your inclusion or to accurate assessment of achievement -- such as time-limited exams, inaccessible web content, or the use of non-captioned videos -- please notify the instructor as soon as possible. Students are also welcome to contact the Disability Resource Center, telephone 501-569-3143 (v/tty). For more information, visit the DRC website at http://www.ualr.edu/disability.

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