Dr. Yoder
English 2337.07     World Literature     Spring 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. You will also be writing weekly journals of about 250 words on anything about the class -- either the readings, or the discussion. These journals will be due at the beginning of Wednesday's class, and should be posted to the course email listserve. (Click here for directions on how to join and use the email listserve.) The individual journal entries will be ungraded, but you will receive a collective grade based on how many journals you actually submit. NO LATE JOURNALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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