Paper Revising Policies |Late Paper Policies | Formal Criteria For Papers

 

GENERAL POLICIES

1)  LATENESS. Get to class on time.  A late arrival of five or more minutes counts as "late"; and three "lates" constitute an absence.  A late arrival of 15 minutes or more will also count as an absence

2)  ATTENDANCE You are allowed two absences in the class before receiving a failing grade. Given the generosity of that number since we meet less than half as often as a face-to-face class, I will make no exceptions.

BECAUSE YOUR GRADE REFLECTS A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE MATERIAL (AND NOT WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE), YOU CAN NOT MISS MORE THAN TWOCLASSES FOR ANY REASON AND PASS THE CLASS.

GOOD REASON, BAD REASON, EXCUSED, UNEXCUSED, YOU CAN NOT HAVE MORE THAN TWO ABSENCES AND RECEVE CREDIT FOR THIS COURSE.



If you miss class, you must send your assignment to me by the start of class time.

3) Check your e-mail regularly.  We use e-mail to get announcements pertaining to the class out to everyone.  Accordingly, it is your responsibility to read your e-mail every twenty-four hours M-F and once every 48 hours over the weekend. h

Paper/Paragraph Revising Policies

You may revise your essays for a better grade. However, you must turn in the revision within 10 days of getting your comments.

Reschedules

Every student has the option once during the semester to reschedule the due date of an assignment with the following conditions: (A) you must notify us 7 days in advance of the original due date of the assignment (B) you must do some portion of the assignment. This required portion of a rescheduled assignment and the new due date will vary by individual case. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THESE CONDITIONS, EXCEPT AS NOTED ON THE SYLLABUS. Assignments that contain both an essay and short-answer questions can NOT be rescheduled

Students with receive "A-" or higher grades on the first paper get a second reschedule as a reward.

LATE PAPERS

Do not tell me how the computer erased your paper. It is your responsibility to set aside enough time to compensate for unforeseen events with printing (and there often are), and to make back-up copies of your work (NOTE: if you don't have a good strategy for backing up your work, please come to me and I will help you out)  

ssignments that contain both an essay and short-answer questions can NOT be turned in late

 If your paper is late, I will deduct from your essay's grade according to the following schedule:

TURNED IN LATE BY
GRADE REDUCTION
less than 24 hours
5%
less than 48 hours
25%
more than 48 hours
40%

 

HERE IS NO PRIVATE WRITING IN THIS CLASS. You can expect that portions of your essays will be used in class.  In general, the students of this class will act as coaches and editors for each other

Formal Criteria and Format Policies for Papers

  • All essays and assignment should be properly typed, whether for a rough draft or for a final version. Handwritten work will not be accepted.
  • All essays should conform to the following
    Font: No larger than 12
    Footnotes: Any standard style
    Spacing: Always double space,

    except for indented block quotations