Course Requirements
Attendance and Class Participation: This course is designed as a seminar. It is not our intent to deliver lectures, rather to lead our seminar in discussing the issues presented by our readings. It is essential that you attend each class session and participate actively in discussions. Participation and attendance will be taken into account in calculating final grades. If attendance and participation is consistently high, your final grade will be raised by 1/2 a letter grade (e.g., a B to a B+). If attendance is poor, this will lower your grade by 1/2 a letter grade. If attendance is very poor, you will not pass this course.
Reading Assignments: Readings will be assigned and announced in class and will form the basis for co-operative participation assignments. We will be examining the readings in detail during class meetings. In order to participate and contribute as a seminar member you will need to be prepared by completing the required readings for each class meeting. You will need to devote quality time to your readings for this course. Come to class with questions and well thought-out comments concerning your readings. It generally helps to write these down.
Exams: There will be a take-home midterm and a take-home final exam. These will require 4-5 pages of response to a question require you to integrate various things you have learned. There will also be in-class "objective" quizzes to monitor your fact-based understanding of the material.
Term paper: You will be required to turn in a formal paper of your presentation topic.
No homeworks or exams will be accepted by email by DeLancey, although Darvill will appreciate email copies. All assignment must be handed in, when required, in hard copy.
Grading
Final grades will be based on:
If you miss an exam and have an excused absence for the day you miss the exam, you may make it up, by special appointment with me, when you are able to come back to class. It is your responsibility to arrange any make-up exams as soon as you know you are going to miss the exam. Otherwise you may lose the opportunity to take the test, since I cannot give make-up exams after the class has gone over the answers.
Here is how you secure an excused absence: Only prior notification with credibly documented or easily verifiable reasons (e.g., medical visits to Mary Walker, documented participation in official sporting events, etc.) will result in excused absences. You must notify in writing, call, or email me prior to your absence from class. You must notify the Philosophy Department secretary or the Psychology Department secretary before you are going to be absent. However, you must make sure she knows your name, the number of the course, the date, and your easily verifiable reason, along with a request to forward the information to me. It is better to give your information to me, except when you are unable to communicate with my phone or email for some reason.
Please hold onto all of your assignments and exams. Sometime before the end of the semester we recommend that you ask us to review the grades that I have recorded to make sure that I have not made any mistakes. I'm only human and can make typos in recording grades!
Any forms of cheating will earn a zero grade, and will be reported to the Dean.
Presentations
We will give you a handout listing some suggested presentation topics.
Your presentation should explain and expand upon a section of one of our primary text readings. You must include at least one outside reading in your presentation. Presentations should run approximately 30 minutes with time for discussion. Make sure you explain the relevance of your topic for understanding the broader treat of the topic with at least one outside reference incorporated into the analysis. Finally, conclude with five questions for class discussion. These questions should be handed out one class meeting prior to the day of presentation to help facilitate discussion. Your formal paper is essentially a written version of your presentation following the above format. Each seminar member must meet with us at least once, prior to your presentation. Schedule We will frequently update an online schedule of readings and assignments. It is your responsibility to check the www pages for the class at least every other day! Disabilities If you have a disabling condition which may interfere with your ability to successfully complete this course, please contact the Disability Services Office at dss@oswego.edu web: www.oswego.edu/dis.
College Policy on Intellectual Integrity
Intellectual integrity on the part of all students is basic to individual growth and development through college course work. When academic dishonesty occurs, the teaching/learning climate is seriously undermined and student growth and development are impeded. For these reasons, any form of intellectual dishonesty is a serious concern and is therefore prohibited.
The full intellectual integrity policy can be found at www.oswego.edu/administration/registrar/policy_text.html#cpii
ALANA
Conference Link http://www.oswego.edu/student/services/campus_life/point/alanaschedule.
We will frequently update an online schedule of readings and assignments. It is your responsibility to check the www pages for the class at least every other day!