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

(for course requirements and a breakdown of each assignment's worth in your semester grade, see here)

GENERAL POLICIES

1)  LATENESS. Get to class on time.  A late arrival of seven 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 get two absences, no questions asked. Your third unexcused absence will reduce your final grade by 5%, your fourth by 10%, and five or more unexcused absence will trigger a failing grade. Talk to me well in advance if you need to make other arrangements.  I might, but it's not likely. Excused absences will require documentation; remember, historians love documents, so bring in good ones. I will need a photocopy of the documentation as well as a signed statement explaining the document.

FINALLY, BECAUSE YOUR GRADE REFLECTS A SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE COURSE MATERIAL (AND NOT WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE), YOU CAN NOT MISS MORE THAN SIX CLASSES FOR ANY REASON AND PASS THE CLASS. GOOD REASON, BAD REASON, EXCUSED, UNEXCUSED, YOU CAN NOT HAVE MORE THAN SIX ABSENCES AND RECEVE CREDIT FOR THIS COURSE.

 

 

 



If you miss class, you must send your assignment to me by the start of class time if you wish not to use one of your 2 freebies. You should send me your work by blackboard's digital drop box (details on drop box here; details on logging on to blackboard here) Or e-mail it to me, if we have not yet gone over the Blackboard system in class.

3) Check your e-mail regularly.  I use e-mail to get announcements pertaining to the class out to everyone.  Accordingly, it is your responsibility to read any class related e-mail I distribute within twenty-four hours of my posting time, except on weekends, when you will have forty-eight hours to do so.

Paper/Paragraph Revising Policies

Any of the eligible (see below) papers/paragraphs turned in on time can be revised as many times as you wish to improve your grade. To revise a paper, however, you must:

A) Make an appointment with the writing tutor to go over your draft and my comments with her.

B) Ask the tutor to write a brief report of your meeting and submit that report with your revision.

C) Turn in both the original and revised drafts to me WITHIN 3 WEEKS OF THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT

Ineligible Papers/Paragraphs:

The following items may not be revised: Short Paper Option on Slave Trade, Final Paper

LATE PAPERS

Do not tell me how your printer broke, or why 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)   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%

 

7) A Final Note: THERE 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