To access the Syllabus & the Course Schedule & Review Notes List, go to the External Links Tab in Blackboard. Below is a summary of the course requirements. 

For more detail on the info in this course overview, see the Syllabus & the Course Schedule & Review Notes List found in the External Links tab in Blackboard. 

The assignments for this course are 9 objective tests, 9 discussion boards, 3 essay exams, 1 term paper proposal, 1 term paper, 1 final exam.   Access to each of these assignments is through the Assignments Tab in Blackboard. 

Each objective test consists of 20 multiple choice & true - false questions. 

Each essay test consists of 1 essay. Essays should be two, average length, hand written pages long, i.e. about 200 to 300 words.. Be sure & answer all parts of the question. Write clearly. Spelling & grammar count. Give examples, be thorough, cover all major points from the text & notes, then add your own opinion if so inclined. Good luck! Essay answers receiving full credit will be drawn from the textbook, the course notes, and if you choose, primary sources such as a recent article (past 4 years) from a peer reviewed journal, a book, or reputable website. No "open internet sources such as Wikipedia, Answer.com, etc. are allowed. If you use such sources APA formatted in-text citations and a reference list will be included, e.g. (Author, date) & a Bibliography. Your responses should be complete. Generally 200 to 300 words are required for a “complete” answer to an essay question. Your answer should include information from your course materials and/or research when required, but, again, should be primarily in your own words. If you paraphrase or quote words or ideas from your course textbook or other resources, you should cite your sources following the APA style citation guidelines. To maintain academic integrity, and to promote authentic student engagement, I recommend that students answer subjective questions by using their own words. I will assign a zero (0) grade to responses to subjective questions that include (but are not limited to) any of the following: (a) text that is substantially similar to that found in other students’ subjective responses, and (b) quoting or paraphrasing without attribution from work or ideas that appear in Internet or print sources, including course textbooks. Please contact your professor if you have any questions regarding concepts presented within the required reading. Each test may be opened & saved as many times as desired, until it is submitted. 

There are 11 discussion boards. The student shall provide two entries: one responding to the discussion question, one responding to another student. 

The draft proposal to the term paper is to consist of a thesis statement & a summary of the topic for the term paper & a biblio w/ 3 references: Length: one page (300 words) (Excluding title page). 

The term paper is to consist of 3 pages on the topic chosen, including one page of a socio historical analysis, & a half page of solutions. Length: three pages (900 words) (Excluding title page & biblio). The final consists of 100 multiple choice & true - false questions. 

The Late Policy: 

All assignments are due on noon on the date indicated on the Course Outline & Review Notes List as found in the Blackboard External Links Tab. 

Each assignment in this course is available for you to work on it at least three weeks in advance.  None of the assignments are that lengthy, but there are many of them.  Thus each of the assignments may range in worth from 2%  to 10% of the course value. 

 Given the number of assignments, & the lengthy availability of time for you to work on each assignments, there are no excuses accepted. 

 Late penalties are assessed as follows: 

  Day 1:  20 points 
  Day 2:  30 points 
  Day 3:  40 points 
  Day 4:  50 points 
  No Assignments Accepted 

 Thus to avoid any late penalties, I suggest you adopt a very professional outlook & attempt to turn in all assignments early.  This allows you to avoid any of life's available travails that may affect your timely completion of these assignments such as crashed computers, lost book, illness, & the other very real things that inevitably come down. 

My email address is pww8y@uvawise.edu