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As I see it, our main goal in this class is to learn something about literary modernism and to enjoy ourselves as we do so. A course such as ours will flourish if we all respect the following common-sense policies. Please do not hesitate to speak with me immediately if you encounter difficulties with any aspect of this class. I work closely with the staff of the Disabled Students' Program to help my students when they need it. Therefore, if you have a disability that requires particular attention, please inform me of it at the very earliest so that I can accommodate your needs.
Attendance and Participation: Punctual attendance in all lectures and section meetings is required. Three unexcused absences will lower your final grade one full notch (from A to B); five will fail you. Please come to class prepared to participate in the day's reading. In order to dissipate the alienation that often accompanies large lecture courses, our class will include a structured discussion format in which I will encourage and expect student participation in certain moments of the course. I will usually alert you of these by asking you to prepare passages or interpretations ahead of time. While I do not intend to put students on the spot by calling on them, I very much welcome input. If I should happen to call upon you on a day in which you feel less than fully prepared, please feel free to say, "I pass."
Coursework and Grades: Three papers and an in-class final exam will all be weighted equally toward your course grade. Additionally, your GSI may have further graded requirements such as quizzes, participation, and oral presentations that will be computed into the final course grade. Please attend carefully to these. You may rewrite ONE of your first two papers provided you discuss the revision with your GSI first. Your grade for the assignment will be that of the revision, even if it is lower than the first draft, so do please use the revision as an opportunity to rethink your assignment carefully. Use the MLA format for all papers, and be sure to type papers in a legible (i.e., 10- or 12-point) font including a title, date, GSI's and professor's names, and staple on all your work. All work must be submitted at the beginning of class on the date it is due. We have developed a liberal rewrite policy which does not penalize you for turning in a paper that may not reflect your full potential while offering you the opportunity of improving it (and your grade) with our input. We urge you to avail of it. Because this policy is both fair and generous, We will not extend paper deadlines unless you have a documented emergency.
Late Papers: Barring this, if you still turn in a paper late, it will be marked down a third of a grade (from A to A- and so on) for each calendar day it is late AND you will forfeit the opportunity of a rewrite on that assignment. Papers that are not turned in at the beginning of class will be marked late by a day and penalized as above. Ordinarily, we will not accept work that is turned in more than three calendar days after it was originally due.
Finals & Incompletes: The final exam for this course is scheduled for Tuesday, December 14th, 12:30-3:30pm. If you cannot take the final exam on the designated day and time, please do not enroll in this section of the course. Regrettably, we cannot offer early final exams. No incompletes will be granted unless some unforeseen emergency has taken place (and having a cold doesn't count as an emergency). In order to consider taking an incomplete, you must satisfy all of the following conditions: 1) document the reason for an INC at the time of making the request; AND 2) have completed all three papers; AND 3) have been a regular attendant and active participant in section.
Note on Academic Honesty: We will expect every member of this class to adhere to the highest standards of academic honesty. You must fully and unambiguously cite all work that is not your own in written and oral assignments and give credit to those whose ideas or language you are using. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism, whose penalty may include failing the course and academic dismissal. The severity of the infraction allows for little leniency or second chances; we urge you, therefore, to avoid it at all costs. If ever in doubt about acceptable and unacceptable citation, please consult my website for clarification or see your GSI or me during office hours.
Listserv: In order to facilitate intellectual discussion and an exchange of information germane to our class, all members are required to subscribe to the course listserv by the end of the first week of class. (This is in addition to any listserv that may also be required for your Friday discussion section.) I will be posting information on readings, deadlines, and material of mutual course interest on it, and I encourage you to do so as well. The Berkeley listmanager has no "archive" function so that students who do not subscribe immediately cannot retrieve past postings at a later date. The list is unmoderated, which means that as listowner I do not "approve" or "reject" postings. What you post will immediately get distributed to all subscribers of the list. I, therefore, expect each of us to adhere to common sense standards of courtesy in our postings. I fully encourage you to disagree and debate postings on the list, and I will expect you to do so respectfully.
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