Loyola University Chicago

LATN 284: The Age of Augustus
LATN 341: Vergil, Aeneid

Spring Semester 2018

Monday - Wednesday - Friday 10:25am-11:15am
Crown Center 572
Dr. Jacqueline Long

Dido and Aeneas, Vatican Vergil ms, c 400, Rome


Policies and Assessment


Grades will be based on:

LATN 284 LATN 341
Contribution to the Collective Endeavor (thoughtful participation in discussion of language, poetry, content, and context: both asking productive questions and advancing insightful exploration toward formulating interesting answers)
  • Penalty for excessive absences (see below)
15%
the Contribution component will have 2.5% deducted for each absence falling within the definition of excess (see below)
Contribution to the Collective Endeavor (thoughtful participation in discussion of language, poetry, content, and context: both asking productive questions and advancing insightful exploration toward formulating interesting answers)
  • Penalty for excessive absences (see below)
15%
the Contribution component will have 2.5% deducted for each absence falling within the definition of excess (see below)
Short quizzes (cumulative average; final quiz is weighted double) 30% Short quizzes (cumulative average; final quiz is weighted double) 15%
Written homework (assigned in class) 20% Written homework (assigned in class) 10%
Article reports (concise summary of published scholarship and critical response) 15% Article reports (concise summary of published scholarship and critical response) 15%
Literary translations 20% Literary translations 15%
Work-in-progress report of researched project (synopsis of chosen problem, evidence, pertinent scholarship, current state of research and provisional conclusions) 5%
Written report of researched project (problem, evidence, analysis, argument, documentation) 25%
The "midterm grade" will reflect the weighted average, pro-rated, of the components completed to date.


Letter-point conversions in the grade scale


A
A-

100-90
89.9-86.7
B+
B
B-
86.6-83.3
83.2-80
79.9-76.7
C+
C
C-
76.6-73.3
73.2-70
69.9-66.7
D+
D
F
66.6-63.3
63.2-60
59.9-0
Quizzes and written homework assignments graded on the basis 10 points = perfection will have scores multiplied by 10 for calculation together with letter-graded components into the final grade.


Participation and other policies


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