LATN 281/332: Sallust Spring Semester 2008 Dr. Jacqueline Long

Policies and Assessment

Grades will be based on:

LATN 281

LATN 332

Participation (beyond attendance: includes oral translation and insightful, substantive contributions to seminar discussions) 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)		Participation (beyond attendance: includes oral translation and insightful, substantive contributions to seminar discussions) Penalty for excessive absences (see below)	12.5% the Contribution component will have 2.5% deducted for each absence falling within the definition of excess (see below)
Short quizzes (scheduled)	cumulative average = 15%		Short quizzes (scheduled)	12.5%
Written homework (assigned in class)	cumulative average = 15%		Written homework (assigned in class)	5%
Literary translations	cumulative average = 12.5%		Literary translations	cumulative average = 10%
Researched commentaries	cumulative average = 12.5%		Researched commentaries	cumulative average = 10%
			Seminar reports (critical summary of problems and scholarship)	10%
			Written report of researched project (problem, evidence, analysis, argument, documentation)	15%
Midterm exam	15%		Midterm exam	12.5%
Final exam	15%		Final exam	12.5%

Attendance and other policies

• Active discussion and collaboration are important components of this course. Missing class cheats you of the opportunity to enrich your understanding with the insights of others and to share your insights and questions with us. It is a matter of respect, but far more importantly a matter of self-respect.
• If you are forced to miss class, please tell me the reason, as soon as possible (in advance, if it's a schedulable reason).
• Legitimate absences (serious illness or other crisis) should be documented in writing by the appropriate authority. Appointments should be scheduled for times other than when a class for which you are registered meets.
• Absences shall be defined as excessive, as follows:
  • Each unexcused absence beyone a total of three absences, excused or unexcused. That is, excused absences kill your budget of unexcused absences.
  • Repeated chronic lateness (more than 10 minutes) shall be counted as partial absences. Nevertheless, it is better to attend even part of a class, late, than to miss it entirely. Just don't disturb your colleagues.
  • Absences will be totalled over the whole semester.
• All written assignments are due physically in hand at the start of the class period for which they are assigned. Exceptions can be made only in extraordinary circumstances, for good and documented reasons.
• Exams can be rescheduled only for truly dire and documented reasons. Bring pens that don’t smear on the days when these exams are scheduled. Write legibly and spell correctly. Thanks!

Additional University resources

• Loyola's Learning Assistance Services, on the Web and in the Sullivan Center for Student Services on the Lakeshore Campus, offers workshops on topics such as study skills and test taking. They will also help arrange accommodations for students with disabilities.
• The Tutoring Center (physically in the Sullivan Center; peer-counselors) and the Writing Centers (sponsored by the Department of English: graduate students with expertise in writing pedagogy; Sullivan Center 245 and on the Water Tower Campus in 25 East Pearson 605) both offer consultation services.

Academic honesty

Any practice of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, obstructing the work of other students, etc.) perpetrated in this course will result in failure of the course. Do not do it.

For basic principles and definitions, see the subsection on "Academic Integrity" in the General Academic Standards and Regulations and the College of Arts and Sciences' Academic Integrity Statement in .pdf form. There's also a helpful webpage on Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism, provided by the Council of Writing Program Administrators, to which the Writing Center refers. Learning is wholly personal: it only happens if you do it yourself. Your University record should be certifying only what has really happened.

Loyola University requires that all instances of academic dishonesty must be reported to the chairperson of the department involved and to the academic Dean of the student's College.

Revised 12 January 2008 by jlong1@luc.edu
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