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ANTH 258A: Archaeology Fall 2015 Monday Wednesday 8:20-9:50 AM Asbury 007 Dr. Lydia Wilson Marshall Office: Asbury Hall 223 Email: [email protected] Phone: (765) 658-4508 Office Hours: 2:00-3:30 PM Tuesday and 3:00-4:00 PM Friday or by appointment. COURSE DESCRIPTION Archaeology is much more than digging into the ancient past. It is also a form of detective work that allows us to understand ancient as well as modern societies by uncovering the clues of their material remains. In this course, we see how archaeologists show how and why civilizations rise and collapse. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, ANTH 153 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for ANTH 354. REQUIRED MATERIALS Feder, Kenneth L. 2008 Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology. 2 nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press. Putnam County Museum Admission ($2) All other assigned readings will be posted as pdfs in Moodle or placed on reserve in the library. SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES, EXAMS, AND LABS 9/7: Paper 1 (Cars as Material Culture) due via Moodle before class 9/7: Student Presentation/Activity Day (Cultural Transforms and Natural Transforms) 9/14: Revised Paper 1 (Cars as Material Culture) due in hard copy in class 9/23: Garbage record assignment due via Moodle before class

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ANTH 258A: Archaeology

Fall 2015

Monday Wednesday 8:20-9:50 AM

Asbury 007

Dr. Lydia Wilson Marshall

Office: Asbury Hall 223

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (765) 658-4508

Office Hours: 2:00-3:30 PM Tuesday and 3:00-4:00 PM Friday or by appointment.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Archaeology is much more than digging into the ancient past. It is also a form of detective work

that allows us to understand ancient as well as modern societies by uncovering the clues of their

material remains. In this course, we see how archaeologists show how and why civilizations rise

and collapse. Prerequisite: ANTH 151, ANTH 153 or permission of instructor. Not open to

students with credit for ANTH 354.

REQUIRED MATERIALS

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to Archaeology. 2nd

edition. New York:

Oxford University Press.

Putnam County Museum Admission ($2)

All other assigned readings will be posted as pdfs in Moodle or placed on reserve in the library.

SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES, EXAMS, AND LABS

9/7: Paper 1 (Cars as Material Culture) due via Moodle before class

9/7: Student Presentation/Activity Day (Cultural Transforms and Natural Transforms)

9/14: Revised Paper 1 (Cars as Material Culture) due in hard copy in class

9/23: Garbage record assignment due via Moodle before class

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9/23: Lab 1: Artifacts

9/28: Lab 1 write-up due in hard copy in class

9/28: Student Presentation/Activity Day (Viewshed Analysis)

10/2: Paper 2 (Insights from Garbage) due via Moodle at noon (note: not a class day)

10/5: Peer Review Worksheet due via Moodle before class

10/7: Midterm Exam

10/12: Revised Paper 2 (Insights from Garbage) due in hard copy in class

10/26: Paper 4 (Independent Research) proposal due via Moodle before class

10/28: Lab 2: Features

11/2: Lab 2 write-up due in hard copy in class

11/2: Student Presentation/Activity Day (Battlefield Archaeology)

11/4: Lab 3: Burials

11/4: Paper 4 (Independent Research) outline due via Moodle before class

11/9: Lab 3 write-up due in hard copy in class

11/16: Lab 4: Public Representations of the Past

11/16: Paper 3 (Probate Analysis) due in hard copy in class

11/18: Lab 4 write-up due in hard copy in class

11/23: Student Presentation/Activity Day (Kennewick Man)

11/24: Paper 4 (Independent Research) due via Moodle by 4 PM (note: not a class day)

12/7: Student research presentations

12/9: Student research presentations

12/9: Revised Paper 4 (Independent Research) due in hard copy in class

12/16: Final Exam (8:30-11:30 AM)

CLASS SCHEDULE AND READINGS

Wednesday, 8/26: Archaeology Is Not About Objects

In-Class Archaeology: Artifact Analysis, Draw an Archaeologist

In-Class Writing: Free Writing

THEME 1: INTRODUCING ARCHAEOLOGY

Monday, 8/31: The Problems and Promise of Archaeology

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly

1993 Why We Need Things. In History from Things: Essays on Material Culture.

Steven Lubar and W. David Kingery, eds. Pp. 20-29. Washington, DC: Smithsonian

Institution Press.

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Morgenroth, Silke

2005 “X” Never, Ever Marks the Spot: Archaeology and Cultural Studies (excerpt). In

A Companion to Cultural Studies. Toby Miller, ed. Pp. 154-159. Malden, MA: Blackwell

Publishers.

Sebastian, Lynne

2003 The Awful Truth about Archaeology. The SAA Archaeological Record 3(2): 35-

37.

In-Class Writing: Finding a Strong Thesis

Paper #1 (Cars as Material Culture) is handed out

Wednesday 9/2 – Deadline to drop (cancel) or add Fall Term 2015 classes

Wednesday, 9/2: Is Archaeology Anthropology? Is Archaeology Science?

Fagan, Brian M.

2000 The Quest for the Past. In Annual Editions: Archaeology. Fifth Edition. Linda L.

Hasten, ed. Pp. 8-14. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill.

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 Chapter 2: A Biography of Archaeology (excerpt). In Linking to the Past: A Brief

Introduction to Archaeology. 2nd

edition. Pp. 40-59. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kelly, Robert

2002 Archaeology Is Anthropology. SAA Archaeological Record 2(3): 13-14.

In-Class Archaeology: Building an Artifact Taxonomy

Monday, 9/7: What is an Archaeological Site? (Student Presentation/Activity Day)

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 A Community’s Shadow: The Archaeological Site. In Linking to the Past: A Brief

Introduction to Archaeology. 2nd

edition. Pp. 112-131. New York: Oxford University

Press.

Stewart, Doug

2006 Resurrecting Pompeii. Smithsonian 36(11): 60-68.

Student Presentation/Activity: Cultural Transforms and Natural Transforms

In-Class Writing: Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty

Paper #1 (Cars as Material Culture) due via Moodle before class

Meet with Professor Marshall about Paper #1 during office hours on 9/8 (Tuesday), 9/11

(Friday), or by appointment this week. A sign-up sheet will be available through Google Docs.

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Wednesday, 9/9: What Questions Do Archaeologists Ask? (Part 1): Technology and

Environment

Price, T. Douglas

2006 Archaeological Questions (excerpt). In Principles of Archaeology. Pp. 69-84.

New York: McGraw Hill.

Edgar, Blake

2005 The Polynesian Connection. Archaeology 58(2): 42-45.

In-Class Writing: Understanding Paper Structure

Monday, 9/14: What Questions Do Archaeologists Ask? (Part 2): Social Organization and

Ideology

Price, T. Douglas

2006 Archaeological Questions (excerpt). In Principles of Archaeology. Pp. 84-99.

New York: McGraw Hill.

Curry, Andrew

2009 Rituals of the Nasca Lines. Archaeology. 62(3): 34-39.

In-Class Writing: Active Voice

Revised Paper #1 (Cars as Material Culture) due in hard copy in class

Garbage record assignment handed out

Wednesday, 9/16: How Do Archaeologists Date Sites?

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 Interpreting the Past (excerpt). In Linking to the Past: A Brief Introduction to

Archaeology. 2nd

edition. Pp. 199-234. New York: Oxford University Press.

In-Class Archaeology: Stratigraphy, Frequency Seriation, Stylistic Seriation, Mean

Ceramic Dates

THEME 2: HOW ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION WORKS

Monday, 9/21: How Do Archaeologists Reconstruct the Past? (Part 1): Analogy

Ashmore, Wendy and Robert J. Sharer

2006 Reconstructing the Past (excerpt). In Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction

to Archaeology. Pp. 179-188. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

Curry, Andrew

2014 The Neolithic Toolkit. Archaeology 67(6):38-41.

In-Class Archaeology: Cultural Bias and Analogy

Wednesday, 9/23: Lab 1: Artifacts

Spector, Janet

1974 Prehistoric Midwestern Woodland Indians Databook 1: Site, Description, and

Reports and Databook 2: Maps, Figures, Charts (excerpts). Fort Arkinson, WI: Nasco.

Garbage record assignment due via Moodle before class

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Monday, 9/28: How Do Archaeologists Reconstruct the Past? (Part 2): Spatial Analysis

(Student Presentation/Activity Day)

Ashmore, Wendy and Robert J. Sharer

2006 Reconstructing the Past (excerpt). In Discovering Our Past: A Brief Introduction

to Archaeology. Pp. 188-211. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

Deetz, James

1990 Landscapes as Cultural Statements. In Earth Patterns: Essays in Landscape

Archaeology. William M. Kelso and Rachel Most, eds. Pp. 1-4. Charlottesville:

University Press of Virginia

Student Presentation/Activity: Viewshed Analysis

In-Class Writing: Minimizing To-Be Verbs

Lab #1 write-up due in hard copy in class

Paper #2 (Insights from Garbage) is handed out

Wednesday, 9/30: What Can Human Bones Tell Us about the Past?

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 Conversing with the Dead: Bioarchaeology. In Linking to the Past: A Brief

Introduction to Archaeology. 2nd

edition. Pp. 355-384. New York: Oxford University

Press.

Tung, Tiffiny A. and Kelly J. Knudson

2011 Identifying Locals, Migrants, and Captives in the Wari Heartland: A

Bioarchaeological and Biogeochemical Study of Human Remains from Conchopata,

Peru. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 30:247-261.

In-Class Writing: Planting a Naysayer

Friday, 10/2: Paper #2 (Insights from Garbage) due via Moodle at noon

Monday, 10/5: Why Do Archaeologists Care What People in the Past Ate?

Feder, Kenneth L.

2008 Putting Food on the Table: Reconstructing Ancient Diets In Linking to the Past: A

Brief Introduction to Archaeology. 2nd

edition. Pp. 292-322. New York: Oxford

University Press.

Edgar, Blake

2010 The Power of Chocolate. Archaeology 63(6): 20-25.

In-Class Archaeology: Analyzing Faunal (Animal Bone) Data

In-Class Writing: Peer Review of Paper #2 (Insights from Garbage)

Wednesday, 10/7: Midterm Exam

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Monday, 10/12: How Can Archaeologists Work Underwater?

Bailey, Geoff

2004 The Wider Significance of Submerged Archaeological Sites and Their Relevance

to World Prehistory. In Submarine Prehistoric Archaeology of the North Sea. Nicholas C.

Flemming, ed. Pp. 3-10. London: Council for British Archaeology.

Jones, Dan

2009 Diving to the Depths of Human History. New Scientist 204(2735): 46-49.

Pringle, Heather

2013 Troubled Waters for Ancient Shipwrecks. Science 340(6134):802-807.

Revised Paper #2 (Insights from Garbage) due in hard copy in class

In-Class Library Demonstration with Tiffany Hebb

THEME 3: SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Wednesday, 10/14: Why Did People Start Farming? Did It Improve Their Lives?

Diamond, Jared

1987 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race. Discover Magazine (May):

64-66.

Diamond, Jared

1999 Farmer Power. In Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies. Pp. 85-

92. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Molleson, Theya

1994 The Eloquent Bones of Abu Hureyra. Scientific American 271(4): 70-75.

In-Class Writing: Synthesizing Data from Multiple Sources

Monday, 10/19 – Friday, 10/23: NO CLASS (Fall Break)

Monday, 10/26: Why Do Civilizations Rise and Fall?

Diamond, Jared

2005 The Ancient Ones: The Anasazi and Their Neighbors. In Collapse: How Societies

Choose to Fail or Succeed. Pp. 136-156. New York: Viking.

Morrison, Kathleen

2006 Archaeology: Failure and How to Avoid It. Nature 440 (April 6): 752-754.

Wilcox, Michael

2010 Marketing Conquest and the Vanishing Indian: An Indigenous Response to Jared

Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse. Journal of Social Archaeology 10(1):

92-117.

In-Class Writing: Documenting Research Sources

Paper #4 (Independent Research) proposal due via Moodle before class

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Wednesday, 10/28: Lab 2: Features

Spector, Janet

1974 Prehistoric Midwestern Woodland Indians Databook 1: Site, Description, and

Reports and Databook 2: Maps, Figures, Charts (excerpts). Fort Arkinson, WI: Nasco.

Friday, 10/30: Last day to withdraw from a course with grade of W (strictly enforced), and

change a course from grade to pass/fail or from pass/fail to grade.

Monday, 11/2: How Common was Warfare in the Past? (Student Presentation/Activity Day)

Ferguson, R. Brian

2003 The Birth of War. Natural History 112(6): 28-35.

LeBlanc, Steven

2003 Prehistory of Warfare. Archaeology 56(3): 18-25.

Letters to the editor

2003 War of Words about War. Natural History 112(8): 12-14.

Student Presentation/Activity: Battlefield Archaeology

In-Class Writing: Considering Your Audience

Lab #2 write-up due in hard copy in class

Wednesday, 11/4: Lab 3: Burials

Spector, Janet

1974 Prehistoric Midwestern Woodland Indians Databook 1: Site, Description, and

Reports and Databook 2: Maps, Figures, Charts (excerpts). Fort Arkinson, WI: Nasco.

Paper #4 (Independent Research) outline due via Moodle before class

Monday, 11/9: What Can Archaeology Reveal about Historic and Contemporary Periods?

Deetz, James

1996 The Anglo American Past. In In Small Things Forgotten: An Archaeology of

Early American Life. Pp. 38-67

Wilson, Douglas C. and William L. Rathje

1990 Modern Middens. Natural History 99(5): 54-58.

In-Class Writing: Quoting Effectively

Lab #3 write-up due in hard copy in class

Paper #3 (Probate Analysis) is handed out

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THEME 4: THE POWER AND POLITICS OF ARCHAEOLOGY

Wednesday, 11/11: How Does the Present Affect Our Perceptions of the Past?

Gero, Joan and Dolores Root

1996 Public Presentations and Private Concerns: Archaeology in the Pages of National

Geographic. In The Politics of the Past. P.W. Gathercole and D. Lowenthal, eds. Pp. 19-

37. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.

Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane

1998 The Real Flintstones?: What Are Artists’ Depictions of Human Ancestors Telling

Us? In Anthropology Explored: The Best of Smithsonian AnthroNotes. R.O. Selig and

M.R. London, eds. Pp. 74-82. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.

In-Class Archaeology: Analyzing National Geographic

Monday, 11/16: Lab 4: Public Representations of the Past

In-Class Fieldtrip: Meharry Hall, Putnam County Museum, and Robe Ann Park

Paper #3 (Probate Analysis) is due in hard copy in class

Wednesday, 11/18: Archaeology, Nationalism, and Religion

Arnold, Bettina

1992 The Past as Propaganda. Archaeology 45(4): 30-37.

Romey, Kristin M.

2004 Flashpoint Ayodhya. Archaeology 57(4): 48-55.

In-Class Writing: “So What? Who Cares?”

Lab #4 write-up due in hard copy in class

Monday, 11/23: Archaeology and Native Americans (Student Presentation/Activity Day)

Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Chip

2009 Reconciling American Archaeology and Native America. Daedalus 138(2): 94-

104.

Fabian, Ann

2003 The Curious Cabinet of Dr. Morton. In Acts of Possession: Collecting in America.

Leah Dilworth, ed. Pp. 112-133. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Student Presentation/Activity: Kennewick Man

In-Class Writing: Writing Flow

Tuesday, 11/24: Paper #4 (Independent Research) due via Moodle by 4 PM

Wednesday, 11/25: NO CLASS (Thanksgiving Break)

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Meet with Professor Marshall about Paper #4 during class hours on 11/30 (Monday), office

hours on 12/1 (Tuesday) or 12/4 (Friday), or by appointment this week. A sign-up sheet will be

available through Google Docs.

Monday, 11/30: NO CLASS (Individual Writing Conferences)

Wednesday, 12/2: Fringe Archaeology

Däniken, Erich von

1970 Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers? In Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved

Mysteries of the Past. Pp. 95-110. New York: Putnam.

Feder, Kenneth.

1996 Prehistoric E.T.: The Fantasy of Ancient Astronauts. In Frauds, Myths, and

Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Second Edition. Pp. 165-193.

Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

In-Class Writing: Varying Sentence Structure

Monday, 12/7: Student Research Presentations

Wednesday, 12/9: Student Research Presentations

Revised Paper #4 (Independent Research) due in hard copy in class

Wednesday, December 16: Final Exam (8:30-11:30 AM)

COURSE GOALS

This course is designed to teach students how archaeological knowledge is constructed, provide

them with hands-on experience in archaeological analysis, and help them understand

archaeology’s continued political resonance in the present. We will explore how different types

of archaeological data (artifacts, features, architecture, animal bones, preserved seeds and pollen,

human bones, settlement spatial organization, etc.) have provided insight into the human past not

otherwise available. By participating in archaeological analysis, students will build a much

deeper understanding of how this interpretive process works. A second major learning goal this

semester is to improve students’ writing. We will use more informal writing as a process to

enhance critical analysis and reasoning. In the course’s more formal writing assignments,

students will work to improve their ability to write for different kinds of audiences, summarize

others’ research effectively, position their voice and argument in a field of existing research, and

structure a thesis-driven essay coherently.

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COURSE EXPECTATIONS

Class Participation

This course will include both lecture and discussion components, and class participation is

essential. Class participation means attending all classes, arriving on time, volunteering to speak

when you have a chance, demonstrating that you are well prepared for class by offering

thoughtful comments/questions, and sometimes pushing yourself to make more rigorous,

analytical, or imaginative points. I expect everyone to be respectful of other people’s ideas and

opinions. While we can and should debate issues, we should not attack other people personally

for the ideas they express in class. Class participation accounts for 10% of the course grade.

NOTE ON PARTICIPATION: Participation and attendance are very important to your success

in this course. Remember, you cannot participate if you are not there! If you are going to be

absent, contact me before class. It is your responsibility to get all information you missed on any

days you were absent. Acceptable reasons for an excused absence include family emergency,

serious illness, religious holiday, and participation in college athletic competitions. Please note

that excessive absences, even when excused, will negatively impact your participation grade and

your final course grade at the professor’s discretion. Students with unexcused absences will

receive no participation credit for the days they are absent. Typically, no more than two excused

absences are permitted over the course of the semester. If you have more than four absences,

you may not be eligible to continue in the course whether these absences are excused or

unexcused.

Reading Comprehension Checks

This course includes a large discussion component. Close reading of assigned texts is essential

for quality class discussion. To encourage active and careful reading, I will give unannounced

short reading comprehension checks (“one minute papers”) at the beginning of class several

times throughout the semester. These checks will be based on reading questions that I will

provide to help direct student reading before class. These checks will be open note, but not open

book. Students who take notes on the reading questions before class will be well prepared for all

reading comprehension checks. I will drop each student’s lowest score at the end of the

semester. Together, these one-minute papers account for 5% of the final course grade.

Student Presentation/Activity Days

Over the course of the semester, each student will present once as part of a group on a specific

subtopic for the day. The topics for student presentations are: (1) Cultural Transforms and

Natural Transforms (on the day ‘What is an Archaeological Site?’); (2) Viewshed Analysis (on

the day ‘How Do Archaeologists Reconstruct the Past?: Spatial Analysis’); (3) Battlefield

Archaeology (on the day ‘How Common was Warfare in the Past?’) and (4) Kennewick Man (on

the day ‘Archaeology and Native Americans’). In preparation, students who are presenting will

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read additional sources about the subtopic that I assign. You are responsible for 20-30 minutes

of class time the day that you present, including a 10-minute presentation and a 10- to 20-minute

interactive activity for the class. The interactive activity could be a trivia or other type of game,

small group discussion, debate, etc. Feel free to be creative, just be sure not to be boring.

Remember that every group member should speak about the same amount during the

presentation and activity, and your group will be marked down if just a few students from the

group dominate. This assignment is worth 5% of your course grade.

Labs

Four short (1- to 2-page) write-ups for in-class labs are together worth 5% of your course grade.

Papers

Students will write four formal papers over the course of the semester. Each of these

assignments is briefly summarized below.

Paper 1 (Cars as Material Culture) should be approximately 3-5 pages long. This paper requires

(i) a draft and (ii) a meeting with me to discuss and edit your draft prior to the submission of the

final version. Although no points are awarded for these early parts of the assignment, you must

do them on time or your paper grade will suffer a significant grade penalty at my discretion.

Paper 1 is worth 5% of the course grade.

Paper 2 (Insights from Garbage) should be approximately 4-6 pages long. The paper requires (i)

a detailed seven-day record of refuse disposal in your own household (the garbage record

assignment); (ii) a draft; and (iii) a peer review session. Although no points are awarded for

these early parts of the assignment, you must do them on time. If you do not complete a refuse

disposal record, you may not continue in the assignment. If you complete the refuse disposal

late, you will lose 10% of the final paper grade for every day it is late; I will not accept the

record more than three days late. If you do not complete a draft, prepare a peer review

worksheet, or participate in peer review on time, your paper grade will suffer a significant grade

penalty at my discretion. Paper 2 is worth 10% of the course grade.

Paper 3 (Probate Analysis) should be approximately 3-5 pages long and is worth 7.5% of the

course grade.

Paper 4 (Independent Research) is a 6-8 page paper on a topic of your choice relevant to the

course. The project has multiple parts including (i) research appointment with librarian, (ii)

paper title, proposal, and annotated bibliography, (iii) paper outline, (iv) draft, (v) meeting with

me, and (vi) final research paper. Although no points are awarded for the first five parts of the

assignment, failure to do them thoughtfully and on time will cause points to be deducted from

your research paper grade. No library consultation: -3 points. No proposal/preliminary

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bibliography: -5 points. No paper outline: -5 points. No draft: -7 points. You cannot turn in your

final paper before meeting with me to discuss an earlier draft. All of these assignments are

designed to improve your research paper; therefore, it is to your advantage to do them. I reserve

the right to reject an unauthorized research paper. Paper 4 is worth 15% of your course grade

Exams

Two exams will be given over the semester. The midterm exam is worth 17.5% of the course

grade. The final exam is worth 20% of the course grade.

GRADING SUMMARY:

Class participation: 10%; Reading comprehension checks: 5%; Student presentation/activity

days: 5%; Lab write-ups: 5%; Paper 1: 5%; Paper 2: 10%; Paper 3: 7.5%; Paper 4: 15%;

Midterm Exam: 17.5%; Final Exam 20%

GRADING POLICIES

A 93+; A- 90-92.999; B+ 87-89.999; B 83-86.999; B- 80-82.999; C+ 77-79.999; C 73-76.999;

C- 70-72.999; D+ 67-69.999; D 63-66.999; D- 60-62.999; F <60

At Depauw, A and A- grades reflect “achievement of exceptionally high merit.” B+, B, and B-

grades indicate “achievement at a level superior to the basic level.” C+, C, and C- grades reflect

“basic achievement,” and D+, D, D- grades reflect “minimum achievement that warrants credit.”

Please realize that B grades in this course reflect very good work; a “B” is not a poor grade in

this or any other course at DePauw. C grades also indicate basic mastery of the material.

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Misconduct

Please familiarize yourself with DePauw’s Academic Integrity Policy. I take academic

dishonesty, including plagiarism, very seriously, and at DePauw such misconduct can have a

variety of serious consequences. If you are at all unsure what constitutes plagiarism, please ask.

If you get behind or overwhelmed, please talk to me. Students in this course will include the

following pledge on all assignments and exams: "On my honor, I pledge that I have neither given

nor received unauthorized help on this assignment."

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Late Assignments

All assignments are due in class on the due dates listed. After its due date, an assignment’s value

drops 10 percentage points for each day it is late. For example, if an assignment were one day

late, a perfect score would give you only 90%. If it were two days late, an otherwise perfect

assignment would be given 80%. I will not accept assignments more than three days late. If you

have an emergency, contact me before class.

Missed Exams and Quizzes

I will not provide make-up examinations for any exam unless a serious illness or family

emergency prevents a student from taking the exam at the scheduled time. Otherwise, any

missed exam will result in a grade of 0%. If a religious holiday or college athletic competition

conflicts with either exam time, please let me know in the first two weeks of class so that we can

plan for your accommodation. If you miss the exam unexpectedly because of serious illness or

family emergency, let me know within 24 hours of the missed exam time.

Laptops and cell phones

Laptop and cell phone use is generally prohibited during class sessions. If you have a special

situation that requires that you use a laptop to take notes, talk to me.

Learning and Other Disabilities

If you have a documented disability, please contact Mrs. Pamela Roberts, Coordinator of Student

Disabilities Services, to arrange for any needed accommodations, such as extended test-taking

time or the right to take tests in an environment with fewer distractions. Also, if you suspect that

you have a disability but don’t yet have documentation, please contact Mrs. Roberts for help. She

can be reached at 765-658-6267 or [email protected]. Disabilities entitled

to accommodation include mobility impairments, hearing or vision issues, speech impairments,

learning disabilities, ADD, ADHD, psychological disabilities, neurological impairments,

traumatic brain injury, and chronic medical conditions such as migraines, AIDS, cancer, and

diabetes. I cannot accommodate any student without first receiving proper documentation from

Student Disabilities Services, so plan ahead. It is student’s responsibility to share the letter of

accommodation with me. Accommodations will not be implemented until I have received the

official letter. Please note that accommodations are not retroactive. It is the responsibility of the

student to discuss implementation of accommodations with me. Students with documented

disabilities also have the right to choose not to use accommodations; in exercising that right, they

accept the resulting outcomes. I will not retroactively address any issue arising from a student’s

choice to forgo accommodations.