Announcements
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Current Announcements (2)
Grades are posted
27 December 2023
Course grades have been posted to CUNYfirst. Have a great break and a happy new year!
Grading page updated
26 December 2023
The grading page has been updated with all papers I have received and a provisional grade for the course. If there is an assignment or revision you’re sure you submitted but that isn’t reflected on the grading page, please contact me immediately.
Official grades will be posted to CUNYfirst on Wednesday.
I was very impressed by a lot of the written work for this semester—there were some seriously thoughtful essays and papers this time around, and for many of you the effort at insight and scholarship really came through. Thanks for your hard work in your assignments as well as in our class discussions. I hope you have a safe and happy winter break and a successful new year!
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Final Exam grades and markups posted
21 December 2023
The grades and markups for the Final Exam are posted on the My Grades page on the course website.
Remember, the “Grade so far” calculation is provisional only! If you have any missing assignments or reversible deductions, please submit them to BlackBoard as soon as possible to bring about the highest possible course grade. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to seek me out by email.
Images Essay grades and markups posted
20 December 2023
The grades and markups for the Images Essay are posted on the My Grades page on the course website. I enjoyed reading these—there were a lot of interesting choices and useful observations.
If you have any questions about the grades, comments, or deductions, please don’t hesitate to seek me out by email or in office hours.
Reversible deductions. Some of you may find that you received “reversible deductions” for issues relating to formatting and citations. The good news is, those are points that you can get back. Check the cover page of your markup to see if there are any check marks and points taken off next to the reversible deductions. If there are, I made notes on the cover sheet or in the essay about the issue, and included a handout with the requirements.
Please resubmit your essay to BlackBoard with those problems fixed, and I’ll be in a position to reverse those deductions. Only reversible deductions can be reversed, so don’t resubmit for anything other than reversible deductions.
Missing essays. If you have not gotten your paper in, please do so as soon as you can. In terms of your course grade you’re better off with any grade, even with a lateness penalty, than a zero for the assignment. Remember also that the lateness penalty is capped at a maximum of 30 points, so turning your paper in, even very late, is better than not doing so.
BlackBoard notice
20 December 2023
If you received a BlackBoard notification about a make-up for the final exam, please ignore it. The make-up is only for a particular student who was unable to attend the exam in person because of a personal emergency and required an online make-up.
Optional Quiz 9 reopened
19 December 2023
I’ve reopened Quiz 9, the optional online extra credit quiz tied to our last in-class meeting (i.e., Augustus and the principate). It will be open through Monday.
The link is: https://markbwilson.com/courses/XX/XX_aw/quizzes/XX_aw-Quiz09.php?t=
Final exam reminder
16 December 2023
Just a reminder that the final exam for Civilizations of the Ancient World will be held in-person on Tuesday, December 19 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in our normal meeting room. Please note that the exam beings at 2:30, a half hour earlier than our usual meeting time.
Please arrive on time. You will only have the two-hour exam period to take the exam.
Review materials are posted on the Exams page on the course website.
If you miss the final exam: Make-ups will be arranged only in cases of documented personal or medical emergency. Otherwise, per CUNY policy a student who does not complete the course by taking the final exam will automatically receive a grade of WU (unofficial withdrawal), which counts as an F toward your GPA, unless a personal emergency incomplete has been mutually agreed by student and instructor prior to the ultimate submission deadline for the course (Monday, December 25).
Good luck!
Quiz #8 grades and markups posted
12 December 2023
The grades and markups for Quiz #8 are posted on the My Grades page on the course website.
I strongly recommend spending a moment to take a look at my commentary on the quiz, as I use the markups and quiz notes to emphasize some of the key take-aways from last week’s topics. The Quiz Notes for this quiz are live on the Quiz Notes page and on the Print/PDF page, and are also included in the quiz markups.