Grading

Your overall course grade will come from a combination of weekly reading responses, written essays, and in-class exams.

Your grade for the course will be determined from the following:

Attendance, Responses, and Quizzes (ARQ)

20%

  • Each week there will be a short, 5-minute in-class quiz based on the assigned readings and a required online post in response to a primary source.
  • In-class quizzes take place at the start of our class meetings and are not made up, so it is important to arrive on time and prepared.
 

Presentation and Write-Up on a Primary Source
Presentation and Write-Up on a Secondary Source

15%

  • In-class presentation on one of the assigned primary sources and another on one of the assigned secondary sources.
  • A written version is due a week after your presentation.
 

Representations and Images Essay

10%

  • 3-to-4 page essay on images of the ancient world.
 

Position Paper

25%

  • 6-to-8 page term paper using evidence from primary and secondary sources to take a position on a research topic of your choice relating to ancient Rome.
 

Final

30%

  • End-of-term in-class final exam.
 

More Information

See the following pages for more information on these assignments.