Your overall course grade will come from a combination of weekly reading responses, written essays, and an in-class exam.
Your grade for the course will be determined from the following:
Attendance, Responses, and Quizzes | 20% |
Each week there will be
- 5%attendance taken at class meetings,
- 5%a required online post in response to a primary source, and
- 10%a short, 5-minute in-class quiz.
- Quizzes are based on the assigned readings.
- Note: 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.
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Presentations | 15% |
You’ll give two in-class presentations on one of the assigned primary sources:
- 7½%one in the first half of the semester, and
- 7½%one in the second half of the semnester.
A written version is due a week after your presentation. | |
Written Assignments | 35% |
There will be
- 10%a 3-to-4 page essay on images of the ancient world, and
- 25%a 6-to-8 page term paper using evidence to take a position on a research topic of your choice relating to gender in the ancient world.
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Exam | 30% |
- For this course there will be an end-of-term in-class final exam.
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More Information
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