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

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.
 

Interpretive Essays (3)

30%

Over the course of the semester there will be
  • 10%a 3-to-4 page essay on Gilgamesh,
  • 10%a 3-to-4 page essay on Clouds, and
  • 10%a 3-to-4 page essay on images of the ancient world.
 

Exams

50%

For this course there will be
  • 20%an in-class 75-minute midterm exam, and
  • 30%an end-of-term in-class final exam.
 

More Information

See the following pages for more information on these assignments.