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.
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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.
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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.
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More Information
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