GRADING POLICY
-ASSESSMENT METHODS:
| Assignment | Guidelines | Weight |
| Participation | In addition to attendance, active class participation is expected of all students. This includes questions, observations and in-class discussion. Participating effectively entails completing and taking notes on all "Required Reading" before class and during class. | 5% |
| Quizzes | Your preparation in the course of the semester will be evaluated through 6 quizzes based on the "Required Reading" (texts and images) and in-class lectures. The quiz with the lowest scores will be excluded from the final tally. That means that each of the remaining 5 quizzes is worth 5% of your course grade. Please be aware that if you miss a quiz -for any reason, including illness- you will not be able to make it up (it will be the one not tallied). All quizzes will be on material we have previously discussed in class and will be drawn exclusively from the PPoint "Study Images" posted on MYJCU. Typically, however, “Study Images” are not labeled, therefore you must refer to the “Required Reading” and PPoint lectures to determine their identity and significance. The quizzes are designed to assess your knowledge of key facts concerning representative monuments and artworks and your ability to critically interpret their historical significance. Each quiz will consist in one or more questions on specific areas, monument or object types, individual monuments or artworks or sets of monuments or artworks. You may be asked the name of an area, monument, building or artwork, as well as its location, date, function and/or patronage; you may also be asked to describe it (structural and decorative components, materials used, style, iconography, etc.); or you may be asked to a question on some aspect of its significance (e.g. the possible motivations for locating a temple in specific area of a city or the intended meaning- political, religious, social, aesthetic- of the iconography of a given monument or artwork.) Depending on the number and nature of the questions, you will be given anywhere between 5 and 10 minutes to answer. The dates and topics of the quizzes are listed in the Course Schedule. | 25% |
| Mid-term and Final Exams | EXAMS (Mid-term: 15%; Final: 20%)
Both exams are structured to assess your knowledge of essential facts about individual sites (e.g. sanctuaries such as Delphi or the Athenian Akropolis), monuments, artworks in Greek centers in the Aegean and Western Mediterranean and your ability to critically interpret and asses their historical significance.
The mid-term exam takes place on Class 15 for the duration of regular class time (75 minutes). It will cover material studied up to class 14. It consists in:
-4 identifications: 5 minutes each (20% of the exam grade or 5% each)
-2 comparisons: 10 minutes each (40% of the exam grade or 20% each)
- 1 essay: 30 minutes (40% of the exam grade.)
The final exam takes place during exam week (exact date, time and classroom TBA) and lasts 2 hours and 30 minutes. It is cumulative, although with a greater emphasis on material studied in the second half of term: generally speaking, you may expect material from the first half of term to show up in comparisons or in the essay, that is when it is relevant to the later developments which are the focus of the exam. The format is the same as that of the mid-term, but being a longer exam, there are more questions:
-6 identifications: 5 minutes each (30% of the exam grade or 5% each)
-4 comparisons: 10 minutes each (40% of the exam grade or 10% each)
- 1 essay: 30 minutes (30% of the exam grade).
A week prior to each exam, 2 essay questions accompanied by images of sites, monuments and artworks will posted on MYJCU. Only one of the two will be on the exam. However, the other topic will undoubtedly show up in the identifications and comparisons, so be sure to prepare for both.
Review Sheets will also be provided a week before each exam.
A review session is also scheduled for each exam (see Course Schedule) | 35% |
| Presentation | The presenation takes place during our mandatory weekend field-trip to Naples and Paestum.
It consists of two parts.
Part I: a 15 minute oral report to the class on a monument or artwork accompanied by a one or two-page handout to all members of the class (including me) with an outline of indicating the key points of your presentation and a bibliography; if appropriate, please also provide xeroxes of supporting images.
Part II: a short paper (1000 words) consisting of your presentation elaborated in the form of a formal essay.
The presentation itself combined with the class handout (50%) and the short paper (50%) is the basis of your grade.
Depending on the topic, your presentation will take place either in the Archaeological Museum in Naples or at the archaeological site of Paestum. This will allow you to present before the artwork or monument that is the focus of your topic.
The presentation papers are due in class on the Thursday after our field-trip weekend.
Presentation Guidelines and topics will be posted in the second week of the term on MY JCU and will also be discussed in class. You will be required to choose your topic by week four.
| 15% |
| Term Paper | Paper Abstract (100 words) and preliminary bibliography (min. 5 titles) due class 21.
Essay (3000 words, exclusive of footnotes, bibliography, and images): due class 27.
The term paper is intended to develop skills of independent research, ability to evaluate and interpret materials and their inherent interests, and capability for discussing these in a nuanced manner in writing. The paper must combine visual analysis, iconographic and historical research and contextual interpretation. In other words, it should be a formal essay that demonstrates the skills that you have developed and honed during the semester. The paper must include a complete bibliography of primary and secondary sources used and all references must be fully cited in the paper itself.
**Paper guidelines, with a list of suggested topics and other specifications, will be posted on MYJCU by the 2nd week of the semester. We will review the guidelines after the mid-term exam, but please feel free to come to set up an appointment with me to discuss your paper any time before then.
The paper abstract is essentially a thesis statement (please refer to the paper guidelines for specifics). This must be accompanied by a preliminary bibliography listing at least 5 titles. The abstract is not graded, but failing to turn will result in losing a quarter grade on your paper (e.g. a B+ becomes a B)
| 20% |
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-ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
-ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS:
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
As stated in the university catalog, any student who commits an act of academic
dishonesty will receive a failing grade on the work in which the dishonesty occurred.
In addition, acts of academic dishonesty, irrespective of the weight of the assignment,
may result in the student receiving a failing grade in the course. Instances of
academic dishonesty will be reported to the Dean of Academic Affairs. A student
who is reported twice for academic dishonesty is subject to summary dismissal from
the University. In such a case, the Academic Council will then make a recommendation
to the President, who will make the final decision.
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