Prehistoric Cultures

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• Forum postings

• Exams
  • makeup exams

• Case Study

• Gradebook

• Forum
  (ca. 20 postings @ up to 20 points = 200 points)
  
  
  • Enrolled members of the class are required to participate in class discussions on the Forum at in the Moodle folder
    (ca. 20 postings @ up to 20 points = 200 points)
    
    
    • Sample Forum responses
      
      
      •  Points for Forum Posts
      •  Compare Forum Points with Official UMD Grading Policies
        
      
      
  • Topics for postings will be announced in class and via e-mail
    
    
    • Postings are due within two weeks of the date of announcement
      
      
  • There will be ca. 20 of them during the semester, including one relating to an on-line evaluation of the course
    
    
    • at the very end of the semester, i.e., in Week 15, post a course evaluation covering the entire semester of the class itself
      
      
      • end of the semester postings must be completed by the scheduled final exam time
        
        
      • The f2011 CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Monday, 19 December 2011, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214 (n.b. not 5:00) , from now
        
        
      • The f2011 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be 2:00-3:55 p.m., Wednesday, 21 December 2011 in Cina 214 , from now
        
        
  • you will receive an e-mail describing each topic, and each topic will be announced in your Moodle folder

  AVISO: Unexcused late assignments receive no credit

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• Case Study
  (up to 100 points)

more detailed information on the case study is availale at:
<http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/case_studies/pcCS-01.html#title>

• Case Study Paper on "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries"
  (up to 100 points)
  
  
  • DAY Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" due Friday, 23 September 2011, 11:55 p.m.
    
    
    • CE Case Study "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries" is due due Friday, 23 September 2011, 11:55 p.m.
      
      
    • Case Study Paper detailed instructions
      • sample paper outline
        

    
    

    • Length: 5 - 6 well-written pages
      
      
      • including one title page (see sample title page) and
        
        
      • and at least one separate "Works Cited" (or "References") page (see sample)
        
        
      • that leaves 3-4 pages of text
        
        
        • with one-inch margins all around
        • with body type font 11 or 12
        • illustrations, tables, figures, diagrams . . . may be included, but must be properly placed and cited
          
          
      • Turn in via WebDrop
        
        
        • at <https://webdrop.d.umn.edu>
        • named something like YourUMDid_case_study_1
          
          
    • Unexcused late Case Study papers @ -2% of final grade
      
      
    • Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed., (NY: St. Martin’s, 2008)
      
      
    • Or you can follow the Sociology-Anthropology Department writing guide on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php>.
    • Other web resources such as(the Purdue Online Writing Lab) <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>
      
      
    • or Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at <http://www.powa.org/>
      
      
    • Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
      
      
    • For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own.

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  • Exams
    (up to 700 points)
    
    
    • Includes in-class videos / film, important e-mails, Forum posts, assigned web materials and lectures.
      
      
    • DAY exams
      
      
      • Midterm Exam Part I
        • The DAY Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06 Day 11, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 (on chs. 01-07)
        • (40 questions, 200 points)
          
          
      • Midterm Exam Part II
        • The the DAY Midterm Exam Part II Week 10 Day 20, is scheduled for Thursday, 10 November 2011, on Chs. 8-11
        • (40 questions, 200 points)
          
          
      • Final Exam
        • The f2011 DAY Final Prehistoric Cultures Exam will be 2:00-3:55 p.m., Wednesday, 21 December 2011 in Cina 214
        • (60 questions, 300 points)
        • The final exam will be cumulative
          
          
    • CEE exams
      
      
      • Midterm Exam Part I
        • The CE Midterm Exam Part I is scheduled for Week 06, Monday, 17 October 2011, on Chs. 1-7
        • (40 questions, 200 points)
          
          
      • Midterm Exam Part II
        • The CE Midterm Exam Part II will be Week 11, Monday, 21 November 2011, on Chs. 8-11, 5:00-6:30
        • (40 questions, 200 points)
          
          
      • Final Exam
        • The f2011 CE Prehistoric Cultures Final Exam will be Monday, 19 December 2011, 06:00 - 07:55 p.m. in Cina 214 (n.b. not 5:00)
        • (60 questions, 300 points)
        • The final exam will be cumulative
          
          
    • sample exams questions: ~ multiple-choice ~ essay
      
      
  • Gradebook
    
    
  • Makeup Exams
    
    

    • You may make up exams during any makeup time scheduled by the Department of Sociology-Anthropology.
    • Makeups are usually given by the staff in Cina 228 at times which will be announced in class.
    • Please see me if you need to arrange for a makeup exam
    • Please note: it usually takes several days for makeups to be returned to you
      

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  • Extra Credit Lecture / Paper (optional)

  • DAY and CE Prehistoric Cultures Extra Credit papers are due Friday, 9 December 2011
    AVISO: Late Extra Credit Papers will not be accepted unless (1) arrangements for an alternate date have been arranged in advance, or (2) medical emergencies or similar extraordinary unexpected circumstances make it unfeasible to turn in the assignment by the announced due date.
    
    
    
  • Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Andrea Lunsford’s The St. Martin's Handbook, 6th Ed., (NY: St. Martin’s, 2008)
    
    
  • Or you can follow the Sociology-Anthropology Department writing guide on the web at <http://www.d.umn.edu/socanth/home/guideind.php>.
  • Other web resources such as (the Purdue Online Writing Lab) <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/>
    
    
  • or Paradigm Online Writing Assistant at <http://www.powa.org/>
    
    
  • Other useful information is available on the "Writing Labs, On-Line Assisstance, and Reference Works" page
    
    
  • For your footnotes, "bibliography" ("Works Cited" or "References"), and other matters like that, use either the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style, the MLA (Modern Language Association) style, the CMS (Chicago) style, or the CBE (Council of Biology Editors) style. Don't make up your own.

  • Gradebook
    
    
    • You can check your scores anytime in your Gradebook