Requirements Summary

1. Case Study
   
   
   • 4-6 well-written pages
     
     
   • 200 points (16.7 % of final grade)
     • unexcused late Case Study paper = - 25 points (2.0 % of final grade)
       
       
   • Case Study Paper on "What's New? Current Trends and New Discoveries"

Paper must follow a college writing handbook such as Lunsford, A., & Connors, R. (1999). The New St. Martin's Handbook. New York: St. Martin's.

Or you can follow the Soc-Anth-Crim-Hum/Cl Writing Guide.

Other web resources such as OWL and Paradigm can be found on the UMD "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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2. Quizes & Exams
   
   
• Midterm Exam
  
  
  • Chs. 01 - 04
    
    
  • Study Questions are those included in the "Table of Contents" of the text
    
    
  • you will need to answer 4 of 7 questions
    
    
  • 400 points (33.3 % of final grade)
    
    
  • NOTE: Essentially you may make up ONE question total. You may either do that as a take-home and bring it to class with you, or you may do that in class the day of the exam. If you elect to do the optional take-home exam and bring it with you to class, then you must choose three (3) additional of the remaining questions presented on the actual exam, as they are presented on the exam.

    If you have submitted an Extra Credit report or paper, your optional question must be on a topic other than that of your Extra Credit project(s).
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• Final Exam
  
  
  • Chs. 05 - 08, and general cumulative questions
    
    
  • Study Questions are those included in the "Table of Contents" of the text
    
    
  • you will need to answer 6 of 11 questions
    
    
  • 600 points (50.0 % of final grade)
    
    
  • OTE: Essentially you may make up ONE question total. You may either do that as a take-home and bring it to class with you, or you may do that in class the day of the exam. If you elect to do the optional take-home exam and bring it with you to class, then you must choose five (5) additional of the remaining questions presented on the actual exam, as they are presented on the exam.

    If you have submitted an Extra Credit report or paper, your optional question must be on a topic other than that of your Extra Credit project(s).
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• Makeup Exams
  
  
  • You may make up quizes and exams during any makeup time scheduled by the Department of Sociology-Anthropology. Makeups are usually given in Cina 214 at times which will be announced in class.
    (Please note: it usually takes several days for makeups to be returned to you.)
    
    
• Please see me if you need to arrange for a makeup quiz or exam.

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3. Extra Credit Lecture / Paper (optional)

• Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Lunsford, A., & Connors, R. (1999). The New St. Martin's Handbook. New York: St. Martin's.
• Or you can follow the Soc-Anth-Crim-Hum/Cl Writing Guide.
• Other web resources such as OWL and Paradigm can be found on the UMD "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.