Requirements Summary

• Ancient Middle America is a 3 credit course
• As with most courses in CLA it has A-F grading, rather than pass / no-pass
• Anth 1604, 40 QP cr or 30 SP cr or # (permission of instructor)
  
  

Course Requirements
Participation	Forum	Case Study	Exams Makeups
Grades and Supporting Information
Special Facilities . . .	Extra Credit	Extra Help	Grades / "The Curve"	Incompletes

AVISO: Unexcused Late Assignments and Extra Credit Papers receive no credit Pleas for exceptions will fall on deaf ears If you really want to know the details of why that is so, have a look at the memo below that I recently sent to a student. The details change from semester to semester, but the basic scheduling problems remain the same. . . . It's basically a boring read, but important none the same--especially if you're the procrastinating type. -- Tim Roufs A Memo to a Student on Why Your [Late] Extra Credit Will not Be Accepted

Tim Roufs Forum, Case Study, Exams, Extra Credit Forum Enrolled members of the class are required to participate in class discussions on the Forum Sample Forum responses  Points for Forum Posts  Compare Forum Points with Official UMD Grading Policies Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples Discussion Guidelines -- UMD Information Technology Systems & Services (adapted from Kim Riordan) end-of-semester postings must be completed by the scheduled final exam time The f2013 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at tba a.m. on tba, tba December 2013, in Cina 214 REM: Bring your Laptop Moodle Exams (and everything else on Moodle) works best with a Firefox browser. If you do not have a Firefox browser on your laptop, download one (it's free). , Case Study Case Study Paper on a "Middle American Personality" (up to 100 points) Case Study Paper detailed instructions sample paper outline Length: 6 - 7 well-written pages including one title page (see sample title page below) and and at least one separate "Works Cited" (or "References") page (see sample below) that leaves that leaves 4-5 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 The MA Case Study is due no later than Friday, 29 November 2013 AVISO: Late Case Study 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. named something like YourUMDid_case_study_1 Unexcused late Case Study papers receive no credit 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.   to top of page Exams (up to 1000 points) midsemester exam The f2013 Ancient Middle America Midterm Exam will be on Thursday, 10 October 2013 REM: Bring your Laptop Moodle Exams (and everything else on Moodle) works best with a Firefox browser. If you do not have a Firefox browser on your laptop, download one (it's free). 4 questions selected randomly by "James" at (up to 400 points) final exam The f2013 Ancient Middle America Final Exam will be at tba a.m. on tba, tba December 2013, in Cina 214 REM: Bring your Laptop Moodle Exams (and everything else on Moodle) works best with a Firefox browser. If you do not have a Firefox browser on your laptop, download one (it's free). , from now 6 questions selected randomly by "James" at (up to 400 points) The final exam will be cumulative, with emphasis on Chs. 06 - "Epilogue" of Mexico and Chs. 04 - 10 of The Maya, in-class videos / film, important e-mails, Forum posts, assigned web materials and lectures. Makeup Exams   Extra Credit Paper (optional) (up to 100 points) 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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