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Culture and Personality

(Psychological Anthropology)

Spring 2012 Calendar

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class slides on-line:

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Course Requirements Summary

Credits / Prerequisites
Class Participation

Exams

Writing Assignment
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Term Paper

Reading Assignments
Schedule

Schedule Changes

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


Final evaluations and grades will be made on a combination of class participation, the midsemester and final exams, and on the written assignments.

  • Credits / Prerequisites

    • 3 credits / Grading = A - F

    • prereq: Anth 1604, 60 cr or grad student or #
  • Class Participation

    • This class is a small lecture course dealing with selective aspects of culture and personality within a cross-cultural perspective. It also includes . . .

      • Forum

        • Sample Forum responses

        • About two weeks before the midterm and final exams you will be asked to make up a question and post it on the Forum. These questions will serve, in part, as study questions for the exams.

        • At the end of the semester you will also be asked to evaluate the course on the Forum, indicating the three things you liked best and the three things you liked least about the course.

          • end-of-the-semester postings must be completed by the scheduled final exam time
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        • Other timely topics may be added during the semester as appropriate

        AVISO: Unexcused late assignments receive no credit

      • presentation

  • Exams

    • midsemester exam
      • 4 questions (self-chosen from 7)
      • up to 400 points (27.4% of final grade)
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    • final exam
      • 6 questions (self-chosen from 11)
      • up to 600 points (41.1% of final grade)
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    • You may make up exams during any of the weekly scheduled makeup times. Makeups are usually given in Cina 214 at times which will be announced in class.
      (Please note: it usually takes several days for makeup exams to be returned to you.)

    • Please see me if you need to arrange for a makeup exam
  • Paper topic statement due to by Friday, 18 February 2011, 11:55 p.m.
  • Term Paper (1) bibliography and Term Paper (2) promissory abstract due by Friday, 4 March 2011, 11:55 p.m.
  • Your CP Term Paper is due by Friday, 27 April 2012, 11:55 p.m.
    AVISO: Late Term 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.
    • unexcused late Term Papers receive no credit

Focus: Research Paper and Class Presentation

for your research papers try the
UMD Library > Research Tools and Resources > Assignment Calculator
<http://www.d.umn.edu/lib/assign/>

Assignment Calculator available online from the UMD Library.

Your CP Term Paper is due by Friday, 27 April 2012, 11:55 p.m.
AVISO: Late Term 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.
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  • Reading Assignments

    • Read assignments following the course outline. Do not get behind in your readings. Please read the assigned material by the date listed on the schedule, and be prepared to discuss it (and / or write about it) in class. Some of the assigned readings we will discuss in class, others we will not. Whether or not we discuss the assignments you should read them carefully and think about the exercises following each reading.
  • Schedule: Topics, Required Readings, and Writing Assignments

    • The assignments and class topics are schedule by week during the semester. See your Moodle Home for details.
       
  • Schedule / Assignment Changes

    • The course materials schedule may be changed to meet the particular needs of this group, and to adjust to unforeseen circumstances (earthquakes, snowstorms, floods, deaths, and other "acts of god"). You are responsible for any amendments to the schedule that are announced in class or on E-mail.
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