Requirements and Grading

Requirements: Attendance, Full Participation, Three Manuscripts

Grading: One grade given at the conclusion of the course.

• If you complete all work on time with a willingness of spirit and enter into discussion, you have become eligible for an A; turn in an excellent manuscript and/or contribute effectively in class and you cinch it.
• A grade of B will indicate a decent degree of dedication and good and well-prepared assignments and manuscripts; this is the grade you may assume you will get if you fulfill the goals of the class.
• A grade of C means you have not given sufficient attention to your writing, your manuscripts, and/or have not been an active member of the class, with the likelihood of absences and tardiness.
• A grade of D means you have missed assignments, classes, and yet have trudged through the course plan like the “Volga Boatman.”
• A grade of F means you should have dropped the class early on in the semester. I expect none of these at all, and expect C and D grades to be rare.
• The grade of A means you have satisfied the requirements for the B, and reflects exceptional work in one or two manuscripts and/or class commentary.
• As I will give you only one grade at the end of the class, if you are ever in danger of falling below a B I will sound the alert as quickly as possible so you may correct course.
• Feel free, at any time, to ask if you are doing all right by sending an email to rpope@uakron.edu. I will give you your grade to date and a brief evaluation of your work in the course.