Greek 202: Intermediate Classical Greek (Part 2)

GRADING

Grading for the course will be based on the following breakdown:

• Attendance (15%): How often you come to class (duh). Your grade for attendance = the number of hours you actually spend in the classroom / the total number of hours you're scheduled to spend in the classroom (60). There are no exceptions to this policy, but I will allow you to make up up to five hours (= 5 classes) of missed time. The only way to do this is a 1/1 time trade: i.e., you'll spend however many hours you missed—up to five—doing Greek-related work.

• Participation (15%): The quality and quantity of your participation in class. I expect you to actively engage by volunteering to translate passages, read aloud, write on the board, etc. Your grade for in-class participation starts at zero and will increase over the course of the semester—based on how well you do—up to a possible total of 120, which will be considered perfect participation (100%). An average of two points per class will get you a perfect grade for participation. Please keep track of your in-class participation score on D2L.

• Homework (15%): There will be fifteen written assignments in Greek 202—mostly of the grammar review type. Your lowest 5 HW grades will be dropped.

• Quizzes (15%): There will be fifteen quizzes (generally no more than 10/15 minutes in length) in Greek 202. These will cover Homeric form identification and translation. Your lowest 5 quiz grades will be dropped.

• Hour Exams (40%; 10% each): There will be four hour exams in this course. They will occur on Thursday, February 9; Thursday, March 16; Thursday, April 13; and Wednesday, May 3. The exams will cover all material read and discussed in the course over a specific period of time and will consist of identification of forms, translation and commentary on reading passages.

OTHER INFO

Office Hours: I will hold weekly office hours on Wednesdays and Thursdays. On Wednesdays, office hours are both via Zoom and in-person in my office from 11 a.m.–noon; on Thursdays, office hours are from 3:30–4:30 p.m. via Zoom only (join link on D2L). You are also welcome and encouraged to make an appointment to meet with me. Call, email or holler (though hollering isn't recommended).

D2L:  Students in Greek 202 will be expected to be familiar with D2L ("Desire2Learn"), the University's online course content management system. Our use of D2L will be extensive: we will use D2L not only as a repository for course documents (additional readings, course handouts, etc.) and as a place to post grades, but also for updates about the course. If you are unfamiliar with D2L, see the D2L help homepage.

Grades: Grades for class attendance and participation will generally appear within 24 hours of each class session; grades for quizzes and homework within 48 hours. Grades for tests will be entered on D2L within a week of their administration. ***It is your responsibility to keep track of your grades over the course of the semester. You have one week from the date of a posted grade to appeal it. After that, the assumption is that you have seen the grade and are OK with it.*** Grades for assignments turned in after posted due dates—and without documented excuses for lateness—are only awarded at the discretion of the professor. At the very least, late assignments will lose one letter grade (= 10 points off of the overall grade for the assignment) for every day they are late. Assignments that are five or more days late will receive no grade.

Final Grades: For the final grade, the following breakdown will be used:

VARIOUS UNIVERSITY POLICIES

• Absence and Class Participation Policy: The UA’s policy concerning Class Attendance, Participation, and Administrative Drops is available at http://catalog.arizona.edu/2015-16/policies/classatten.htm. Absences for any sincerely held religious belief, observance or practice will be accommodated where reasonable: http://policy.arizona.edu/human-resources/religious-accommodation-policy. Absences preapproved by the UA Dean of Students (or dean’s designee) will be honored. See http://uhap.web.arizona.edu/policy/appointed-personnel/7.04.02.

• Accessibility and Accommodations: My goal in this classroom is that learning experiences be as accessible as possible. If you anticipate or experience physical or academic barriers based on disability, please let me know immediately so that we can discuss options. You are also welcome to contact the Disability Resource Center (520-621-3268) to establish reasonable accommodations. For additional information on the Disability Resource Center and reasonable accommodations, please visit http://drc.arizona.edu.

• Threatening Behavior Policy: The UA Threatening Behavior by Students Policy prohibits threats of physical harm to any member of the University community, including to oneself. See http://policy.arizona.edu/education-and-student-affairs/threatening-behavior-students.
  

• Code of Academic Integrity: Students are encouraged to share intellectual views and discuss freely the principles and applications of course materials. However, graded work/ exercises must be the product of independent effort unless otherwise instructed. Students are expected to adhere to the UA Code of Academic Integrity as described in the UA General Catalog: http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/academic-integrity/students/academic-integrity.

• UA Nondiscrimination and Anti-harassment Policy: The University is committed to creating and maintaining an environment free of discrimination. See http://policy.arizona.edu/human-resources/nondiscrimination-and-anti-harassment-policy.

• Subject to Change Statement: Information contained in the course syllabus, other than the grade and absence policy, may be subject to change with advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.

COURSE SCHEDULE

What follows is a sketch outline of the spring semester. Assignments are due on the dates specified. On most nights, you'll review a section of the textbook, do a number of written exercises based on this review and prepare some Homer.

Check this page often. Readings and assignments are subject to change. I'll try to give a heads-up in class if a major shake-up is imminent. I'll also try to have readings posted at least a week before the due date.