History/Classics 204: Greek History
Summer 2023 (7 Week I)

John Bauschatz

Office: Cesar Chavez 410
Phone: (520) 621-7422 (office)
email: jbausch1@email.arizona.edu

GRADING

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

• Reading Worksheets (25%): Each week, you will need to complete a brief comprehension worksheet for one of the readings you are assigned. The worksheets can be found on D2L. Complete these—with responses of 75 words or more per question—and submit them electronically on D2L for grading. **Please note: any quoted material does not count towards the word count minimum! Word count totals are totals for your own words, not the words of another author.** Your lowest reading worksheet grade will be dropped.

• Quizzes (10%): There is a brief (15 minute) D2L quiz to complete on the Martin readings for each week of the course. All of the questions on these reading quizzes are true/false or multiple choice. If you do the Martin readings, take notes on them and review your notes before taking the quizzes, you should have no trouble doing well on them. Your lowest quiz grade will be dropped.

• Discussions (20%): The quality and quantity of your participation in (online) class discussions. There will be an online discussion forum for each week featuring one critical thinking question for you to answer. *In your discussion group, you will need to first start your own thread to respond to the question in a paragraph of 250 words or more. Next, you should read each of the other threads in your group, and respond to (at least) two other students' responses with responses of your own of 125 words or more.* 50% of a given week's discussion grade will come from your initial response, and 50% from your replies. **Please note: any quoted material does not count towards the word count minimum! Word count totals are totals for your own words, not the words of another author.** Your lowest discussion grade will be dropped.

• Short Papers (45% [15% each]): Three papers of between 750 and 1000 words in length based on course readings will be assigned. These are meant to be exercises in analytical thinking and should not require any additional research or reading (though you are certainly welcome to do additional work, if you like!). The topics for each paper are posted on D2L. The papers are to be submitted on D2L and will lose one letter grade for each day late (Saturdays and Sundays included). You are allowed to submit drafts of your papers on D2L for some initial feedback. These are due no later than one week in advance of the due date for the paper itself. In addition, you will have the option to revise either the first or second paper for a better grade if you choose. **Please note: any quoted material does not count towards the word count minimum! Word count totals are totals for your own words, not the words of another author.** ***Please also note: you may not submit a revised version of a paper if you never submitted an original.***

OTHER (IMPORTANT!) COURSE POLICIES: READ CAREFULLY

• Office Hours: I will hold weekly Zoom office hours: Wednesdays from 9:30–11:30 a.m. (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).

• Course Content: Course readings will regularly contain brutally violent, sexually graphic and/or otherwise potentially offensive material. I assume that all students enrolled in HIST 204 are mature enough to handle such material and suggest that anyone easily offended by such material not take the course.

• Honors Contracts: Students wishing to earn Honors in HIST 204 must select their own topics for their short papers and have these topics pre-approved by the instructor. If you want to do an honors contract for HIST 204, please be in touch with the Honors College about the required steps to sign up.

• D2L: As mentioned above, students in HIST 204 will be expected to be familiar with D2L ("Desire2Learn"), the University's online course content management system. Our use of D2L in HIST 204 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 discussions, quizzes, paper submission and email updates about the course. If you are unfamiliar with D2L, see the D2L help homepage.

• Grades: Grades will be entered on D2L within one week of the assignment due date, save for quiz grades, which are generated imemdiately. ***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 the 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: Final grades ending in .5 or higher will be rounded up; those ending in .49 or lower will be rounded down. ***There are NO exceptions to this policy.***

• If you would like help with your writing, the University’s Writing Skills Improvement Program (http://wsip.arizona.edu) may be a valuable resource. The Program offers professional individual tutoring in writing for students, among other things. Check it out!

VARIOUS UNIVERSITY POLICIES:

• Absence and Class Participation Policy: The UA’s policy concerning Class Attendance, Participation, and Administrative Drops is available at https://catalog.arizona.edu/policy/class-attendance-and-participation. 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 also be honored.

• 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 https://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.