Geog 103: Cultural Geography

Grading Structure

Grading Scale

A	180-200points	D	120-139 points
B	160-179 points	F	below 120 points
C	140-169 points

Grading:

Material	How Much?	How Many?	Total Available?
Introduction	5	1	5
Assignments	16	7	112
Forums	10	7	70
Chapter Review	1	13	13
		Totals	200

Introduction

The introduction is a brief exercise to experiment with the WebStudy system’s features.

Introduction and contact information (5 points total).

Assignments

Seven assignments will be written during this course. These assignments will provide you with an opportunity to explore issues in more depth, to make connections between the various topics, and to help stimulate the conversations in the forums.

The assignments are short papers between 450 – 550 words (worth 16 points each).

Forums

Seven forums will be held during this class, each is coordinated with the topics for the assignments. Discussion in the forums will include the issues raised by the assignments, as well as other ideas, questions, and thoughts arising from the class materials. Each forum will be available as the topic is covered, you will not be able to make late posts to any forums.

Contribution of at least ten substantive posts to each forum. Each forum worth 10 points.

Chapter Review

Every chapter has a set of brief review questions and the text provides a list of key terms. Very brief answers to these question will be submitted and scored as complete or not complete. The answers do need to be relevant to receive credit.

Answers to review questions of every chapter (worth 1 point each).

Final Grades

Final grades will be calculated by adding up the total number of points earned and comparing it to the grading scale (which appears above).

Late Assignments and Discussions

Forum posts must be submitted in a timely manner; posts submitted after the discussion in that forum is completed are not participation in the conversation. Consequently, the forums will be available as each topic is covered and will not accept late postings. All materials submitted late will be assessed a penalty of one point for every 24 hours it is late.

Plagiarism

All work submitted MUST be your own. Any material taken word-for-word (quoted) from a source of any kind must be put in quotation marks and the source information must be provided completely. Work from other students, including from other classes or previous semesters, from any term-paper-writing service, or from any other source may NOT be used under any circumstances. Plagiarism is stealing. Any evidence of plagiarism will result in failure, regardless of grades, and being reported to the College for academic fraud. When in doubt, provide full citation information.

NOTE: I have failed students in every semester for plagiarism!