{"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/49/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Chemistry 1A Policies, Fall 2014", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Chemistry", "subject_area": "chemistry", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-chemistry-363359499064.txt", "sha256_hash": "36335949906469f7f0bb95dcfb4f9bdca786df70b5b43dc40c8c2152011c83ac", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Chemistry 1A syllabus pdf tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "36335949906469f7f0bb95dcfb4f9bdca786df70b5b43dc40c8c2152011c83ac", "text": "V 1.4 8/28/14 Subject to revision \nChemistry 1A Policies, Fall 2014 \n \nINTRODUCTION \nWe, and the world around us are made of chemicals: molecules and solid-state materials in various physical \nforms (solids, liquids, gases) render life on earth possible; they provide us with food, shelter, warmth, light, health, \nand comfort. This course opens the door to an understanding of how atoms come together to form chemical \ncompounds and how these species can change by movement of electrons. By the end of the semester, we hope \nyou will look at the world around you somewhat differently, using your knowledge of chemistry to better appreciate \nand understand the air you breath, the water you drink, the food you eat, etc. \n \nTopics covered include: Electronic structure of atoms; structure and bonding in compounds; solutions, solids, \nthermochemistry, equilibrium, electrochemistry. \n \nA working knowledge of high school chemistry and the ability to set up and manipulate simple algebraic equations \nis helpful. Students who have taken advanced chemistry will be better prepared, but this does not guarantee \nsuccess in Chem1a and you will still need to study hard to do well. \n \nRather than a focus on memorizing facts and algorithms, you will be asked to make predictions and provide \nexplanations. While building your knowledge of chemistry, you will be developing an understanding of the \nscientific process in general that will help you in many other courses. For details on lecture/course content, see \nthe document: Chem 1A Outline F13 on bSpace. \n \nINSTRUCTOR INFORMATION \n \nProf. John Arnold \nProf. Marcin Majda \nLecture \n9, 11 AM \n1 PM \nEmail \narnold@berkeley.edu \nmajda@berkeley.edu \nOffice \n526 Latimer \nB40 Hildebrand \nOffice Hrs \nBy apt \u2013 see calendar on bSpace \nMWF 2.10-3 180 Tan \n \nClass Meetings: MWF 9:10-10:00 or 11:10-12:00 or 1:10-2:00 in Pimentel Hall \nCourse Materials \n\uf0b7 Sapling online homework (includes an online textbook) \n\uf0b7 iClicker \n\uf0b7 Recommended textbook: Chemistry: A Molecular Approach by Tro (Prentice Hall) 2nd ed (3rd ed is also ok, as are \nrelated texts by Zumdahl, Oxtoby, Atkins, Brown & LeMay, etc) \n\uf0b7 Chem 1A Redacted Lecture slides, Preclass Assignments, Study Guide, & Previous exams \u2013 will be made available \nin hardcopy at Copy Central on Bancroft (free on bSpace) \n\uf0b7 A nonprogrammable scientific calculator that can handle logarithms and scientific notation; it shouldn't cost more \nthan about $15. Graphing calculators or cell phones may not be used during exams. \n\uf0b7 \nCourse Website: Chem 1A LEC F14 at bspace.berkeley.edu \n \nDirect your email messages first to your GSI who is your main point-of-contact for the course. More general \nquestions should be addressed to the Head GSIs at chem1af14@gmail.com. All e-mail to the Instructors \nconcerning Chemistry 1A should have \"Chem1A\" in the subject line and must come from your berkeley.edu \naccount, otherwise it will probably not be answered. Use e-mail for asking simple questions about the course or \nif you would like to make an appointment to see Prof. Arnold about an administrative matter. \n \nEXAMS: You must take every exam at the scheduled time. Midterm exams are held Tuesdays: September 23, \nOctober 21, and November 18 from 7-9 PM. The final exam is scheduled on Monday, December 15 from 3-6 pm. \n \nIf you have a schedule conflict with any of the scheduled exam times, do not enroll in Chem 1A. Exams \nare offered only at the scheduled day and time. There are no make-up exams. \n \nExams will be administered to student-athletes who are traveling for University sanctioned sport events by an \nappropriate proctor at the scheduled exam time. If you are a student with a documented disability please visit the \n\nV 1.4 8/28/14 Subject to revision \nstaff at the Disabled Students Program to arrange for testing accommodations. All requests for special \naccommodations must be received before the first midterm examination. \n \nIf you miss an exam you will receive a grade of zero for that exam (except in cases of documented emergencies). \n \nWORKLOAD: A significant time commitment from you is expected both before lecture (doing the pre-class \nassignments, reading appropriate materials from one (or more) textbooks)) and after (adding to your lecture notes, \nworking problems from homework and textbooks). Note that work at the college level is often quite different from \nwhat you might be used to from your high school: see the information in Resources on bSpace for more \ninformation. \n \nDROP IN OFFICE HOURS: GSIs and Teaching Scholars will hold open office hours in Bixby (just across the \nwalkway outside on the ground floor of Latimer Hall) between the hours of: TBA. Additional office hours may be \noffered before exams \u2013 check bSpace for updates. \n \nDISCUSSION SECTIONS: Discussion starts on Tues, Sept 2nd; attendance is strongly recommended. You may \nneed to print out the discussion assignments (check bSpace), do work required in preparation, and bring the \nprintout with you to discussion. \n \nREVIEW SESSIONS: The GSIs will hold review sessions a few days prior to each exam. Updates will be \nannounced in lecture and on bSpace. \n \n \nGRADE INFORMATION: \n \n %\n \n \nGrade \n Percent \nMidterm 1 \n 15\n \n \nA \n85\u2212100% \nMidterm 2 \n 20\n \nB \n70\u221284% \nMidterm 3 \n 20\n \nC \n50\u221269% \nFinal Exam \n 35\nD \n45\u221249% \niClicker, \nHomework, \nDiscussion \n 10\nF \n <45.0% \nTotal \n100%\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThe grade you earn is based on the scale above. Note that we do not curve the grades. In doing so, we note that \nin principle everyone can get a good grade and there is every incentive for working together to help your fellow \nclassmates. \n \nPOLICIES \n\uf0b7 \nLecture attendance and active participation is expected. Points are awarded for iClicker quizzes during \nlecture. \n\uf0b7 \nYou may attend any of the lecture sections (9 AM, 11 AM or 1 PM) without having to change your section \non Telebears. \n\uf0b7 \nYour iClicker responses will count for credit in any section you attend, but you may only vote in one lecture \nsection on a given day. \n\uf0b7 \nAttendance in discussion is recommended. You must attend your assigned discussion section only. \n\uf0b7 \nAcademic \nhonesty \npolicies \nare \nstrictly \nenforced. \nSee: \nasuc.org/honorcode/faq.php \nand \nsa.berkeley.edu/code-of-conduct. An online quiz (Sapling) to test your understanding of this issue is \nrequired before you can complete any other assignments in the course (homework or exams). \n \nSome practical advice: \n\uf0b7 \nGet to know your GSI. He or she can be of considerable help both during the course and after. \n\uf0b7 \nOur lectures are intended to expose you to important material, so pay close attention; questions on the \nexams will be based on what we discuss in lecture and on materials from the homework and discussion \nsections. \n\uf0b7 \nThe suggested textbook should be used as a supplement to the lecture material. \n\nV 1.4 8/28/14 Subject to revision \n\uf0b7 \nExperience tells us that to do well in this course may require 10 hours/week or more in homework and \nstudying; some students need more, some less. Please bear this in mind when arranging your schedule \nfor the semester. \n\uf0b7 \nKeep up with the material! The weeks will start flying by and you don\u2019t want to get behind. Do the preclass \nassignments, read the study guide and textbook, and start your homework days in advance of the \ndeadline. \n\uf0b7 \nThe UC Berkeley Student Learning Center is an excellent resource for the course: slc.berkeley.edu/ \n\uf0b7 \nMore advice can be found in the Resources folder on bSpace \n \nQuestions? \n\uf0b7 \nCheck bSpace: it also has a comprehensive FAQ list. \n \nSome notes on how to study chemistry \nThe biggest challenge you will face in this, and any other courses at Berkeley, is to develop efficient study \nmethods. Here are some suggestions, modified from Dr Adalsteinsson, Santa Clara University. \n \n\uf0b7 \nRead before, read after: skim the chapter before it is covered in lecture; this will help familiarize you \nwith some of the terms associated with each topic. Review each chapter after it is covered in class; this \nwill help you become familiar with the book and make it easier to review before exams. \n\uf0b7 \nParticipate during class: take notes during class and look over them afterwards. Don't skip class. Ask \nquestions. \n\uf0b7 \nDo the work: Do the homework problems as close to the time as when the topic is covered in the class, \neven when they are not graded; they are designed to help you to increase the depth of your \nunderstanding of specific concepts and to give you practice in problem solving. This will also shorten \nthe time you take to solve problems and time is limited during exams. \n\uf0b7 \nDo not wait until the night before the exam to study: this approach does not work. \n\uf0b7 \nFind a group of students to study with: seek out students dedicated to doing well in the course. \nThese students can be found in drop-in tutoring sessions, or in the library studying. This group will help \nyou stay focused and may assist you when things get confusing. Furthermore, explaining difficult \nconcepts to others is an efficient way to learn yourself. \n\uf0b7 \nStay focused: Find an environment on campus with few distractions to work on the course material. \nYour dorm bedroom is usually not this space. \n \n \n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/49/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/49/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/86/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Chemistry 1A Course Outline, Spring 2015", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Chemistry", "subject_area": "chemistry", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-chemistry-e29efd8298ce.txt", "sha256_hash": "e29efd8298ce5059bc6b8283c81d80b7011e1e5d63e70d2de2472e78dda84630", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Chemistry 1A syllabus pdf tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "e29efd8298ce5059bc6b8283c81d80b7011e1e5d63e70d2de2472e78dda84630", "text": "COURSE OUTLINE \n \nChemistry 1A: General Chemistry \nSpring Semester 2015 \n \nLectures: \nMondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9-10 AM, 1-2 PM \nPimentel Auditorium \n \n \nChem1A \nWebpages: \nbCourses(bcourses.berkeley.edu) \nMastering Chemistry (www.masteringchemistry.com) \n \n \nInstructor: \nProfessor Richard J. Saykally \nD31 Hildebrand Hall \n642-8269 \nOffice Hours: Wednesdays 3-4 PM \nE-Mail: saykally@berkeley.edu \nWebpage: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/rjsgrp/index.html \n \n \nHead TA: \nRoyce Lam \nD36 Hildebrand Hall \nE-Mail: rlam879@berkeley.edu \n \n \nPrerequisites: \nHigh School Chemistry is recommended \n \n \nText: \nNivaldo Tro; Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, 3rd Edition \n \n \n \nCourse Content: \nTo the maximum extent possible, this course will be a survey of \nmodern topics in chemistry. It will include basic principles as well as \ncontemporary applications, with emphasis on numerical problem \nsolving. The lecture material is divided into four sections. Each \nsection is followed by an exam. Outlines of the lectures for each \nsection will be provided separately. The laboratory course (Chem \n1AL) is coordinated with the lectures to the maximum extent \npossible, \nalthough \nthey \nare \nultimately \nindependent \nand \ncomplementary. Lecture material is designed to complement, not to \nrepeat, the assigned reading in the text. Hence, it would be most \nhelpful if you do the reading assignments before the lectures. \n \n \n\nHomework: \nWeekly homework will be assigned and submitted on the Mastering \nChemistry website. You will receive full credit (1 point) for an \nassignment if you answer 70% of the questions correctly. Homework \n(scaled to 50 total points) will comprise 5% of your total course \ngrade. \n \n \nExams: \nMidterms will be held evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 (Feb. 10, March \n10, April 2). Do not schedule courses having conflicts with these \ntimes. No makeup exams will be given. If you miss an exam, you \nwill receive a grade of zero, except in cases of documented \nemergencies. \n \n \nFinal Exam: \nExam Group 9: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 8-11 AM \n \n \nDiscussion: \nDiscussion\t\r \u00a0 sections\t\r \u00a0 will\t\r \u00a0 be\t\r \u00a0 conducted\t\r \u00a0 by\t\r \u00a0 graduate\t\r \u00a0 student\t\r \u00a0\ninstructors.\t\r \u00a0\t\r \u00a0Students\t\r \u00a0are\t\r \u00a0strongly\t\r \u00a0encouraged\t\r \u00a0to\t\r \u00a0attend\t\r \u00a0and\t\r \u00a0to\t\r \u00a0\nparticipate.\t\r \u00a0 \t\r \u00a0 They\t\r \u00a0 are\t\r \u00a0 meant\t\r \u00a0 to\t\r \u00a0 provide\t\r \u00a0 students\t\r \u00a0 with\t\r \u00a0 the\t\r \u00a0\nopportunity\t\r \u00a0to\t\r \u00a0solve\t\r \u00a0problems\t\r \u00a0working\t\r \u00a0in\t\r \u00a0small\t\r \u00a0groups\t\r \u00a0facilitated\t\r \u00a0\nby\t\r \u00a0an\t\r \u00a0instructor,\t\r \u00a0often\t\r \u00a0working\t\r \u00a0from\t\r \u00a0practice\t\r \u00a0exams.\t\r \u00a0A\t\r \u00a0short\t\r \u00a010\t\r \u00a0\nminute\t\r \u00a0quiz\t\r \u00a0will\t\r \u00a0be\t\r \u00a0given\t\r \u00a0at\t\r \u00a0the\t\r \u00a0end\t\r \u00a0of\t\r \u00a0each\t\r \u00a0discussion\t\r \u00a0section.\t\r \u00a0\n\t\r \u00a0\n \nGrading: \nThe composition of your course grade will be: \n \nMidterms (3) \n \n600 pts \n \nFinal Exam (Cumulative) \n350 pts \n \nHomework /Quizzes 50 pts \n \nThe course is not graded on a curve so as to encourage student \ninteractions and peer learning in the class. The grading scheme is as \nfollows (cutoffs may be lowered but they will not be raised): \n \n \n \n \n900 \u2013 1000: A \n \n \n \n750 \u2013 899: B \n \n \n \n550 \u2013 749: C \n \n \n \n350 \u2013 549: D \n \n \n \n000 \u2013 349: F \n \n \n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/86/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/86/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1018/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Syllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Chemistry", "subject_area": "chemistry", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-chemistry-e70ddde81119.txt", "sha256_hash": "e70ddde8111922ccff2e0dd6ae857b7c39bec22d5bb7fe65dfe110bff3192609", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Chemistry 1A syllabus pdf tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "e70ddde8111922ccff2e0dd6ae857b7c39bec22d5bb7fe65dfe110bff3192609", "text": "4/10/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1473528/assignments/syllabus\n1/15\nCourse Syllabus\nJump to Today\nChem 1A: General Chemistry\nFall 2018\nChem1AFall2018@gmail.com (mailto:Chem1AFall2018@gmail.com)\nChemistry is the study of nature at the molecular scale. It is an ancient subject, as old as the first people to\nwonder why fire is hot and gold is shiny. But chemistry is also one of the most active areas of modern\nscience, as new as the latest drug discovery, solar cell design, climate model, or gene editing technology.\nChem 1A surveys the subject of chemistry broadly, with an emphasis on the physical concepts that unify our\nunderstanding of molecular structure and reactivity. Once mastered, these concepts will allow you to pursue\nadvanced studies in biology, materials, planetary science, and engineering with a sophisticated appreciation\nof how things work at the microscopic scale, where mysteries of life emerge and astonishing material\nproperties originate.\nLectures are the heart of this course. Here, chemical questions will be posed, mulled, and answered in an\ninteractive setting. They will include many eye-catching demonstrations of chemical properties and\nprocesses. They will also feature peer discussions and ChemQuizzes that probe your intuition and\nunderstanding in real time. Attendance of your assigned lecture is mandatory.\nDiscussion sections will explore how concepts developed in lecture translate into practical tools for analysis\nand prediction. Here you will learn how to perform calculations, recognize trends, and make informed\nestimates. These abilities, founded on your understanding of basic concepts, will be tested on homework\nassignments and exams. Attendance of your assigned discussion section is also mandatory.\nChem 1A will set high standards for learning difficult material, but it is also intended to be exploratory and\nfun. Your instructors are excited to share their passion for a subject that figures prominently not only in\nscientific headlines, but also in modern discussions of humanity's roots, capabilities, and responsibilities. We\nare here to spark your imagination, and to arm you with tools that will serve you throughout your studies and\nbeyond.\nFor the quickest response to your questions, please email Chem1AFall2018@gmail.com\n(mailto:Chem1AFall2018@gmail.com) .\n \nInstructors\n9am and 11am lectures:\n Professor Phillip Geissler\n\n4/10/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1473528/assignments/syllabus\n2/15\n 207 Gilman Hall\n geissler@berkeley.edu (mailto:pines@berkeley.edu)\n Office Hours\n Tuesdays 10-11:30am in Chemistry Library Room 100E\n Thursdays 2-3:30pm in Chemistry Library Room 100F\n \n1pm lecture:\n Professor Eran Rabani\n 220 Gilman Hall\n eran.rabani@berkeley.edu\n Office Hours\n Mondays 3-4pm in Chemistry Library Room 100F\n Fridays 2-3pm in Chemistry Library Room 100F\n \nSta\ufb00\nInstructional Support Director:\n Dr. Rose Beeler\n rbeeler@berkeley.edu\n \nDemonstrations/Projection Manager:\n Karen Chan\n kchan@cchem.berkeley.edu (mailto:kchan@cchem.berkeley.edu)\n \nHead GSIs\n David Lunderberg\n david_lunderberg@berkeley.edu\n Office hours: M/W 10-11am in Bixby North\n \n\n4/10/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1473528/assignments/syllabus\n3/15\n \n Kiera Wilhelm\n Office hours W/F 12-1pm in Bixby North\n \n \nAgain, for the quickest response to your questions, please email Chem1AFall2018@gmail.com\n(mailto:Chem1AFall2018@gmail.com) .\nRequired Materials\nText: \nChemical Principles: The Quest for Insight \nby Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones, and Leroy Laverman\n(We have designed an electronic excerpt of this book that is much less expensive than the full hard\ncopy. It can be obtained from the Cal Student Store or from the publisher.)\n \nTI-30X Calculators or any other scientific calculator are necessary for exams (a smart phone calculator\nCANNOT be used). \n \nAzendance Policy and iClickers\nYou will need to bring an iClicker device to each lecture. You can only get attendance credit by attending the\nlecture you are enrolled in (9 am, 11 am, or 1 pm) and participating in the ChemQuizzes, for which you need\nan activated iClicker. Your ChemQuiz participation in lectures will designate your attendance. \niClickers are available for purchase or rental at the Cal Student Store. It is your responsibility to properly\nregister your iClicker remote in a timely fashion. It is also your responsibility to regularly check your iClicker\ngrades for any discrepancies and bring them to our attention quickly.\nFor help with obtaining and setting up your iClicker, see www.ets.berkeley.edu/services-\nfacilities/clickers/students-getting-started (http://www.ets.berkeley.edu/services-facilities/clickers/students-\ngetting-started) .\nYour attendance score will be the sum of: 2 points for each lecture (up to a maximum of 64 points) and 1\npoint for each discussion (up to a maximum of 11 points).\n \nGrading\n\n4/10/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1473528/assignments/syllabus\n4/15\nThis course is not graded on a curve, in order to encourage student interactions and peer learning. 1000\ntotal course points are assigned as follows:\n Midterm 1: 180\n Midterm 2: 180\n Midterm 3: 200\n Final Exam (Cumulative): 300\n Homework: 65\n Attendance: 75\n \nThe grading scheme is as follows (cutoffs may be lowered but they will not be raised):\n 850 \u2013 1000: A\n 700 \u2013 849: B\n 550 \u2013 699: C\n 350 \u2013 549: D\n 0 \u2013 349: F\n \nHomework \nWeekly homework will be assigned and submitted through the Sapling Learning system. Homework is\nmeant to promote learning, so multiple attempts for each problem are possible. Each incorrect attempt\ndeducts 5% of the total possible points for that specific problem. (e.g. 1 attempt = 100%, 2 attempts = 95%,\n3 attempts = 90%, etc.) \n \nExams \nMidterm exams will be held on Tuesday evenings: September 18 (8-10 pm), October 16 (8-10pm),\nand November 13 (8-10pm). The Final Exam is Monday, December 10, 3-6pm (Final Exam Group 3). No\nmakeup exams will be given. If you miss any exam, you will receive a grade of zero, except in the case of a\ndocumented emergency. Exams will be administered to student-athletes who are traveling for University\nsanctioned events by appropriate proctor at the scheduled exam time. If you are a student with a\ndocumented disability, please visit the staff at the Disabled Students Program to arrange for testing\naccommodations.\n \n\n4/10/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2018)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1473528/assignments/syllabus\n5/15\nAcademic Integrity (hzp://teaching.berkeley.edu/berkeley-honor-code\n(hzp://teaching.berkeley.edu/berkeley-honor-code) ):\nWe support an environment of academic integrity and respect on campus that is embodied in the UC\nBerkeley Honor Code:\n\u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others.\u201d\nand trust that you will follow this code in all your Chem 1A activities. Remember that, as a member of the\ncampus community, you are expected to demonstrate integrity in all of your academic endeavors and will be\nevaluated on your own merits. The consequences of cheating and academic dishonesty\u2014including a formal\ndiscipline file, possible loss of future internship, scholarship, or employment opportunities, and denial of\nadmission to graduate school\u2014are simply not worth it.\n \nCourse Material Schedule & Reading List:\nWeek\nDate\nTopic\nReadings\nLecture #\n1\n W 8/22\n Introduction to the molecular\nworld\nFund. B, and 1A.1 \n1\n F 8/24\n Stoichiometry at macroscopic and\nmicroscopic scales\nFund. 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It is an ancient subject, as old as the first people to\nwonder why fire is hot and gold is shiny. But chemistry is also one of the most active areas of modern\nscience, as new as the latest drug discovery, solar cell design, climate model, or gene editing technology.\nChem 1A surveys the subject of chemistry broadly, with an emphasis on the physical concepts that unify our\nunderstanding of molecular structure and reactivity. Once mastered, these concepts will allow you to pursue\nadvanced studies in biology, materials, planetary science, and engineering with a sophisticated appreciation\nof how things work at the microscopic scale, where mysteries of life emerge and astonishing material\nproperties originate.\nLectures are the heart of this course. Here, chemical questions will be posed, mulled, and answered in an\ninteractive setting. They will include many eye-catching demonstrations of chemical properties and\nprocesses. They will also involve peer discussions and ChemQuizzes that probe your intuition and\nunderstanding in real time. Attendance of your assigned lecture is mandatory.\nDiscussion sections will explore how concepts developed in lecture translate into practical tools for analysis\nand prediction. Here you will learn how to perform calculations, recognize trends, and make informed\nestimates. These abilities, founded on your understanding of basic concepts, will be tested on homework\nassignments and exams. Attendance of your assigned discussion section is also mandatory.\nChem 1A will set high standards for learning difficult material, but it is also intended to be exploratory and fun.\nYour instructors are excited to share their passion for a subject that figures prominently not only in scientific\nheadlines, but also in modern discussions of humanity's roots, capabilities, and responsibilities. We are here\nto spark your imagination, and to arm you with tools that will serve you throughout your studies and beyond.\nYour instructors will respond ONLY to email sent to Chem1A@berkeley.edu\n(mailto:chem1a@berkeley.edu) . Email sent to their individual addresses may not be read.\n \nInstructors\n9am and 11am lectures (in 1 Pimentel Hall):\n Professor Phillip Geissler (mailto:chem1a@berkeley.edu)\n 207 Gilman Hall (mailto:pines@berkeley.edu)\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n2/15\n Office Hours\n Tuesdays 10-11:30am in Chemistry Library Room 100 F (except 11/5)\n Thursdays 2-3:30pm in Chemistry Library Room 100 E (except 8/29, 9/5, 10/24, and 12/5)\n \n1pm lecture (in 1 Pimentel Hall):\n Professor Eran Rabani (mailto:chem1a@berkeley.edu)\n 220 Gilman Hall\n Office Hours\n Wednesdays 2-3pm in 433 Latimer \n Fridays 3-4pm in Chemistry Library Room 425 Latimer\n \nStaff\nInstructional Support Director:\n Natalie Johnson (mailto:%20njohnson614@berkeley.edu)\n njohnson614@berkeley.edu (mailto:njohnson614@berkeley.edu)\n \nDemonstrations/Projection Manager:\n Karen Chan\n \nHead GSI\n Pratima Satish (mailto:chem1a@berkeley.edu)\n \nRequired Materials\nText: \nChemical Principles: The Quest for Insight \nby Peter Atkins, Loretta Jones, and Leroy Laverman\n(We have designed an electronic excerpt of this book that is much less expensive than the full hard copy.\nIt can be obtained from the Cal Student Store or from the publisher.)\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n3/15\n \nTI-30X Calculators or any other scientific calculator are necessary for exams (a smart phone calculator\nCANNOT be used). \n \nAttendance Policy and iClickers\nYou will need to bring an iClicker device to each lecture. You can only get attendance credit by attending the\nlecture you are enrolled in (9 am, 11 am, or 1 pm) and participating in the ChemQuizzes, for which you need\nan activated iClicker. Your ChemQuiz participation in lectures will designate your attendance. \niClickers are available for purchase or rental at the Cal Student Store. It is your responsibility to properly\nregister your iClicker remote in a timely fashion. It is also your responsibility to regularly check your iClicker\ngrades for any discrepancies and bring them to our attention quickly.\nFor help with obtaining and setting up your iClicker, see\nhttps://dls.berkeley.edu/services/clickers/students-getting-started-clickers\n(https://dls.berkeley.edu/services/clickers/students-getting-started-clickers) .\nYour attendance score will be the sum of: 1.5 points for each lecture (up to a maximum of 40 points) and 1\npoint for each discussion (up to a maximum of 10 points).\n \nGrading\nThis course is not graded on a curve, in order to encourage student interactions and peer learning. 1000 total\ncourse points are assigned as follows:\n Midterm 1: 270*\n Midterm 2: 270*\n Midterm 3: 270*\n Final Exam: 360\n Homework: 50\n Attendance: 50\n*The lowest of your three midterm scores will be dropped.\nThe grading scheme is as follows (cutoffs may be lowered but they will not be raised):\n 850 \u2013 1000: A\n 700 \u2013 849: B\n 550 \u2013 699: C\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n4/15\n 350 \u2013 549: D\n 0 \u2013 349: F\n \nHomework\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\nWeekly homework will be assigned and submitted through the Sapling Learning system. Homework is meant\nto promote learning, so multiple attempts for each problem are possible. Each incorrect attempt deducts 5%\nof the total possible points for that specific problem. (e.g. 1 attempt = 100%, 2 attempts = 95%, 3 attempts =\n90%, etc.) \n \nExams\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\nMidterm exams will be held on Tuesday evenings: September 17 (8-10 pm), October 15 (7-9pm),\nand November 12 (7-9pm). The Final Exam is Monday, December 16, 3-6pm (Final Exam Group 3).\nAbsences for exams will not be excused, nor will make-up exams be arranged, except in extraordinary\ncircumstances. Note that the lowest midterm exam score will be dropped.\nIf you are a student with a documented disability, please visit the staff at the Disabled Students\nProgram to arrange for testing accommodations.\n \nAcademic Integrity (http://teaching.berkeley.edu/berkeley-honor-code\n(http://teaching.berkeley.edu/berkeley-honor-code) ):\nWe support an environment of academic integrity and respect on campus that is embodied in the UC\nBerkeley Honor Code:\n\u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others.\u201d\nWe trust that you will follow this code in all your Chem 1A activities. Remember that, as a member of the\ncampus community, you are expected to demonstrate integrity in all of your academic endeavors and will be\nevaluated on your own merits. The consequences of cheating and academic dishonesty\u2014including a formal\ndiscipline file, possible loss of future internship, scholarship, or employment opportunities, and denial of\nadmission to graduate school\u2014are simply not worth it.\n \nCourse Material Schedule & Reading List:\nWeek\nDate\nTopic\nReadings\nLecture #\n1\n W 8/28\n Introduction to the\nmolecular world\nFund. B, and 1A.1 \n1\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n5/15\n F 8/30\n Stoichiometry at\nmacroscopic and\nmicroscopic scales\nFund. E, L, M \n2\n M 9/2\n Academic holiday\n \n \n2\n W 9/4\n Quantum mechanics and\nthe microscopic world\n \n3\n F 9/6\n Quantum mechanics and\nlight\n1A.2-3 \n4\n M 9/9\n Quantization and\nspectroscopy\n1B\n5\n3\n W 9/11\n Quantum mechanics and\nparticles\n 1C\n6\n F 9/13\n Ground state of the H atom\n \n7\n M 9/16\n Orbitals, energy levels, and\nquantum numbers of the H\natom\n1D\n8\nMidterm Exam 1\nTues. 9/17\n8-10pm\n4\n W 9/18\n Multi-electron atoms and\nscreening\n1E.1 \n9\n F 9/20\n Aufbau principles\n1E.2\n10\n M 9/23\n Ionization energy and\n1F.1-4 \n 11\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n6/15\nperiodic trends\n5\n W 9/25\n Electron affinity and ionic\nbonding\n1F.5, 2A\n F 9/27\n Covalent bonding and\nLewis structures\n2B\n \n13\n M 9/30\nResonance and octet\nexceptions\n2C, 2D\n14\n6\n W 10/2\n Molecular structure and\nVSEPR\n2E\n 15\n F 10/4\nOrbital hybridization \n2F\n 16\n M 10/7\nMolecular orbital theory\n2G.1-2\n 17\nCLASSES CANCELED ON\n10/9 AND 10/11 DUE TO\nPOWER OUTAGE\n7\n M 10/14\nDiatomic and polyatomic\nmolecules\n 2G.3-4 \n18\n W 10/16\n Fluctuations and the\nmicroscopic origin of\npressure\n 3A\n 19\n F 10/18\n Gas laws\n 3B, 3C\n20\n \n \n8\nM 10/21\nProbability distribution of\nmolecular speed\n 3D\n21\nMidterm Exam 2\nTues. 10/22\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n7/15\n8-10pm\n W 10/23\nIntermolecular forces\n 3E, 3F.1\n22\n F 10/25\n Steric repulsion and polar\nattraction\n 3F.2, 3F.3, 3F.6\n23\nCLASS CANCELED ON\n10/28 DUE TO POWER\nOUTAGE\n9\n W 10/30\nHydrogen bonding and\nLondon dispersion, thermal\nfluctuations and bond\nstability\n 3F.4, 3F.5\n 24\n F 11/1\n Phase transitions\n5B\n 25\n M 11/4\n Vapor pressure, phase\ndiagrams, and the\nspontaneity of chemical\nprocesses \n 5A\n 26\n10\n W 11/6\nThermodynamics: heat,\nwork, and the first law \n4A, 4B\n 27\n F 11/8\nEnthalpy, spontaneity and\nthe second law\n4C, 4D, 4E,4F \n 28\nM 11/11\nAcademic holiday\n \n \nMidterm Exam 3\nTues. 11/12\n7-9pm\n \n \n \n \n11\n W 11/13\nEntropy and Gibbs free\nenergy\n 4G, 4H, 4I, 4J\n 29\n\n12/2/2019\nSyllabus for CHEM 1A General Chemistry (Fall 2019)\nhttps://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1484857/assignments/syllabus\n8/15\n F 11/15\nState functions and\nthermodynamic cycles\n \n 30\n M 11/18\nStandard states and the\nminimum work principle\n31\n\u00a0\n12\n W 11/20\nSurface tension and critical\nfluctuations\n \n 32\n F 11/22\nEntropy and concentration\n33\nM 11/25\nChemical equilibrium and\nthe law of mass action\n5G, 5H, 5I \n 34\n13\nwebcast\nrecorded on\nW 11/27\nLe Chatelier's principle\n5J, 6I\n35\nwebcast\nrecorded on\nW 11/27\nAcids and bases\n6A, 6G, 6H.2-4\n36\n W 11/27\n Academic holiday\n \n \n F 11/29\nAcademic holiday\n \n \n \n14\nM 12/2\n pH, neutralization, and\nbuffers\n6B, 6C, 6D, 6E\n37\nW 12/4\n Redox 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Hallatschek \nWeek \nLectures \nTopics \nGiancoli Chapters \n \n1 * \n8/22, 24 \nIntroduction; 1D Kinematics \n1,2 \n--- \n2 \n8/27, 29, 31 \nVectors; 1D Kinematics \n2,3 \nKinematics I \n3 \n9/5, 7 \n2D and 3D Motion; Force \n3,4 \nKinematics II \n4 \n9/10, 12, 14 \nNewton\u2019s Laws; Friction \n4,5 \nDynamics \n5 \n9/17, 19, 21 \nFriction; Gravitation \n5,6 \n--- \n6 \n9/24, 26, 28 \nWork and Energy; Conservation of Energy \n7,8 \nMidterm 1 \n7 I \n10/1, 3, 5 \nCenter of Mass; Linear Momentum \n9 \n--- \n8 \n10/8, 10, 12 \nRotational Kinematics and Dynamics \n11 \nCollisions \n9 \n10/15, 17, 19 \nRotational Dynamics \n10 \nRotation \n10 \n10/22, 24, 26 \nStatics, Fluids \n12,13 \n--- \n11 \n10/29, 31, 11/2 \nFluids \n13 \nMidterm 2 \n12II \n11/5, 7, 9 \nFluids + Oscillations \n14 \n--- \n13 \n11/14, 16 \nOscillations \n14 \nOscillation \n14 * \n11/19 \nWaves \n15 \n--- \n15 \n11/26, 28, 30 \nWaves + Sound; Course review \n16 \nWaves \n16 \n12/3-7 \nReading/Review/Recitation Week \n--- \n--- \n17 \n12/11 \nFinal examination \n--- \n--- \n \n \n*week 1 starts on 8/22 ; Thanksgiving break (11/21-23). \n \n \nIMidterm 1: Monday, Sep. 24, 7-9 pm, 2050, 2030, 2038 VLSB \n \n \nIIMidterm 2: Monday, Oct. 29, 7-9 pm, 2050, 2030, 2038 VLSB \n \n \nFinal Exam: Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7 \u2013 10 pm, TBA \nPlease check on bCourses for any updates or further information. \nLabs \n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1020/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1020/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1209/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Physics 7A, Fall 2019", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Physics", "subject_area": "physics", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-physics-42ecc30ab3ce.txt", "sha256_hash": "42ecc30ab3ced54c736b59fa4c8e3263b11d5ccf97a44261745cedf238ec4747", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Physics 7A syllabus tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "42ecc30ab3ced54c736b59fa4c8e3263b11d5ccf97a44261745cedf238ec4747", "text": "Physics 7A, \nLecture 002: YILDIZ \nFall 2019 \n \nCourse Information \n \nInstructor: Professor Ahmet Yildiz \n\u2022 Email: yildiz@berkeley.edu \n\u2022 Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30-4:30 and Friday 12-1, 474 Stanley Hall \n\u2022 As the instructor for this course, I will teach the physical concepts, course material and \nsolving problems during my office hours, after the lectures, or through emails. \n \nHead GSI: Robert Kealhofer \n\u2022 Email: Robert+GSI@berkeley.edu \n\u2022 Office Hours: by appointment. \n\u2022 All administrative issues (e.g. switching sections, dropping the class, adding the class, \nmissing labs, missing exams due to serious health issues, Mastering Physics conflicts\u2026) \nhave to be addressed directly to the head GSI. \n\u2022 I WILL NOT be able to help you resolve these issues. If you happen to e-mail me such \nrequests by mistake, I MAY forward them to the head GSI. \n \nCourse Center: 105 Le Conte \n\u2022 Please find out your GSI assignment and office hours. \n\u2022 All GSI office hours are held in the course center. \n\u2022 You can go to the whichever GSI office hours that work with you schedule. \n\u2022 The course center is designed to facilitate group work. It will be open during business \nhours whether or not there are office hours being held, so feel free to come to work \nindividually or in groups any time. \n \nRequired Course Materials: \n\u2022 Textbook: Giancoli, Physics for Scientists & Engineers, Volume 1 (Custom Edition for UC \nBerkeley) \n\u2022 workbook/lab manual: Birkett & Elby, 7A Workbook \n\u2022 online homework: Mastering Physics subscription \n \nPrerequisites: \n\u2022 Math 1A (Calculus) is a prerequisite \n\u2022 Math 1B may be taken concurrently \n\u2022 Math proficiency in the following areas is essential: algebra, trigonometry, single-variable \ndifferentiation, derivation, integration, and vectors. If you are uncertain about your \npreparation, consult the head GSI. \n \nCourse Webpage: bcourses.berkeley.edu \n\n\u2022 Course material (syllabus, announcements, lecture slides, old exams...) will be uploaded \nto the course website in https://bcourses.berkeley.edu/courses/1486100. \n \nEnrollment: \n\u2022 Early Drop Deadline: End of 2nd week (Sep 6th 2019) at noon. \n\u2022 All enrollment is through CalCentral. \n\u2022 Contact the head GSI for issues related to switching your sections. You may want to pair \nup with another student to swap sections. \n\u2022 You must attend ALL discussion/laboratory (DL) sections for which you are registered in \nthe first two weeks to remain enrolled in the class. \n \nLectures: \n\u2022 Time/Location: TuTh 2:10 - 3:30, 1 LeConte Hall \n\u2022 There are lectures, lecture demos, after class discussions, office hours, GSI \ndiscussion/problem solving sections (Workbook problems), labs, homeworks (Mastering \nPhysics, online). \n\u2022 Physics 7A will cover Newtonian Mechanics, including topics such as Linear Motion, \nRotational Motion, Gravitation, Fluids, and Waves. \n\u2022 We have 16 chapters to cover in 14 weeks (including holidays). This is a lot of material and \nwe have to move fast. Please try to keep up with the material and let us know if we move \nway too fast! We will cover first chapters quickly and slow down to the usual pace of the \ncourse in Newtonian Mechanics. \n\u2022 We assume that you have seen this material at a simpler level in high school. If you have \nnot taken Physics before, you may find it difficult to catch up with the pace of the course. I \nstrongly recommend spending extra time on problem solving and GSI office hours. \n \nDiscussion/Lab Sections: \n\u2022 Discussion and lab (D/L) sections begin on the first day of instruction. You must attend \nyour D/L sections during the first and second week, or you may be dropped. \n\u2022 DL sections meet twice a week for two hours EVERY week, even when there is no lab \nscheduled. \n\u2022 In your DL sections you will practice problems and discuss concepts in small groups, with \nthe guidance of a GSI, as well as perform labs. \n\u2022 You must bring your workbook to your DL section. \n\u2022 DL sections will be graded based on active participation. \n \nLabs: \n\u2022 There will be 7 labs throughout the semester (see the syllabus) performed in your DL \nsection. While you perform the labs, you will complete the lab worksheet found in the \nworkbook. You will turn in the lab worksheet at the end of your lab section. \n\u2022 If you miss a lab for a valid reason (e.g. illness) you must email your GSI to let them know \nthe reason for your absence. To make up a missed lab, you should attend another DL \nsection during that same week, also emailing that GSI ahead of time to let them know you \nwill be attending their section. If you are not able to make up a lab in the week that it \n\nruns, one lab setup will also be available in each lab room the following week for makeups. \nYou may only make up a lab in the following week once per semester. After that following \nweek, you will not be able to make up the lab at all. \n\u2022 You are required to complete ALL labs: any uncompleted labs will result in a reduction of \nyour grade by 1/3 of a letter grade for each lab missed. If you miss more than one lab, you \nwill fail this course. \n \nHomework: \n\u2022 There will be weekly homework due Fridays at 11 pm. \n\u2022 Homework will be computer-based homework on the Mastering Physics website. \n\u2022 You must purchase a registration card either along with your textbook, or on the Mastering \nPhysics website (www.masteringphysics.com) directly. \n\u2022 You will need to sign up for Mastering Physics with your Cal SID# and use the Course ID: \nMPYILDIZ6191217. If your Cal SID # is incorrect you will not receive homework \ncredit. \n\u2022 No late homework will be accepted. We will drop your lowest two homework scores. \n\u2022 We encourage you to work with and help other students, however the homework you \nsubmit must ultimately be your own work. This means that while other students may teach \nyou how to do a problem, you must eventually be able to solve the problem on your own \nand submit your own solution, not one copied from another student. \n \nExams: \n\u2022 There will be two evening midterms and a final exam (please check dates in the syllabus). \n\u2022 Topic coverage of each exam will be announced a week before the exam in lectures and in \nthe course website. \n\u2022 The final exam is not cumulative and will focus on the last chapters, but you may be \nrequired to know the fundamentals of mechanics in order to solve those questions. \n\u2022 You MUST be available to take all exams. Unresolvable conflicts with the exam dates must \nbe discussed with the head GSI immediately. \n\u2022 All exams are closed book\u2014you will be allowed one letter sized paper (one side only) \nhandwritten notes for each exam. \n\u2022 No need to bring your own blue book (or green book) to the exams. \n\u2022 Exams will include conceptual questions and workbook questions, as well as quantitative \nproblems. The level of exam questions is higher than practice problems at the beginning of \nthe chapters in Giancoli and most of the homework problems. They are at the level of end \nof chapter problems with (*) or the ones in \u201cGeneral Problems\u201d. Workbook problems are \nbetter representative of the exam level. \n\u2022 Questions and answers of the old exams are uploaded to the bcourses website. \n\u2022 Please write legibly. Exam problems will be graded based on your solutions. Partial \ncredit will be given even if you do not have the correct answer. No credit will be given for \ncorrect answers without a clear reasoning and showing your work. \n \n \n\nGrading: \n\u2022 The grade breakdown is the following: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\u2022 We will follow the department guidelines for grade distribution: roughly 25% A\u2019s, 40% \nB\u2019s and 35% C\u2019s. D\u2019s and F\u2019s will be given on a case-by-case basis to students displaying \nespecially poor performance. \n \nAccommodations: \n\u2022 Students who require special accommodations for the class (e.g. for exams, lecture, labs) \nmust contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester. \nMidterm 1 \n22.5% \nMidterm 2 \n22.5% \nFinal Exam \n35% \nHomework \n10% \nDiscussion & Labs \n10% \n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1209/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1209/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/117/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "BIOLOGY 1A: COURSE SYLLABUS", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Biology", "subject_area": "biology", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-biology-33f9b2219de9.txt", "sha256_hash": "33f9b2219de9c5da6d4530804dfbd1e42f5613137480c05169d97e83a223ddbd", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Biology 1A syllabus tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "33f9b2219de9c5da6d4530804dfbd1e42f5613137480c05169d97e83a223ddbd", "text": "Page 1 of 6 \nBIOLOGY 1A: COURSE SYLLABUS \n \n \n \n \nFall 2013 \n \nFaculty: Dr. Pauly and Dr. Fischer are from the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Dr. \nWeisblat is from the Department of Molecular Cell Biology. The faculty will hold office hours \n(while they are lecturing) as follows: \n \nHeld in 2084 VLSB \nBY APPOINTMENT \nMarkus Pauly \nMW 9-10, Th 2-3 \n2-1722, Calvin Lab, mpauly69@berkeley.edu \nhttp://pmb.berkeley.edu/profile/mpauly#a2 \nRobert Fischer \nMWF 9-10, Th 2-3 2-1314, 231A Koshland, rfischer@ berkeley.edu. \nhttp://epmb.berkeley.edu:8080/facPage/dispFP.php?I=8. \nDavid Weisblat MW 9-10, Th 2-3 \n2-8309, 385 LSA, weisblat@berkeley.edu \nhttp://mcb.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=com_mcbfaculty&nam\ne=weisblatd \nOffice hours are located in 2084 VLSB unless otherwise \n \nCourse Coordinator: Mike Meighan. 2-4110, 2088 VLSB, mailbox in 2084 VLSB (and another \none in the hall outside 2088 VLSB), e-mail is {mmeighan@berkeley.edu}. Scheduled Office \nhours are M 11-12, W 10-11, 1-2 and by appointment. I am available for advice on study habits, \ntechniques, course content, and on matters of scheduling, laboratory operations, exams, etc.. \nTypically any administrative or grading issues should be addressed to the course coordinator. \n \nGraduate Student Instructors: The GSI\u2019s will instruct the discussion sections. A GSI will be \navailable in the GSI office; 2084 VLSB, between 10-2, M-F. Messages may be left in your GSI's \nmailbox in 2084 VLSB. \n \nPlease turn off cell phones prior to the start of lecture. \n \nTIME TABLE \nThe drop deadline is Sept. 6th. The deadline to change grading option from P/NP to \nletter grade is September 27th. \n1. Lectures begin August 30th and end on December 6th . Lectures are held in 1 Pimentel from 8-\n9 AM. Lectures may be available on the web (http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/). They \nare also simulcast in 10 Evans & (60 Evans if necessary). Lecture handouts are posted on \nbSpace. No note taking service is authorized. \n2. Email address: We will routinely email the students about once a week. We will use the \nemail address you have listed in the CalNet Directory. If it isn\u2019t the one you check, then you \nneed to change it in the CalNet directory. If you have not received any emails yet, there is a \nproblem with your listed email address. bSpace will be used frequently, check it! \n3. ADDING: Use Tele-BEARS. To add Bio 1A, you must be enrolled in Bio 1AL or be exempt \nfrom simultaneous enrollment. For more information click under enrollment information on \nour url: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/courses/bio1a/. \n4. SWITCHING DISCUSSION/LAB (Permanent Switch): On bSpace click on \u201cClick Here \nto Switch Discussion Sections\u201d for a link to a page with instructions on how to switch \nsections via TeleBears. You need to do your best to work out your discussion assignment \nby the first week. \n5. DISCUSSION begins Tuesday, 9/3. (No discussion on Monday 9/2.) Attendance will be \ntaken starting Monday September 9th. You must attend your assigned discussion section. \n6. LABORATORY. Lab lecture begins Monday September 2nd (you must watch webcast from \nSpring 2013) and labs begin Tuesday September 3rd. The first lab covers Safety, and \nEquipment. The lab exercise (lab manual) is available on bSpace and at Replica Copy. \n\nPage 2 of 6 \n Lab will be held Tuesday through Friday. Lab lecture on September 9th will cover the second \nlab, Cells and Sea water plating. \n7. Attendance: You are required to attend the lab AND discussion sections in which you are \nenrolled (not waitlisted). For further lab information, see the lab syllabus. \n8. Lecture examinations are: Thursday Oct. 3rd from 7:30 - 8:30 PM (evening exam). Monday \nNov. 4th from 8-9 AM (morning exam). There are no make-up exams. A handout will be \ngiven in lecture concerning each exam. \n9. Final Examination: Monday Dec. 16th at 7-10 PM. Room(s) to be arranged. The final exam \nwill be comprehensive and will cover all lectures. You will receive a handout in lecture \nregarding specific details about the final (point distribution, weighting, etc.). \n10. In the case of disruption of an exam (fire alarm, bomb threat, etc.) alternative arrangements \nhave been made. These may include moving the exam to another location, and/or \nextending the time, and/or arranging an alternative exam date or format (possibly essay). \n11. Lab exams are scheduled as follows: First lab exam, Thursday night, October 24th (7:30 PM) \nRoom(s) to be arranged. Your second Lab Exam will be held on Wednesday night \nDecember 4th (7:30 PM). There are no make-up lab exams. A handout will be available on-\nline concerning each exam \u2013 room assignments, material covered, etc. There is NO \nadditional final exam for the lab class. \n12. Assignments, exams: When papers, etc. are returned it is your responsibility to pick them \nup. If you do not attend discussion, then you must contact your GSI and get the papers \nfrom them, at their convenience. Papers not picked up after 3 weeks may be discarded. \n \nLECTURE MATERIALS: \nRequired textbook: Campbell Biology, 9th edition including Mastering Biology. The textbook \nis a custom edition for UCB and includes access to Mastering Biology. You will need the 9th \nedition. The book is identical to the normal 9th edition except for the cover page. You also need \nMastering Biology for the homework assignments. \niClicker is required. You must have your own individual iClicker. \nRequired Course Reader(s): Required course readers will be available on bSpace and most \nlikely also available at Replica Copy. \nExam Reader: An exam reader with exams from past semesters is available at Replica Copy. \nThe cost is about $4.00. \n \nGRADING PROCEDURE: Grades will be determined numerically as follows: \nMidterm Examinations (2 x 100) \n \n200 pt\u2019s. \nFinal Exam \n \n300 pt\u2019s. \niClicker (3 X 12), Homework via Mastering Biology (3 X 24) \n \n108 pt\u2019s. \n \nTotal: \n608 pt\u2019s. \nSee first day announcement on bSpace. You will be informed of any assignments or \nadditional points on exams. \nChanges affecting the point distribution, the reading schedule, or other aspects of the syllabus \nmay occur during the semester. We will inform you of any changes. Letter grades are based \nupon EARNED points (not based upon needs or wants). They are guaranteed as follows. \nA (some form of an A) \n100-90% \nD (some form of a D) \n69-60% \nB (some form of a B) \n89-80% \nF \n59-00% \nC (some form of a C) \n79-70% \n \n \n\nPage 3 of 6 \nHowever, in the event that some examinations have been unusually difficult, the cut offs \nfor letter grades may be lowered (but only by a few percentage points, and as deemed \nnecessary). Historically around 40-50% of the class EARN A\u2019s and B\u2019s. \n \niClicker points \u2013 Each question is worth \u00bd pt for participation and an additional \u00bd pt for the \ncorrect answer. You can earn up to a MAXIMUM of 12 points per lecturer. Each lecturer will \nattempt to have at least 14 iClicker questions for their section. If for some reason, there aren\u2019t \nenough iClicker points then any remaining points will be added to the final. It is your \nresponsibility to register your iClicker and provide a functional iClicker. \n \nHomework points. A distribution of scores will be generated and a grade scale from 0 to 14 \npoints will be assigned. The maximum possible number of points will be 12. Thus it is \npossible to miss one or two assignments and still end up with the maximum. No extensions of \ndeadlines. Each assignment is due by 8 AM by the start of the next lecture. The only exceptions \nare the 8/30 lecture will be due Friday 9/6 by 8 AM (along with of course the Wed 9/4 lecture). \n \nI GRADES: In keeping with University regulations, the grade of \"incomplete\" is assigned to a \nstudent only if (1) the student has completed at least one-half of the material with a passing \ngrade of C or better and (2) the student presents documented medical evidence of inability to \ncomplete the course on schedule. The student assigned an I grade in Biology 1A must complete \nthe work before the first day of classes in the Fall Semester of 2014, without including the course \nfor units on the study list, or the I lapses to an F. \nCHEATING: UC Berkeley has adopted the following Honor Code: \u201cAs a member of the UC \nBerkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others\u201d. As a UCB student \nyou pledge to adhere to this code. The rare student found cheating in the course will be \nreported to the University. The student will be given an F course grade. Cheating is not \ntolerated. This includes ALL work\u2014iClicker, homework assignments, pre-labs, worksheets, \nquizzes, and exams! \nRECOMMENDATIONS: It is probably better for you to obtain letters from upper division \nclasses, in the future, but we are willing to write letters. Your GSI will write an initial draft of \nthe letter (they know you the best). The course coordinator will edit the letter and a faculty \nmember will sign the edited letter. The course coordinator will then forward your letter to the \nPlacement center. This takes time--at least two weeks \n \nHOW TO DO WELL \n1. Come to lectures and take notes. Make sure you review them. \n2. Keep up with the material. It is essential that you do not fall behind. Seek help if needed. \n3. Clarify topics you do not understand by \na. Coming to faculty office hours and ask questions. \nb. Coming to GSI office hours and ask questions. \nc. Getting into a study group. \nd. Reading the book. \ne. Using email to ask the faculty questions. \n4. Use the exam reader, making sure you understand the reasoning behind the answers. \n5. Come to the exam review sessions and ask questions. \n6. Come to discussion with questions. \nBIOLOGY 1A STUDY RESOURCES \nThe following is a partial list. Please take advantage of these resources. Additional \nopportunities such as faculty & graduate student reviews may also occur during the semester. \nFurther information is available in the lab manual and in the exam reader. \n\nPage 4 of 6 \nFaculty Office Hr\u2019s: Office hours are typically held in 2084 VLSB. Faculty will announce office \nhours and any changes to them. \nAcademic Coordinator Office Hr\u2019s (2088 VLSB): To be announced. Refer to bSpace for up to \ndate hours. \nGraduate Student Instructors Office Hr\u2019s (2084 VLSB): Usually M- F, 10 - 2. Refer to bSpace for \nup to date hours. \n \nStudent Learning Center (SLC, 189 Chavez Student Center): The SLC offers student-led study \ngroups and tutoring. Study groups require registration that can be done on SLC's webpage \n(slc.berkeley.edu ). Tutoring is generally available MTWTh 9-4 and F 9-12. See the SLC's \nwebpage for more information. Note: None of the SLC's services are a substitute for lecture, \ndiscussion, reading the text, or attending Bio 1A office hours. However, they are an excellent \nway to get additional assistance and feedback from trained undergraduate tutors who want to \nassist you in meeting your academic goals. \n \nSTUDY GROUPS: These are a great way to learn the material. I encourage you to form study \ngroups, either within your lab or with other students. \n \nTutor Services (fee): Formal tutoring (variable fees) from individuals may be available as the \nsemester progresses. Contact Mike. \nBiology 1A Web Sites: mostly bSPace and http://mcb.berkeley.edu/courses/bio1a. \nSchedule of Classes \nSection \nDisc. Time \nDisc. Room \n \nSection \nDisc. Time \nDisc. 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Watch \nthe webcast. Lab held. \nSept. 4 \n2 \nCarbon Chemistry and Macrocomolecules \nChs. 4 & 5 \n \nSept. 6 \n3 \nStructure and function: Carbohydrates, Lipids,\nproteins, Nucleic acids \nCh 5: 69-91 \n \n \n \n*Deadline to drop = Sept. 6 \n \n \nSept. 9 \n4 \nCell structure, part 1 \nCh 6: 94-109 \nCells, Vibrio isolation \nSept. 11 \n5 \nCell structure, part 2 \nCh 6: 125-141 \n \nSept. 13 \n6 \nMembrane structure and function \nCh 7: 125-141 \n \n \n \n*Deadline to add without a fee = Sept. 10. \n \n \nSept. 16 \n7 \nMetabolism: energetics \nCh 8: 142-151 \nEnzymes, Vibrio isolation. \nSept. 18 \n8 \nMetabolism: enzymes \nCh 8: 152-162 \n \nSept. 20 \n9 \nCellular respiration: glycolysis, fermentation. \nCh 9: 163-193, 177 \n-179 \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSept. 23 \n10 \nCellular respiration: TCA, oxidative phosphory Ch 9: 170-177, 179- \n183 \nPhotosynthesis, Vibrio \nIsolation. \nSept. 25 \n11 \nPhotosynthesis: light \nCh 10: 184-197 \n \nSept. 27*\n12 \nPhotosynthesis: C-fixation \n(Evaluation 15') \nCh 10: 198-205 \n \n \n \n*Deadline to add, change from P/NP to letter grade. \n \n \nSept. 30 \n13 \nCell cycle \nCh 12: 228-245 \nComplementation I, PCR & \nGMB I. \nOct. 2 \n14 \nMeiosis \u2013 How Gametes Inherit Genomes. \nCh 13 \n \nOct. 3 \n \nMIDTERM 1: Lectures 1-13. 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See an adviser. \n \n \nNov. 4 \n \nMIDTERM 2: Lectures 14-26. \nSee handout. \nInvert I. \nNov. 6 \n28 \nNutrition \nCh 41 \n \nNov. 8 \n29 \nCirculation & Gas Exchange \nCh 42 \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNov. 11 \n \nHOLIDAY \n \nInvert II. \nNov. 13 \n30 \nImmune System \nCh 43 \n \nNov. 15 \n31 \nOsmoregulation \nCh 44 \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNov. 18 \n32 \nEndocrine System \nCh 11 and 45 \nReproduction & \n development. \nNov. 20 \n33 \nReproduction \nCh 46 \n \nNov. 22 \n34 \nDevelopment \nCh 47 \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNov. 25 \n35 \nEvolutionary Development \nCh 47 \nNo lab. \nNov. 27 \n36 \nCellular Neurobiology \nCh 48 \n \nNov. 29 \n \nHOLIDAY \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDec. 2 \n37 \nSensory and Motor Systems \nCh 50 \nQ & A review: \nDec. 4 \n38 \nNervous System Structure and Function \nCh 49/51 \nLab exam 2: \nWed 8:20-10 PM \nDec. 6 \n39 \nReview \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDec. 16 \n \nFINAL EXAM 7-10 PM \n Exam Handout \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNote: look at the final exam handout carefully for your assigned seating within a section. 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The \nfull PDF version will be uploaded to bCourses, and you can access the online version \nhere: https://nobaproject.com/textbooks/allison-altman-new-textbook\n \n \nCourse Description & Goals: \nPsychology 2 will allow students to sample a collection of past and present topics examined within the vast \nfield of psychology. This class will have an especially strong focus on the psychology related real-world \nsituations and problems that we face in the current day. Areas covered in this class will include biology, \ndevelopment, cognition, social psychology, personality, abnormal psychology, and others. \n \nFormat: \nThe course will be virtual yet synchronous, meaning that lectures and discussion section materials will not \nbe prerecorded, and will be given in real time through Zoom at the class times (Tuesday/Thursday, \n8:00am-9:30am). We will not have GSI\u2019s and sections, and thus you are only required to attend lecture \nand come to my office hours if you have questions on the material. I will try to record each lecture and \npost it to bCourses that day, but please do not rely on this, and try to attend each section if you can. \n \nCourse Requirements: \nReadings: All assigned readings come from the textbook listed above. All readings will be made available \non bCourses as PDFs. All readings are listed on your course schedule below. Please note the lecture that \neach reading is associate with. \n \nAttendance: There will be NO attendance requirements. I expect you to attend virtual lectures, but will not \nbe taking attendance. \n \nExams: There will be three exams in the course. All 3 exams will be: \n- \nSynchronous (during class times) \n- \nOpen note \nSee course schedule, below, for the dates of each exam. You will not be required to log onto Zoom during \nthe exams. The exams will be multiple choice and open book. Although I cannot (and will not) police \n\nPage 2 of 4 \nyour behavior, I ask that you work alone and do not work collaboratively on exams. Please respect this \nrequest, given the flexibility I have provided. \n \nFinal Exam: The final exam will be asynchronous, and you will have 24 hours to complete it. Again, the \nfinal exam will be multiple choice and open book. Although I cannot (and will not) police your behavior, \nI ask that you work alone and do not work collaboratively on exams. Please respect this request, given \nthe flexibility I have provided. \n \nRPP: You will be required to participate in the Research Participation Program. In order to know how to \nparticipate in studies through the Research Participation Program (RPP), please thoroughly read the \ndocument, \"RPP Information for Students\", which has been updated for this term. Then, set up a Sona \naccount as instructed. We recommend doing this as soon as possible. If you have any questions, you can \ncontact RPP at rpp@berkeley.edu. \n \nGrading: \nFinal grades will be calculated on the basis of 405 points distributed as follows: \n3 Exams (100 points each) \n \n300 total possible points \n1 Final Exam \n \n \n100 possible points \nRPP \n \n \n \n \n5 possible points \n \nTotal Possible Points \n \n405 \nYour grade will simply be your total earned points, divided by 405 points. \n \nFinal grades will be based on a standard 100% scale: A=90%-100%, B=80%-90%, C=70%-80%, D=60%-\n70%, with + and \u2013 for the upper and lower 3% extremes of those ranges (e.g. B- = 80-82.9%, B = 83-\n86.9%, B+ = 87-89.9%). Please note, there is no rounding up in this class, your % is your %. \n \nAcademic Honesty: \nBoth the University and I take academic honesty very seriously. Anyone caught cheating or plagiarizing \non an exam or assignment will automatically fail the class. Their behavior will also be brought to the \nattention of the psychology department and University. Afterward, further actions might then be taken by \nboth sources. \n \n \nDisability Statement: \nIf you are a student who needs academic accommodations or support because of a documented disability, \nyou should contact me and provide copies of your contract or accommodation letters as soon as possible \nso that appropriate arrangements can be made. All discussions will remain confidential. If you have \nquestions about accessing Disability Support Services, documenting a disability, or requesting \naccommodations, you should contact the appropriate disability support program at your institution. \n \n***** \n \nCourse Schedule: \nThe following contains a course schedule for the semester. Please note the schedule is subject to change, \nand I will notify you via bCourses of any changes. \n \nDate \nLecture Topic \nReading (to read before the lecture) \nTuesday, January 19 \nWhy Science? \nWhy Science? \nEdward Diener\nThursday, January 21 \nHistory of Psychology \nHistory of Psychology \nDavid B. Baker & Heather Sperry\n\nPage 3 of 4 \nTuesday, January 26 \nResearch Designs \nResearch Designs \nChristie Napa Scollon\nThursday, January 28 \nThe Brain \nThe Brain \nDiane Beck & Evelina Tapia\nTuesday, February 2 \nThe Nervous System \nThe Nervous System \nAneeq Ahmad\nThursday, February 4 \nNeurons \nNeurons \nSharon Furtak\nTuesday, February 9 \nSensation and Perception \nSensation and Perception \nAdam John Privitera\nThursday, February 11 \nEXAM 1 \nNo Readings \n \nTuesday, February 16 \nJudgment and Decision \nMaking\nJudgment and Decision Making \nMax H. Bazerman\nThursday, February 18 \nIntelligence \nIntelligence \nRobert Biswas-Diener\nTuesday, February 23 \nCognitive Development in \nChildhood\nCognitive Development in Childhood \nRobert Siegler\nThursday, February 25 \nEmerging Adulthood \nEmerging Adulthood \nJeffrey Jensen Arnett\nTuesday, March 2 \nAging \nAging \nTara Queen & Jacqui Smith\nThursday, March 4 \nFunctions of Emotions \nFunctions of Emotions \nHyisung Hwang & David Matsumoto\nTuesday, March 9 \nCulture and Emotion \nCulture and Emotion \nJeanne Tsai\nThursday, March 11 \nEmotion Experience and \nWell-Being\nEmotion Experience and Well-Being \nBrett Ford & Iris B. Mauss\nTuesday, March 16 \nEXAM 2 \nNo Readings \nThursday, March 18 \nConditioning and Learning \nConditioning and Learning \nMark E. Bouton\n*** SPRING BREAK *** \nTuesday, March 30 \nMemory (Encoding, Storage, \nRetrieval) \nMemory (Encoding, Storage, Retrieval) \nKathleen B. McDermott & Henry L. \nRoediger\nThursday, April 1 \nConformity and Obedience \nConformity and Obedience \nJerry M. Burger\nTuesday, April 6 \nThe Psychology of Groups \nThe Psychology of Groups \nDonelson R. Forsyth\nThursday, April 8 \nPrejudice, Discrimination, \nand Stereotyping \nPrejudice, Discrimination, and \nStereotyping \nSusan T. Fiske\nTuesday, April 13 \nPersonality Assessment \nPersonality Assessment \nDavid Watson\nThursday, April 15 \nPersonality Traits \nPersonality Traits \nEdward Diener & Richard E. Lucas\nTuesday, April 20 \nHistory of Mental Illness \nHistory of Mental Illness \nIngrid G. Farreras\n\nPage 4 of 4 \nThursday, April 22 \nMood Disorders \nMood Disorders \nAnda Gershon & Renee Thompson\nTuesday, April 27 \nAnxiety and Related \nDisorders\nAnxiety and Related Disorders \nDavid H. Barlow & Kristen K. 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One aim of this course is to emphasize the overarching \nideas that, in the end, will tie this diverse information together. One of these ideas is \nevolutionary adaptation, and the selections in the reader from Grey\u2019s psychology do an \nexcellent job of showing how adaptation helps us understand many kinds of biological \nphenomena directly related to psychology (e.g., genetics, epigenetics, neural and brain \nstructure, types of learning, habituation). We will also consider unifying ideas that are \nprominent in the study of cognition. These include representations and their \ntransformation, concept formation, Gestalt coherence, multiple-causation, the relation of \nconscious to non-conscious processing, and how organisms handle novel \ninformation. Each of these \u201ccore ideas\u201d will be introduced first with a (hopefully) vivid \nexample in one area of study, but they will crop up again and again, often in combination, \nin other areas as the course progresses. For these unifying factors are jointly present in \nmany complex psychological states, and they will help us examine some of the most \nsalient experiences in human life (e.g., being in love; the exhilarations underlying \nathletics and art; having, or knowing someone with, a mental disorder). The core ideas \nwill also help us understand how humans respond during the most extreme conditions: \ne.g., life in a Nazi concentration camp as reported by Frankl. \n \n We will also consider how various strands of contemporary psychology resonate with \n\u201ctraditional\u201d approaches to psychology. The chief example will be Plato\u2019s Phaedrus. \nTime permitting, we will briefly consider similar views of personality in the classic \ncultures of East Asia, South Asia, and the Islamic world. \n NOTE: For many students it takes time to fully understand the core ideas and their \napplication. But by the final most students will have mastered them and will be able to \napply them to a wide range of cases. In at least one extra credit rich essay question on \nthe final you can, if you wish, describe a significant experience from your own life, and \nthen analyze it using relevant core ideas. \n \nREADINGS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THAT WEEK\u2019S CLASS \n\n \nWeek 1: August 24th \n Course goals and structure \n Reader: pp. 1-5 \n \nWeek 2: August 29thth & August 31st \n History and Scope of Psychology \n Reader: pp. 6-30 \n Man\u2019s Search for Meaning, Part 1 \n \n Science and the Biological foundations of psychology \nReader: pp. 31-62 \n \nWeek 3: September 5th & 7th \n Science and the Biological foundations of psychology, continued \n Reader: pp. 63-84 \n \n Learning \n Reader: pp. 85-139 \n \nWeek 4: September 12th & 14th \n Learning, continued \n \n The Nervous System \n Reader: pp. 140-186 \n \nWeek 5: September 19th & 21st \n The Nervous System continued \n \n Sensory processes: Overview \n Reader: 187-195 \n \nWeek 6: September 26th & 28th \n Vision \n Reader: 196-207 \n \nWeek 7: October 3th & 6th \n 1st Midterm October 3th \n \n Consciousness, Perception & Memory \n Reader pp. 208-254 \n \nWeek 8: October 10th & 12th \n Consciousness, Perception, Memory continued \n Memento \n Reader: pp. 255-268; \n \nWeek 9: October 17th & 19th \n Personality \n Reader: (read in order) pp. 269-288; 262-268; 289-327 \n \n \n \n \n\nWeek 10: October 24th & 26th \n Mental Disorders \n Reader: pp. 328-372 \n \nWeek 11: October 31st, November 2nd \n Treatment \n Reader: pp. 373-409 \n \nWeek 12: November 7th & 9th \n Classical and cross-cultural views of Psychology \n Reader: review pp. 323-325 \n Reader: pp. 410-438 \n \nWeek 13: November 14th & 16th \n Classical and cross-cultural views of Psychology continued \n \n Social influences on behavior \n Reader: pp. 441-460 \n Video: Prisoner\u2019s of Silence: see by Nov. 16th \n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzCGux7qD1c) \n \nWeek 14: November 21st \n 2nd Midterm \n \nWeek 15: November 28th & 30th \n The Wholeness High: Aesthetics, athletics and \u201cPeak\u201d experiences \n Reader: pp. 439-441 \n \nWeek 16: December 5th & 7th \n RRR week: Review, especially conscious & non-conscious cognition \n \n \nTESTS & GRADING: The course grade is based on two midterms, 100 points each, and a 200 \npoint final. The final grade will be calculated via a \u201cmodified curve.\u201d A modified curve treats the \nhighest number of points actually earned by a student as if this were 100% of the total number of \npoints possible in the course. For example, if the highest score in the class is 380, then all \nstudents scoring from 342 to 380 (90% to 100%) will fall into the A range; all students scoring \nfrom 304 to 341 will fall into the B range, and so on. There is, then, no arbitrary limit on how \nmany students can receive a given final grade. In theory everyone could get an A. \n \nAll tests in this course have the same format: (a) multiple choice, (b) fill-ins, (c) short answers, \nand (d) an essay question. 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Kihlstrom, PhD \n \n \nThe best way to contact the instructor and GSI \nIs always by email E-mail. \n \nThis course will survey the scientific study of mental life and the mental functions that underlie human \nexperience, thought, and action. The emphasis is on cognitive processes and social interactions \ncharacteristic of adults. However, research on nonhuman animals, as well as biological, developmental, \nand pathological processes, will be introduced as relevant. This course, or its equivalent, is a prerequisite \nfor admission to most upper-division courses in the Department of Psychology. Psychology 1 (or its \nequivalent) is required for prospective majors in Psychology, and is intended for lower-division students \n(freshmen and sophomores). \n \nCourse credits \nThree (3) semester hours (approximately 45 hours of class time) \n \nPrerequisites and Workload \nThere are no prerequisites for this course. Anyone with a college-preparatory high-school diploma should \nbe able to understand the material. \n \nIn order to do well in the course, however, students should be prepared to put in some time. Traditionally, \ncollege courses assume that students devote two to three hours of study at home for every one hour in \nclass. Students should be prepared to put in at least 6 hours per week outside of class. \n \nRequired and Recommended Readings \nStudents should purchase two items for the course. \n \n(1) The textbook that we\u2019ll be using is Kalat\u2019s Introduction to Psychology book (2016, 11th ed.). There are \nseveral ways to access this book. \nOption 1: The bookstore is selling a loose-leaf/online bundle. The bundle includes a Loose-leaf Version \nof the 11th edition, plus online access for the book and MindTap\u00ae Psychology for 1 term (6 months). The \nISBN is: 9781337127448. \nOption 2: Printed versions of the 11th and 10th editions of this book are also acceptable. Avoid \npurchasing any editions of the book that are older than the 10th edition. \n\n \n2 \n(2) ZAPS 2.0: The Norton Psychology Labs, an online digital resource by Ton De Jong and colleagues, \nallows you to experience various psychological phenomena firsthand, via demonstrations programmed by \na team of Dutch psychologists (hence the sometimes awkward English) and presented over the Internet \n(see below for details). You will be required to complete a selection of these exercises during this course. \nZAPS 2.0 is an online resource. The registration code for this website must be purchased separately \nthrough the publisher\u2019s website: https://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. Approximate retail price: $30.00. \n\u2022 Point your browser to the ZAPS 2.0 \u201clanding page\u201d: https://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. You can \npurchase the program through the distributor or student book store. \nSchedule for Spring 2018 \nThe schedule shown on the following pages is based on three 1 hour lectures per week, except for weeks \ndevoted to midterm exams. For convenience, the schedule conforms to a Tuesday-Wednesday-\nThursday format. The sole exception is the week of Thanksgiving and the RRR week. Note, however, \nthat all lectures are available all of the time, from the very beginning of the semester, so that students can \ncomplete lectures at their own pace. Assignments are due, and exams will be administered, on the dates \nindicated. \n \nThe entire course is delivered online, employing the Berkeley Canvas website. To access the course, go \nto https://login.uconline.edu/. You will need to authenticate with a CalNet ID (follow the link and the \ninstructions on the homepage). Your access to the Canvas website will terminate on the last day of the \nsemester, after the final exam has been administered. \n \nYou should log into the site on the first week of the semester. \n \nDate \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, 10e \n \nModule 1: Introduction \n16-Jan \n \nTu \n \n1 \n \nNature and Scope of Psychology \nDiscussion Comment #1 (See Below for Details) \nChapter 1 \n \n \nModule 2: Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior \n17-Jan \nW \n2 \nOrganization of the Nervous System \nChapter 3 \n18-Jan \nTh \n3 \nHindbrain, Midbrain, Diencephalon \n \n23-Jan \nTu \n4 \nCerebral Cortex \n \n24-Jan \nW \n5 \nHemispheric Specialization, Recovery of Function, and Plasticity \n \nDiscussion Comment #2 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #1 (See Below for Details) \n \nModule 3: Methods and Statistics for Psychology \n25-Jan \n \nTh \n \n6 \n \nMethods and Statistics for Psychology \nDiscussion Comment #3 \nChapter 2 \n \n \nModule 4: Learning \n30-Jan \nTu \n7 \nReflex, Taxis, and Instinct \nChapter 6 \n31-Jan \nW \n8 \nClassical and Instrumental Conditioning \n \n1-Feb \nTh \n9 \nWhat is Learned? \n \n6-Feb \nTu \n10 \nA Cognitive View of Learning \n \nDiscussion Comment #4 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #2 \n \nModule 5: Sensation and Perception \n7-Feb \nW \n11 \nThe Sensory Modalities \nChapter 4 \n\n \n3 \n8-Feb \nTh \n12 \nSensory Experience \n \n13-Feb \nTu \n13 \nSensory Thresholds and Signal Detection \n \n14-Feb \nW \n14 \nThe Ecological View of Perception \n \n15-Feb \nTh \n15 \nPerceptual Organization and Pattern Recognition \n \n20-Feb \nTu \n16 \nThe Constructivist View of Perception \n \nDiscussion Comment #5 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #3 \n \n21-Feb \nW \n \nFirst Midterm Examination \n \nAdministered Online \nCovers Modules 1-5, and Kalat Chapters 1-4, 6 \n \nModule 6: Memory \n22-Feb \nTh \n17 \nShort-Term Memory, Working Memory, and Attention \nChapter 7 \n27-Feb \nTu \n18 \nMemory: Encoding Processes \n \n28-Feb \nW \n19 \nMemory: Storage and Retrieval \n \n1-Mar \nTh \n20 \nThe Reconstruction of Memory \n \nDiscussion Comment #6 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning#4 \n \nModule 7: Thought and Language \n6-Mar \nTu \n21 \nConcepts and Categories \nChapter 8 \n7-Mar \nW \n22 \nAlgorithms and Heuristics \n \n8-Mar \nTh \n23 \nAre We Rational? \n \n13-Mar \nTu \n24 \nIntelligence \nChapter 9 \n14-Mar \nW \n25 \nLanguage and Thought \n \nDiscussion Comment #7 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #5 \n \nModule 8: The Trilogy of Mind \n15-Mar \nTh \n26 \nEmotion \nChapter 12 \n20-Mar \nTu \n27 \nMotivation \n \nDiscussion Comment #8 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #6 \n \nModule 9: Personality and Social Interaction \n20-Mar \nTu \n28 \nAnalyzing Social Interaction \nChapter 13 \n21-Mar \nW \n29 \nThe Doctrine of Traits \n \n22-Mar \nTh \n30 \nThe Dialectic Between the Person and Behavior \n \n3-Apr \nTu \n31 \nThe Dialectic Between the Environment and Behavior \nChapter 14 \n4-Apr \nW \n32 \nThe Dialectic Between the Person and the Environment \n \nDiscussion Comment #9 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #7 \n \n 5-Apr \nTh \n \nSecond Midterm Examination \n \nAdministered Online. \nCovers Modules 6-9 and Kalat Chapters 7-9, 12-14 \n \nModule 10: Psychological Development \n10-Apr \nTu \n33 \nNature and Nurture \nChapter 5 \n11-Apr \nW \n34 \nWithin-Family Differences \n \n\n \n4 \n12-Apr \nTh \n35 \nGender Dimorphism \n \n17-Apr \nTu \n36 \nContinuity and Change in Psychological Development \n \nDiscussion Comment #10 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #8 \n \nModule 11: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy \n18-Apr \nW \n37 \nUnconscious Mental Life \nChapter 10 \n19-Apr \nTh \n38 \nThe Diagnosis of Mental Illness \nChapter 15 \n24-Apr \nTu \n39 \nExperimental Psychopathology \n \n25-Apr \nW \n40 \nDiathesis and Stress \n \n26-Apr \nTh \n41 \nTreatment of Mental Illness \n \n27-Apr \nFri \n42 \nThe Social Context of Mental Illness \n \nDiscussion Comment #11 \nZAPS for Active Discovery Learning #9 \n \nModule 12: Conclusion \nDuring \nRRR \n \n43 \nConclusion \nNo Reading \nDiscussion Comment #12 \nComplete ZAPS for Research Participation Experience by Friday, May 4th (See Below for Details) \n \n10-May \nThu \n \nFinal Examination \n \nExam 3 Administered from 11:30 to 12:30 (Location TBA) then Final Exam from 12:40 to 1:40 \nExam 3 Covers Modules 10-12 and Kalat Chapters 5, 10, and 15 \nThe Final Exam Covers All Modules and All of Kalat \n \nSupplementary Materials \nA set of Lecture Supplements is posted to a supplemental course website on Canvas. These are, \nessentially, written versions of lectures that Dr Kihlstrom would give if this course occupied two semesters \n(or maybe two years), instead of just one. The Supplements also include some essays that Dr Kihlstrom \nhas written (or in some cases co-authored) on general-interest topics within psychology -- again, you can \nthink of them as general-interest lectures. Students will not be held responsible for additional material in \nthe lecture supplements, beyond what is in the lectures actually delivered online, but those who intend to \nmajor in Psychology may find them informative and useful. The lecture supplements are updated \nthroughout the semester. Click on \"Lecture Suplements\". \n \nThe Canvas website also includes links to Discovery Videos and Online Resources include links to classic \narticles in psychology, as well as a collection of videos mostly from Annenberg Media, a project of the \nAnnenberg Foundation that produces video resources in conjunction with the Public Broadcasting \nSystem. Of particular interest are: \n\u2022 \nThe Brain: Teaching Modules, drawn from The Brain, a series presented on PBS in 1997 (32 videos \n5-20 minutes in length) -- http://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html. \n\u2022 \nThe Mind: Teaching Modules drawn from The Mind, a series presented on PBS in 1999 (35 videos 5-\n20 minutes in length) -- http://www.learner.org/resources/series150.html. \n\u2022 \nSeeing Beyond the Obvious: Understanding Perception in Everyday and Novel Environments, \nproduced by the NASA Ames Research Center and the University of Virginia covers basic issues of \ndepth perception and perceptual issues that arise in novel environments such as high-speed flight \nand microgravity. \n\u2022 \nDiscovering Psychology, a televised introduction to psychology hosted by Prof. Philip Zimbardo of \nStanford University, first presented on PBS in 1990 and updated in 2001 (26 half-hour videos) -- \nhttp://www.learner.org/resources/series138.html. \n\u2022 \nSeasons of Life, a telecourse on developmental psychology, first presented on PBS in 1992 (5 one-\nhour videos and 26 half-our audios) -- http://www.learner.org/resources/series54.html. \n\n \n5 \n\u2022 \n The World of Abnormal Psychology, another telecourse, first presented in 1992 (13 one-hour videos) \n-- http://www.learner.org/resources/series60.html. \n\u2022 \nAgainst All Odds: Inside Statistics, yet another telecourse, hosted by psychologist Teresa Amabile, \nand hands down the best introduction to probability and statistics ever (26 half-hour videos) -- \nhttp://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html. \n \nMidterm and Final Examinations \nThere will be two midterm examinations taken online. There will also be an in-person final exam that \nserves as both a 3rd midterm and final exam. Due to the size of the class, all examinations will be in \nmultiple-choice format. The first two midterms will be administered online, via the Canvas website, on \ndates announced in the syllabus, and are noncumulative. THE ONLINE EXAMS CANNOT BE TAKEN \nWITH CLASSMATES! Anyone suspected of taking their exam with others will immediately be failed and \ntheir actions will be reported to the center for student misconduct. The third midterm will be taken in \nperson and is scheduled for the final exam day. It, like the previous exams is not cumulative. The final \nexam will come right after the third exam and will be cumulative. By UC policy, the 3rd and final exam \nMUST be administered in person, though it is possible to arrange for a proctored exam to be \nadministered off-campus for non-UC Berkeley students. For students taking these last exams on \ncampus, the exams will be held from 11:30 to 1:40 on the 10th of May (location TBA). \n \nAll students that are a) taking the class from a school that is NOT UC Berkeley, b) taking a \nTuesday/Thursday evening class at UC Berkeley that\u2019s final conflicts with ours, or c) participating in a \nUniversity sanctioned obligation that conflicts with the scheduled final exam must consult with the \ninstructor in advance so they can be get something arranged or be put in touch with the proctoring \nprogram coordinators. Though students using a proctoring program will be aided with the selection \nprocess for proctors, students choosing this option will be responsible for selecting and paying for (if \nproctoring program chosen charges) a proctor. The final exam will not be rescheduled for students \nthat do not meet the requirements listed above. Those that meet one of the requirements above \nmust email the professor about their situation by April 1st. \n \nFeedback concerning exams is posted to the course website, which also contains copies of old exams. \nClick on \"Exam Information\". \n \nComments and Queries During the Course \nBecause of the online format of this course, there are no discussion sections as such, and no opportunity \nto interrupt the lecture for questions. However, the instructor and GSIs will be available in weekly \nchatrooms for office hours to respond to student comments and queries. Feel free to make use of these \nresources: that is what we are here for. \n \n\u2022 \nFrom time to time I will post announcements (e.g., about exams) concerning the course; I may \nalso post corrections and supplements to my lectures. Students may also post comments and \nquestions concerning the readings, lectures, and other items relevant to psychology. \n\u2022 \nThe Canvas website includes a general discussion area which will be used for a wide variety of \ncommunications among students, GSIs, and the instructor. These messages will be distributed to \nthe entire class, so don\u2019t post anything of a personal or confidential nature! Responses from the \ninstructor or the GSIs also will be posted to the entire discussion board. Do not send questions \non course content to the instructor\u2019s private Email address; post them to the course website \ninstead \u2013 so that everyone can benefit from the exchange. \n\u2022 \nIf you have a communication of a personal nature, such as a family emergency, you should send \nprivate Email to the instructor and your GSI. \n \nDiscussion Postings \nIn order to foster a sense of community in this online course, we have established a \u201cdiscussion board\u201d on \nthe Canvas website that will permit students to share their ideas about psychology with each other, and \nget some feedback from the group. For this purpose, students have been assigned to \"teams\" of up to 30 \nstudents, roughly analogous to discussion sections. \n \n\n \n6 \nFor each module in the course, we have proposed a question for discussion. By the deadline indicated in \nthe syllabus, you should post a response to the question posed. It doesn\u2019t have to be long: 50 well-\nchosen words will do, and responses shouldn\u2019t be longer than 250 words (the equivalent of one page, \ndouble-spaced, 12-point type). All we ask is that you respond to the question thoughtfully. Your \ncomments should be based on what you\u2019ve read in the text, and what\u2019s been presented in lectures, and \nyour own reflections. It is neither necessary nor desirable that you do any additional reading. So long as \nyour comments are on point, relate to what was covered in the class, and reasonably acceptable from the \npoint of view of grammar and spelling, your responses will earn full credit. If you are on task, but have not \nanswered the question at an appropriate level for a multitude of reasons, you can earn \u201chalf credit\u201d for the \npost. If your post is unrelated to the topic or you neglect to post by the due date, you will receive a 0. \n \nThere are twelve (12) such discussion questions, earning four (4) points each (2 points will be earned for \n\u201chalf credit\u201d posts). Each is due by 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on the date indicated in the syllabus. That's \none minute before midnight, just like Cinderella. POSTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED EVEN 1 MINUTE \nLATE AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL RECEIVE NO CREDIT. These posts are meant to keep you up to \ndate and reward those that are staying on top of things. Since these activities can all be done whenever \nyou choose, there is no emergency, internet crash, computer bug, fight with a roommate, accidental \npushing of the wrong tab on the Canvas site, or any other excuse that will earn you credit if you submit \nthe post after it is due. KEEP ON TOP OF THIS, STUDENTS TAKING THIS CLASS ALWAYS \nSTRUGGLE WITH STAYING UP TO DATE EVEN MORE THAN THEY STRUGGLE TO COMPREHEND \nTHE MATERIAL. \n \n1. Introduction. Introduce yourself to your fellow students in your section (and your GSI!). Tell \nus your name (and nickname, if you have one), where you\u2019re from (and describe your home town \na little), what high school you went to, and what your major (or prospective major) is in college. \nThen tell us how \u201cGeneral Psychology\u201d fits into your academic program. Are you thinking of \nmajoring in Psychology? How is this course relevant to your personal, academic, or career goals? \n \n2. Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior. The successful use of methylphenidates such as \nRitalin or Concerta, in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has led to \nsuggestions that these amphetamine-like stimulant drugs could be used to enhance cognitive \nperformance (attention, memory, even intelligence) by people who do not have ADHD or a similar \ncondition. Assume that these \u201csmart drugs\u201d actually work as advertised to enhance cognition in \n\u201cnormal\u201d individuals (which, frankly, is an open question). Is such a use fair? How is the use of \n\u201csmart drugs\u201d to enhance cognitive performance in students different from \u201cblood doping\u201d to \nincrease aerobic capacity and endurance in athletes, and which is prohibited by the International \nOlympic Committee and other athletic organizations? \n \n3. Methods and Statistics. A wealth of data indicates that \u201cactuarial\u201d predictions made by a \nstatistical combination of quantitative data are more accurate than \u201cintuitive\u201d predictions made by \na human judge reviewing the same information. In the criminal justice system, it\u2019s sometimes \nbeen proposed that decisions made about sentencing, parole, probation, and release be based \non statistical predictions of future risk of re-offending, rather than the intuitive judgments of \njudges, prosecutors, probation officers, and the like. Do you think this is a good direction for \npolicy to take? Why or why not? \n \n4. Learning. Pavlov thought that all learning entailed classical conditioning, whereas Thorndike \nthought the same thing about instrumental conditioning. Given what you know about \npredictability, controllability, and the role of reinforcement in learning, is there any learning that \ndoes not reflect classical and instrumental conditioning, either alone or in combination? \n \n5. Sensation and Perception. Jerome Bruner, a pioneering American cognitive psychologist, \nintroduced what he called a \u201cNew Look\u201d in perception by drawing attention to the role of mental \nset, emotion, and motivation in perception. Can we really see the world through \u201crose-colored \nglasses\u201d? Can we see only what we want to see? Or are these just metaphors? Provide an \n\n \n7 \nexample of how either emotion or motivation can affect either the detection of a stimulus or the \nperception of some object or event. \n \n6. Memory. One of the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is intrusive \nmemory: disturbing, unwanted memories of the traumatic event keep coming back, either in \nwaking life or in dreams. Recently, it has been suggested that this enhancement of memory is \ndue to stress hormones, and that administering certain drugs shortly after a traumatic event could \nprevent traumatic memories from being consolidated, leaving the victim essentially amnesic for \nthe trauma itself \u2013 and therefore, presumably, reducing the likelihood of PTSD. Assuming that \nthis were possible, is it a good idea? Discuss the pros and cons. \n \n7. Thought and Language. People don\u2019t always make choices that are in their best interest. \nFor example, given the opportunity to enroll in a tax-sheltered 401(k) retirement plan to which \ntheir employers will also contribute, most people don\u2019t \u201copt in\u201d. As a result, many Americans have \nnot accrued sufficient retirement savings. But if enrolling in such a plan is made the default, so \nthat employees must actively \u201copt out\u201d, most employees stay enrolled, to the benefit of their later \nretirement. Both outcomes are predictable, given what we know about the role of heuristics and \nbiases in judgment and decision-making. Some social scientists have suggested that \npolicymakers capitalize on these biases to \u201cnudge\u201d people in the direction of making optimal \nchoices \u2013 those which are most beneficial to them (and society). Others argue that this is \npsychological manipulation is an unacceptable infringement on personal freedom. Evaluate \nthese arguments, and take a position on this issue. \n \n8. The Trilogy of Mind. There is increasing evidence that the relatively large amounts of salt, \nfat, and sugar found in convenience and processed foods not only enhances their flavor, but also \nencourages overeating and puts consumers at risk for diseases like obesity and diabetes. In \nview of these considerations, should public-health and other officials issue laws and regulations \nlimiting the size and content of these foods? \n \n9. Personality and Social Interaction. Does personality exist in a social vacuum? Can we \ndescribe individual differences in personality in the abstract, without reference to social context, \nthe way we describe individual differences in IQ? Or is individual personality inextricably bound \nup with social interaction? Are there any individual differences in personality that exist \nindependently of the social context? \n \n10. Psychological Development. On January 1, 2014, a California law went into effect which \npermits transgender students in grades K-12 to choose public-school restrooms and athletic \nteams in accordance with their gender identity, not their biological sex. Opponents of the law \nargue that this policy will violate the privacy rights of the majority of public-school students. Make \na science-based argument concerning this issue, either pro or con, as if you were discussing this \nwith your family at the dinner table. \n \n11. Psychopathology and Psychotherapy. California and New Jersey both have laws \noutlawing \u201cgay conversion\u201d therapy for minors, which attempt to \u201cconvert\u201d homosexuals into \nheterosexuals. The rationale for the law is that (1) homosexuality isn\u2019t an illness and (2) the \ntreatment itself may harm patients, increasing their risk for depression and suicide. Still, some \npractitioners objected that any such restriction represented an illegal restraint on trade, \npreventing them from offering their patients certain services. And some parents objected that \nthey were prevented from seeking treatment in the best interests of their children. In New Jersey, \none set of parents sued on behalf of their 15-year-old son, who said that he wanted the treatment. \nComment on any aspect of this issue from the perspective of scientific psychology. Should \nproviders be able to provide any treatment to their patients, so long as the patients understand \nthe risks involved? \n \n12. Conclusion. Philosophers sometimes talk about \u201cfolk psychology\u201d, meaning the intuitive \nideas about mind and behavior that we all carry around in our heads. One of the goals of \n\n \n8 \nscientific psychology is to refine and correct these intuitive notions. Looking back over the \ncourse, what one concept, principle, or research finding surprised you the most? How did \nlearning about this fact change your understanding of how our minds work, or why we behave the \nway we do? \n \n \nZAPS 2.0 Exercises for Active Discovery Learning (ZAPS-ADL) \nIn order to provide you with a more active learning experience \u2013 something other than sitting in a chair, \nreading the text, viewing slides, and listening to lecture \u2013 we have arranged for you to complete a number \nof exercises online using the ZAPS 2.0 software. ZAPS 2.0, produced by a group of Dutch psychologists, \nstands for Zeer Actieve Psychologie, which translates as Very (Inter)Active Psychology. The ZAPS \nsoftware is purchased from the publisher directly. \nThe Active Discovery Learning (ADL) component of the course requires nine (9) exercises, one for each \nmajor module in the course. They count three (3) points each on an all-or-none basis (just like a neuron). \nEach is due by 11:59 PM (PST) on the date indicated in the syllabus. That's one minute before midnight, \njust like Cinderella. Note that the ZAPS server may run on Eastern Time, but we make three-hour time \ncorrection. \nClick on the \u201cAssignments\u201d tab in Canvas, and then scroll down to find links to the ZAPS-ADL \nassignments. \nStudents will receive full credit for completing each exercise by the deadline announced in the syllabus. \nLate completions will not receive any credit. Note that the deadlines are all one minute before midnight, \njust like Cinderella, according to the official time recorded by the computer at the time you logged on. \nYour participation in these exercises is recorded automatically by the ZAPS server; but as a backup, you \nshould print out each exercise (click \u201cPrint Version\u201d on the last screen). If for some reason the ZAPS \nserver fails to record your participation, presenting this printout will ensure that you receive proper credit. \nWithin about 1 day of each deadline, credit for completing the Discussion exercise will be posted to the \nGradebook. \nYou may do as many additional ZAPS 2.0 exercises as you wish. However, there will be no extra credit \ngiven for any ZAPS completed beyond the requirement (to give extra credit in this manner would be unfair \nto students whose other responsibilities may not give them the time to do more than is required). \nZAPS 2.0 is an online resource. The registration code for this website must be purchased separately \nthrough the publisher\u2019s website: https://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. Approximate retail price: $30.00. \n \nZAPS Experiments rely on popup windows, cookies, and JavaScript. Be sure to turn off all popup \nblockers in your web browser before you try to do anything with ZAPS. \n \nAfter you enter the site, you will see a long list of ZAPS exercises (click on ZAPS Listed Alphabetically\u201d). \nThere are dozens of these, and you may do all the ZAPS exercises you want, and you'll learn from each \nof them. But you are only required to complete the nine specific exercises indicated on the \nsyllabus -- one for each of nine major modules in the course: \n \n \nADL Assignment \nModule \nZAPS Exercise \n#1 \n2 \n\u201cSplit Brain\u201d \n#2 \n4 \n\"Classical Conditioning\u201d \n#3 \n5 \n\u201cSignal Detection\u201d \n#4 \n6 \n\u201cSerial Position Effect\u201d \n#5 \n7 \n\u201cMental Scanning\u201d \n#6 \n8 \n\u201cRecognizing Emotions\u201d \n#7 \n9 \n\u201cBig Five\u201d \n#8 \n10 \n\u201cImplicit Association Test\u201d \n#9 \n11 \n\u201cNarcissism\u201d \n \nThere are no assigned ZAPS-ADL exercises for Modules 1, 3, or 12. \n \n\n \n9 \n\u2022 \nNo substitutions are permitted. You will complete additional ZAPS exercises for the Research \nParticipation Experience component of the course, as described below. \n \n\u2022 \nYour participation in each ZAPS exercise will be recorded in the online gradebook. But this is not \na foolproof process. You have to correctly log into the ZAPS server and identify this class for \ncredit to be posted. If your participation was completed on time but has not been properly \ncredited, write me via email and I will recheck the roster. Take a screenshot (\u201cPrint Screen\u201d) of \nthis page and paste it into an Email it to me. If the Student Activity Monitor shows that you \ncompleted the assignment by the deadline, we\u2019ll give you credit. \n \n\u2022 \nZAPS Exercises for Research Participation Experience (ZAPS-RPE) \nBecause psychology is a scientific discipline, research experience is an integral part of Psychology 1 (and \nmany other lower-division and survey courses in the Department). On campus, this component of the \ncourse is satisfied through student participation in the Research Participation Program (RPP). RPP is \nsomewhat analogous to the laboratory sections offered in the natural sciences, except that students serve \nas subjects rather than experimenters. Although students do contribute data to ongoing research projects, \nthe primary purpose of the RPP requirement is to familiarize students with the methods by which scientific \nresearch in psychology is conducted. \n \nBecause of the online delivery of this course, to students who may be located far from Berkeley, it is not \nfeasible for students to participate in on-campus research projects. However, a similar experience may be \nhad by completing a subset of ZAPS 2.0 exercises that involve the actual collection of data. In each \nexercise, you will be asked to participate just as an ordinary research subject would; the exercise also \ncontains an explanation of the experiment and allows you to see that data that has been collected. \nThe online version of Psychology 1 requires students to complete any five (5) such exercises, other than \nthe ones specifically required for ZAPS-ADL. Each exercise will take about 15 minutes. For grading \npurposes, the Research Participation Experience (ZAPS-RPE) requirement is worth 15 points (3 points \nfor each of 5 ZAPS exercises). \n \nClick on the \u201cAssignments\u201d tab in Canvas, and then scroll down to find the link to ZAPS-RPE. Then follow \nthe general instructions for ZAPS-ADL. Do not create a separate Student Set ID: use the same User \nInformation for both sets of ZAPS exercises. \n \nAs with ZAPS-ADL, described above, you may do as many additional ZAPS-RPE exercises as you wish. \nHowever, there will be no extra credit given for any ZAPS completed beyond the ADL and RPE \nrequirements. \n \nYou must complete the ZAPS-RPE exercises by 11:59 PM (PST) on the last Friday of the RRR week. \nAccumulated credits for your top 5 performances on the ZAPS-ADL activities will be entered into the \nGradebook. \nGrading Policy \nFinal grades will be calculated on the basis of 290 points distributed according to the following rules: \n \n\u2022 \ntwo (2) midterm examinations, 50 points each \n\u2022 \nfinal exam (covers a 50 point 3rd midterm followed by a 50 point cumulative final), 100 \npoints \n\u2022 \n12 Discussions, 4 points each, for a total of 48 points. \n\u2022 \n9 ZAPS exercises for Active Discovery Learning, 3 points each, for a total of 27 points. \n\u2022 \n5 ZAPS exercises for Research Participation Experience, 3 points each, for a total of 15 \npoints. \n \nLetter grades will be assigned according to the following scheme. If necessary, the distribution of final \nletter grades in this course will be adjusted to conform to the overall distribution of grades in lower-level \ncourses at UC Berkeley. \n \n\n \n10 \n\u2022 \nThe accumulation of at least 90% of the total possible points (i.e., 261 points) will result in some \nkind of A. 90-92.99% will earn an A-, 93-96.99% will earn an A, and 97-100%+ will earn an A+. \n\u2022 \nAccumulation of at least 80% of the total possible points (i.e., 232 points) will result in some kind \nof B. 80-82.99% will earn a B-, 83-86.99% will earn a B, and 87-89.99% will earn a B+. \n\u2022 \nThose who accumulate more than 60% of the total possible points (i.e., 174 points) will earn \nsome kind of C. 60-66.99% will earn a C-, 67-74.99% will earn an C, and 75-79.99% will earn a \nC+. \n\u2022 \nThose who accumulate more than 30% of the total possible points (i.e., more than 87 points) will \nreceive a D. \n \nIntellectual Property Notice \nIn this class, you may share any notes you take with other members of this class. You may also record \nthe class, if you wish, as long as that recording is only for use by you and other members of this class. \nYou may not post notes, recordings, class materials, etc., anywhere except on our class websites. Any \ncommercial use of materials from this class is forbidden by University policy and California state law. \n \nUCB Honor Code \nThe student community at UC Berkeley has adopted the following Honor Code: \n \n\u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect \nfor others.\u201d The hope and expectation is that you will adhere to this code. \n \nCollaboration and Independence: Reviewing lecture and reading materials and studying for exams can \nbe enjoyable and enriching things to do with fellow students. This is recommended. However, unless \notherwise instructed, homework assignments are to be completed independently and materials submitted \nas homework should be the result of one\u2019s own independent work. \n \nCheating: A good lifetime strategy is always to act in such a way that no one would ever imagine that \nyou would even consider cheating. Anyone caught cheating on a quiz or exam in this course will receive \na failing grade in the course and will also be reported to the University Center for Student Conduct. In \norder to guarantee that you are not suspected of cheating, please keep your eyes on your own materials \nand do not converse with others during the quizzes and exams. \n \nPlagiarism: To copy text or ideas from another source without appropriate reference is plagiarism and \nwill result in a failing grade for your assignment and usually further disciplinary action. For additional \ninformation on plagiarism and how to avoid it, see, for example: \nhttp://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/citations.html#Plagiarism \nhttp://gsi.berkeley.edu/teachingguide/misconduct/prevent-plag.html \n \nAcademic Integrity and Ethics: Cheating on exams and plagiarism are two common examples of \ndishonest, unethical behavior. Honesty and integrity are of great importance in all facets of life. They \nhelp to build a sense of self-confidence, and are key to building trust within relationships, whether \npersonal or professional. There is no tolerance for dishonesty in the academic world, for it undermines \nwhat we are dedicated to doing \u2013 furthering knowledge for the benefit of humanity. \n \nYour experience as a student at UC Berkeley is hopefully fueled by passion for learning and replete with \nfulfilling activities. And we also appreciate that being a student can be stressful. There may be times \nwhen there is temptation to engage in some kind of cheating in order to improve a grade or otherwise \nadvance your career. This could be as blatant as having someone else sit for you in an exam, or \nsubmitting a written assignment that has been copied from another source. And it could be as subtle as \nglancing at a fellow student\u2019s exam when you are unsure of an answer to a question and are looking for \nsome confirmation. One might do any of these things and potentially not get caught. However, if you \ncheat, no matter how much you may have learned in this class, you have failed to learn perhaps the most \nimportant lesson of all. \n\n \n11 \n \nIn accordance with this new Honor Code, students will be asked to sign the following UC Berkeley Honor \nPledge prior to examinations: \n \n\u201cOn my honor, I have neither given nor received assistance in the taking of this exam.\u201d \n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/802/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/802/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1077/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Psychology W1 General Psychology Online, Summer 2018", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Psychology", "subject_area": "psychology", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-psychology-d42b67f2ef27.txt", "sha256_hash": "d42b67f2ef27a8fb1a36e21172aa5939260315783ff27948c079ea88a6287aee", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Psychology 1 syllabus tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "d42b67f2ef27a8fb1a36e21172aa5939260315783ff27948c079ea88a6287aee", "text": "Page 1 \n \nUniversity of California, Berkeley \nDepartment of Psychology \nPsychology W1, 2018* \nGeneral Psychology Online \nSummer Session, 2018 \nCourse Description \nThis course will survey the scientific study of mental life and the \nmental functions that underlie human experience, thought, and action. \nThe emphasis is on cognitive processes and social interactions \ncharacteristic of adults. However, research on nonhuman animals, as \nwell as biological, developmental, and pathological processes, will be \nintroduced as relevant. This course, or its equivalent, is a prerequisite \nfor admission to most upper-division courses in the Department of \nPsychology. Psychology 1 (or its online equivalent, Psychology W1) is \nrequired for prospective majors in Psychology, and is intended for \nlower-division students (freshmen and sophomores). \nCourse Credits \nThree (3) semester hours (approximately 45 hours of class time) \nPrerequisites & Workload \nThere are no prerequisites for this course. Anyone with a college-\npreparatory high-school diploma should be able to understand the \nmaterial. \nIn order to do well in the course, however, students should be \nprepared to put in some time. Traditionally, college courses assume \nthat students devote two to three hours of study outside class for \nevery one hour in class. In the summer session, there are six (6) 1-\nhour lectures per week. Following the \"industry standard\", then, \nstudents should be prepared to put in at least 12 hours per week \noutside of class. \n\nPage 2 \n \nInstructor Information, Contact, & Office \nHours, Communication \nCourse Instructor \nChris Gade, PhD \nProfessor, Department of Psychology \nE-mail: gadecj@berkeley.edu \nOffice Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 1:30 to 2:00 \nOffice Location: Yali\u2019s Cafe in Stanley Hall \nGraduate Student Instructors (GSIs) \n\u2022 Jenna Wells \n\u2022 Vanessa Castro \nContact your Instructor and GSIs through Canvas. \nOnline Office Hours \nBecause of the online format of this course, there are no discussion \nsections as such, and no opportunity to interrupt the lecture for \nquestions. However, the instructor and GSIs will be available in weekly \nchatrooms for office hours to respond to student comments and \nqueries. Online office hours will be announced in advance. Feel free \nto make use of these resources: that is what we are here for. \nQueries and Comments During the Course \nThis course offers a \u201cQueries and Comments\u201d discussion board, which \nwill be used for a wide variety of communications among students, \nGSIs, and the instructor. These messages will be distributed to the \nentire class, so don\u2019t post anything of a personal or confidential \nnature! Responses from the instructor or the GSIs also will be posted \nto the entire discussion board. Do not send questions on course \ncontent to the instructor\u2019s private Email address; post them to the \ncourse website instead \u2013 so that everyone can benefit from the \nexchange. \n\nPage 3 \n \nFrom time to time I will post announcements (e.g., about exams) \nconcerning the course; I may also post corrections to the lectures. \nStudents may also post comments and questions concerning the \nreadings, lectures, and other items relevant to psychology. \nIf you have a communication of a personal nature, such as a family \nemergency, you should send private Email to the instructor and your \nGSI. \nRequired and Recommended Readings \nStudents should purchase two items for the course. \n1. The textbook, Introduction to Psychology (Cengage, 11th ed., \n2016), by James W. Kalat, is required. There are several ways to \naccess this book: \n\u2022 Option 1: The bookstore is selling a loose-leaf/online bundle. The \nbundle includes a Loose-leaf Version of the 11th edition, plus online \naccess for the book and MindTap\u00ae Psychology for 1 term (6 \nmonths). The ISBN is: 9781337127448. \n \n\u2022 Option 2: Printed versions of the 11th and 10th editions of this \nbook are also acceptable. Avoid purchasing any editions of the \nbook that are older than the 10th edition. \n2. ZAPS 2.0: The Norton Psychology Labs, an online digital resource \nby Ton De Jong and colleagues, allows you to experience various \npsychological phenomena firsthand, via demonstrations \nprogrammed by a team of Dutch psychologists (hence the \nsometimes awkward English) and presented over the Internet (see \nbelow for details). You will be required to complete a selection of \nthese exercises during this course. ZAPS 2.0 is an online \nresource. The registration code for this website must be purchased \nseparately through the publisher\u2019s website: \nhttps://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. Approximate retail price: \n$35.00. \n\u2022 Point your browser to the ZAPS 2.0 \u201clanding page\u201d: \nhttps://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. \no Click on the big \u201cZ\u201d button on the lower left corner of this page. \n\nPage 4 \n \n\u2022 Click on the big green button labeled \u201cSign In, Register a Code, or \nPurchase Access\u201d. \n\u2022 Select \u201cNo, I need to register, purchase, or sign up for trial access. \n\u2022 Click on the green box that says \u201cRegister, Purchase, or Sign Up for \nTrial Access. \n\u2022 Enter your name, school email (e.g., JohnSmith@berkeley.edu), \nand create a password. \no Enter your name as you are registered for this course, with your \nlast (family) name first \u2013 e.g., \u201cKihlstrom, John F\u201d or \u201cXi, \nJinping\u201d. \no Your password must be at least 8 characters long, and must \ncontain at least 1 upper-case letter. \n\u2022 Select \u201cI want to purchase access\u201d. \no Do Not sign up for \u201c21 days of free trial access\u201d. \n\u2022 Click on the green box that says \u201cShow Purchasing Options\u201d. \n\u2022 When prompted for a \u201cStudent Set ID\u201d, enter 55670. \no This is important. Without the proper Student Set ID, you will \nnot receive appropriate credit for completing the ZAPS exercises. \no If you cut and paste the Student Set ID into a webpage, be sure \nnot to enter the leading space ( ) or the following period (.). \nOtherwise, your Student Set ID will be incorrect, and you will not \nreceive appropriate credit. \nSchedule for Summer 2018 \nThe schedule shown on the following pages is based on an hour\u2019s \nlecture or quiz on 6 out of the 7 days of the summer class\u2019s week. For \nconvenience, the schedule conforms to a Monday through Saturday \nschedule. Note, however, that all lectures are available all of the time, \nfrom the very beginning of the semester, so that students can \ncomplete lectures at their own pace. Assignments are due, and exams \nwill be administered, on the dates indicated. \nThe entire course is delivered online, employing the Canvas learning \nmanagement system. You will need to authenticate with a CalNet ID. \n\nPage 5 \n \nYour access to Canvas will terminate on the last day of the semester, \nafter the final exam has been administered. \nYou must log in to Canvas either the Monday or Tuesday of the first \nweek of the Summer Session. For details, see the Orientation \nmaterials distributed to all registered students by Berkeley Summer \nSessions. \nThe course is divided into 12 topical modules, each covering a large \nsegment of psychology. A typical module consists of about 4 lectures \n(some more, some less). You access these modules by clicking on the \n\u201cModule\u201d link in the Canvas navigation bar. Each module begins with a \nvideo overview, followed by one or more lectures. \nHere is the schedule of events for Summer 2018: \nModule 1: Introduction \nTable 1: Module 1 Introduction \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJune 18 \n\u2013 M \n1 \nNature and Scope of Psychology \nDiscussion Comment #1 (See \nBelow for Details) \nChapter 1 \nModule 2: Biological Bases of Mind of Behavior \n\nPage 6 \n \nTable 2: Module 2: Biological Bases of Mind of Behavior \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJune 19 \n\u2013 Tu \n2 \nOrganization of the Nervous \nSystem \nChapter 3 \nJune 20 \n- W \n3 \nHindbrain, Midbrain, \nDiencephalon \nChapter 3 \nJune 21 \n- Th \n4 \nCerebral Cortex \nChapter 3 \nJune 22 \n- F \n5 \nHemispheric Specialization, \nRecovery of Function, and \nPlasticity \nDiscussion Comment #2 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #1 (See below for \nDetails) \nChapter 3 \nModule 3: Methods and Statistics for Psychology \nTable 3: Module 3: Method and Statistics for Psychology \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJune 23 \n\u2013 Sa \n6 \nMethods and Statistics for \nPsychology \nDiscussion Comment #3 \nChapter 2 \nModule 4: Learning \n\nPage 7 \n \nTable 4: Module 4: Learning \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJune 25 \n\u2013 M \n7 \nReflex, Taxis, and Instinct \nChapter 6 \nJune 26 \n\u2013 Tu \n8 \nClassical and Instrumental \nConditioning \nChapter 6 \nJune 27 \n\u2013 W \n9 \nWhat is Learned? \nChapter 6 \nJune 28 \n- Th \n10 \nA Cognitive View of Learning \nDiscussion Comment #4 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #2 \nChapter 6 \n \n \n\nPage 8 \n \n \nModule 5: Sensation and Perception \nTable 5: Module 5: Sensation and Perception \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJune 29 \n\u2013 F \n11 \nThe Sensory Modalities \nChapter 4 \nJune 30 \n\u2013 Sa \n12 \nSensory Experience \nChapter 4 \nJuly 2 \u2013 \nM \n13 \nSensory Thresholds and Signal \nDetection \nChapter 4 \nJuly 3 \u2013 \nTu \n14 \nThe Ecological View of Perception Chapter 4 \nJuly 4 \u2013 \nW \n15 \nPerceptual Organization and \nPattern Recognition \nChapter 4 \nJuly 5 - \nTh \n16 \nThe Constructivist View of \nPerception \nDiscussion Comment #5 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #3 \nChapter 4 \nFirst Midterm Examination \nTable 6: First Midterm Examination \nDate & \nDay \nMidterm Examination 1 \nJuly 6 - \nF \nAdministered Online \nCovers Modules 1-5, and Kalat, Chapters 1-4, 6 \n \n \n\nPage 9 \n \n \nModule 6: Memory \nTable 7: Module 6: Memory \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJuly 7 \u2013 \nSa \n17 \nShort-Term Memory, Working \nMemory, and Attention \nChapter 7 \nJuly 9 \u2013 \nM \n18 \nMemory: Encoding Processes \nChapter 7 \nJuly 10 \u2013 \nTu \n19 \nMemory: Storage and Retrieval \nChapter 7 \nJuly 11 \u2013 \nW \n20 \nThe Reconstruction of the Past \nDiscussion Comment #6 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #4 \nChapter 7 \nModule 7: Thought and Language \nTable 8: Module 7: Thought and Language \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJuly 12 \u2013 \nTh \n21 \nConcepts and Categories \nChapter 8 \nJuly 13 \u2013 \nF \n22 \nAlgorithms and Heuristics \nChapter 8 \nJuly 14 \u2013 \nSa \n23 \nAre We Rational? \nChapter 8 \nJuly 16 \u2013 \nM \n24 \nIntelligence \nChapter 9 \nJuly 17 \u2013 \nTu \n25 \nLanguage and Thought \nDiscussion Comment #7 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #5 \nChapter 8 \n \n \n\nPage 10 \n \nModule 8: The Trilogy of Mind \nTable 9: Module 8: The Trilogy of Mind \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJuly 18 \u2013 \nW \n26 \nEmotion \nChapter 12 \nJuly 19 \u2013 \nTh \n27 \nMotivation \nDiscussion Comment #8 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #6 \nChapter 12 \nModule 9: Personality and Social Interaction \nTable 10: Module 9: Personality and Social Interaction \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJuly 20 \u2013 \nF \n28 \nAnalyzing Social Interaction \nChapter 13 \nJuly 21 \u2013 \nSa \n29 \nThe Doctrine of Traits \nChapter 13 \nJuly 23 \u2013 \nM \n30 \nThe Dialectic Between the \nPerson and Behavior \nChapter 13 \nJuly 24 \u2013 \nTu \n31 \nThe Dialectic Between the \nEnvironment and Behavior \nChapter 14 \nJuly 25 \u2013 \nW \n32 \nThe Dialectic Between the \nPerson and the Environment \nDiscussion Comment #9 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #7 \nChapter 14 \n \n \n\nPage 11 \n \nSecond Midterm Examination \nTable 11: Second Midterm Examination \nDate & \nDay \nMidterm Examination 2 \nJuly 26 \n\u2013 Th \nAdministered Online \nCovers Modules 6-9, and Kalat, Chapters 7-9, 12-14 \nModule 10: Psychological Development \nTable 12: Module 10: Psychological Development \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nJuly 27 - \nF \n33 \nNature and Nurture \nChapter 5 \nJuly 28 - \nSa \n34 \nWithin-Family Differences \nChapter 5 \nJuly 30 \u2013 \nM \n35 \nGender Dimorphism \nChapter 5 \nJuly 31 \u2013 \nTu \n36 \nContinuity and Change in \nPsychological Development \nDiscussion Comment #10 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #8 \nChapter 5 \n \n \n\nPage 12 \n \nModule 11: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy \nTable 13: Module 11: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nAugust 1 \n\u2013 W \n37 \nUnconscious Mental Life \nChapter 10 \nAugust 2 \n\u2013 Th \n38 \nThe Diagnosis of Mental Illness \nChapter 15 \nAugust 3 \n\u2013 F \n39 \nExperimental Psychopathology \nChapter 15 \nAugust 4 \n\u2013 Sa \n40 \nDiathesis and Stress \nChapter 15 \nAugust 6 \n\u2013 M \n41 \nTreatment of Mental Illness \nChapter 15 \nAugust 7 \n\u2013 Tu \n42 \nThe Social Context of Mental \nIllness \nDiscussion Comment #11 \nZAPS 2.0 for Active Discovery \nLearning #9 \nChapter 15 \nModule 12: Conclusion \nTable 14: Module 12: Conclusion \nDate & \nDay \nLecture \nTopic \nKalat, \n10/11e \nAugust 8 \n\u2013 W \n43 \nConclusion \nDiscussion Comment #12 \nComplete ZAPS 2.0 for \nResearch Participation \nExperience by August 9th at \nMidnight (See Below for Details) \nNo Reading \n \n \n\nPage 13 \n \nFinal Examination \nTable 15: Final Examination \nDate & \nDay \nFinal Examination \nAug 10 \n\u2013 F \nAdministered 9:00AM \u2013 12:00 Noon in \nRoom TBD \n \nFirst Portion Covers Modules 10-12 and Kalat Chapters \n5,10,15 \n \nRemainder Covers All Modules and All of Kalat \nSupplemental Materials \nA set of Lecture Supplements is posted to the course site on Canvas. \nThese are, essentially, written versions of lectures that Dr. Kihlstrom \nwould give if this course occupied two semesters (or maybe two \nyears), instead of just one. The Supplements also include some \nessays that Dr. Kihlstrom has written (or in some cases co-authored) \non general-interest topics within psychology -- again, you can think of \nthem as general-interest lectures. Students will not be held \nresponsible for additional material in the lecture supplements, beyond \nwhat is in the lectures actually delivered online, but those who intend \nto major in Psychology may find them informative and useful. The \nlecture supplements are updated throughout the semester. \nYou\u2019ll find a link to the Lecture Supplements on the Canvas navigation \nbar. \nOnline Videos \nThe Canvas website also includes links to Discovery Videos and Online \nResources include links to classic articles in psychology, as well as a \ncollection of videos mostly from Annenberg Media, a project of the \nAnnenberg Foundation that produces video resources in conjunction \nwith the Public Broadcasting System. Of particular interest are: \n\nPage 14 \n \n\u2022 The Brain: Teaching Modules, drawn from The Brain, a series \npresented on PBS in 1997 (32 videos 5-20 minutes in length) -- \nhttp://www.learner.org/resources/series142.html. \n\u2022 The Mind: Teaching Modules drawn from The Mind, a series \npresented on PBS in 1999 (35 videos 5-20 minutes in length) -- \nhttp://www.learner.org/resources/series150.html. \n\u2022 Seeing Beyond the Obvious: Understanding Perception in Everyday \nand Novel Environments, produced by the NASA Ames Research \nCenter and the University of Virginia covers basic issues of depth \nperception and perceptual issues that arise in novel environments \nsuch as high-speed flight and microgravity. \n\u2022 Discovering Psychology, a televised introduction to psychology \nhosted by Prof. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford University, first \npresented on PBS in 1990 and updated in 2001 (26 half-hour \nvideos) -- http://www.learner.org/resources/series138.html. \n\u2022 Seasons of Life, a telecourse on developmental psychology, first \npresented on PBS in 1992 (5 one-hour videos and 26 half-our \naudios) -- http://www.learner.org/resources/series54.html. \n\u2022 The World of Abnormal Psychology, another telecourse, first \npresented in 1992 (13 one-hour videos) -- \nhttp://www.learner.org/resources/series60.html. \n\u2022 Against All Odds: Inside Statistics, yet another telecourse, hosted \nby psychologist Teresa Amabile, and hands down the best \nintroduction to probability and statistics ever (26 half-hour videos) -\n- http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html. \nMidterm and Final Examinations \nThere will be two midterm examinations taken online. There will also \nbe an in-person final exam that serves as both a 3rd midterm and final \nexam. Due to the size of the class, all examinations will be in \nmultiple-choice format. The first two midterms will be administered \nonline, via the Canvas website, on dates announced in the syllabus, \nand are noncumulative. THE ONLINE EXAMS CANNOT BE TAKEN WITH \nCLASSMATES! Anyone suspected of taking their exam with others will \nimmediately be failed and their actions will be reported to the center \nfor student misconduct. The third midterm will be taken in person and \nis scheduled for the final exam day. It, like the previous exams is not \n\nPage 15 \n \ncumulative. The final exam will come right after the third exam and \nwill be cumulative. By UC Berkeley policy, the final exam must be \nadministered on campus, though it is possible to arrange for a \nproctored exam to be administered off-campus. For Summer 2018, \nthe final exam is scheduled for Friday, August 10, 2018, 9:00 AM - \n12:00 Noon PST, in a room to be announced. \nStudents whose University or personal obligations may conflict with a \nscheduled exam should consult with the instructor in advance. In \nparticular, students should plan their end-of-session travel schedules \nto permit them to take the final exam at the scheduled time. The final \nexam will not be rescheduled. \nStudents who are unable to take the final will need to arrange for an \napproved proctor to administer the exam off-campus. You can review \nthe Finding a Proctor Tutorial to learn how to obtain a qualified \nproctor. Summer Sessions\u2019 student support staff will manage the off-\nsite proctor approval and tracking process. For questions email \nsummer_online_support@berkeley.edu. The deadline for finalizing \nthese arrangements is July 15, 2018 PST. \nFeedback concerning exams is available, and also contains copies of \nold exams. To access these materials, click on \"Exam Information\" in \nthe left navigational menu. \nDiscussion Postings \nIn order to foster a sense of community in this online course, we have \nestablished a \u201cdiscussion board\u201d on Canvas that will permit students to \nshare their ideas about psychology with each other, and get some \nfeedback from the group. For this purpose, students have been \nassigned to \"groups\" of approximately 30 students, roughly analogous \nto discussion sections. \nFor each module in the course, we have proposed a question for \ndiscussion. By the deadline indicated in the syllabus, you should post \na response to the question posed. It doesn\u2019t have to be long: 50 well-\nchosen words will do, and responses shouldn\u2019t be longer than 250 \nwords (the equivalent of one page, double-spaced, 12-point type). All \nwe ask is that you respond to the question thoughtfully. Your \ncomments should be based on what you\u2019ve read in the text, and \nwhat\u2019s been presented in lectures, and your own reflections. It is \nneither necessary nor desirable that you do any additional reading. So \n\nPage 16 \n \nlong as your comments are on point, relate to what was covered in the \nclass, and reasonably acceptable from the point of view of grammar \nand spelling, your responses will earn full credit. If you are on task, \nbut have not answered the question at an appropriate level for a \nmultitude of reasons, you can earn \u201chalf credit\u201d for the post. If your \npost is unrelated to the topic or you neglect to post by the due date, \nyou will receive a 0. \nThere are twelve (12) such discussion questions, earning four (4) \npoints each (2 points will be earned for \u201chalf credit\u201d posts). Each is \ndue by 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on the date indicated in the syllabus. \nThat's one minute before midnight, just like Cinderella. POSTS THAT \nARE SUBMITTED EVEN 1 MINUTE LATE AFTER THE DUE DATE WILL \nRECEIVE NO CREDIT. These posts are meant to keep you up to date \nand reward those that are staying on top of things. Since these \nactivities can all be done whenever you choose, there is no \nemergency, internet crash, computer bug, fight with a roommate, \naccidental pushing of the wrong tab on the Canvas site, or any other \nexcuse that will earn you credit if you submit the post after it is due. \nKEEP ON TOP OF THIS, STUDENTS TAKING THIS CLASS ALWAYS \nSTRUGGLE WITH STAYING UP TO DATE EVEN MORE THAN THEY \nSTRUGGLE TO COMPREHEND THE MATERIAL. \n1. Introduction. Introduce yourself to your fellow students in your \nsection (and your GSI!). Tell us your name (and nickname, if you \nhave one), where you\u2019re from (and describe your home town a \nlittle), what high school you went to, and what your major (or \nprospective major) is in college. Then tell us how \u201cGeneral \nPsychology\u201d fits into your academic program. Are you thinking of \nmajoring in Psychology? How is this course relevant to your \npersonal, academic, or career goals? \n2. Biological Bases of Mind and Behavior. The successful use of \nmethylphenidates such as Ritalin or Concerta, in the treatment of \nattention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has led to \nsuggestions that these amphetamine-like stimulant drugs could be \nused to enhance cognitive performance (attention, memory, even \nintelligence) by people who do not have ADHD or a similar \ncondition. Assume that these \u201csmart drugs\u201d actually work as \nadvertised to enhance cognition in \u201cnormal\u201d individuals (which, \nfrankly, is an open question). Is such a use fair? How does the use \nof \u201csmart drugs\u201d to enhance cognitive performance in students \ndiffer from \u201cblood doping\u201d to increase aerobic capacity and \n\nPage 17 \n \nendurance in athletes, and which is prohibited by the International \nOlympic Committee and other athletic organizations? \n3. Methods and Statistics. A wealth of data indicates that \n\u201cactuarial\u201d predictions made by a statistical combination of \nquantitative data are more accurate than \u201cintuitive\u201d predictions \nmade by a human judge reviewing the same information. In the \ncriminal justice system, it\u2019s sometimes been proposed that \ndecisions made about sentencing, parole, probation, and release be \nbased on statistical predictions of future risk of re-offending, rather \nthan the intuitive judgments of judges, prosecutors, probation \nofficers, and the like. Do you think this is a good direction for \npolicy to take? Why or why not? \n4. Learning. Pavlov thought that all learning entailed classical \nconditioning, whereas Thorndike thought the same thing about \ninstrumental conditioning. Given what you know about \npredictability, controllability, and the role of reinforcement in \nlearning, is there any learning that does not reflect classical and \ninstrumental conditioning, either alone or in combination? \n5. Sensation and Perception. Jerome Bruner, a pioneering \nAmerican cognitive psychologist, introduced what he called a \u201cNew \nLook\u201d in perception by drawing attention to the role of mental set, \nemotion, and motivation in perception. Can we really see the world \nthrough \u201crose-colored glasses\u201d? Can we see only what we want to \nsee? Or are these just metaphors? Provide an example of how \neither emotion or motivation can affect either the detection of a \nstimulus or the perception of some object or event. \n6. Memory. One of the core symptoms of post-traumatic stress \ndisorder (PTSD) is intrusive memory: disturbing, unwanted \nmemories of the traumatic event keep coming back, either in \nwaking life or in dreams. Recently, it has been suggested that this \nenhancement of memory is due to stress hormones, and that \nadministering certain drugs shortly after a traumatic event could \nprevent traumatic memories from being consolidated, leaving the \nvictim essentially amnesic for the trauma itself \u2013 and therefore, \npresumably, reducing the likelihood of PTSD. Assuming that this \nwere possible, is it a good idea? Discuss the pros and cons. \n7. Thought and Language. People don\u2019t always make choices that \nare in their best interest. For example, given the opportunity to \nenroll in a tax-sheltered 401(k) retirement plan to which their \n\nPage 18 \n \nemployers will also contribute, most people don\u2019t \u201copt in\u201d. As a \nresult, many Americans have not accrued sufficient retirement \nsavings. But if enrolling in such a plan is made the default, so that \nemployees must actively \u201copt out\u201d, most employees stay enrolled, \nto the benefit of their later retirement. Both outcomes are \npredictable, given what we know about the role of heuristics and \nbiases in judgment and decision-making. Some social scientists \nhave suggested that policymakers capitalize on these biases to \n\u201cnudge\u201d people in the direction of making optimal choices \u2013 those \nwhich are most beneficial to them (and society). Others argue that \nthis is psychological manipulation is an unacceptable infringement \non personal freedom. Evaluate these arguments, and take a \nposition on this issue. \n8. The Trilogy of Mind. There is increasing evidence that the \nrelatively large amounts of salt, fat, and sugar found in convenience \nand processed foods not only enhances their flavor, but also \nencourages overeating and puts consumers at risk for diseases like \nobesity and diabetes. In view of these considerations, should \npublic-health and other officials issue laws and regulations limiting \nthe size and content of these foods? \n9. Personality and Social Interaction. Does personality exist in a \nsocial vacuum? Can we describe individual differences in \npersonality in the abstract, without reference to social context, the \nway we describe individual differences in IQ? Or is individual \npersonality inextricably bound up with social interaction? Are there \nany individual differences in personality that exist independently of \nthe social context? \n10. \nPsychological Development. On January 1, 2014, a California \nlaw went into effect which permits transgender students in grades \nK-12 to choose public-school restrooms and athletic teams in \naccordance with their gender identity, not their biological sex. \nOpponents of the law argue that this policy will violate the privacy \nrights of the majority of public-school students. There will be a \nreferendum on this law on the November 2014 ballot. Make a \nscience-based argument concerning this issue, either pro or con, as \nif you were discussing this with your family at the dinner table. \n11. \nPsychopathology and Psychotherapy. California and New \nJersey both have laws outlawing \u201cgay conversion\u201d therapy for \nminors, which attempt to \u201cconvert\u201d homosexuals into \nheterosexuals. The rationale for the law is that (1) homosexuality \n\nPage 19 \n \nisn\u2019t an illness and (2) the treatment itself may harm patients, \nincreasing their risk for depression and suicide. Still, some \npractitioners objected that any such restriction represented an \nillegal restraint on trade, preventing them from offering their \npatients certain services. And some parents objected that they \nwere prevented from seeking treatment in the best interests of \ntheir children. In New Jersey, one set of parents sued on behalf of \ntheir 15-year-old son, who said that he wanted the treatment. \nComment on any aspect of this issue from the perspective of \nscientific psychology. Should providers be able to provide any \ntreatment to their patients, so long as the patients understand the \nrisks involved? \n12. \nConclusion. Philosophers sometimes talk about \u201cfolk \npsychology\u201d, meaning the intuitive ideas about mind and behavior \nthat we all carry around in our heads. One of the goals of scientific \npsychology is to refine and correct these intuitive notions. Looking \nback over the course, what one concept, principle, or research \nfinding surprised you the most? How did learning about this fact \nchange your understanding of how our minds work, or why we \nbehave the way we do? \nZAPS 2.0 Exercises for Active Discovery \nLearning (ZAPS-ADL) \nIn order to provide you with a more active learning experience \u2013 \nsomething other than sitting in a chair, reading the text, viewing \nslides, and listening to lecture \u2013 we have arranged for you to complete \na number of exercises online using the ZAPS 2.0 software. ZAPS 2.0, \nproduced by a group of Dutch psychologists, stands for Zeer Actieve \nPsychologie, which translates as Very (Inter) Active Psychology. The \nZAPS software is purchased from the publisher directly. \nThe Active Discovery Learning (ADL) component of the course requires \nnine (9) exercises, one for each major module in the course. They \ncount five (3) points each and will be graded based on your \nperformance while participating in their respective activities. Each is \ndue by 11:59 PM (PST) on the date indicated in the syllabus. That's \none minute before midnight, just like Cinderella. Note that the ZAPS \nserver may run on Eastern Time, but we make three-hour time \ncorrection. \n\nPage 20 \n \nClick on the \u201cAssignments\u201d tab in Canvas, and then scroll down to find \nlinks to the ZAPS-ADL assignments. \nLate completions will not receive any credit. Your participation in these \nexercises is recorded automatically by the ZAPS server. \nWithin about 1 day of each deadline, credit for completing the \nDiscussion exercise will be posted to the Gradebook. \nYou may do as many additional ZAPS 2.0 exercises as you wish. \nHowever, there will be no extra credit given for any ZAPS completed \nbeyond the requirement (to give extra credit in this manner would be \nunfair to students whose other responsibilities may not give them the \ntime to do more than is required). \nZAPS 2.0 is an online resource. The registration code for this website \nmust be purchased separately through the publisher\u2019s website: \nhttps://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. Approximate retail price: $30.00. \nZAPS Experiments rely on popup windows, cookies, and JavaScript. \nBe sure to turn off all popup blockers in your web browser before you \ntry to do anything with ZAPS. \n\u2022 Point your browser to the ZAPS 2.0 \u201clanding page\u201d: \nhttps://digital.wwnorton.com/zaps2. \no Click on the big \u201cZ\u201d button on the lower left corner of this page. \n\u2022 Click on the big green button labeled \u201cSign In, Register a Code, or \nPurchase Access\u201d. \n\u2022 Select \u201cNo, I need to register, purchase, or sign up for trial access. \n\u2022 Click on the green box that says \u201cRegister, Purchase, or Sign Up for \nTrial Access. \n\u2022 Enter your name, school email (e.g., JohnSmith@berkeley.edu), \nand create a password. \no Enter your last ((family) name first, followed by your first name \nand middle name (or initial). \no Your password must be at least 8 characters long, and must \ncontain at least 1 upper-case letter. \n\u2022 Select \u201cI want to purchase access\u201d. \n\nPage 21 \n \no Do Not sign up for \u201c180 days of free trial access\u201d. \n\u2022 Click on the green box that says \u201cShow Purchasing Options\u201d. \n\u2022 When prompted for a \u201cStudent Set ID\u201d, enter 55670. \no This is important. Without the proper Student Set ID, you will \nnot receive appropriate credit for completing the ZAPS exercises. \no If you cut and paste the Student Set ID into a webpage, be sure \nnot to enter the leading space ( ) or the following period (.). \nOtherwise, your Student Set ID will be incorrect, and you will not \nreceive appropriate credit. \nOnce you have purchased ZAPS 2.0 \n\u2022 First, update your user profile. \no Enter your name last (family) name first, followed by your first \nname and middle name or initial. \n\u2022 Be sure to enter your last name first, followed by a comma, \nthen your first name and your middle name or initial. \nOtherwise you may not receive credit for completing the ZAPS \nexercises. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. \n\u2022 And be sure to use the same name by which you registered \nfor the class (check how your name is listed in the \nGradebook). THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. \n\u2022 Our Student Set ID for Summer 2018 is 55670. \no Be sure to enter the proper Student Set ID, which is case-\nsensitive, or else you will not receive proper credit for \ncompleting the ZAPS exercises. \n\u2022 ZAPS 2.0 Experiments rely on popup windows, cookies, and \nJavaScript. Be sure to turn off all popup blockers in your web \nbrowser before you try to do anything with ZAPS. \nAfter you enter the site, you will see a long list of ZAPS 2.0 exercises \n(click on ZAPS Listed Alphabetically\u201d). There are dozens of these, and \nyou may do all the ZAPS 2.0 exercises you want, and you'll learn from \neach of them. But you are only required to complete the nine \nspecific exercises indicated on this: \n \n \n\nPage 22 \n \nTable 16: Required ZAP-ADL Exercises \nZAPS-ADL \nAssignment \nCourse \nModule \nZAPS 2.0 Exercise \n#1 \n2 \n\u201cSplit Brain\u201d \n#2 \n4 \n\"Classical Conditioning\u201d \n#3 \n5 \n\u201cSignal Detection\u201d \n#4 \n6 \n\u201cSerial Position Effect\u201d \n#5 \n7 \n\u201cMental Scanning\u201d \n#6 \n8 \n\u201cRecognizing Emotion\u201d \n#7 \n9 \n\u201cBig Five\u201d \n#8 \n10 \n\u201cImplicit Association Test\u201d \n#9 \n11 \n\u201cNarcissism\u201d \nThere are no assigned ZAPS-ADL exercises for Modules 1, 3, or 12. \n\u2022 No substitutions are permitted. You will complete additional ZAPS \nexercises for the Research Participation Experience component of \nthe course, as described below. \n\u2022 Some ZAPS 2.0 exercises may ask you to input your Student Set \nID. But not all of them do. Just follow the instructions, using the \nStudent Set ID given above. \nYour participation in each ZAPS 2.0 exercise will be recorded in the \nonline gradebook. You have to correctly log into the ZAPS server and \nidentify this class for credit to be posted. But this is done by hand, \nand takes time. I have to retrieve the information from the ZAPS \nserver and enter it into the online gradebook by hand. The class will \nreceive an Email notice as soon as the credits for each exercise have \nbeen posted. If your participation was completed on time, but has not \nbeen properly credited, write me via course mail and I will recheck the \nroster. Take a screenshot (\u201cPrint Screen\u201d) of the page and paste it into \nan Email addressed to me (use the Canvas mail utility). If the Student \nActivity Monitor shows that you completed the assignment by the \ndeadline, we\u2019ll give you credit. \nYou can contact the ZAPS helpdesk for support. \n \n \n\nPage 23 \n \nZAPS 2.0 Exercises for Research Participation \n(ZAPS-RPE) \nBecause psychology is a scientific discipline, research experience is an \nintegral part of Psychology 1 (and many other lower-division and \nsurvey courses in the Department). On campus, this component of \nthe course is satisfied through student participation in the Research \nParticipation Program (RPP). RPP is somewhat analogous to the \nlaboratory sections offered in the natural sciences, except that \nstudents serve as subjects rather than experimenters. Although \nstudents do contribute data to ongoing research projects, the primary \npurpose of the RPP requirement is to familiarize students with the \nmethods by which scientific research in psychology is conducted. \nBecause of the online delivery of this course, to students who may be \nlocated far from Berkeley, it is not feasible for students to participate \nin on-campus research projects. However, a similar experience may be \nhad by completing a subset of ZAPS 2.0 exercises that involve the \nactual collection of data. In each exercise, you will be asked to \nparticipate just as an ordinary research subject would; the exercise \nalso contains an explanation of the experiment and allows you to see \nthat data that has been collected. The online version of Psychology 1 \nrequires students to complete any five (5) such exercises, other than \nthe ones specifically required for ZAPS-ADL. \nEach exercise will take about 15 minutes. For grading purposes, the \nResearch Participation Experience (ZAPS-RPE) requirement is worth 15 \npoints (3 points for each of 5 ZAPS exercises). \n\u201cClick on the \u201cAssignments\u201d tab in Canvas, and then scroll down to \nfind the link to ZAPS-RPE. Then follow the general instructions for \nZAPS-ADL. Do not create a separate Student Set ID: use the \nsame User Information for both sets of ZAPS exercises. \nAs with ZAPS-ADL, described above, you may do as many additional \nZAPS-RPE exercises as you wish. However, there will be no extra \ncredit given for any ZAPS completed beyond the ADL and RPE \nrequirements. \nYou must complete the ZAPS-RPE exercises by 11:59 PM (PST) on \nAugust 9th \u2013 the day before the final. Canvas has had some issues \nwith counting your top grades, but your final grade, when calculated \n\nPage 24 \n \nby hand, will consist of the cumulated credits for your top 5 \nperformances on the ZAPS-ADL activities entered into the Gradebook. \nGrading and Course Policies \nFinal grades will be calculated on the basis of 290 points distributed \naccording to the following rules: \nTable 17: Grading \nCategory \nTotal Points \nTwo (2) Midterm Exam (50 points each) \n100 points \nFinal Exam \n100 points \n12 Discussion Assignments (4 points each) \n48 points \n9 ZAPS 2.0 exercises for Active Discovery \nLearning (3 points each) \n27 points \n5 ZAPS 2.0 exercises for Research Participation \nExperience (3 points each) \n15 points \n10 points for \u201cParticipation\u201d, assigned at the \ndiscretion of the Instructor and GSIs, \nrecognizing special effort and interest as \nreflected in participation in the Discussion \npostings, completing additional ZAPS exercises, \nposting to the Queries and Comments \ndiscussion board, or attending online \u201coffice \nhours\u201d \n10 points \nLetter grades will be assigned according to the following scheme. If \nnecessary, the distribution of final letter grades in this course will be \nadjusted to conform to the overall distribution of grades in lower-level \ncourses at UC Berkeley. \n\u2022 The accumulation of at least 90% of the total possible points (i.e., \n261 points) will result in some kind of A. 90-92.99% will earn an \nA-, 93-96.99% will earn an A, and 97-100%+ will earn an A+. \n\u2022 Accumulation of at least 80% of the total possible points (i.e., 232 \npoints) will result in some kind of B. 80-82.99% will earn a B-, 83-\n86.99% will earn a B, and 87-89.99% will earn a B+. \n\u2022 Those who accumulate more than 60% of the total possible points \n(i.e., 174 points) will earn some kind of C. 60-66.99% will earn a C-\n, 67-74.99% will earn an C, and 75-79.99% will earn a C+. \n\nPage 25 \n \n\u2022 Those who accumulate more than 30% of the total possible points \n(i.e., more than 87 points) will receive a D. \nIf you are intending to major in psychology, note that Psych 1/W1, as \na prerequisite for the major, must be taken for a letter grade. \nIntellectual Property Notice \nIn this class, you may share any notes you take with other members \nof this class. You may also record the class, if you wish, as long as \nthat recording is only for use by you and other members of this \nclass. You may not post notes, recordings, class materials, etc., \nanywhere except on our class websites. Any commercial use of \nmaterials from this class is forbidden by University policy and \nCalifornia state law. \nUC Honor Code \nThe student community at UC Berkeley has adopted the following \nHonor Code: \n\u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, \nintegrity, and respect for others.\u201d The hope and expectation is that \nyou will adhere to this code. \nCollaboration and Independence: Reviewing lecture and reading \nmaterials and studying for exams can be enjoyable and enriching \nthings to do with fellow students. This is recommended. However, \nunless otherwise instructed, homework assignments are to be \ncompleted independently and materials submitted as homework should \nbe the result of one\u2019s own independent work. \nCheating: A good lifetime strategy is always to act in such a way that \nno one would ever imagine that you would even consider cheating. \nAnyone caught cheating on a quiz or exam in this course will receive a \nfailing grade in the course and will also be reported to the University \nCenter for Student Conduct. In order to guarantee that you are not \nsuspected of cheating, please keep your eyes on your own materials \nand do not converse with others during the quizzes and exams. \nPlagiarism: To copy text or ideas from another source without \nappropriate reference is plagiarism and will result in a failing grade for \n\nPage 26 \n \nyour assignment and usually further disciplinary action. For additional \ninformation on plagiarism and how to avoid it, explore the following \nresources: UC Berkeley Library Citation Page, Plagiarism Section, and \nGSI Guide for Preventing Plagiarism. \nAcademic Integrity and Ethics: Cheating on exams and plagiarism \nare two common examples of dishonest, unethical behavior. Honesty \nand integrity are of great importance in all facets of life. They help to \nbuild a sense of self-confidence, and are key to building trust within \nrelationships, whether personal or professional. There is no tolerance \nfor dishonesty in the academic world, for it undermines what we are \ndedicated to doing \u2013 furthering knowledge for the benefit of humanity. \nYour experience as a student at UC Berkeley is hopefully fueled by \npassion for learning and replete with fulfilling activities. And we also \nappreciate that being a student can be stressful. There may be times \nwhen there is temptation to engage in some kind of cheating in order \nto improve a grade or otherwise advance your career. This could be \nas blatant as having someone else sit for you in an exam, or \nsubmitting a written assignment that has been copied from another \nsource. And it could be as subtle as glancing at a fellow student\u2019s \nexam when you are unsure of an answer to a question and are looking \nfor some confirmation. One might do any of these things and \npotentially not get caught. However, if you cheat, no matter how \nmuch you may have learned in this class, you have failed to learn \nperhaps the most important lesson of all. \nIn accordance with this new Honor Code, students will be asked to sign \nthe following UC Berkeley Honor Pledge prior to examinations: \n\u201cOn my honor, I have neither given nor received assistance in the \ntaking of this exam.\u201d \nStudents with Disabilities \nAny students requiring course accommodations due to a physical, \nemotional, or learning disability must contact the Disabled Students' \nProgram (DSP). They will review all requests on an individual basis. \n\u2022 Request your Disabled Student Program Specialist to send the \ninstructor a formal request before the official course start date by \nemail \n\nPage 27 \n \n\u2022 In addition, notify the instructor and your Online Learning Support \nSpecialist, which accommodations you would like to use. \no Your Online Learning Support Specialist is Tracie Allen Littlejohn \nand her email is summer_online_support@berkeley.edu \nEnd of Course Evaluation \nBefore your course end date, please take a few minutes to participate \nin the Course Evaluation to share your opinions about the course. \nThe evaluation does not request any personal information, and your \nresponses will remain strictly confidential. A link to the evaluation will \nbe made available via bCourses on July 26th, 2018 and will be \navailable until August 8th, 2018. 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Please read it carefully. \"I didn't read the\nsyllabus\" is not an acceptable excuse for missing an exam, overlooking a reading, skipping a\nproblem set, and so on. \n Prof. Olney \nEcon 1 is an introductory course in economic principles. The course covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics. \nTopics include: economic modeling; allocation of resources; firm decision-making; imperfect competition; economic\nanalysis of unemployment, inflation, and economic growth; the role of government in the domestic economy; international\nfinance; and U.S. economic policies of the last quarter century. Primary emphasis is placed upon acquiring skills with which\nto analyze current economic issues. There are no prerequisites. \nProfessor's Office Hours \nProfessor Martha Olney (she, her), 691 Evans Hall, (510) 642-6083, Olney@berkeley.edu, twitter @MarthaOlney #econ1\nDrop in: Tuesdays 4:00-5:15 and Wednesdays 11:30-12:30. Other times by appointment.\nHead GSI's Office Hours: Vaishnavi Surendra (she, her), 548 Evans Hall, econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu\nWeeks of August 20, August 27, Sept. 3: ~20 hours in 548 Evans Hall, exact times TBA, check website & Piazza\nWeek 4 and beyond: TBA (check course website), 548 Evans Hall\nTextbooks and Other Materials\nRequired:\nMartha Olney, Microeconomics as a Second Language, (Wiley, 2009) and Martha Olney, Macroeconomics as a\nSecond Language, (Wiley, 2011). Royalties donated to Cal\u2019s Achievement Award Program (TAAP).\nRequired: \nPurchase of an iClicker. You may buy any version: iClicker, iClicker2, or iClicker+\nRequired: \nEconomics 1 Class Reader, available from Copy Central, Telegraph Ave. (Or download. See course website.)\nRequired: \nRegular reading of a first-rate news source (print or online version).\nOptional:\nFrank & Bernanke, Principles of Economics, 5th edition (McGraw-Hill, 2013). (We won\u2019t reference this book.)\nStaying in the Course and Adding the Course \nYou must initially attend the section to which you are assigned by CalCentral as of August 22. If you do not attend your\nassigned discussion sections by Tuesday, August 28 and do not contact your GSI or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra to explain\nyour absence, you will be removed from the class. The department relies completely on CalCentral for enrollment purposes. \nSee Econ 1 Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra (548 Evans, econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu), GSI Coordinator Katarina Jensen (548\nEvans, HeadGSI@econ.berkeley.edu), or an Econ Undergrad Advisor (539 Evans, ugrad@econ.berkeley.edu) for help. \nLetter of Introduction\nFor your second section meeting, please write a 1-page letter of introduction of yourself to your GSI. Submit a hard copy at\nsection. Include your name*, its pronunciation, your pronouns, and anything about yourself that you would like to share. \nPlease embed a photo of yourself; doing so will help your GSI learn your name. The paper will not be graded nor returned.\n(*Include the name we will see on the roster and, if different, your preferred name. Remember you can set your preferred\nname in CalCentral too: http://registrar.berkeley.edu/academic-records/your-name-records-rosters)\n \nHonor Code\nWe at UC Berkeley have adopted this Honor Code: \u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty,\nintegrity, and respect for others.\u201d Your Econ 1 instructors join you in pledging to adhere to this code.\nTutoring\nEconomics Department grad students offer free tutoring. https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/undergrad/home/tutoring. \nTwitter @CalEconTutoring. A list of tutors-for-hire (about $50/hour) is also available at the Econ Dept Tutoring Center\nwebsite. Also the Student Learning Center (SLC) offers Study Group and Drop-in Tutoring for Economics 1. These services\nare free for registered Cal students. Additional information is available at http://slc.berkeley.edu/econ.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 2 of 8\nContacting You and Us\nProf. Olney and the GSIs use email to contact you. Be sure your email address registered with the University\u2019s CalNet\ndirectory is correct, your spam filters are not set too tight, and that your inbox is not full. Emails sent to the entire class by\nProf. Olney and Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra are archived at the bCourses \u201cpages\u201d tab: http://bcourses.berkeley.edu.\nEmail sent to Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra must have \u201cEcon 1\u201d plus a descriptor as the subject. For instance:\n\u201c[Econ 1] announcement for digest\u201d or \u201c[econ 1] enrollment question.\u201d Emails must use appropriate grammar and spelling\n(no txtng) and must be signed with both first & last names. Emails not meeting these minimums are immediately deleted.\nLimits to Confidentiality\nAs UC employees, all course instructors and tutors are \u201cResponsible Employees\u201d and are required to report incidents of\nsexual violence, sexual harassment, or other conduct prohibited by university policy to the Title IX officer. We cannot keep\nreports of sexual harassment or sexual violence confidential, but the Title IX officer will consider requests for confidentiality.\nThere are confidential resources available to you, including the CARE Advocate Office\n(http://sa.berkeley.edu/dean/confidential-care-advocate), which serves survivors of sexual violence and sexual harassment.\nPiazza\nWe use Piazza in lieu of emails for Q&A. Rather than emailing questions to Prof. Olney, the Head GSI, or your own GSI, post\nyour questions on Piazza. Everyone \u2013 the instructors and students \u2013 then has the opportunity to answer your question. \nAnswers can be edited, wiki fashion. The instructors can give a \u2018thumbs up\u2019 to good student answers. Others with the same\nquestion can see the conversation and chime in. At the end of the term, students whose questions or answers received the\nlargest number of \u201cgood\u201d votes from classmates and instructors will receive a few extra credit points. If you didn\u2019t receive a\nPiazza welcome email, sign up at http://piazza.com/berkeley/fall2018/econ1. If you are asked for a code in order to enable\nsign up, request the code from the Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra at econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu.\nAnnouncements Policy\nNo announcements are made in lecture. All announcements are sent by Prof. Olney or the Head GSI via email and then\nposted on bCourses \u201cpages\u201d tab. Some announcements may contain links to additional readings from current news\nsources. These readings are to be considered required assigned readings for the course; links will be added to the \u201cfiles\u201d tab\nof our bCourses page. If you would like to make a written announcement to all Econ 1 students, send it to Prof. Olney for\ninclusion in her weekly email. Be sure you include a student name and contact info in the announcement. Prof. Olney\nreserves the right to delete announcements that are not relevant to Econ 1.\nLaptop and Cell Phone Policies\nNo laptops are allowed in lecture unless pre-approved by the Head GSI or the Professor. DSP note-takers should contact the\nHead GSI before the first day of class. iPads and other tablets (laid flat and being used for note-taking) are ok but not\nencouraged. Cell phones should be turned off and put away in your backpack or bag, not left out on your desk or lap. You\nmay use the calculator function on your smart phone in lecture or lab section during group work.\nResponsibilities \u2014 Mine and Yours \u2014 and Course Requirements\nMy (Prof. Olney) responsibilities are to come to class prepared, respond to and encourage questions and other participation\ninsofar as class size permits, oversee grading of problem sets and exams, be available during office hours and for scheduled\nappointments, and stimulate an enthusiasm for economics and for learning.\nYour responsibilities are to attend and participate in lecture two hours per week, bring your iClicker to lecture, attend and\nparticipate in section two hours per week, complete the assigned readings in a timely manner (allowing time to re-read\ndifficult chapters), complete all assignments on time, and take all exams.\nYour course grade will be based on your performance on a comprehensive essay & final, two midterm exams, completion of\nfour problem sets and two bCourses quizzes, use of iClicker, and participation in section. You must submit the essay due\nDecember 4 and take the final on Dec. 11 in order to pass this course. Exams cover material from lecture, section, and the\nassigned readings. The weights that will be used to compute your total point score (from which a letter grade will be\ndetermined) and the exam dates are below.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 3 of 8\nAcademic Honesty Policy\nIn fairness to students who put in an honest effort, cheaters will be harshly treated. Any evidence of cheating will result in a\nscore of zero (0) on that assignment. Cheating on a midterm, the comprehensive essay, or the final exam results in an \u201cF\u201d\nfor the course. Cheating includes but is not limited to bringing unauthorized written or electronic materials into an exam,\nusing unauthorized written or electronic materials during an exam, copying off another person's exam or assignment,\nallowing someone to copy off of your exam or assignment, having someone take an exam or assignment for you, changing\nan exam answer after an exam is graded, and plagiarizing written or other materials. Incidences of cheating are reported to\nCenter for Student Conduct, which administers additional punishment. See also\nhttp://sa.berkeley.edu/conduct/students/standards.\nYou may use only one iClicker during lecture. You cannot click in for a friend. Anyone observed using two iClickers will have\nboth iClickers taken away and held by Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra until both owners come to retrieve them. \nAll points for both iClickers will be zeroed out for the term.\nDue Dates and Share of Total Points\nAssignment\nDate\nPercent of Grade\nSection Participation \nFour Problem Sets & iClicker\nTwo bCourses quizzes\nMidterm #1\nMidterm #2\nComprehensive Final Essay\nFinal Exam\nThroughout term\nAs Noted Below \nAs Noted Below \nThurs., Sept. 27, 8:00-9:30 p.m.\nTues., Nov. 6, 8:00-9:30 p.m.\nTuesday, December 4, 8:00 a.m.\nTuesday, December 11, 11:30 a.m.\n10 %\n8 %\n2 %\n20 %\n20 %\n12 %\n28 %\niClickers\nIn each lecture there will be questions to answer with your iClicker. If you answer more than half of that day\u2019s questions,\nyou earn \u00bd point. It doesn\u2019t matter whether your answer is \u201ccorrect.\u201d iClicker points are used to make up for missed points\non problem sets. For example, if you earn 33 points on problem sets, you can use 7 of your iClicker points to bring that up\nto the maximum of 40 points. The maximum number of points you can use from iClicker participation is 10 points. For\nmore information about clickers, see the \u201ciClicker FAQ\u201d on the course website.\nYou may use only one iClicker during lecture. You cannot click in for a friend. Anyone observed using two iClickers will have\nboth iClickers taken away and held by Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra until both owners come to retrieve them. \nAll points for both iClickers will be zeroed out for the term.\nProblem Sets\nThere will be 4 problem sets, each of which is worth 10 points, distributed in lecture and posted on the course website that\nyou are to complete and submit to your GSI. Problem set answers must be submitted on the provided answer sheet;\nproblem set essays are submitted via bCourses. Problem sets are due at the beginning of section. Problem sets lose 5\npoints if they are submitted after the start of section. No problem sets accepted more than 24 hours after section begins. \nProblem Set #1 Due first section, week of September 10\nProblem Set #2 Due first section, week of October 15\nProblem Set #3 Due second section, week of October 29\nProblem Set #4 Due first section, week of November 26\nYou may study with other students, but your problem set answers must be in your own words. You may not prepare \u201cgroup\nanswers\u201d nor post your answer to Piazza. Essays must be your own work. If you copy someone else\u2019s answer or essay, or if\nyou prepare or post group answers, that is cheating. If your problem set is the same as someone else\u2019s problem set, in\nwhole or in part, you both receive a zero (0) regardless of who did the work and who copied. Problem set solutions will be\nposted on the course website. Read the solutions carefully; they are far more extensive than your own work.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 4 of 8\nLab (Discussion Section)\nSection is not a mini-lecture; it is a hub of active learning. Why active learning? Because every bit of research shows that\nwe learn best when we engage in active, not passive, learning. Sections are where you work with the concepts. Think of\nsection as a lab, akin to a chem or physics lab. You will work in small groups, with work to be completed in lab each day. \n10% of your course grade (50 points) will depend upon your participation in section. You are required to do four things.\n[1] In each lecture, an exercise (\"the Blue & Gold Exercises\") is distributed. You are to complete the B&G exercise and take\nit to the section following lecture where your GSI will check to be sure it has been completed. No late B&G exercises\naccepted. (Max of 22 points will be counted although 26 are possible; points based on attempt not on accuracy.) \n[2] Each section, you will discuss that day\u2019s reader article(s) and do small-group work on problems (\u201cthe section exercises\u201d).\nYou may occasionally have in-section quizzes. Your GSI will provide more information in section. Absences result in 0 points\nfor that day. (1 point per day; max of 22 points will be counted although 26 are possible.)\n[3] After each midterm, you\u2019ll complete a \u201cpost-exam reflection\u201d \u2013 a series of questions inviting you to reflect on how you\nprepared for the exam and whether you want to make adjustments to your preparation. You\u2019ll submit the reflection on\nbCourses within 7 days of the exam. No late submission allowed. (3 points per reflection; points based on completion.)\nExams\nMidterm #1 will be held Thursday, September 27, 8:00 - 9:30 pm in rooms TBA. Midterm #1 will cover the material\npresented in lecture and the assigned readings through Monday, September 24, and section through Wednesday/Thursday\nSeptember 26-27. Midterm #2 will be held Tuesday, November 6, 8:00 - 9:30 pm in rooms TBA. Midterm #2 will cover the\nmaterial presented in lecture and the assigned readings through Wednesday, October 31, and section through\nMonday/Tuesday November 5-6. The comprehensive essay question will be distributed by Monday, November 26 and will\nbe due via bCourses by 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4. The comprehensive final examination will be held on Tuesday\nDecember 11, 11:30 - 2:30 p.m. and will cover all material presented in lecture, section, and the assigned readings.\nStudent-athletes and musicians are expected to be familiar with the policy on academic conflicts: \nhttp://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/guide-acad-sched-conflicts-final-2014.pdf. Written notification of\nscheduled or potential conflicts must be given to the Head GSI by Friday, August 31.\nGrading of Exams \nSample exams are on the course website. All exams are short answer, problems, and essay questions. Exam booklets are\nprovided. No calculators, laptops, phones, or other electronic devices allowed during exams. \nAnswers are graded solely upon their content and not upon their intent. This means that we don't grade what you \u201cmean\nto say\u201d but what you actually write (even if you \u201cknew the answer but just couldn't put it into words\u201d). Moreover, answers\nthat are illegible, rambling, or poorly organized will not receive high marks. \nYour work will be graded by your graduate student instructor. Care is taken to ensure that the same quality of work will, at\nthe end of the term, receive the same letter grade, regardless of who graded the work. There is no pre-set or common scale\nwhereby a certain number of points corresponds to a certain letter grade. Different GSIs may have different A, B, C point\ncut-offs, but the same quality of work will receive the same letter grade for the course, regardless of who graded the work.\nThere is no fixed curve for this course dictating what share of students will receive what letter grade. A priori, it is\ntheoretically possible for everyone to earn an A ... or a C. That said, grade distributions are reasonably stable over time (as\nthe Law of Large Numbers suggests). In the past, about 25-30 percent of the class have received an A of some sort, about\n35-45 percent have received a B of some sort, and the remainder have received C's or below.\nThis course can be taken Pass/Not Pass if you are otherwise free to do so. P/NP students are expected to do the same work\nas other students and will receive scores on all assignments. If the course grade is a C- or better, a P/NP student will receive\na Pass. P/NP students must write the comprehensive essay and take the final in order to pass the course.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 5 of 8\nMake-up Exam Policy\nThere are no scheduled early exams. There are no scheduled make-up exams. Exams are held only at the times noted. If you\nexperience an emergency that is clearly unforeseeable and unavoidable that prevents your attendance at a midterm exam,\nyou must contact the Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra by email (econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu) before the midterm begins. \nExplain the situation and provide documentation. Professor Olney and the Head GSI will consider your case and determine\nwhether or not to offer accommodations. \nThere is no make-up final. If you miss the final on Tuesday, December 11 with an acceptable excuse covering an\nunforeseeable and unavoidable event and you were otherwise passing the course, you will take the final with Prof.\nMoretti\u2019s Econ 1 students at the end of Spring 2019. If you can\u2019t take the final as scheduled, don\u2019t take this course!\nFire Alarm Policy\nA truly annoying bad habit at UCB is the pulling of fire alarms by ill-prepared and selfish students who foolishly think their\nentire future rests on one midterm grade. This is a crime, punishable by a fine and time in jail. In addition, anyone caught\npulling the alarm will fail the course and is subject to expulsion from the University. If the alarm is pulled during an exam,\nthe class will move outside and finish the exam in the allotted time. In this event, follow the instructions of the GSIs.\nSpecial Accommodations\nIf you require disability-related accommodations for exams or lecture, if you have emergency medical information that you\nwish to share, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please email or speak with Head\nGSI Vaishnavi Surendra by September 7. Do so by September 7 even if your DSP appointment is after September 7. At least\n2 weeks before the exam, you must also obtain a Letter of Accommodation (LOA) from Disabled Students' Program\n(http://dsp.berkeley.edu, 260 C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Center) which they send electronically to the Head GSI. DSP\u2019s Proctoring\nService requires notice of participants at least two weeks in advance of an exam. Request for exam accommodation must\nbe received and acknowledged by Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra at least two weeks before an exam, which is DSP\u2019s own\ninternal deadline for scheduling the proctoring of exams. Accommodations are not offered retroactively.\nFAQ: In what order should I interact with the material?\nAnswer: Textbook Readings - Lecture - Problem Solving in Section - Reader Assignment - Review.\nFirst exposure: the textbook readings as noted below. Make notes as you read. What is unclear and leaves you with\nquestions? Where have you seen this concept illustrated in the real world? What real world phenomena or events\nmight be understood with the concepts in the reading?\nSecond exposure: lecture. Take notes as you listen. Listen for answers to the questions you noted as you read the\ntextbook. Ask questions as class time permits. The concepts should be firming up in your head after this second\nexposure.\nThird exposure: problem solving in section. This is your chance to apply the concepts to new and different (often made-up)\nsituations. Pay attention to the concepts themselves. Are you clear on the ideas? If not, ask your group members\nfor their insight, ask your GSI as s/he circulates around the room, or post a question on Piazza. And pay attention\nto the process you are using as you apply the concepts. What steps do you take when you need to apply economic\nconcepts to a new situation or problem?\nFourth exposure: reader assignment. Now you apply the concepts to a real world situation. How do the economic concepts\nhelp explain the real world situation in the article? Are there assumptions we invoked in the textbook/class that\nare not satisfied in the reader article? If so, what difference does that make?\nFifth exposure: review. Go back to the textbook readings. Have you cleared up any confusions? If not, get together with a\nstudy group, post a question on Piazza, or go to office hours. Can you think of other real world situations in which\nthese concepts apply . . . or don\u2019t?\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 6 of 8\nCourse Outline and Reading Assignments\nReading assignments are below. \u201cMicro\u201d or \u201cMacro\u201d refers to the books by Olney. Read the entire chapter, unless pages\nare indicated. All \u201cReader\u201d assignments are from the reader available at Copy Central. Reader contents are also listed on\nthe course web site. Textbooks are also on 2-hour reserve at Moffitt Library.\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before class)\nRelated reader assignment\n(be ready to discuss on date shown)\nWednesday, August 22\nOrganization of Course; Overview; Intro to\nEconomic Models; Production Possibilities\nFrontier \nMicro or Macro (same\npreliminary chapters are\nin both), Chapter 1 and\nChapter 2 (pp. 17-22)\n#1, Why Economists Disagree (8/27-\n8/28)\nMonday, August 27\nOpportunity Cost; Economic Growth; Aid\nMacro, Chapter 5\n#2, Economic Impact of Transport\nNetworks (8/29-8/30)\nWednesday, August 29\nComparative Advantage; Gains from Trade\nMicro, Chapter 2 (pp. 23-\nend)\nNOTE: Errata sheet for\nbook is on course website\n#3, How Innovation Amplifies Benefits of\nFree Trade (9/5-9/6)\n#4, Economics Has Failed America (9/5-\n9/6)\nMonday, September 3\nLabor Day Holiday (no lecture, section, office hours)\nTuesday, September 4\nSections cancelled to balance Monday holiday\nTuesday, September 4 at 11:59 p.m.\nbCourses quiz covering Chapter 3 due at 11:59 p.m.\nWednesday, September 5\nEconomic Systems; Model of Supply and\nDemand\nMicro or Macro, Chapter\n3\n#5, How Trump\u2019s Tariffs are Taking Jobs\n(9/10-9/11)\nMonday, September 10\nP.S. 1 due Mon/Tues\nSupply and Demand, continued; Price\nMechanism\n#6a, In Praise of Price Gouging (9/12-\n9/13)\n#6b, Dear Harvard Prof... (9/12-9/13)\nWednesday, September 12\nPrice Ceilings & Floors; Consumer Surplus;\nBurden of a Tax\nMicro, Chapter 4\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/cLKTj1a-\nN-o\n#7, Ross Ad (video) (9/17-9/18)\nMonday, September 17\nElasticity; Profit-Maximization Decisions\n#8, How Chicken Wings Explain Metro\u2019s\nLooming Ridership Problems (9/19-\n9/20)\nWednesday, September 19\nMarginal Cost and Marginal Revenue\nMicro, Chapter 6\nMonday, September 24 \nSupply Curve; Profit = 0 in the Long Run\n(This material is covered on midterm #1)\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/CYoEkIH\nZUrI\n#9, Under Pressure from Uber, Taxi\nMedallion Prices are Plummeting (9/24-\n9/25)\nWednesday, September 26\nMonopoly; Monopolistic Competition\n(This material is covered on midterm #2)\nMicro, Chapter 7 (pp. 92-\n101)\n#10, What\u2019s Wrong with Airbnb? (10/1-\n10/2)\nThursday, Sept 27, 8-9:30 p.m.\nMIDTERM #1\nWatch email, Piazza, & course website for room locations\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 7 of 8\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before class)\nRelated reader assignment\n(be ready to discuss on date shown)\nMonday, October 1\nExternalities\nMicro, Chapter 8\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/Y-FtHUL\n10Aw\n#11a, Is it Time to Ban Computers from\nClassrooms? (10/3-10/4)\n#11b, Just Presence of Phone or Laptop\nCan Push Down Grades (10/3-10/4)\nWednesday, October 3\nExternalities, continued; Asymmetric\nInformation\n#12, Information Asymmetry: Secrets\nand Agents (10/8-10/9)\nMonday, October 8\nIncome Distribution\nMicro, Chapter 9 (pp. 118-\n128)\n#13a, Striking it Richer (10/8-10/9)\n#13b, Economic Growth in the U.S.\n(10/8-10/9)\nWednesday, October 10\nOverview of Macroeconomics\nMacro, Preface\nMacro, Chapter 1 (pp. 5-\n6)\n#14, What Will Cause the Next\nRecession? (10/15-10/16)\nMonday, October 15\nP.S. 2 due Mon/Tues\nMeasurement of Total Output (GDP)\nMacro, Chapter 4\nMacro, Chapter 6 (pp. 89-\n97, and 104-105)\nMacro, Chapter 7 (pp.\n106-113)\n#15, Five Ways GDP Gets it Totally\nWrong (10/17-10/18)\nWednesday, October 17\nUnemployment and Inflation \n#16, Workers Hardest Hit by Recession\nJoining in Recovery (10/22-10/23) \nMonday, October 22\nAggregate Expenditures; Equilibrium\nOutput\nMacro, Chapter 6 (pp. 97-\n105) and Macro, Chapter\n7 (pp. 113-127)\n#17, Wealth Inequality and the mpc\n(10/24-10/25)\n#18, More Services Means Longer\nRecoveries (10/24-10/25)\nTuesday, October 23 at 11:59 p.m.\nbCourses quiz covering Chapter 8 due at 11:59 p.m.\nWednesday, October 24\nMultipliers\nMacro, Chapter 8 (pp.\n134-143, 148-end)\n#19, Loss of Steel Jobs Lingers in Fairfield\n(10/29-10/30)\nMonday, October 29\n Investment Spending\nMacro, Chapter 7 (pp.\n127-131)\nWednesday, October 31\nP.S. 3 due Wed/Thurs\nOpen Economy Macroeconomics\n(This material is covered on midterm #2)\nMacro, Chapter 7 (pp.\n131-end); Chapter 16 (pp.\n293-end)\n#20, Yen Strengthens on Growing Risk\nAversion (10/31-11/1)\nMonday, November 5\nPolicy Overview; Fiscal Policy\n(This material is covered on the final)\nMacro, Chapter 9 & 10\n#21, How Powerful are Fiscal Multipliers\nin Recession? (11/14-11/15)\nTuesday, Nov. 6, 8-9:30 p.m.\nMIDTERM #2\nWatch email, Piazza, & course website for room locations\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2018\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 8 of 8\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before class)\nRelated reader assignment\n(be ready to discuss on date shown)\nWednesday, November 7\nOverview of Federal Reserve; Banks,\nReserves, and Money Creation\nMacro, Chapter 11 (pp.\n183-194)\nMonday, November 12\nVeterans\u2019 Day Holiday (no lecture, sections, office hours)\nTuesday, November 13\nSections cancelled to balance Monday holiday\nWednesday, November 14\nInterest Rates & Financial Institutions\nMacro, Chapter 13 \n#22, Federal Funds and Interest on\nReserves, plus FAQs (11/19-11/20)\nMonday, November 19\nPhillips Curve \nMacro, Chapter 15 (pp.\n268-276)\n#23, Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady \n(11/26-11/27)\nWednesday, November 21\nThanksgiving Break (no lecture, section, office hours)\nThursday, November 22\nThanksgiving Break (no lecture, section, office hours)\nMonday, November 26\nP.S. 4 due Mon/Tues\nMonetary Policy\nMacro, Chapter 15\n#24, Federal Reserve Press Release:\nFOMC July 31-August 1, 2018\nMeeting (11/28-11/29) \nWednesday, November 28\nPolicy, continued; Concluding Remarks\nMon., Dec. 3 & Wed., Dec. 5, 10:10 - 11 a.m.\nOlney\u2019s reviews (optional, per UCB rules; but highly recommended)\nTuesday, December 4, 8:00 a.m.\nComprehensive Essay Due (submit on bCourses)\nTuesday, December 11\n11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.\nFinal Exam (Location TBA)\n", "ingest_request_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/862/download/", "ingest_final_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/862/download/", "ingest_content_type": "application/pdf", "ingest_format": "pdf", "ingest_fetch_status": "ok"} {"source_url": "https://tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu/syllabi/1128/download/", "domain": "tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "title": "Economics 1, Fall 2019", "school": "University of California, Berkeley", "department": "Economics", "subject_area": "economics", "file_type": "pdf", "local_file_path": "/workspace/data/raw/pdfs/university-of-california-berkeley-economics-ea952f3436be.txt", "sha256_hash": "ea952f3436bef40543c7203590ea0f4271f68c80010f6983769f558c6ea8d3e6", "query_used": "site:berkeley.edu Economics 1 syllabus tbp.studentorg.berkeley.edu", "download_timestamp": "2026-05-07T00:14:55.299614+00:00", "validation_hits": "browser-captured syllabus marker", "id": "ea952f3436bef40543c7203590ea0f4271f68c80010f6983769f558c6ea8d3e6", "text": "Department of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California\nEconomics 1\nBerkeley\nProfessor Olney\nECONOMICS 1: INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS (CN: 21595)\nLecture: MW 10:10 - 11:00 a.m., Wheeler Auditorium\nCourse website: https://eml.berkeley.edu/~olney/fall19/econ1/\nBe sure to read this syllabus carefully. \"I didn't read the syllabus\" is not an acceptable excuse for\nmissing an exam, overlooking a reading, skipping a problem set, and so on. \n Prof. Olney \nEcon 1 is an introductory course in economic principles. The course covers both microeconomics and macroeconomics. \nTopics include: economic modeling; allocation of resources; firm decision-making; imperfect competition; economic\nanalysis of unemployment, inflation, and economic growth; the role of government in the domestic economy; international\nfinance; and U.S. economic policies of the last quarter century. Primary emphasis is placed upon acquiring skills with which\nto analyze current economic issues. There are no prerequisites. \nProfessor's Office Hours \nProfessor Martha Olney (she, her), 691 Evans Hall, (510) 642-6083, Olney@berkeley.edu, twitter @MarthaOlney #econ1\nDrop in: Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:00 and Wednesdays 11:30-12:30. Other times by appointment.\nHead GSI's Office Hours: Vaishnavi Surendra (she, her), 548 Evans Hall, econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu\nWeeks of August 26, Sept. 2, Sept. 9: ~20 hours in 548 Evans Hall, exact times TBA, check website & Piazza\nWeek 4 and beyond: TBA (check course website), 548 Evans Hall\nTextbooks and Other Materials\nRequired:\nMartha Olney, Microeconomics as a Second Language, (Wiley, 2009) and Martha Olney, Macroeconomics as a\nSecond Language, (Wiley, 2011). Royalties donated to Cal\u2019s Achievement Award Program (TAAP).\nRequired: \nPurchase of an iClicker. You may buy any version: iClicker, iClicker2, or iClicker+\nRequired: \nEconomics 1 Class Reader, available from Copy Central, Telegraph Ave. (Or download. See course website.)\nRequired: \nRegular reading of a first-rate news source (print or online version).\nOptional:\nFrank & Bernanke, Principles of Economics, any edition (McGraw-Hill). (We won\u2019t reference this book.)\nStaying in the Course and Adding the Course \nTo stay in the course: You must attend the section you are assigned to (check CalCentral) on August 28, August 29,\nSeptember 3. If you do not attend your assigned discussion section on 8/28 or 8/29 or 9/3 and do not contact your GSI or\nHead GSI Vaishnavi Surendra to explain your absence, you will be dropped from the class. \nStudents who are added to the course after August 28 are expected to have completed all work for the course, on time.\nTherefore if you are on the waitlist, you should do all the exercises, activities, assessments, and submit your assignments to\nthe GSI of your waitlisted section. Nothing is accepted late just because you\u2019re on the waitlist.\nFor info on adding the course, go to https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/content/course-enrollment or see the Enrollment FAQ\non the course website. For help, see Econ 1 Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra (548 Evans, econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu), GSI\nCoordinator Preston Mui (548 Evans, HeadGSI@econ.berkeley.edu), or an Econ Academic or Peer Advisor (539 Evans,\nugrad@econ.berkeley.edu). \nLetter of Introduction\nFor your second section meeting, please write a 1-page letter of introduction of yourself to your GSI. Submit a hard copy at\nsection. Include your name*, its pronunciation, your pronouns, and anything about yourself that you would like to share. \nPlease embed a photo of yourself; doing so will help your GSI learn your name. The paper will not be graded nor returned.\n(*Include the name we will see on the roster and, if different, your preferred name. Remember you can set your preferred\nname in CalCentral too: http://registrar.berkeley.edu/academic-records/your-name-records-rosters)\n \nHonor Code\nWe at UC Berkeley have adopted this Honor Code: \u201cAs a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty,\nintegrity, and respect for others.\u201d Your Econ 1 instructors join you in pledging to adhere to this code.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 2 of 9\nTutoring\nEconomics Department grad students offer free tutoring. https://www.econ.berkeley.edu/undergrad/home/tutoring. \nTwitter @CalEconTutoring. A list of tutors-for-hire (about $50/hour) is also available at the Econ Dept Tutoring Center\nwebsite. Also the Student Learning Center (SLC) offers Study Group and Drop-in Tutoring for Economics 1. These services\nare free for registered Cal students. Additional information is available at http://slc.berkeley.edu/econ.\nContacting You, Contacting Us\nProf. Olney and the GSIs use email to contact you. You are responsible for reading email sent from Prof. Olney, the Head\nGSI, or your GSI. Emails sent to the entire class by Prof. Olney and Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra are archived at the bCourses\n\u201cpages\u201d tab: http://bcourses.berkeley.edu.\nEmails are professional business correspondence. Email sent to Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra must have\n\u201cEcon 1\u201d plus a descriptor as the subject. For instance: \u201c[Econ 1] announcement for digest\u201d or \u201c[econ 1] enrollment\nquestion.\u201d Emails must use appropriate grammar and spelling (no txtng, no emojis) and must be signed with both first & last\nnames. Emails not meeting these minimums are immediately deleted.\nLimits to Confidentiality\nAs UC employees, all course instructors and tutors are \u201cResponsible Employees\u201d and are required to report incidents of\nsexual violence, sexual harassment, or other conduct prohibited by university policy to the Title IX officer. We cannot keep\nreports of sexual harassment or sexual violence confidential, but the Title IX officer will consider requests for confidentiality.\nThere are confidential resources available to you, including the PATH to Care Center\n(http://sa.berkeley.edu/dean/confidential-care-advocate), which serves survivors of sexual violence and sexual harassment.\nPiazza\nWe use Piazza in lieu of emails for Q&A. Rather than emailing questions to Prof. Olney, the Head GSI, or your own GSI, post\nyour questions on Piazza. Everyone \u2013 the instructors and students \u2013 then has the opportunity to answer your question. \nAnswers can be edited, wiki fashion. The instructors can give a \u2018thumbs up\u2019 to good student answers. Others with the same\nquestion can see the conversation and chime in. At the end of the term, students whose questions or answers received the\nlargest number of \u201cgood\u201d votes from classmates and instructors will receive a few extra credit points. If you didn\u2019t receive a\nPiazza welcome email, sign up at http://piazza.com/berkeley/fall2019/econ1. If you are asked for a code in order to enable\nsign up, request the code from the Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra at econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu.\nAnnouncements Policy\nNo announcements are made in lecture. All announcements are sent by Prof. Olney or the Head GSI via email and then\nposted on bCourses \u201cpages\u201d tab. If you would like to make a written announcement to all Econ 1 students, send it to Prof.\nOlney for inclusion in her weekly email. Be sure you include a student name and contact info in the announcement. Prof.\nOlney reserves the right to delete announcements that are not relevant to Econ 1.\nLaptop and Cell Phone Policies\n iPads and other tablets (laid flat and being used for note-taking) are ok. Laptop use must be pre-approved by the Head GSI\nor the Professor. Those with pre-approval, including DSP note-takers, should introduce themselves to Prof. Olney in person\nbefore lecture. Cell phones should be turned off and put away in your backpack or bag, not left out on your desk or lap. \nYou may however use the calculator function on your smart phone in lecture or lab section as needed during group work.\nSpecial Accommodations\nIf you require disability-related accommodations for exams or lecture, if you have emergency medical information that you\nwish to share, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please email or speak with Head\nGSI Vaishnavi Surendra by September 6. Do so by September 6 even if your DSP appointment is after September 6. At least\n2 weeks before the exam, you must also obtain a Letter of Accommodation (LOA) from Disabled Students' Program\n(http://dsp.berkeley.edu, 260 C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Center) which they send electronically to the Head GSI. DSP\u2019s Proctoring\nService requires notice of participants at least two weeks in advance of an exam. Request for exam accommodation must\nbe received and acknowledged by Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra at least two weeks before an exam, which is DSP\u2019s own\ninternal deadline for scheduling the proctoring of exams. Accommodations are not offered retroactively.\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 3 of 9\nAcademic Honesty Policy\nIn fairness to students who put in an honest effort, cheaters will be harshly treated. Any evidence of cheating will result in a\nscore of zero (0) on that assignment. Cheating on a midterm, the comprehensive essay, or the final exam results in an \u201cF\u201d\nfor the course. Cheating includes but is not limited to bringing unauthorized written or electronic materials into an exam,\nusing unauthorized written or electronic materials during an exam, copying off another person's exam or assignment,\nallowing someone to copy off of your exam or assignment, having someone take an exam or assignment for you, changing\nan exam answer after an exam is graded, and plagiarizing written or other materials. Incidences of cheating are reported to\nCenter for Student Conduct, which administers additional punishment. See also\nhttp://sa.berkeley.edu/conduct/students/standards.\nYou may use only one iClicker during lecture. You cannot click in for a friend. Anyone observed using two iClickers will have\nboth iClickers taken away and held by Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra until both owners come to retrieve them. \nAll points for both iClickers will be zeroed out for the term.\nResponsibilities \u2014 Mine and Yours \u2014 and Course Requirements\nMy (Prof. Olney) responsibilities are to come to class prepared, respond to and encourage questions and other participation\ninsofar as class size permits, oversee grading of problem sets and exams, be available during office hours and for scheduled\nappointments, and stimulate an enthusiasm for economics and for learning.\nYour responsibilities are to attend and participate in lecture two hours per week, bring your iClicker to lecture, attend and\nparticipate in section two hours per week, complete the assigned readings in a timely manner (allowing time to re-read\ndifficult chapters), complete all assignments on time, and take all exams.\nYour course grade will be based on your performance on a comprehensive essay & final, 3 midterm exams, completion of\nfour problem sets and two bCourses quizzes, use of iClicker, and participation in section. You must submit the essay due\nDecember 11 and take the final on December 17 in order to pass this course. Exams cover material from lecture, section,\nand the assigned readings. The weights that will be used to compute your total point score (from which a letter grade will\nbe determined) and the exam dates are below.\nA Note About Timing of Exams for Fall 2019\nFinal exams in Fall 2019 are held December 16 - 20. In order to complete all the grading, get grades submitted, and still\nallow the GSIs to get out of town for winter break before Christmas Eve, the exams will be a little different this term than\nusual. If your friend or sister took the class in the past, you can assure them this is different than when they were in Econ 1.\nUsually the final exam has two parts \u2013 one part covering material since the second midterm, and a second part that covers\nany part of the course. This term, we will instead have a third midterm the last week of instruction that covers the material\nsince the second midterm. The final exam on December 17 will cover any part of the course, but will be very short \u2013 just 40\npoints (1 or 2 questions, with parts). Important: You must take the final on December 17 in order to pass the course, even\nthough it only represents 8% of your grade. If you are a no-show to the final, we will submit an NP or F grade for you.\nDue Dates and Share of Total Points\nAssignment\nDate\nPercent of Grade\nSection Participation (see pg 4) \nFour Problem Sets & iClicker\nTwo bCourses quizzes\nMidterm #1\nMidterm #2\nMidterm #3\nComprehensive Final Essay\nFinal Exam\nThroughout term\nAs Noted Below \nAs Noted Below \nWed., October 2, 7:00-8:30 p.m.\nWed., November 6, 7:00-8:30 p.m.\nThurs., December 5, 7:00-8:30 p.m.\nWed., December 11, 8:00 a.m.\nTuesday, December 17, 11:30 a.m.\n10 %\n8 %\n2 %\n20 %\n20 %\n20 %\n12 %\n 8 %\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 4 of 9\nProblem Sets\nThere will be 4 problem sets, each of which is worth 10 points, distributed in lecture and posted on the course website that\nyou are to complete and submit to your GSI. Problem set answers must be submitted on the provided answer sheet;\nproblem set essays are submitted via bCourses. Problem sets are due at the beginning of section. Problem sets lose 5\npoints if they are submitted after the start of section. No problem sets accepted more than 24 hours after section begins. \nProblem Set #1 Due second section, week of September 9\nProblem Set #2 Due second section, week of September 23\nProblem Set #3 Due second section, week of October 21\nProblem Set #4 Due first section, week of November 25\nYou may study with other students, but your problem set answers must be in your own words. You may not prepare \u201cgroup\nanswers\u201d nor post your answer to Piazza. Essays must be your own work. If you copy someone else\u2019s answer or essay, or if\nyou prepare or post group answers, that is cheating. If your problem set is the same as someone else\u2019s problem set, in\nwhole or in part, you both receive a zero (0) regardless of who did the work and who copied. Problem set solutions will be\nposted on the course website. Read the solutions carefully; they are far more extensive than your own work.\niClickers\nIn each lecture there will be questions to answer with your iClicker. If you answer more than 75% of that day\u2019s questions,\nyou earn \u00bd point. It doesn\u2019t matter whether your answer is \u201ccorrect.\u201d iClicker points are used to make up for missed points\non problem sets. For example, if you earn 33 points on problem sets, you can use 7 of your iClicker points to bring that up\nto the maximum of 40 points. The maximum number of points you can use from iClicker participation is 10 points. For\nmore information about clickers, see the \u201ciClicker FAQ\u201d on the course website.\nYou may use only one iClicker during lecture. You cannot click in for a friend. Anyone observed using two iClickers will have\nboth iClickers taken away and held by Prof. Olney or Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra until both owners come to retrieve them. \nAll points for both iClickers will be zeroed out for the term.\nLab (Discussion Section)\nSection is not a mini-lecture; it is a hub of active learning. Why active learning? Because every bit of research shows that\nwe learn best when we engage in active, not passive, learning. Sections are where you work with the concepts. Think of\nsection as a lab, akin to a chem or physics lab. You will work in small groups, with work to be completed in lab each day. \n10% of your course grade (50 points) will depend upon your participation in section. You are required to do four things.\n[1] In the first section, there will be a math pre-assessment (quiz). If you score less than or equal to 3 of the 4 possible\npoints, you can increase your score to the full 4 points possible by subsequently working on your math skills with one of the\ndepartment\u2019s (free) graduate student tutors. (4 points possible)\n[2] In each lecture, an exercise (\"the Blue & Gold Exercises\") is distributed. You are to complete the B&G exercise and take\nit to the section following lecture where your GSI will check to be sure it has been completed. No late B&G exercises\naccepted. (Max of 20 points will be counted although 26 are possible; points based on attempt not on accuracy.) \n[3] Each section, you will discuss that day\u2019s reader article(s) and do small-group work on problems (\u201cthe section exercises\u201d).\nYou may occasionally have in-section quizzes. Your GSI will provide more information in section. Absences result in 0 points\nfor that day. (1 point per day; max of 20 points will be counted although 24 are possible.)\n[4] After MT1 and MT2, you\u2019ll complete a \u201cpost-exam reflection\u201d \u2013 a series of questions inviting you to reflect on how you\nprepared for the exam and whether you want to make adjustments to your preparation. You\u2019ll submit the reflection on\nbCourses within 7 days of the exam. No late submission allowed. (3 points per reflection; points based on completion.)\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 5 of 9\nExams\nMidterm #1 will be held Wednesday October 2, 7:00 - 8:30 pm in rooms that will be announced by email and on Piazza.\nMidterm #1 will cover the material presented in lecture and the assigned readings through Monday, September 30, and\nsection through Monday/Tuesday September 30/October 1. 100 points possible.\nMidterm #2 will be held Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 - 8:30 pm in rooms that will be announced by email and on Piazza.\nMidterm #2 will cover the material presented in lecture and the assigned readings through Monday, November 4, and\nsection through Monday/Tuesday November 4/5. 100 points possible.\nMidterm #3 will be held Thursday, December 5, 7:00 - 8:30 pm in rooms that will be announced by email and on Piazza.\nMidterm #3 will cover the material presented in lecture and the assigned readings through Wednesday December 4 and\nsection through Monday/Tuesday December 2/3. 100 points possible.\nThe comprehensive essay question will be distributed by Monday, November 25 and will be due via bCourses by 8:00 a.m.\non Wednesday, December 11. 60 points possible.\nThe comprehensive final examination will be held on Tuesday December 17, 11:30 - 2:30 p.m. in a room that will be\nannounced by email and on Piazza. The final will cover all material presented in lecture, section, and the assigned readings.\n40 points possible.\nStudent-athletes and musicians are expected to be familiar with the policy on academic conflicts: \nhttps://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/guide-acad-sched-conflicts-final-2014.pdf.\nWritten notification of scheduled or potential conflicts must be given to the Head GSI by Friday, September 6.\nGrading of Exams \nSample exams are on the course website. All exams are short answer, problems, and essay questions. Exam booklets are\nprovided. No calculators, laptops, phones, or other electronic devices allowed during exams. You are allowed one hand-\nwritten 3x5 card in each exam. \nAnswers are graded solely upon their content and not upon their intent. This means that we don't grade what you \u201cmean\nto say\u201d but what you actually write (even if you \u201cknew the answer but just couldn't put it into words\u201d). Moreover, answers\nthat are illegible, rambling, or poorly organized will not receive high marks. \nYour work will be graded by the GSIs. There is no pre-set or common scale whereby a certain number of points corresponds\nto a certain letter grade. Moreover, there is no fixed curve for this course dictating what share of students will receive what\nletter grade. A priori, it is theoretically possible for everyone to earn an A ... or a C. That said, grade distributions are\nreasonably stable over time (as the Law of Large Numbers suggests). In the past, about 25-30 percent of the class have\nreceived an A of some sort, about 35-45 percent have received a B of some sort, and the remainder have received C's or\nbelow. Grade distributions are visible on berkeleytime.com.\nThis course can be taken Pass/Not Pass if you are otherwise free to do so. I encourage you to check with your intended\nmajor advisors to be sure you are allowed to take the class P/NP. P/NP students are expected to do the same work as other\nstudents and will receive scores on all assignments. If the course grade is a C- or better, a P/NP student will receive a Pass. \nP/NP students must write the comprehensive essay and take the final in order to pass the course.\nMake-up Exam Policy\nThere are no scheduled early exams. There are no scheduled make-up exams. Exams are held only at the times noted. If you\nexperience an emergency that is clearly unforeseeable and unavoidable that prevents your attendance at a midterm exam,\nyou must contact the Head GSI Vaishnavi Surendra by email (econ1.headgsi@berkeley.edu) before the midterm begins. \nExplain the situation and provide documentation. Professor Olney and the Head GSI will consider your case and determine\nwhether or not to offer accommodations. \nThere is no make-up final. If you miss the final on Tuesday, December 17 with an acceptable excuse covering an\nunforeseeable and unavoidable event and you were otherwise passing the course, you will take the final written by Prof.\nMoretti for his Econ 1 students at the end of Spring 2020. If you can\u2019t take the final as scheduled, don\u2019t take this course!\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 6 of 9\nFire Alarm Policy\nA truly annoying bad habit at UCB is the pulling of fire alarms by ill-prepared and selfish students who foolishly think their\nentire future rests on one midterm grade. This is a crime, punishable by a fine and time in jail. In addition, anyone caught\npulling the alarm will fail the course and is subject to expulsion from the University. If the alarm is pulled during an exam,\nthe class will move outside and finish the exam in the allotted time. In this event, follow the instructions of the GSIs.\nFAQ: In what order should I interact with the material?\nAnswer: Textbook Readings - Lecture - Problem Solving in Section - Reader Assignment - Review.\nFirst exposure: the textbook readings as noted below. Make notes as you read. Write questions in the margins. What is\nunclear and leaves you with questions? Where have you seen this concept illustrated in the real world? What real\nworld phenomena or events might be understood with the concepts in the reading?\nSecond exposure: lecture. Take notes as you listen. Listen for answers to the questions you noted as you read the\ntextbook. Ask questions as class time permits. The concepts should be firming up in your head after this second\nexposure.\nThird exposure: problem solving in section. This is your chance to apply the concepts to new and different (often made-up)\nsituations. Pay attention to the concepts themselves. Are you clear on the ideas? If not, ask your group members\nfor their insight, ask your GSI as s/he circulates around the room, or post a question on Piazza. And pay attention\nto the process you are using as you apply the concepts. What steps do you take when you need to apply economic\nconcepts to a new situation or problem?\nFourth exposure: reader assignment. Now you apply the concepts to a real world situation. How do the economic concepts\nhelp explain the real world situation in the article? Are there assumptions we invoked in the textbook/class that\nare not satisfied in the reader article? If so, what difference does that make?\nFifth exposure: review. Go back to the textbook readings. Have you cleared up any confusions? If not, get together with a\nstudy group, post a question on Piazza, or go to office hours. Can you think of other real world situations in which\nthese concepts apply . . . or don\u2019t?\nStudy Suggestions\nThis series of 6 videos by Prof. Stephen Chew of Samford University are highly recommended:\nhttps://www.samford.edu/departments/academic-success-center/how-to-study\nThe key idea: If you perfected methods of studying in high school, it\u2019s a good bet those methods will do you little good now.\nUnderstanding a bit about the cognitive science behind learning and following Prof. Chew\u2019s tips will put you on the path to\nacademic success at UCB. In this Econ 1 class and in other classes, you\u2019re expected to develop knowledge of a subject that is\nsufficiently deep that you can apply what you\u2019ve learned in new and different situations. If you are studying the tried and\ntrue ways \u2013 with a highlighter, re-reading, re-listening \u2013 but without actively engaging with the material, you won\u2019t develop\nthe deep learning that is expected. \n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 7 of 9\nCourse Outline and Reading Assignments\nReading assignments are below. \u201cMicro\u201d or \u201cMacro\u201d refers to the books by Olney. Read the entire chapter, unless pages\nare indicated. All \u201cReader\u201d assignments are from the reader available at Copy Central. Reader contents are also listed on\nthe course web site. Textbooks are also on 2-hour reserve at Moffitt Library.\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before lecture)\nRelated reader assignment (be ready to\ndiscuss in section on date shown)\nWednesday, August 28\nOrganization of Course; Overview; Intro to\nEconomic Models; Production Possibilities\nFrontier \nMicro or Macro (same\npreliminary chapters are\nin both), Chapter 1 and\nChapter 2 (pp. 17-22)\n#1, Why Economists Disagree (9/4-9/5)\nMonday, September 2\nLabor Day Holiday (no lecture, section, office hours)\nTuesday, September 3\nSections cancelled to balance Monday holiday\nWednesday, September 4\nOpportunity Cost; Economic Growth; Aid\nMacro, Chapter 5\n#2, Impact of Within-Group Conflict on\nTrust (9/9-9/10)\nMonday, September 9\nComparative Advantage; Gains from Trade\nMicro, Chapter 2 (pp. 23-\nend)\nNOTE: Errata sheet for\nbook is on course website\n#3, How Innovation Amplifies Benefits of\nFree Trade (9/11-9/12)\n#4, Economics Has Failed America (9/11-\n9/12)\nTuesday, September 10 at 11:59 p.m.\nbCourses quiz covering Chapter 3 due at 11:59 p.m.\nWednesday, September 11\nP.S. 1 due Wed/Thurs in section\nEconomic Systems; Model of Supply and\nDemand\nMicro, Chapter 3\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/Ft1i\nhY3l4Wg \n#5, How China Tariffs Make Sweaters\nCost More (9/16-9/17)\n#6, How Trump\u2019s Tariffs are Taking Jobs\n(9/16-9/17)\nMonday, September 16\nSupply and Demand, continued; Price\nMechanism\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/Xf2I\n6ORiBR4 \n#7a, In Praise of Price Gouging (9/18-\n9/19)\n#7b, Dear Harvard Prof... (9/18-9/19)\nWednesday, September 18\nPrice Ceilings & Floors; Consumer Surplus;\nBurden of a Tax\nMicro, Chapter 4\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/cLKT\nj1a-N-o\nMonday, September 23\nElasticity; Profit-Maximization Decisions\n#8, BART Fare Increase Isn\u2019t a Done Deal\n(9/25-9/26)\nWednesday, September 25\nP.S. 2 due Wed/Thurs in section\nMarginal Cost and Marginal Revenue\nMicro, Chapter 6\nMonday, September 30 \nSupply Curve; Profit = 0 in the Long Run\n(This material is covered on midterm #1)\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/CYo\nEkIHZUrI\n#9, Under Pressure from Uber, Taxi\nMedallion Prices are Plummeting\n(9/30 - 10/1)\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 8 of 9\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before lecture)\nRelated reader assignment (be ready to\ndiscuss in section on date shown)\nWednesday, October 2\nMonopoly; Monopolistic Competition\n(This material is covered on midterm #2)\nMicro, Chapter 7 (pp. 92-\n101)\nOlney YouTube Video\nhttps://youtu.be/oMx\n-QvNwDwA \nWednesday, Oct. 2, 7-8:30 p.m.\nMIDTERM #1\nWatch email, Piazza, & course website for room locations\nMonday, October 7\nAsymmetric Information; Externalities\n#10, Info Asymmetry\n(background) \nMicro, Chapter 8\nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/Y-FtHUL\n10Aw\n#11a, Is it Time to Ban Computers from\nClassrooms? (10/9-10/10)\n#11b, Just Presence of Phone or Laptop\nCan Push Down Grades (10/9-10/10)\nWednesday, October 9\nExternalities, continued\n#12a, China Plan to Curb Emissions\n(10/14-10/15)\n#12b, These Countries Have Prices on\nCarbon (10/14-10/15)\nMonday, October 14\nLabor Markets; Income Distribution\nMicro, Chapter 9 (pp. 118-\n128)\n#13a, Striking it Richer (10/14-10/15)\n#13b, A New Economic Paradigm (10/16-\n10/17)\nWednesday, October 16\nOverview of Macroeconomics;\nMeasurement of Total Output (GDP)\nMacro, Preface, Chapter 1\n(pp. 5-6), Chapter 4 \nOlney YouTube Video:\nhttps://youtu.be/hTZ\nN5IW-K00 \n#14, On the (Mis)Measuring of Chinese\nGrowth (10/21-10/22)\n#15, Five Ways GDP Gets it Totally\nWrong (10/21-10/22)\nMonday, October 21\nGDP, wrap-up; Unemployment\nMacro, Chapter 6 (pp. 89-\n97, and 104-105), Chapter\n7 (pp. 106-113)\n#16, Stop Bragging About Black &\nHispanic Unemployment Rates\n(10/23-10/24) \nWednesday, October 23\nP.S. 3 due Wed/Thurs\nAggregate Expenditures; Equilibrium\nOutput\nMacro, Chapter 6 (pp. 97-\n105) and Macro, Chapter\n7 (pp. 113-127)\n#17, Wealth Inequality and the mpc\n(10/28-10/29)\n#18, More Services Means Longer\nRecoveries (10/28-10/29)\nSunday, October 27 at 11:59 p.m.\nbCourses quiz covering Chapter 8 due at 11:59 p.m.\nMonday, October 28\nMultipliers\nMacro, Chapter 8 (pp.\n134-143, 148-end)\n#19, Loss of Steel Jobs Lingers in Fairfield\n(10/30-10/31)\nWednesday, October 30\n Investment Spending\nMacro, Chapter 7 (pp.\n127-131)\n#20, Headwinds Loom for Trucking &\nConstruction (11/4-11/5)\nMonday, November 4 \nOpen Economy Macroeconomics\n(This material is covered on midterm #2)\nMacro, Chapter 7 (pp.\n131-end); Chapter 16 (pp.\n293-end)\n\nDepartment of Economics\nFall 2019\nUniversity of California, Berkeley\nEconomics 1\nCourse Requirements and Reading Assignments\nPage 9 of 9\nDay & Lecture Topic\nTextbook\n(read before lecture)\nRelated reader assignment (be ready to\ndiscuss in section on date shown)\nWednesday, November 6\nPolicy Overview; Fiscal Policy\n(This material is covered on midterm #3)\nMacro, Chapter 9 & 10\n#21, Why Everybody\u2019s Worried About\nRecession (11/13-11/14)\n#22, How Powerful are Fiscal Multipliers\nin Recession? 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ENGL 1101. English Composition I

A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills. Develops analytical reading and writing skills through the investigation of methods used in cultural and literary studies and the application of those methods to specific texts.

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A composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, that emphasizes interpretation and evaluation, and that incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods. Develops communication skills in networked electronic environments, emphasizes interpretation and evaluation of cultural texts, and incorporates research methods in print and on the Internet.

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Introduction to computing principles and programming practices with an emphasis on the design, construction and implementation of problem solutions use of software tools.

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Klaus 2443 \nGT4 Section: Tu, Th 12:30 pm \u2013 1:45 pm. Boggs B5 \n \nInstructional Staff \nInstructor: Bobby Harris (you can call me Professor Harris or Dr. Harris) \nOffice hours: Th 3-5 pm \nOffice location: School of Economics (Old Civil Engineering Building), Office 205 \nEmail: bobby.harris@gatech.edu \n \nTeaching assistant: TBD \nOffice hours: TBD \nLocation: School of Economics (Old Civil Engineering Building), Office 305 \nEmail: TBD \n \nCourse description and learning objectives \nMicroeconomics is the study of individual, human decision-making. In this course, you will learn \nto think like an economist, using conceptual frameworks such as preferences, incentives, \nsupply, demand, competition, markets, and prices to understand human behavior. The tools of \neconomic analysis provide a powerful lens to evaluate government policies, understand \nbusiness strategies, and make decisions in your own life. \n \nEconomists use the tools of microeconomics to study all aspects of life, ranging from business \nto the environment, and even to dating and marriage! How should a firm decide how much \noutput to produce and what price to set? How can one evaluate the tradeoffs between \neconomic outputs and environmental costs? We will discuss the applied economics of these \nand many other real-world examples throughout the course. \n \nThis course aims to equip students with the microeconomic tools and intuition necessary to (1) \nunderstand phenomena in public policy, business, and everyday life, (2) anticipate agent \nresponses to incentives, (3) identify opportunity costs, tradeoffs, and comparative advantage, \nand (4) make choices based on marginal benefits and marginal costs (i.e., think on the margin). \nIn essence, students will learn to think like economists. \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n2 \n \nRequired Materials \n \n \nTextbook and Achieve Homework System \nCowen, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok. Modern Principles: Microeconomics, 6th edition (2024). \nMacmillan. \n \nYou must purchase the textbook from the publisher or from the bookstore (here) to get access \nto the online homework system Achieve. A physical copy of the textbook is not required. If you \ndo not purchase a copy of the textbook and cannot complete the homework, you will not \nreceive credit for the assignment, so please do not delay purchasing the textbook. \n \nWhile you are waiting for the textbook access code to arrive, you can start a free trial or \u201cgrace\u201d \nperiod. See the instructions on Canvas for more information. \n \nYou can access the Achieve homework system within the course\u2019s Canvas site in the Macmillan \nLearning tab. \n \nCanvas \nCommunication about the course and other course materials is available on Georgia Tech\u2019s \nCanvas system. I will upload additional course materials and post course announcements on the \ncourse page. You can access Canvas at https://canvas.gatech.edu/. \n \nPoint Solutions \nWe will use a digital polling platform called PointSolutions to track lecture attendance and \nmeasure understanding of course material in real-time. Polls will be graded for accuracy and \nwill be included in the participation component of your grade. Therefore, you are expected to \nbring an internet-enabled device to every lecture. Instructions for creating an account and \nlinking it to Canvas are posted on Canvas. To avoid concerns about excused vs. unexcused \nabsences, mobile/web devices not working, polls closing before you can submit, etc., I will drop \nthe bottom 10% of poll scores. No other exceptions will be made. \n \nGrading Policies \n \n \nGraded assignments and tests serve three purposes (among others): \n1. To serve as a mechanism to incentivize and facilitate student effort and learning. \n2. To provide feedback to the instructor about instructor effectiveness and to provide \nfeedback to the student about current performance in the course. \n3. To certify student achievement to the Institute and to future employers. \n \nThus, I will assign problems that are graded as a pass/fail for completion (LearningCurve \nhomework assignments) to incentivize you to read the course materials, short, graded \nhomework assignments to engage you in learning and to provide feedback before exams, and \n\n \n3 \n \nexams to evaluate your overall performance in the course. In addition, lecture attendance and \nparticipation will be measured via a digital polling platform. \n \nMaterial \nPossible points Approx. weight \nLearningCurve homework assignments \n(5 points/chapter) \n80 \n8.7% \nGraded homework assignments (10 points/chapter) \n160 \n17.4% \nClass attendance and participation (PointSolutions) \n80 \n8.7% \nMidterm exam 1 \n150 \n16.3% \nMidterm exam 2 \n150 \n16.3% \nFinal exam (comprehensive) \n300 \n32.6% \nTotal: \n920 \n100% \nExtra credit \n~20 \n~2.2% \n \nThere are 920 possible points for graded assignments in the course, thus your final grade is the \nnumber of points you earn (plus extra credit) divided by 920. Your final grades transfer to the \nGeorgia Tech grading system as follows: \n \n \nLetter \ngrade GPA Description \nGrade range (using \ninterval notation) \nA \n4.0 Excellent \n[90%, 100%] \nB \n3.0 Good \n[80%, 90%) \nC \n2.0 Satisfactory \n[70%, 80%) \nD \n1.0 Passing \n[60%, 70%) \nF \n0.0 Failure \n[0%, 60%) \n \nIn reading interval notation, left square brackets indicate \u201cgreater than or equal to.\u201d Right \nparentheses indicate \u201cless than.\u201d Thus, for instance, grades greater than or equal to 80% but \nless than 90% will earn a B. \n \nNote that grades are not rounded up (e.g., 89.99% is still a B). I reserve the right to increase all \nfinal grades equally if the material is more difficult than expected, but this is unlikely. At the \nend of the semester, your final grade cannot be changed with extra credit or makeup \nopportunities; this is for fairness to all students. \n \n \n \n\n \n4 \n \nGrade revisions \nThe instructional staff takes great care to ensure student assignments are diligently and fairly \ngraded. However, we may make mistakes. A student who believes coursework was incorrectly \ngraded may submit to the instructor a brief, typed memo detailing the potential error and \nrequesting instructor review. This memo must be submitted within one week of the student\u2019s \nreceipt of the relevant graded assignment. Assignments that are submitted for the instructor \nreview will be examined in their entirety (such that the grade could be revised down). Students \nare not guaranteed to receive higher grades when their assignments are reviewed by the \ninstructor. \n \nPass/fail policy \nIf you are taking the class pass/fail, you must achieve a C grade to earn a pass in the class. \nPlease reach out to me at the beginning of the semester if you are taking the class pass/fail. \n \nHomework policy \nBoth LearningCurve and graded homework assignments are completed via the online \nhomework system Achieve associated with the textbook. LearningCurve assignments are \ngraded on a pass/fail basis. Each question you answer correctly earns points toward a target \nscore. When your score meets or exceeds the target score, you will get full credit for the \nassignment. (If you want more practice, you can continue answering LearningCurve questions \nafter you have achieved the target score.) Graded homework assignments are assessed by the \naccuracy of your answers. Each LearningCurve assignment is worth five (5) points and each \ngraded homework assignment is worth ten (10) points. \n \nThere is one LearningCurve assignment and one graded homework assignment per chapter of \nthe textbook. In some weeks we will cover two chapters; therefore, there will be two \nLearningCurve assignments and two graded homeworks in those weeks. \n \nAll homework assignments are due by 11:59 pm ET on their due date. This deadline is strict for \nLearningCurve assignments. I will accept a late graded homework assignment up to 24 hours \nafter the due date for a 10% penalty. After 24 hours late, you may not earn credit for the \nassignment. There are no makeup opportunities. \n \nYour two lowest LearningCurve grades do not count for the final course grade. Your two lowest \ngraded homework grades do not count for the final course grade. \n \nExtra credit podcasts \nPodcasts are one of the most enjoyable ways to learn about economics. To incentivize you to \nexplore economics podcasts without making them stressful or a time burden, I will offer several \nextra credit opportunities for listening to assigned economics podcasts and completing \ncorresponding podcast quizzes. \n \nYou will be able to earn approximately 10 extra credit points throughout the semester for \ncompleting the podcast quizzes. A podcast (and corresponding quiz) will be assigned \n\n \n5 \n \napproximately weekly (with some exceptions). The podcast and quiz will be available in the \nModules section on Canvas. \n \nPodcast quizzes will be due by 11:59 pm ET on the weekly due date (along with other course \nassignments). Late podcast quizzes do not count and there are no makeup opportunities. \n \nCIOS extra credit \nYour feedback helps improve the course. At the end of the semester, Georgia Tech issues a \nCIOS Course Survey. To encourage you to fill out this anonymous survey and keep response \nrates high, I will give extra credit to the whole class based on the CIOS response rates in the \nclass. \n \nIf we get a 60 percent response rate, I will give everybody 2 points of extra credit (based on the \npossible points outlined above; i.e., not a percentage point). If we get an 80 percent response \nrate, I will give everybody 3 points of extra credit. If we get a 90 percent response rate, I will \ngive everybody 6 points of extra credit. If we get a 100 percent response rate, I will give \neverybody 10 points of extra credit. I will count the CIOS completion deadline for this offer as of \nthe day after the Final Exam at 11:59 pm. \n \nExam policy \nThe course has two exams during the middle of the semester and one cumulative final exam. \nExams will be taken in person and cannot be rescheduled. If there is a verifiable emergency or \napproved athletic absence, we can work out an appropriate resolution. For illness, injury, or \nother emergency, provide appropriate documentation to the Office of the Dean of Students \n(https://studentlife.gatech.edu/content/class-attendance). False doctor\u2019s notes fall under the \nAcademic Honor Code. \n \nCollaboration \nIn this course, group work and discussion are allowed on homework assignments. When turning \nin homework assignments, each student must turn in an individual submission via Achieve. The \nmidterm and final exams are not to be discussed between students and must be completed \nindividually. The table below summarizes these policies. \n \nType \nGroup or Individual Work \nTurn in \nHomework assignments Group discussion and \ncollaboration allowed \nEach student makes their own online \nsubmission. \nPodcast quizzes \nGroup discussion and \ncollaboration allowed \nEach student makes their own online \nsubmission. \nExams \nIndividual work only. No \ndiscussion and no \ncollaboration allowed. \nExams will be in-class. \nEach student makes their own \nsubmission. \n \n\n \n6 \n \nI trust you to complete exams individually. Cheating on exams is very serious and results in a \nzero grade and a report to the Office of Student Integrity and Dean of Students. See the section \non Academic Integrity. \n \nCourse Policies \n \n \nEmail policy \nPlease include \u201cECON 2106\u201d at the beginning of the subject line of any emails to any members \nof the instructional staff (Professor Harris and your TA). This helps us to navigate our email \ninboxes and ensure that we do not miss your email. \n \nEvery effort will be made to respond within 24 hours to questions posed via email; however, \nsubstantive questions related to course material should be reserved for office hours or lecture. \nQuestions related to assignments should be posed more than one day in advance of respective \ndeadlines. 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What are the oldest scientific discoveries of humans?  Knowledge of the stars? Medicinal plants? Our own mortality? How have people in different parts of the world come to know the natural world, and what does this tell us about the history of science more generally?
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Joann Kleinneiur                                                14                        WF            11:00-11:50a
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Molly McCarthy                                                  2                        TTh            3:15-4:05p
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Mark Sander                                                            11                        TTh            3:15-4:05p
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Melissa Stevenson                                                  5                        WF            9-9:50a
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Gabriel K. Wolfenstein                                      8                        TTh            3:15-4:05p
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Course Goals:
\n The goals of winter/spring IHUM courses are the following: to introduce students in a sustained way to a body of material in a specific discipline; to hone the reading, analytical, and critical thinking skills begun in fall quarter; and to continue to develop college-level argumentation skills, both oral and written.
\n Course Wiki: http://worldhistoryofscience2008.pbwiki.com (password ihum6ab)
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\n Francis Bacon. Selected Philosophical Works. Ed. Rose-Mary Sargent. Hackett, 1999.
\n Rene Descartes. Discourse on Method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology. Hackett, 2001.
\n Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Norton, 1999. 
\n Stephen Jay Gould. Wonderful Life. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989.
\n Galileo Galilei. Sidereus Nuncias, or the Sidereal Messenger
\n Londa Schiebinger. The Mind Has No Sex? Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989.

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WINTER QUARTER
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\n Week 1:  Introduction
\n             Jan.   8  Tues: What is History?  What is Science?
\n             Jan. 10  Thurs: Human Origins
\n                         Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life, pp. 23-52
\n                         **Thomas Kuhn, “The Function of Dogma in Scientific Research”

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Week 2:  Prehistoric Science and Technology
\n             Jan. 15  Tues: Human Origins and the Earliest Tools
\n                         **Elaine Morgan, Descent of Woman
\n             Jan. 17  Thurs: Acheulean Handaxes: What were they used for?  Guest Demo: Ian Robertson
\n                         Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel (pp. 9-52)
\n                         **Kafka, “Report to an Academy”
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Week 3:  Prehistoric Science and Technology cont.
\n             Jan. 22  Tues: Paleolithic Astronomy
\n                         Jared Diamond, Guns Germs and Steel (pp. 83-156, 403-26)
\n             Jan. 24            Thurs: Mesoamerican Math and Paleoastronomy
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Week 4:  Science in the Ancient Mediterranean World
\n             Jan. 29 Tues: Mesopotamian Life and Science
\n                         **Plato, Timaeus (selections)
\n             Jan. 31 Thurs: Presocratic and Socratic Philosophy
\n                         **Plato, The Allegory of the Cave

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Week 5:  Ancient Science and Medieval Science
\n             Feb. 5  Tues: Aristotelian Philosophy and Ptolomaic Astronomy
\n                         **Aristotle, Physics, Book 8
\n             Feb. 7  Thurs: Galenic Medicine
\n                         **Hippocratic oath(s)

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Week 6:  Middle Eastern Science and the Islamic World
\n             Feb. 12  Tues: Science in Arabia, India, and the Islamic World
\n                         **Ibn Sina, Canon of Medicine, selections
\n             Feb. 14 Thurs: Magical and Alchemical Traditions
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Week 7:  Eastern Science and Medicine
\n             Feb. 19 Tues: Gunpowder, Printing, the Compass, and other Chinese Wonders
\n                         **Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Medicine
\n             Feb. 21 Thurs: Chinese Medicine and Philosophy
\n                         **Yellow Emperor’s Classic. cont.
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Week 8:  Renaissance Science
\n             Feb. 26 Tues:  Leonardo’s World – Guest lecture: Prof. Paula Findlen
\n                         **Stephen Jay Gould, “Leonardo’s Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms”
\n                         **Pico della Mirandola, “Oration of the Dignity of Man”;
\n                         **Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, selections
\n             Feb. 28 Thurs:            Copernicus, Giordano Bruno, Galileo and the Heliocentric Universe
\n                         Galileo, Sidereus Nuncias, selections

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Week 9:  The Scientific Revolution
\n             Mar. 4 Tues:  Bacon’s New Method
\n                         Francis Bacon, Novum Organon
\n             Mar. 6 Thurs:  The Cartesian Method
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Week 10:  The Modern Cosmos
\n             Mar. 11 Tues:  Newton’s Calculus
\n                         Londa Schiebinger, The Mind Has No Sex, pp. 1-101, 265-277.
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* Please note that if you are in a Wed/Fri section, then the reading assignment for Tuesday applies to Wednesday and the reading assignment for Thursday applies to Friday.

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Course Policies: Course communications & email etiquette: various course announcements and materials will be sent via email and/or be available on the course website. It will be assumed that students have ready web access and will check email regularly; please advise your section leader if you anticipate any difficulties. Although section leaders and faculty may encourage email communication from students, be sure to allow adequate time for a response (i.e. at least 24 hours on weekdays); it’s advisable to limit such email communications to the important and/or necessary (i.e. “what did I miss today” is best directed to another student in the course).

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Attendance at lectures and seminars is required, and absences will cause your grade to suffer. The IHUM Attendance Policy states the following:  More than two section absences will severely affect a student’s participation grade. If a student has a prolonged illness, varsity athletic competitions, or a personal situation that might lead to more than two absences, the student should contact his or her Teaching Fellow before missing section. Under certain conditions (such as varsity athletic competitions or prolonged illness), a student may be provided an opportunity to make up the work missed in section. Note: insufficient section attendance will result in failure of the course.

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Late work is similarly subject to penalization and, in some cases, may require make-up work. All major (graded) written assignments are due on coursework on or before the specified due date; hard copies should be turned in to your section leaders in your regularly scheduled sections or as otherwise specified. It is expected that students will complete all required assignments. Late assignments are subject to penalization of 1/3 of a grade per day late.

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\n Paper 1 (5-6 pages)             20% Due February 11 at 11:00 AM
\n Paper 2 (6-7 pages)             25% Due March 10 at 11:00 AM
\n Final Exam                         30% Mar. 20 3:30-6:30 PM
\n Class Participation             25%

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B range: This paper’s thesis is clear; the argument is coherent and presents evidence in support of its points. The argument shows comprehension of the material and manifests critical thinking about the issues raised in the course. The paper is reasonably well written and proofread. The argument, while coherent, does not have the complexity, the insight, or the integrated structure of an A range paper. 

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C range: This paper has some but not all of the basic components of an argumentative essay (i.e., thesis, evidence, coherent structure): for example, it may offer a thesis of some kind, but it presents no evidence to support this thesis; or it may present an incoherent thesis; or it may simply repeat points made in class without an overall argument. Such a paper is usually poorly organized, written and proofread. 
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Section Participation: IHUM courses are mandated to encourage vigorous intellectual exchange, the expression of various viewpoints, and the ability to speak effectively and cogently. Participation in discussion will be evaluated on the following guidelines, which stress the quality rather than the mere quantity of contributions to discussion.

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\n Failure to fulfill satisfactorily any of the criteria for C-range participation will result in a grade of “D” or below.

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\n Stanford Writing Center (Building 460, Room 20) does not offer editing services but rather help for your overall writing skills in one-to-one conferences and writing workshops. Make appointments online at:
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\n Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning (4th Floor, Sweet Hall, ctl.stanford.edu) provides a wide variety
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\n Provost’s Statement concerning students with disabilities:
\n Students who have a disability that may necessitate an academic accommodation or the use of auxiliary aids and services in a class, must initiate the request with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), located within the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). The SDRC will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend appropriate accommodation, and prepare a verification letter dated in the current academic term in which the request is being made. Please contact the SDRC as soon as possible; timely notice is needed to arrange for appropriate accommodations. The Office of Accessible Education is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone 723-1066; TDD 725-1067).

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Are there \u201claws of physics\u201d in computing? Are there fundamental restrictions to what computers can and cannot do? If so, what do these restrictions look like? What would make one problem intrinsically harder to solve than another? And what would such restrictions mean for our ability to computationally solve meaningful problems?

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In CS103, we'll explore the answers to these important questions. We'll begin with an introduction mathematical logic, proofs, and discrete structures (sets, functions, graphs). These mathematical tools will enable the real heart of the course, which is to rigorously answer questions like \u201cwhat does it mean for a computer to solve a problem?\u201d and \u201cwhat makes some problems (sorting) inherently harder than others (searching)?\u201d

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In the course of the quarter, you'll see some of the most impressive (and intellectually beautiful) mathematical results of the last 150 years. In some ways, we like to think of this as a course in both art appreciation and practice. We\u2019ll bring you through a gallery and show you some of our favorite achievements of mathematical artistic beauty, and like a good tour guide help you understand what is special about what you\u2019re looking at. You\u2019ll also need to pick up the paintbrush yourself and write some proofs of your own. You'll learn how to think about computation itself and how to show that certain problems are impossible to solve. Finally, you'll get a sense of what lies beyond the current frontier of computer science, especially with regards to the biggest open problem in math and computer science, the P = NP problem.

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Teaching Team

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Our talented course staff is super excited to share our love for CS103 material with you. We encourage you to get in touch with us through the course EdStem forum. Ed is the best place to contact us with questions on any topic - course logistics, problem set questions, life advice, you name it! When appropriate to protect your privacy or avoid sharing assignment solutions with other students (an honor code violation!), you can mark your post as private and only staff will be able to view it. We ask you to limit emailing instructors to exceptionally sensitive matters for which even the private setting on Ed is insufficiently protective. Posting on Ed rather than emailing helps us share the load of answering questions among our staff \u2013 and the benefit to you is much quicker response time!

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Websites and Technology

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The main CS103 website is where you are right now, cs103.stanford.edu. We have links to a bunch of other tools here. Here's the quick rundown:

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Prerequisites

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CS103 has CS106B as a prerequisite or corequisite. This means that if you want to take CS103, you must either have completed or be concurrently enrolled in one of CS106B or CS106X (or have equivalent background experience).

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Over the course of the quarter, we will be giving out a number of programming assignments to help you better understand the concepts from the course. Those assignments will assume a familiarity with C++ and programming concepts (especially recursion) at a level that\u2019s beyond what\u2019s typically covered in CS106A. The timing on these assignments is designed so that they\u2019ll sync up with what\u2019s covered in CS106B.

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Although CS103 is a course on the mathematical theory behind computer science, the only actual math we'll need as a prerequisite is high-school algebra. We'll build up all the remaining mathematical machinery we need as we go. We've released another handout detailing the mathematical prerequisites for this course, so if you have any questions, check it out and see what you find!

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Lectures

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Our lectures are MWF 6:00 - 7:50 PM in Hewlett 201. Lectures will be recorded and posted on the course Canvas page.

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It's important to keep pace with the lectures rather than to batch them up and watch them all in one go. To give you an incentive to stay on top of lectures, we've reserved 5% of your grade for lecture participation. Here are the details: Starting on Monday of Week 2, we'll ask a small number of practice questions through the PollEV polling system. You will earn participation credit if your answer those questions, regardless of whether your answers are right. You have the option to instead count your final exam score in place of your lecture participation grade. Our final course grade calculation software will automatically apply the grading option that is best for you at the end of the quarter, so there is no need to formally communicate with us your choice either way.

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To allow for some flexibility, you're allowed to miss the credit opportunity (i.e. not completing PollEV) for three lectures over the course of the quarter and still earn the full 5%.

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If you are a CGOE student, then we will drop the participation portion of your grade when computing raw scores, renormalizing the remaining 95% of your grade back up to 100%. However, when calculating final letter grades, we will ensure this does not place you at a disadvantage compared to those who were able to earn participation credit through PollEV.

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Video cameras located in the back of the room will capture the instructor presentations in this course. For your convenience, you can access these recordings by logging into the course Canvas site. These recordings might be reused in other Stanford courses, viewed by other Stanford students, faculty, or staff, or used for other education and research purposes. Note that while the cameras are positioned with the intention of recording only the instructor, occasionally a part of your image or voice might be incidentally captured. If you have questions, please contact a member of the teaching team.

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Units

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If you are an undergraduate or are taking this course through CGOE, you need to enroll in CS103 for five units (these are department and university policies, respectively). If you are a matriculated graduate student, you may enroll for anywhere between three and five units, depending on what best fits into your schedule. Regardless of how many units you are enrolled for, the course content and requirements will be the same. The unit flexibility is simply to make enrollment bookkeeping easier for matriculated graduate students.

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Problem Sets

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There will be eight total problem sets in CS103, given out once per week. They will be posted on Friday afternoons and are due the following Friday at 6:00PM Pacific time. (Although we do therefore have an assignment that overlaps with the weeks of our exams, rest assured they will be lighter than usual and have additional flexibility.)

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Submitting Work

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You will submit an assignment by uploading a PDF to GradeScope. Please practice being good engineers by leaving yourself a fault tolerance window of time before the due date/time, to allow for any hiccups in the uploading process, thank you! :-)

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In the past we\u2019ve had issues with clarity of handwritten work, so barring a very extenuating circumstance (contact course staff for approval), you are required to type your assignment solutions, not hand-write. $\\LaTeX$ is a great way to type up solutions, and we'll help you get started with that tool if you like, but Microsoft Word or similar options are also acceptable.

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Coding Problems

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Some of the questions on the problem sets will ask you to write C++ code. You\u2019ll code these in Qt Creator on your own computer and upload the code on Gradescope. Note that programming questions and written questions for a pset will end up as two separate uploads on Gradescope.

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Partners

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You are allowed to work on the problem sets individually or in pairs (no groups larger than two people). Regardless of how many people you work with, your problem set will be graded on the same scale. You are not required to work with the same people on each problem set \u2013 you're welcome to work in a pair on one problem set, individually on the next, in a pair with a different partner the next time.

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For more details about collaborating with other students, please read over our Honor Code policy and our Guide to Partners.

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For pairs, only one person should submit to Gradescope, and that person should then add their partner\u2019s name. (Should you find yourself in the situation that you forget to add your partner's name, Gradescope does allow you to add it even if the due date is passed. Partners\u2013please double-check this each week!)

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How We Grade

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When grading assignments, we will grade both for intuition and for execution. When looking for execution, we will check whether your reasoning is correct, whether you prove the desired result, whether all your intermediary steps are valid, etc. If your proofs contain logical errors or prove statements other than the ones you needed to prove, we may deduct points for correctness. We will also grade your proof based on how clearly it lays out its argument and whether it adheres to the standard mathematical conventions governing proofwriting. If your proof proceeds on unnecessary tangents, doesn't clearly articulate where it's going, uses unnecessarily cryptic notation or shorthand, etc., then we may deduct points. We'll release more information about our proofwriting standards over the quarter.

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Regrade Requests

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We do our best in this course to grade as accurately and as thoroughly as possible. We understand how important it is for your grades to be fair and correct. If there is an error, you're encouraged to submit a regrade request on Gradescope. Regrade requests must be submitted no later than one week after that assignment/exam's grades are released. Regrade requests that are not polite or that take issue with the rubric design (as opposed to misapplication of the rubric as it is) may be closed without comment.

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Late Policy

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We urge you to focus on being ready for the exams by finishing the problem sets on time, even if not perfectly. In the software industry, they often say, \"Shipped is better than perfect.\" Therefore, there are no automatic free late days or grace periods this quarter. Thus we will only grant accommodations in the case of unforeseen special circumstances (illness, etc) - please contact the course staff via email if this applies to you.

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Please note that we take the square root of your assignment scores when calculating your final grade, which has the effect of hugely raising low scores. This is our way of supporting you and meeting you halfway in this \"shipped is better than perfect\" philosophy, by minimizing the grade impact of imperfect or incomplete solutions.

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Gradescope will not accept late submissions (though it does allow you to add a forgotten partner\u2019s name after the deadline, in case you ever find yourself in that situation). If your group needs an extension on a problem set due to extenuating circumstances, you will need to email your PDF and extension request to the course staff email cs103-sum2425-staff@lists.stanford.edu. (Please do not email individual instructors/TAs as we have a centralized system for processing.) Emergencies exempted, all requests for extensions must be received at least 24 hours in advance of the posted due date.

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Honor Code Policy

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Exams

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There will be one midterm and one final exam. We are planning on holding exams in-person this quarter, though this is subject to change based on university guidance. The exams will run on the following days:

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Grading

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Your raw score in CS103 is determined as follows:

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Here, your problem set score is computed as

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Taking the square root of each problem set score provides a boost to each problem set grade. For example, if you score an 81% raw score on one problem set, we\u2019d count it as though you\u2019d earned a 90%. We do not drop your lowest problem set score.

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Your midterm and final exam scores are computed using raw percentage scores. Note that, in particular, this means that we do not curve midterm or exam scores.

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We assign letter grades as follows. We first determine a grading curve over raw scores to assign initial letter grades. Historically, the median raw score has ended up somewhere near the B/B+ cutoff. We never assign letter grades that are lower than the decile of your raw score; for example, a 90% will never map to anything lower than an A-.

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There is one exception to this rule. To earn a passing grade in CS103, your composite score on the problem sets and your composite score on the exams must each be passing work. (The actual numbers used to denote \u201cpassing work\u201d are set at the discretion of the instructor. We will likely use 60% as a cutoff for passing work for problem sets and 50% as a cutoff for passing work for exams, though this is subject to change.) If your score in at least one area is below this cutoff, you will receive a non-passing grade. This rule is to ensure that you have demonstrated competency throughout the quarter. Historically, very few students are impacted by this rule, since usually having a non-passing score in either area results in having a low overall composite score.

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If a serious emergency arises and you cannot complete the work in this course, you may contact Zheng \u2013 not the TAs \u2013 to request an incomplete. We reserve incompletes for emergencies, so we do not grant incomplete grades for poor performance on the assignments or exams, nor do we offer incompletes for busy work schedules. Withdrawing is the appropriate option in those circumstances.

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Access and Academic Accommodations

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Stanford is committed to providing equal educational opportunities for disabled students. Disabled students are a valued and essential part of the Stanford community. We welcome you to our class and look forward to supporting you!

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If you experience disability, please register with the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). Professional staff will evaluate your needs, support appropriate and reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Academic Accommodation Letter for faculty. To get started, or to re-initiate services, please visit oae.stanford.edu.

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If you already have an Academic Accommodation Letter, we invite you to share your letter with us. Academic Accommodation Letters should be shared at the earliest possible opportunity so we may partner with you and OAE to identify any barriers to access and inclusion that might be encountered in your experience of this course. Please use the PSet0 Google Form Survey to share your OAE exam requirements, if any, and email a copy of your letter to the staff at cs103-sum2425-staff@lists.stanford.edu.

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Readings

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There are two recommended textbooks for this quarter. The first is How to Read and Do Proofs by Daniel Solow, which is a great resource for learning how to approach mathematical problem-solving. The second is Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Third Edition by Michael Sipser. You might find this book useful in the second half of the quarter. We will never directly test material available only in the textbooks; the course materials we provide will be all you need.

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There are copies of each of these books in reserve in the Engineering Library.

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A helpful note from the School of Engineering:

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\u201cAll students should retain receipts for books and other course-related expenses, as these may be qualified educational expenses for tax purposes. If you are an undergraduate receiving financial aid, you may be eligible for additional financial aid for required books and course materials if these expenses exceed the aid amount in your award letter. For more information, review your award letter or visit the Student Budget website.\u201d

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Force Majeure

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A note from the Center for Teaching and Learning:

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Stanford as an institution is committed to the highest quality education, and as your teaching team, our first priority is to uphold your educational experience. To that end we are committed to following the syllabus as written here, including through short or long-term disruptions, such as public health emergencies, natural disasters, or protests and demonstrations. However, there may be extenuating circumstances that necessitate some changes. Should adjustments be necessary we will communicate clearly and promptly to ensure you understand the expectations and are positioned for successful learning.

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Class, PWR, and\n University Policies

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GOALS OF THE PROGRAM IN WRITING\nAND RHETORIC

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The goals of PWR , Stanford's first-year writing\nprogram, are simple to state: we aim to guide Stanford's first-year\nstudents in writing academic arguments and research-based essays,\nusing rhetorical principles that will enable them to enter courses in\nmany fields, analyze the discourses they find there, and, on the\nbasis of their analyses, begin to participate effectively in those\ndiscourses, whether oral or written. Find PWR's web site at\nhttp://pwr.stanford.edu.

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What place do human beings occupy in nature? To what\nextent do we conceive of nature as \"Other,\" as separate from\nourselves? And what does mistreatment of nature have to do with\nmistreatment of marginalized human groups?

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Fundamental questions about nature and ecology, science and\ntechnology, social justice and community provide the thematic content\naround which course readings and writing topics will revolve.\nReadings will serve as sources of information and provocation, as\nsubjects of rhetorical analysis, and as writing models. In the\nprogression of writing assignments, we will move from relatively\npersonal to more public discourse through a variety of rhetorical\nsituations, and deeply into research-based writing.

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understand and practice the process\nbehind the written product;

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read and write, listen and speak with attention to audience and\npurpose and with sensitivity to nuances of argument;

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consider interdisciplinary approaches to thinking, writing, and\nresearch;

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explore various strategies of research, analysis, organization,\nand argumentation and apply them to your writing;

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engage in personally compelling and relevant research, and bring\npersonal perspective and voice even to academic writing;

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maintain intellectual control in research and writing with\nsources;

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develop a comfortable and confident prose style in writing and\npresence in oral delivery, well suited to various audiences and\npurposes;

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develop revision and editing skills within a community of\nwriters through intensive peer review;

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THE COMMUNITY WRITING PROJECT

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This course includes a CWP component. In partial fulfillment of\nthe writing requirement for this class, students will research and\nwrite documents for local community non-profit organizations. My desk\nwill not be the sole destination of your writing in this class, and a\ngrade will not be its sole purpose.

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The Community Writing Project brings the philosophy and practice\nof service-learning to this class. You will find other\nservice-learning courses across various disciplines throughout the\nUniversity, but in the context of this PWR class service-learning\nfocuses definitely and specifically on writing. While satisfying a\nportion of the writing requirement of this class, CWP offers you the\nopportunity to write something of specific and tangible use for a\nnon-profit organization outside the university. CWP writing is\ngenerally distributed to a much larger audience, and to different\nkinds of readers, than college writers are accustomed to. With the\nCommunity Writing Project, you make a contribution to the larger\ncommunity, and your writing stands to have a real effect on people\nand policies.

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Our class will be offered placements with local non-profit or\ngovernmental organizations that need writers to complete a variety of\nwriting tasks, possibly including newsletter articles, press\nreleases, interviews, profiles, histories, reports, fact sheets,\nreviews, grant proposals, and various kinds of writing for\norganizations' web sites. After we discuss possible placements, you\nwill be assigned one agency to work with, based to the extent\npossible on your preferences. The writing that you ultimately produce\nfor your organization, if it is good enough according to the agency's\nstandards, will appear in print or be incorporated into important\nin-house documents or programs.

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The Community Writing Project involves independent work and\nrequires a very high degree of reliability on your part since it is\nessentially an internship, and your agency will be counting on you to\nfulfill a real writing need. In addition to contributing in important\nways to the work of area non-profit organizations and hence to the\nwell-being of the community, past CWP projects have, at the very\nleast, made impressive additions to students' résumés\nand, in many cases, have led to internships and other work\nopportunities.

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Click here for more about\nCommunity Writing.

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Click here for examples of\nstudents' past Community Writing projects.

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Carolyn Ross.\n Writing\n Nature: An Ecological Reader for Writers.\n

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Online!:\n A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources.\n

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Please complete readings by the dates assigned -- the quality of\nyour written work and of class discussions will depend upon your\ndoing so.

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Our primary text, Writing Nature, is both an anthology of\nwriting within the course theme and a rhetoric -- or a text about\nwriting. Some readings will be distributed in handout form. You are\nresponsible for assigned readings in whatever form.

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All three texts -- Writing Nature, A Pocket Style\nManual, and Online! -- will help guide you through the\nresearch process and will serve as handbooks to documentation style.\n

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In choosing the writing assignments that I have this quarter, I\nhave in mind certain learning objectives, but for the most part\nspecific topics will be up to you. The exception to open topics, of\ncourse, will be the Community Writing Project. The topic of your CWP\nproject will be determined by your agency in accordance with its\nneeds. When topics are open, determining your own topic is a crucial\nstep in the writing process; if you are not actively involved at the\npoint of topic selection, the chances for a compelling piece of\nwriting growing out of it seem pretty slim. Topics not directly\nrelated to your Community Writing Project should arise from your\ninterest and a sense of purpose -- from the questions you ask\nyourself, and out of your need or desire to know.

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Your first writing for the quarter will be an essay for yourself\nand for the class. The second writing will be the Community Writing\nProject. The third will be the research paper. (If the opportunity\nexists within an agency and the project is comparable to a complex,\nacademic research paper, the second writing and the research paper\nmay be dedicated to Community Writing.) You will also be asked to\ninclude in your writing portfolio, submitted at the end of the\nquarter, a cover letter and brief project introductions, assessing\nyour own learning and progress as an academic and community-based\nresearcher and writer in the class.

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1. Project #1. Contextual Analysis:\nThe Progressive (or Leap-of-Faith) Essay. This essay will\nprovide practice in blending personal and analytical writing, drawing\nupon visual and written texts. Length of finished essay: 5-6 pages;\npart #1 due 1/9;\npart #2 due 1/14;\npart #3 due 1/16; complete\ndraft due 1/23; peer review\nconferences on 1/24 and 1/27;\nrevision due 1/31.

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2. Project #2. The Community Writing\nProject. Approximately 1000 words; draft due at\nconferences on 2/20 and 2/21; revision due\nwith final portfolio on 3/13.

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3. Project #3 : The Research\nPaper. (related directly or indirectly to the CWP project and\nour broad course theme): approximately 12 pages (no fewer than 10\npages, no more than 15), excluding footnote and bibliography pages.\nThis is a documented argument, analysis, or interpretation, using at\nleast 10 outside sources and incorporating 2 or more media beyond\nwords on the page.

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3 topic ideas due 1/28

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Research proposal and\nResearch Topic Form due 1/30

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Library Workshop, 2/4 (meet at 11:00 in the lobby of Green\nLibrary)

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Working annotated bibliography due 2/6\n

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Revised research paper (see\noverview assignment sheet) due 3/17\n

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4. Project #4: Multimedia Oral\nPresentation. In this 10-minute presentation to the class,\nyou will present an oral argument based on your research or Community\nWriting project. Use multimedia (Powerpoint, video, audio, for\nexample) to help illustrate, demonstrate, and persuade. Due on 3/11\nand 3/13.

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Each student will be asked to give a five-minute presentation on\none key reading (to be determined early in the quarter, by lottery)\nto initiate, focus, and illuminate class discussion. Students are\nurged to use simple PowerPoint slides to aid them in giving these\npresentations. (See Reading Presentation\nassignment sheet for details.)

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I will collect students' portfolios at the end of the quarter.\n(See Portfolio\nChecklist.)\nIn evaluating your work, I will use your portfolio to reference the\nfull range of your performance and progress in each assignment and in\nthe class as a whole. Obviously, it is important that you save all\nwork for the class in an organized sequence and special location (a\nthree-hole binder works well) so that you can access it all easily at\nthe end of the quarter. Portfolios should include

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Project #1\n(Progressive/Leap-of-Faith Essay), including parts/exercises, draft\n(with instructor's and peer's comments) and revision (with\ninstructor's comments and narrative evaluation);

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Project #2 (Community Writing Project), CWP contract,\nproject notes, email correspondence related to your project, drafts\n(with instructor's, mentor's, and peers' comments), project in its\nfinal form, and your CWP evaluation;

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Project #3 (The Research Paper), including all\nincrements: your three preliminary topic ideas; formal research\nproposal, with librarian's and instructor's (if applicable) comments;\nworking annotated bibliography with assessment sheet; outline or very\nrough draft with comments (if applicable); complete research paper\ndraft with peer reviewer's and instructor's comments; research paper\nrevision

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In \"Writing Nature,\" technology will facilitate community\noutreach, research, writing, and class discussion in many ways. As a\nmatter of course, please have up-to-date copies of your work\naccessible to you in class and elsewhere on campus (available to ftp\nfrom your Leland space or stored on a floppy disk or CD). I may ask\nyou to submit some of your writing in electronic as well as in print\nform, since some of my comments may be in the form of typed\nannotations. All major assignments will contribute to an enhancement\nof technological literacy, asking that you integrate multimedia\nelements with traditional text or spoken delivery. Everyone will be\nasked to submit at least one project to post on our class web site at\nthe end of the quarter.

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Our Class Web Site: I am making every effort\nto drastically reduce paper consumption in this class. You will find\nclass materials posted on the class web site\nhttp://www.stanford.edu/~cbross/WNindex.html.\nThese materials include the course syllabus, calendar of due dates,\nschedule of reading assignments, project assignment sheets,\nsupplements to assignments, conference schedules, links to our class\nnewsgroup, other information and a number of other useful resources.\n

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The\nClass Newsgroup: A\nnewsgroup is an electronic discussion area for people interested in\nexchanging information and ideas about a subject of common interest\n-- in our case, our course readings and films, as well as the writing\nissues that we encounter in this class. All students should plan to\nread and participate meaningfully in our class's newsgroup\ndiscussions at least twice a week. Our newsgroup discussions should\nreveal in advance of class some important directions for class\ndiscussion. You can access the class newsgroup from our home page\nhttp://www.stanford.edu/~cbross/WNindex.html.

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There will be three scheduled conferences\nthis quarter. The first is a peer review conference (to include you,\nme, and your peer review partner) in which we will discuss drafts of\nthe Progressive/Lap-of-Faith Essay. The second conference will be an\nindividual or small group conference -- depending upon whether your\nCommunity Writing Project is individual or collaborative &endash; to\ndiscuss your Community Writing Project draft. The final conference\nwill be a peer review conference to discuss research paper drafts.\nAttendance at all scheduled conferences is required. Rescheduling\nmissed conferences is usually impossible, so make note of the time\nyou sign up for, as well as the conference location, and show up on\ntime please.

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Each student will give and receive a written and spoken peer\nreview of the Leap-of-Faith Essay and the research paper at the draft\nstage. You will be provided with peer review guidelines.

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Having the opportunity to revise your work after feedback is\ncrucial. Everyone will have the opportunity to revise Project #1 (The\nProgressive/ Leap-of-Faith Essay), Project #2 (The Community Writing\nProject), and Project #3 (The Research Paper) following peer, agency\nmentor, and/or instructor review and discussion of drafts in\nconference. It is essential, with the Community Writing Project, that\nyou get feedback from your agency mentor before you submit your final\nwork. With all three assignments, you will be graded on your\nrevisions.

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All written work (including drafts and journals) submitted over\nthe quarter, with the exception of peer reviews, must be typed.\nFinished essays must be titled, and all essays (including drafts)\nmust be double-spaced with numbered pages. Depending on the\nnature of the assignment, I may ask you to include a one-paragraph\nstatement of audience and purpose with your essays.

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Unless you have received my permission at least 24 hours in\nadvance of the due date, late work will be graded down, at the rate\nof one full grade per class meeting. After one week, I reserve the\nright not accept late work at all. You will not pass this class\nunless you submit each of the four major assignments.

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Because PWR courses make use of writing activities,\nin-class workshops, and small group discussion, your consistent\nattendance is crucial to your success. If you must miss a class for\nreligious holidays, medical reasons, or valid University-related\nactivities, you must let your instructor know as far in advance as\npossible of the absence and obtain information about the work you\nmust do to keep up in class. If you miss a class for any other reason\n(sudden illness, family emergency, etc.), you should get in touch\nwith your instructor as soon as possible and arrange to make up the\nwork missed. If you do not take responsibility for communicating with\nyour instructor about absences, your instructor will contact you by\nphone or email and issue a warning about your standing in the course.\nShould you miss a second class, your work in the class will be\nseriously compromised, and a continued pattern of absences may\njeopardize your enrollment in the class. The best policy, therefore,\nis to be in class, on time, every day!

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The specific policy for this class is as follows. One unexcused\nabsence is allowed. At the second unexcused absence, students will\nreceive no credit for class participation. With three unexcused\nabsences, students must drop or they will not pass the class. Please\nlet me know of anticipated absences in advance.

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PWR Policy: Students are responsible for living by\nthe Honor Code and for maintaining honesty in scholarship. Work\nsubmitted for a course must be the student's own (or a group's work,\nif students have collaborated on an assignment). The use of someone\nelse's words or ideas without acknowledgement and as your own\ncontradicts PWR goals and principles. As such, PWR will take\nreasonable precautions to prevent it and all measures prescribed by\nthe Stanford Judicial Affairs Office for remedy and redress.

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Any written work submitted to PWR classes may be sent by the\nPWR instructor to one or more databases for the noncommercial purpose\nof checking the writer's use of sources. These databases check\nstudent writing against published works and other submitted student\nwriting to ensure academic integrity, specifically that works and\nideas have not been borrowed without appropriate citation.

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Unless you specifically request that I do otherwise, I will not\nassign letter grades to individual assignments. Instead, I will give\nwritten narrative evaluations of each of the major assignments at\ntheir revised stages. (You may further revise your work from early in\nthe quarter, if you wish and if there is time, for inclusion in your\nportfolio.) Narrative evaluations, along with conferences, should\ngive you a pretty clear picture of how you're doing and how\nspecifically you might improve your writing. If you would like a\ngrade along with a narrative evaluation, please indicate this when\nyou hand in revisions.

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At the end of the quarter, I will assign a letter grade to your\nportfolio of writing for the entire quarter, and this will account\nfor approximately 80% of your final grade. At that time, I will also\nassign a letter grade for class participation (which includes class\nand conference attendance, in-class participation, and participation\nin conferences and peer reviews); class participation will account\nfor 10% of your final grade. I will also assign a letter grade for\ninformal writing (including newsgroup participation), which will\naccount for 10% of your final grade.

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    There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but we do presuppose high school-level biology and chemistry (especially familiarity with the fundamental aspects of chemical structure).

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    Freeman, Scott. Biological Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 9780130819239.

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    Spencer, Charlotte A. Genetic Testimony: a Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling. San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings, 2003. ISBN: 9780131423381.

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    Textbook: Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals,
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    This syllabus assumes MWF lectures and Tuesday-Thursday discussion sections, with 43 lecture hours in the semester. It includes 36 lectures, leaving 7 hours for leeway and exams. Note that a minimum of 4 one-hour exams is recommended for Math 220, but one can give 5 if there is time.

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    Chapter 1: Functions and Models (4 lectures)

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Please read the following paragraph carefully: \nHomework & Book: Homework will be on the online system WebAssign, which automatically comes \nwith the eBook that we will be using, Stewart's Calculus, Early Transcendentals, 8th edition. (You will \nNOT need to purchase a physical copy of the textbook.) Access to WebAssign and the eBook will be free \nduring the first two weeks of the semester. After that, you will need the access code, which can be \npurchased at the University Webstore at \nhttps://webstore.illinois.edu/shop/search.aspx?keyword=stewart. There are basically two purchase \noptions: multi-semester ($109) and 1-semester ($76.50). It is up to you which one you choose. The same \nsystem (and the same eBook) is used in Calculus I,II,III, so if you plan to take Calc II, it is probably worth \nyour while to purchase the multi-semester option. Note that other classes that use Webassign (Diff Eq, \nLinear Algebra) use a different book and your calculus access will not transfer to those other classes. If \nyou have several classes this semester that use WebAssign, you might want to look into Cengage \nUnlimited. For more details see http://go.illinois.edu/CalculusBookInfo. \n \nCourse Description: \nThis is a standard first course in Calculus. Topics for this course include functions, limits, continuity, the \nderivative, differentiation of algebraic and trigonometric functions with applications including curve \nsketching, anti-differentiation and applications of integrals, the Riemann sum, and the Fundamental \nTheorem of Calculus. More info about the course here: https://math.illinois.edu/resources/department-\nresources/syllabus-math-220 \nGrades: \nThe final grade will be computed based on these percentages: \n\u2022 \nWebAssign 15% (Lecture-quizzes 5% + Homework 10%) \n\u2022 \nParticipation in discussion sections: 10% \n\u2022 \n6 Midterm Exams: 50% (Highest five scores: 10% each.) \n\u2022 \nFinal Exam: 25% \nGrade cutoffs: \nA+ above 97, A above 93, A- above 90 \nB+ above 87, B above 83, B- above 80 \nC+ above 77, C above 73, C- above 70 \nD+ above 67, D above 63, D- above 60 \nF below 60 \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWebAssign (15%) \nLecture-quizzes (5%): You will be asked to watch prerecorded videos and answer simple questions every \nMonday, Wednesday, Friday. We really want students to complete these lecture-quizzes on the day of \nthe lecture because the material will be in the worksheet the next day (Tuesday and Thursday). To \nencourage students to start working early, there will be extra credit for lecture-quiz questions finished \non or before the day of the lecture. \nHomework (10%): Homework will be assigned for each lecture. \nYou should always try to finish the homework before the next lecture. The hard deadline will however \nbe two lectures after it was assigned: \nLecture-quiz* and Homework from Monday's lecture will be due Friday 11:59pm, Illinois Time. \nLecture-quiz* and Homework from Wednesday's lecture will be due Monday 11:59pm, Illinois Time. \nLecture-quiz* and Homework from Friday's lecture will be due Wednesday 11:59pm, Illinois Time. \n(* 10% Extra credit for Lecture-quiz questions finished on or before the day of the lecture.) \nAll assignments for the week will be released by Sunday 8am, so you can start working on them early. \nThere are NO EXTENSIONS (no late homework will be accepted). Your 2 lowest Lecture-quiz scores and 2 \nlowest homework scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. \nTo access WebAssign, login here using your U of I netid and password: \n\u2022 \nhttps://www.webassign.net/uiuc/login.html \nTo ensure your HW scores are correctly recorded, you should always use the above link to access \nWebAssign. You may need to wait 24-48 hours after registering for the course to be able to log in to \nWebAssign. For technical problems, contact WebAssign student support. \n \nParticipation (10%) \n \nActive participation in the online learning environment is vital to your success in this course. \nDiscussion sections on Tuesday/Thursday will be mostly be Live via Zoom. Links to Zoom meetings will \nbe available on the course webpage in the tab called 'Zoom'. These will be run by a graduate Teaching \nAssistant (TA). The TA will break you into small groups (3-4 students) where you will work on a \nworksheet focused on the topics you learned in lecture videos from the previous day. Worksheets will \nbe graded for effort and participation with emphasis on working together as a group. Missing a \nworksheet results in a score of zero, but the lowest 2 scores in this category will be dropped. You must \nbe on time and stay for the whole discussion section to obtain any participation points. \nYour 2 lowest worksheet scores will be dropped at the end of the semester. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nMidterm Exams (50%) \nWe will have six short midterm exams, first one during the third week and then every two weeks. All our \nmidterm exams will be on Thursdays 7pm- 7:50pm. The conflict exams will likely be: the same evening \n(Thursday 8pm-8:50pm) and the morning after (Friday 8 AM-8:50 AM). \n\u2022 \nAll our exams will be online on PrairieLearn and will be proctored through the Computer Based \nTesting Facility (CBTF online). \n\u2022 \nNo books, no notes, no calculators. \nTentative exam schedule (will be confirmed by January 25): \nExam \nDate \nMaterial Covered \nMidterm 1 \nFebruary 11 \nWeeks 1--3 \nMidterm 2 \nFebruary 25 \nWeeks 3--5 \nMidterm 3 \nMarch 11 \nWeeks 5--7 \nMidterm 4 \nMarch 25 \nWeeks 7--9 \nMidterm 5 \nApril 8 \nWeeks 9--11 \nMidterm 6 \nApril 22 \nWeeks 11-13 \nEvery Midterm Exam will contain one problem from a lecture, one problem from a worksheet, and one \nproblem from a WebAssign homework. \n \nFinal Exam (25%) \nThis will cover all class material. \nRegular time: TBA \nConflict times: TBA \n \nNetiquette: \nWrite clearly and professionally. In any course-related communication (emails, chats, discussions), use \nstandard proper English with correct grammar. Stay on topic. Whether you are writing a discussion post \nor a message to your instructor, stay focused on the topic. In an online course, most communication is \ndone through written messages either in private posts or public discussions. It is important that students \nin online courses be especially sensitive to how messages and sentiment are communicated and \nreceived. Remember you are communicating with real people. Be kind and ethical. Do not belittle other \nstudents or the TAs or the instructor. You may disagree with what someone says, but focus on the issue, \nnot the person. Instead, be overly kind. Thank people for their response. Let them know you appreciate \ntheir time, how quickly they responded, etc. Behave online as you would in person. Be forgiving of the \nmistakes of others. Thank you! \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nAcademic integrity \nViolations of academic integrity will be taken seriously, and will be handled under the procedures of \nArticle I, Part 4 of the student code. \n \nResources for students with disabilities: \nTo obtain disability-related academic adjustments or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities should \ncontact the course instructor and Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES). \nTo contact DRES, you may visit 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, call 333-4603, e-mail disability@illinois.edu \nor go to the DRES website. \n \nSupport resources and supporting fellow students in distress \nAs members of the Illinois community, we each have a responsibility to express care and concern for \none another. If you come across a classmate whose behavior concerns you, whether in regards to their \nwell-being or yours, we encourage you to refer this behavior to the Student Assistance Center (333-\n0050) or online at odos.illinois.edu/community-of-care/referral/. Based upon your report, staff in the \nStudent Assistance Center reaches out to students to make sure they have the support they need to be \nhealthy and safe. \n \n Further, we understand the impact that struggles with mental health can have on your experience at \nIllinois; significant stress, strained relationships, anxiety, excessive worry, alcohol/drug problems, a loss \nof motivation, or problems with eating and/or sleeping can all interfere with optimal academic \nperformance. We encourage all students to reach out to talk with someone, and want to make sure you \nare aware that you can access mental health support at the Counseling Center \n(counselingcenter.illinois.edu) or McKinley Health Center (mckinley.illinois.edu). 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In \ngeneral, each week there will be two asynchronous lecture videos to watch and two Zoom \ndiscussion (quiz) sections. The exception to this are most Merit discussion sections which \nwill meet in person. The lecture videos are accessed through Lon Capa (a link to Lon \nCapa is on our homepage) and the schedule of when to watch the various videos is on our \nassignment pages. The discussion sections are on Wednesdays and Fridays at the time \nindicated on your schedule. Major ideas will be introduced in lecture while discussion of \nthese concepts, homework assignments, and related problem solving will take place \nduring quiz sections. Your TA will email you the Zoom link for the online discussion \nsections. The Zoom link for Tom Hummel\u2019s office hours will be posted on Lon Capa and \nalso on our website. \n \n2. \nParticipation is very important in all facets of the course. One of the easiest ways to learn \nis to pay attention during lecture videos and discussion section, and to take good notes. \nSome of the material and applications covered in 102A are not presented in the text, so \nlecture and discussion notes will be one of your primary resources. Also, grades of zero \nare assigned when homework assignments and quizzes are missed. These have a real and \nadverse effect on semester grades. \n \n3. \nMost students are required to take Chem 103, General Chemistry Laboratory, along with \nChem 102. This 1 hour lab course provides demonstration of principles covered in Chem \n102B/C. Reference the Chemistry 103 Experiments book for details concerning Chem \n103. Chem 103 is totally online this semester. \n \n \n \n \n\n2 \nGRADING: \n \nLon-Capa Homework \n70 pts. \n \nText Homework \n30 pts. \n \nQuizzes (6 total, no quizzes dropped) 100 pts. \n \nHour Exams (100 pts. each) \n300 pts. \n \nFinal Exam \n300 pts. \n \nTotal \n800 pts. \n \nHour exam grades and the final exam grade will be scaled so that 90-100 = A, 80-89 = B, 70-79 \n= C, 60-69 = D and 0-59 = F. At the end of the semester, the course director will sum all the \npoints together (800 total points) and will set overall course grades according to the 90, 80, 70, \n60 scale, i.e., 800-720 = A, 719-640 = B, 639-560 = C, 559-480 = D and below 480 = F. With \nthe plus/minus grading system, the grade cut-offs will be set so that 100-93.0% = A, 92.9-\n90.0% = A-, 89.9-87.0% = B+, 86.9-83.0% = B, 82.9-80.0% = B-, 79.9-77.0% = C+, 76.9-\n73.0% = C, 72.9-70.0% = C-, 69.9-67.0% = D+, 66.9-63.0% = D, 62.9-60.0% = D- and below \n60.0% = F. Note: As explained below, the Lon-Capa homework grade will not be scaled. \n \nLon-Capa Homework Grade: Most weeks you will have electronic homework sets assigned \nwhich we call Lon-Capa homework. The Lon-Capa assignments can be accessed from the 102A \nhomepage (http://chemistry.illinois.edu/clc/courses/chem-102-hummel). Sign-on instructions for \nLon-Capa will appear after you select the Lon-Capa link on our homepage. The Lon-Capa \npassword is your active directory (AD) password. The list of due dates for the various Lon \nCapa homework sets is on p. 6 of this handout. The Lon Capa assignment due dates are always at \n9 a.m. Tuesday. \n \nYour Lon-Capa homework grade (70 points) will be determined by how many of the assigned \nproblems you complete correctly. Each problem is assigned a point total. You receive all these \npoints when you successfully answer that problem correctly (assuming all work is done before \nthe deadline). Any work after the deadline will not earn any credit (no exceptions). The Lon- \nCapa system will keep a running total of all points earned during the semester. At the end of the \nsemester, we will prorate your total points earned from the online homework sets into a 70 point \ngrade. If you do all assigned problems correctly by the deadline then you will earn a 70 (a \nperfect score) for your Lon Capa homework grade. If you do 90% of the assigned homework \nproblems correctly then you will earn a 63 for your homework grade, etc. Since students can \nattempt all problems as many times as they want before the deadline, there is no reason for any \nstudent in the course to have an online homework grade less than (or close to) perfect (70). \n \nText Homework: To do well in this course, you must do the assigned text problems as well the \nonline homework problems. The assigned text homework problems have odd and even \nnumbered questions and exercises. The odd numbered problems are answered in the Student \nSolutions Guide while the even numbered problems are not answered in this solutions manual. \nAt various times during the semester, we will collect your answers to the assigned even \nnumbered text homework problems to make sure you are trying to solve these problems. The \nassigned Review Questions will not be collected. The 30 point text homework grade will be \ndetermined by how many of the assigned even numbered answers you turn in. If you try to solve \nall even numbered problems and turn them in on time, then you will receive a grade of 30. Note: \n\n3 \nTAs will only check to see if you attempted the even numbered problems and will not correct \nyour mistakes. It is your responsibility to have correct answers. We will post detailed solutions \nto all even numbered assigned homework problems and assigned Review questions on Lon Capa \n \nQuiz Grade: During the semester, you will take six 50-60 minute online quizzes on dates to be \nannounced. The quizzes will be accessed through Lon Capa. The purpose of the quizzes is to \nhelp you prepare for hour exams (content and time management). At the end of the semester, \nthe score totals of the six quizzes will prorated into a 100 point quiz grade. No quizzes will be \ndropped and the quizzes will not be scaled. Note: All missed quizzes will result in a grade of \nzero, unless excused by the course director. In order to receive an excused grade, you must have \na documented excuse or a letter from the Emergency Dean stating the reason for your absence. \nIf you receive an excused quiz grade, then an average grade of all your other quizzes will be \nassigned for the excused grade. \n \n \nEXAMS: \n \n1. \nWe will take three exams during the semester on Wednesday March 3, Wednesday April \n7, and Monday May 3. All exams are from 7:00-8:50 pm. The Computer Based Testing \nFacility (CBTF) online system will administer the electronic exams. Details regarding \nthe CBTF online system are found at https://cbtf.engr.illinois.edu/. Conflict exams will \navailable through the CBTF online system; sign up details will be posted on Lon Capa. \nThe final exam will also be available through the CBTF online system. The date and time \nwill be posted as soon it is known. \n \n2. \nNo alternate make-up exams will be given. If you must miss both the exam and the \nconflict, contact Tom Hummel immediately. Your exam score will be prorated if you \nhave a valid, documented excuse. (See University regulations.) \n \n \nTO DO WELL IN THIS COURSE: \n \n1. \nThe discipline of chemistry and of this course in particular demand that you take \nresponsibility for your own learning. Major learning takes place during study and \nproblem solving; the instructors are here to guide your efforts, but you must supply the \ninitiative and hard work. \n \n2. \nIn addition to Lon-Capa homework, there are assigned homework problems from the text. \nThe assignments for the semester are posted on our website in a separate document titled \nChemistry 102A assignments. In general, the reading assignment should be done before \nviewing the lecture videos and the assigned problems attempted before discussion \nsection. Attempt to solve all the assigned problems, as most will emphasize different \nperspectives on a topic. \n \nSolutions to over one-half of the assigned problems in the textbook are available in a \nrecommended supplement called the Student Solutions Guide for Chemistry. Please use \n\n4 \nTo receive the best help in the Virtual CLC: \n1. Make sure you have attempted all problems two or three times on your own. \n2. Keep your work nearby to help us locate mistakes. \n3. Be ready to screenshare or take a complete screenshot of the problem (including \nproblem name and # of tries). \nthis resource in a mature way. Copying the solution to a problem to satisfy a homework \nassignment does not provide the practice required to gain proficiency and to perform well \non exams. In order to acquire problem solving skills (numerical and conceptual), \nindependent problem solving is required. This is the ultimate purpose of homework. \n \n3. \nThe Lon-Capa homework sets are not inclusive of all the types of problems expected for \nyou to master. This is why additional homework problems are assigned from the text. \nTo do well in this course, you must take both formats for homework seriously. \n \n4. \nRead the assignment carefully. We will not cover every section of every chapter. You \nare responsible for all the assigned reading and problems. \n \n5. \nIt is impossible to learn the material we cover in lecture and in quiz section if you do not \ndo your assignments regularly. Do not fall behind; it is extremely difficult to catch if you \ndo fall behind. \n \nMISCELLANEOUS: \n \n1. The Chemistry Learning Center (CLC) is a free resource staffed exclusively by general \nchemistry TAs to help students, whenever you need it! Visit the Virtual CLC at \nchemistry.illinois.edu/clc/virtual-clc to find links to: \n\uf0b7 \nDrop-in Zoom \u2013 Available Monday through Friday, 12 - 6 pm. General chemistry TAs \nare waiting to help; as you enter the meeting, enter your name and course into the chat. \nThe host will move you into a breakout room with a CLC TA. Come and go as you \nplease, or stay to work in a breakout room and ask for help as needed! \n\uf0b7 \nChemistry Learning Piazza (CLP) \u2013 Follow the link on the Virtual CLC to post to our \nPiazza discussion board and receive help with homework questions! CLC TAs monitor \nthe CLP from Monday \u2013 Saturday, 10 am \u2013 6 pm. \n\uf0b7 \nCLC Tutorials \u2013 Over 30 tutorials written specifically for general chemistry at Illinois \ncan be found at chemistry.illinois.edu/clc/tutorials! \n2. \nAll grades in the course will be entered into an electronic gradebook which can be \naccessed from a link on our Chem 102A website. The address for the gradebook is: \nhttps://apps.atlas.illinois.edu/Gradebook/. \n \n3. \nStaff located in the Fred H. Turner Student Services Building, 601 E. John Street, offer a \ncounseling service for emotional problems, test anxiety and study skills. For critical \nproblems and emergencies call the Emergency Dean at 333-0050. \n\n5 \n4. \nThe Office of Minority Student Affairs' (OMSA) Academic Services Center (ASC) offers \nfree tutoring and academic services. Matched and drop-in tutoring along with \nSupplemental Instruction (SI), collaborative learning/study groups, and academic skills \nworkshops are among the services featured in the OMSA ASC. OMSA's services are \ndesigned to help students achieve in college. The level of rigor at the University of \nIllinois is different than in high school or community college. No matter how you \nperformed before attending Illinois, there is always room to examine and hone your study \nskills. To learn more about these services, visit \nhttps://omsa.illinois.edu/programs/tutoring/ or stop by the OMSA ASC located at 701 \nSouth Gregory Street, Suite I, Urbana, IL 61801. \n5. \nIf you have difficulty with any part of the course, please contact Tom Hummel or your \nTA promptly. \n \nThe office hours for Tom Hummel are during your scheduled lecture times via zoom: \nTuesdays 10-11 am and Thursdays 10-11 am. The links for these office hours are \nposted on Lon Capa and on our website (http://chemistry.illinois.edu/clc/courses/chem-\n102-hummel). \n \nIf you need to get in touch with Tom Hummel, please e-mail him at \ntjhummel@illinois.edu and he will get back to you as soon as possible. \n \n \nDETAILS FOR WEEK 1: \n \n1. \nView this Course Policy video and the Lecture 1 video by Tuesday, January 26. \n \n2. \nAttempt the assigned Tuesday Week 1 text homework problems before your discussion \nsection on Wednesday. \n \n3. \nAttend the first discussion section on Wednesday, January 27 (either through Zoom or in \nclass for Merit students). Bring questions on course policy or on material covered in \nLecture 1 or from the first text assignment. Note that nothing will be collected on \nWednesday. \n \n4. \nThe first two online (Lon Capa) homework sets (called Homework 1 and Homework 2) \nare both due by 9 am Tuesday, February 9. \n \n5. \nThe online quiz 1 needs to be taken by 10 pm Wednesday, February 10. This quiz covers \nthe material from the first five assignments. Your answers to the even-numbered \nassigned Zumdahl problems from the first five assignments will be collected on this quiz \nday. 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    \n\nSummary: This online introduction to sociology is a primarily self-directed course of study available to students using a combination of Moodle and Canvas.* Our course is divided into eight units, each of which is one week long. For each unit, students are expected to read various texts (understood broadly to include multimedia content) and to participate in several activities. The graded activities include quizzes, discussion forums, research/writing exercises, and ongoing wiki construction. There is no final exam. Although most of the requirements for this course can be completed on an individual basis (and schedule), students are expected to participate actively in small-group discussion forums and should plan to login (almost) daily. It is possible (and advisable) to work ahead in this course, but there are milestones to meet (and other deadlines along the way) so it is also possible (and quite inadvisable) to fall behind.

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    Details about the course are provided in this Syllabus, which may be revised from time-to-time, in the instructions accompanying various activities in our Course Site, as well as in various Announcements made by the teachers. Questions about the course will be addressed through a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Forum in our Course Site. Students should be prepared to be tested on the course requirements, and so should read this Syllabus carefully and keep current with teachers' postings to the Announcements and FAQ Forum. Students are also welcome to meet synchronously (at the same time) with the teachers (the professor and the teaching assistants) to discuss the course: We are very generous with our office hours.

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    Sociology?: This course is a survey of the field of sociology. The field overlaps significantly with all of the other social sciences/studies (e.g., anthropology, economics, geography, political science) as well as many of the humanities (e.g., history, philosophy) and some of the natural sciences (e.g., biology). The denizens of our field, in other words, are wont to trespass anywhere and everywhere. But we send word home, and we try to fit the pieces together as best we can. Signs (numbers and narratives and everything in-between) of the great unknown-getting-known are always circulating in the sociological discourse.

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    But the facts we come to know are not brute facts: They are social facts. They are facts with a history, facts that vary across societies with different histories. We may, as individuals, lead lives that are \"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short\" (Hobbes), but we needn't fetishize any state-of-nature. As we exercise our \"sociological imaginations\" (Mills), we learn to see historical/structural forces at work behind our apparently private troubles. We learn to see these troubles as public issues, as social problems that invite collective action. We may be stuck with (and by) gravity, and we may be the products of a natural selection \"red in tooth and claw\" (Tennyson), but we are not stuck reproducing our legacies of race and gender. The historical construction of our world is ongoing, contested, and contestable. We must be sober about our histories, and appreciate that race, class, and gender (among other variables) remain compelling realities for us, but throughout this course we will also listen to those who challenge our institutions and our common sense. Along the way, we'll hopefully find memes and institutions we want to keep, or maybe just tweak, as well as problems we need to face together.

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    This sociological discourse, like the world it questions and describes, is a field of many contested and shifting boundaries. We argue among ourselves about our readings of the world, and you will learn to argue with us. But these are not, or at least not always, arguments for winning. A discourse oriented towards mutual understanding benefits from critical interactions (i.e., arguments), but it also depends upon exercises in verstehen, taking the perspective of another—whether friend or stranger, whether here with us now or known to us only through strange signs from alien times and places. With practice you may find that some of your best arguments are with people long dead, and with luck you may find that they have changed your mind. Does that mean that they 'won'? Does it matter?

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    Many of the questions and arguments you encounter in this course come from professional sociologists and other scholars. But they are not the only inmates wondering and wandering through the field. Throughout our lives, we can learn much from the work of various public sociologists, too. They come in many guises, from novelists to film-makers to bloggers to activists to … you. The exercises and activities in this course provide you with the opportunity to show yourself and your fellow travellers how to move beyond the well-worn pathways that we all—all too often—take for granted.

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    Un/Learning Objectives: Broadly speaking, the learning objectives in this course are those of any liberal arts course in social studies:

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    One of the most important of our learning objectives might better be called unlearning. Many of you have been subjected, perhaps for your entire academic life, to regimes of high-stakes \"teaching to the test.\" The core Moodle code is an open-source technology that is being developed by a world-wide community of educators who are committed to active learning rather than rote memorization. Martin Dougiamas (2016), who started coding Moodle some years ago, lists five guiding concepts that inform his version of a \"social constructionist\" pedagogy:

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    Please read this carefully and be confident that you are able to participate actively.

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    This is an eight-week intensive course, and students are expected to complete twice as much work per day in this course as they would on a typical day of a semester-long version of introductory sociology. In other words: This isn't a mini-course; it's a full semester of work compressed into one-half the number of days.

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    Students engage in some activities that recur in each unit, and other activities that occur only once in the course. These are described here, but further details are available in the Course Site, either on the activities pages themselves, or in our Announcements, or in our FAQ Forum. Students who still have questions about the requirements of the course or the expectations of the teachers are encouraged to make use of office hours and the FAQ Forum.

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    You are responsible for integrating this course into your life. This has been designed to emphasize asynchronous communications: We can keep our communications going even if we're not online at the same time. The only times that you will need to worry about scheduling a 'meeting' time with others are when you meet with one of the teachers in his/her/their office (either in person or via Zoom).

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    For each unit, you are expected to read one or more chapters from Erikson (2017) and/or some other materials. These readings (and viewings) are the focus of the quizzes (aka \"reading rewards\") in units two through eight (inclusive), and are also relevant to your other activities. You have access to all of these readings throughout the entire course, and you really should read ahead. We use the term \"readings\" broadly here, to include \"other mediations\" like listenings and viewings as well.

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    Textbook/s: Our primary text is: Erikson, Kai. 2017. The Sociologist's Eye: Reflections on Social Life. Yale University Press (ISBN 9780300106671). (There are also eBook and Kindle versions of this text, and it is available as a series of chapters/sections in JSTOR at https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/j.ctt1s4769b.) Following the Author-Date system from the Chicago Manual of Style, we use a shorthand for this (both here in this Syllabus and in our Course Site): We refer to this book as 'Erikson (2017)' or 'Erikson 2017'. Failure to get a copy of the textbook is no excuse for missing quizzes or assignments!

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      • \"Worlds Beyond\" (Erikson 2017)
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      • \"It Seemed Like the Whole Bay Died\" (Erikson 2017)
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      • \"Becoming a People\" (Erikson 2017)
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      • \"War Comes to Pakrac\" (Erikson 2017)
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      • \"Postscripts\" (Erikson 2017)
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      • \"Social Stratification in the United States\" (Conerly etal 2021:235-262 [Chapter Nine])
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      • People Like Us (Alvarez and Kolker 2001)
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      • \"Global Inequality\" (Conerly etal 2021: 263-288 [Chapter Ten])
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      • \"The Return of Karl Marx\" (Cassidy 1997)
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      • \"The Manifesto of the Communist Party\" (Marx and Engels 1848)
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      • \"How to Judge Globalism\" (Sen 2002)
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      • (Excerpt from) \"The Modern World System\" (Wallerstein 1976)
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      • \"What Does It Mean to Be a Citizen of the World?\" (Evans 2016)
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      • \"W. E. B. Du Bois' Hand-Drawn Infographics of African-American Life\" (DuBois 1900)
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      • (Excerpt from) \"Double-Consciousness and the Veil\" (DuBois 1903)
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      • \"Behind The Lies My Teacher Told Me\" (Loewen etal 2018)
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      • \"Deep Divisions in Americans\u2019 Views of Nation\u2019s Racial History \u2013 and How To Address It\" (Pew Research Center 2021)
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      • Miss Representation (Newsom 2011)
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      • (Excerpt from) \"Women and Economics\" (Gilman 1898)
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      • \"Declaration of Sentiments\" (Stanton et al 1848)
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      • \"Gloria Steinem on the Consequences of Overturning Roe v. Wade.\" (Steinem and Kelly 2022)
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      • Review selected texts from prior units: your posts, Class Wiki pages.
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    For most of our units, the required readings should take about 10-12 hours of your time. If you find yourself taking substantially more or less time to complete the readings for a particular unit, make a note of it.

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    Please also jot down any ideas you have for additional/different readings for this class. You may get some ideas from these readings, or from other courses you've taken, or from some stroke of inspiration. You will be asked for all sorts of feedback on this course, and these ideas will be most welcome. There's no reason that a course can't get better and better for each new cohort of students, provided that prior cohorts are offering some constructive criticism along the way.

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    Reading Rewards (Quizzes)

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    Students will complete quizzes that reward them for doing the required readings (viewings, etc.) carefully and on time. These quizzes may also test students on their knowledge of this Syllabus, or other rules-of-the-road for this course, so students would do well to read all the instructions for activities carefully, keep current with the Announcements, and make good use of the FAQ Forum.

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    Quizzes are open-note and open-book, but not open web and not open to consultation. You should not discuss the quiz with anyone while it is available. Quizzes will be available for several days before their due dates, and students may take a quiz at any time during that window, but once a student starts a quiz it must be completed within 90 minutes. This will be more than enough time if you have already done the readings. While the quiz is open-book, you will not have enough time to find all of the answers if you have not done the reading.

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    Quizzes will generally consist of multiple-choice and true-false questions that require the best answer to get credit. (This is what we might call an \"Best Answer\" or \"In/Correct\" rubric: You are familiar with it from years of practice, yes?) Sometimes there may be short answer/essay questions, too.

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    Extensions are available for Reading Rewards quizzes, but only for valid and timely excuses.

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    Discussion Forums

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    At the heart of each unit are discussions among students regarding the themes and readings for the unit. The teachers will be lurking in these discussions, and may join-in from time-to-time, but mostly we will give students space to think out-loud and give each other constructive criticism. Students will be randomly assigned to small Discussion Groups of 8-12 students each, and will (probably) be engaged in discussions with the same group of people over the term of the course. (Depending upon the distribution of students dropping the course, we may need to consolidate or reorganize a group or two at some point over the term.)

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    For Units Two through Eight, each Discussion Forum will be structured around a series of questions that students should address with respect to the readings and themes of the unit. Each student will be responsible for providing an initial post answering one such question, responding to the answers of some other students, and (with respect to some threads, at least) maintaining some give-and-take with other students throughout the unit. (You will see more details about this, and it should become much clearer, once the Unit Two Discussion Forum opens.)

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    Students are expected to spend 6-8 hours per unit engaged in these online discussions: Reviewing relevant readings, reflecting upon them and composing your thoughts, reading the posts/replies of other participants in the discussion, etc. Keep track of how much time you are actually devoting to this task in a typical unit, because we are interested in your feedback regarding such matters.

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    Scoring well in discussion forums is partly a matter of making an initial post (a \"host-post\") early (i.e., on time), and partly a matter of posting often enough to keep some threads vibrant throughout the unit. But it is also a matter of quality. We expect students to engage emphatically in these discussions, by which we mean both critical and cooperative interactions. The term \"phatics\" refers to those communicative practices that help to keep discussions going, that alert other participants that you are paying attention and are responsive to what they say. (Examples include nodding your head while someone is speaking, or saying \"um-hmmm\" while on the phone with someone.) In a way, a phatic post is the opposite of a flaming post. We will be looking for posts that do not work to stop the discussion or secure the last word for the poster. You do not need to end every post with a question, but do try to treat them as contributions to collective understanding rather than merely expressions of your own conclusions. At the same time, your posts should be critical, not in the sense of mere fault-finding (pointless carping), but in the sense of cultivating stronger, better (more valid) understandings of the subject matter. We evaluate participation in discussion forums using an Emphatic Criticism rubric.

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    No extensions are possible for discussion forum activities, even with an absence letter or similar excuse. If there is a valid and timely excuse, it may be possible to make-up for lost points with some extra credit work.

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    Critical/Creative Writing

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    Any academic learning community at the college or university level depends upon good scholarship and the cultivation of critical and creative thinking and writing. This is not a matter for professionals (e.g., the professoriate) alone. A scholarly habitus can and should be cultivated by students as well. To facilitate this, various exercises throughout the course simultaneously introduce (or reinforce) such practices, especially those involving \"the sociologist's eye\" or \"the sociological imagination.\" In particular, students will complete:

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    • Open Letter: in which students write an open letter to a future audience regarding a social problem they have thought about (and researched)
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    • Free/Formal Writing: in which students practice writing about \"the sociologist's eye\" and \"the sociological imagination,\" both informally and then with the benefit of Grammarly (or a similar tool) to assess and revise their writing to better conform with the standards of scholarly prose
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    • Beyond the Text: in which students practice crafting audio, video, or other non-textual artifacts to communicate their ideas and information
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    • Peer Reviews: in which students review and critique each others' pages in the Class Wiki
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    • Reflective Presentation: in which students practice making an audio/video presentation about their research and writing in this course (including what they have learned from peer review)
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    • Corrections and Completions: in which students revise and extend their work in the Class Wiki in light of peer reviews and their own reflections
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    Details about these exercises will be provided in our Course Site. For some students, these activities will be a review of skills they have already developed. For others, these will be a matter of first impression. Students are expected to spend 5-10 hours per unit completing these exercises. Keep track of how much time you are actually devoting to this task, because (again) we are interested in your feedback regarding such matters.

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    Extensions are available for some of the Critical/Creative Writing exercises, but only for valid and timely excuses.

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    Other Activities

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    Students are also expected to create/edit their Canvas Profile and to complete various surveys. Additional or alternative activities may be scheduled in the discretion of the teachers. Students will have plenty of advance notice of such activities, but they must pay attention to Announcements.

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    Canvas Profile

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    Canvas includes a \"Profile\" page for each of the People in the course. The Canvas Profile assignment is a good way to introduce yourself in various courses you are taking online.

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    Surveys

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    Students will be given credit for completing each of several surveys: an \"Opening Survey\" during Unit One, a \"Midterm Feedback\" survey during Unit Four, and a \"Closing Survey\" during Unit Eight—are non-anonymous, but also (hopefully) non-threatening. Candor is welcome, and (of course) there are no right-or-wrong answers (only honest-or-misleading responses). Please try to be as frank and forthcoming as you are comfortable being.

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    Grades/Rubrics

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    Sometimes it seems we live in a world of points and scores and grades. As we make our ways up various poorly-graded (but often rather steep) learning curves, the score-keeping is often rather pointless. We won't fix this social problem in this course, but we will try to use a grading regime that simultaneously rewards participation, gives some honest feedback about where there is room for improvement, and is fair to those who perform particularly well.

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    The grading scale (see accompanying table) provides students with a way to monitor their progress in the course by keeping count of the points that they have earned. (Dividing points awarded by the maximum points available for an assignment, or a combination of assignments/scores, will provide a percentage that can be used to estimate a letter grade.) This is for estimation purposes only. Final grades will be based upon point counts (rather than percentages): Please don't haggle with your teachers about rounding up percentages to get a higher letter grade. Final letter grades are also subject to adjustment—perhaps accompanied by disciplinary action—for violations of academic integrity.

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    At the end of the term, students will be assigned letter grades based primarily upon the points that they have earned over the course of the term. The \"Grading Scale\" table indicates the points required to earn various letter grades. To a significant extent, a student's grade in this course is under his/her control. A significant portion of the points available are awarded on a in/complete basis: Students earn them just by doing the activity. But some points are reserved for assessment of quality by the teachers. If a student reads and studies carefully before taking quizzes, there is no reason not to score highly on them.

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    Most students will not score higher than a B-average on some of their writing assignments. The difference between a 'B' and an 'A' is not a matter of following the rules differently. You can tick off every box on any checklist and still produce only B-quality work. A-level work meets minimum standards, but is also especially insightful, thought-provoking, beautiful, etc. There is no technical formula for crafting an \"A\" paper.

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    Nonetheless, students who do well on everything else may find that the Extra Credit available secures them the additional points they need for a high grade in the course. Other students will find that they need the Extra Credit as a cushion when they fall. Online learning is new to many of you, and fraught with bugs and bothers, so the extra credit (up to 5% of the course point total) gives everyone a safety net. Students who have valid excuses (and the approval of the professor) for missing unextendable deadlines may also be given some additional extra credit opportunities. These will be given only in unusual circumstances, and only if the professor is given as much advance notice of the circumstances as is reasonably possible. You must contact the professor about this on a case-by-case basis. Be advised that a family vacation is not a valid excuse.

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    The following sub-sections describe the spirit of the rubrics at play in this course. Please review these and try to understand what is at stake when teachers are evaluating your performance in various activities. Once the course is underway, and you are monitoring your performance by checking scores in the Course Site, you will be tempted to confuse mere point allocations with the purpose of the exercise. Some of you will prove quite capable of gaming the system—learning how to earn maximal points with minimal engagement—but you really only cheat yourselves when you do this. Take a moment now to reflect on these rubrics as something other than mere checklists or score-cards, and you may well secure a better learning experience for yourself and your classmates.

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    Emphatic Criticism Rubric

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    Participation in an asynchronous discussion forum is partly a matter of posting an answer early, and partly a matter of posting often enough to keep some threads vibrant throughout a unit. But it is also a matter of quality. We expect emphatic criticism in these discussions. The term \"phatics\" refers to those communicative practices that help to keep discussions going, that alert other participants that you are paying attention and are responsive to what they say. (Examples include nodding your head while someone is speaking, or saying \"um-hmmm\" while on the phone with someone.) In a way, a phatic post is the opposite of a flaming post. We will be looking for posts that do not work to stop the discussion or secure the last word for the poster. You do not need to end every post with a question, just try to treat them as contributions to collective understanding rather than merely expressions of your own conclusions.

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    At the same time, your posts should be critical, not in the sense of mere fault-finding (pointless carping), but in the sense of cultivating stronger, better (more valid) understandings of the subject matter. We can be excellent to each other, avoiding ad hominem attacks, and still offer one another the gifts of constructive criticism. Discussions will inevitably reflect some personal biases and prejudices (which we should each be ready to acknowledge in ourselves and cautious to blame in others), but they should be oriented towards an ever-more-valid common sense. Critical dissensus is the process by which consensus is validated as something more than a mere aggregation of preferences. Try to think (and write/post) logically, to make good use of evidence, and to exercise your sociological imaginations: How can particular cases be understood in terms of historical forces and social structures?

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    In/Complete Rubric

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    A significant portion of the points available in this course are awarded on a in/complete basis: Students earn them just by completing the activity. We refer to this as the \"In/Complete Rubric.\" Please be sure that you are actually completing the assignment, however. Substantial completion means more than pro-forma compliance: Just turning something in is not enough. The work submitted must give evidence that the student has actually engaged the material, the prompt, etc. Be careful to read all of the instructions for the activity, and not to skip over any obvious requirements. At the very least you must convince your teachers that you gave it the old college-try, and at best you should convince yourself that you contributed something special to our learning community.

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    In/Correct Rubric

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    Scoring on the basis of the correct vs. incorrect answer, or the \"best\" answer, is probably the rubric with which most students are most familiar. It has been used in testing (high-stakes and otherwise) throughout your years of schooling. We use it here, calling it the \"In/Correct Rubric,\" for scoring most quiz questions. Please be careful when you are completing your quizzes to select the best answer to each question, not the first answer that seems partially correct. Quite often, an answer that seems plausible on its face actually has a fatal flaw. If you have done required readings carefully, then you have plenty of time to think about the questions (and answers) carefully. This is good practice in any case, especially as most college students are not finished with standardized testing (e.g., GRE, MCAT, LSAT).

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    Formal Writing

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    Several of the exercises in this class require students to write formal prose. For these assignments, work will be assessed for proper spelling, grammar, and usage, as well as logical coherence, argumentative rigor, and aesthetic appeal. A merely competent performance will earn points consistent with a letter grade of \"B,\" and only those texts that are also especially beautiful or compelling will earn points consistent with a letter grade of \"A.\"

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    Late Work

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    Students will be able to read ahead, and (to some extent) work ahead of the current unit/module. Please do not fall behind. Some work can never be submitted late: For example, the discussion forum participation is dependent upon the co-participation of interlocutors. If you do not post during the unit that a thread begins, then you simply cannot become a part of that thread. (Unless you invent a time machine.) Some work (e.g., quizzes) may be accepted late, without penalty, but only if there is a valid excuse.

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    Extra Credit

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    Each student may earn up to 25 points (5% of the total points for the course) by completing extra credit work. This generally takes the form of participation in some additional learning forum (e.g., TED Talks) followed by a short post about the experience in our Extra Credit forum. Further details are available in the Course Site on the Extra Credit forum page. Please do not focus on this right away: Focus instead on the core requirements of the course. Once the third unit is underway, and you are \"in the groove\" (of the course), then you will have a better sense of how much time you have for extra credit work (and whether you will need it).

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    Monitoring Your Progress

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    Students will find a Grades tool available to them after Unit One. You may use that information to keep track of your performance from time to time during the remainder of the term using the grading scale provided here. (Though final letter grades will be determined on the basis of raw point-values rather than percentages.) But: Please do not start the course by stressing-out about grades. For the first couple of units, just try doing your best work, and getting it done on time, OK?

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    Throughout the course, please don't think about how you are going to game the system and get lots of points. It isn't that grades are unimportant, but sometimes they are the tail that wags the dog of learning. Please don't lose sight of your education by getting obsessed with your score, like everything online was a video game. That said, once you start seeing feedback in the form of scores (and comments), you should ask yourself what it means. If you are scoring very low (or other feedback indicates that something is wrong with your work) then you should visit with your teaching assistant and/or the professor during their respective office hours.

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    Teachers will typically enter grades for activities within a week of their due date. Please don't dun the teachers with questions about scores and grades. If you have questions, and a week has passed since the due date (which may differ from the date you actually completed the activity), then contact your TA (in the case of most activities) or the professor (in the case of reading rewards and surveys) in their office during office hours (or by appointment if you have a genuine and unavoidable scheduling conflict).

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    Please think of the grading scale provided here as a \"safe harbor.\" Anyone earning these points—provided they have not done anything outrageous in the process (e.g., cheating, plagiarism, repeated flaming, etc.)—is entitled to at least the corresponding letter grade. If it turns out that nobody in the class is earning enough points for an \"A\"—but the teachers believe that the class as a whole is performing well—then the scale will be adjusted so that the highest scores are worth an \"A\" and all of the lower scores will effectively curve up by the number of points needed to bring those high scores into A-range. This way, if we experience any technical difficulties that bring down everybody's scores (e.g., if Canvas crashes for a few days), it will not jeopardize the bottom line.

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    Schedule

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    The official deadlines are those provided in this Syllabus (as modified or corrected from time to time by a post in the Announcements). Sometimes you may see different due dates/deadlines in the Course Site. This reflects limitations in the Canvas or Moodle software, not an opportunity to play for time. Please meet the deadlines given by the teachers.

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    Schedule of Activities
    Milestone *ActivityScore
    \"Unit One: Getting Started\"\n (2025.01.21—2025.01.26)
    within two days †ClassWide Greetings10
    within two days †Canvas Profile10
    within three days †Opening Survey10
    within four days †Working With Wikis25
    Unit 01 Subtotal55
    \"Unit Two: Approaches\"\n (2025.01.27—2025.02.02)
    2025.01.27 (M)Unit Two Reading Rewards15
    2025.01.28 (T)Unit Two Discussion Forum (UN02 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.01.29 (W)UN02 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.01.30 (R)UN02 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.01.31 (F)Brainstorming Worksheet25
    Unit 02 Subtotal60
    \"Unit Three: Beginnings\"\n (2025.02.03—2025.02.09)
    2025.02.03 (M)Unit Three Reading Rewards15
    2025.02.04 (T)Unit Three Discussion Forum (UN03 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.02.05 (W)UN03 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.02.06 (R)UN03 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.02.07 (F)Open Letter25
    Unit 03 Subtotal60
    \"Unit Four: Places\"\n (2025.02.10—2025.02.16)
    2025.02.10 (M)Unit Four Reading Rewards15
    2025.02.11 (T)Unit Four Discussion Forum (UN04 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.02.12 (W)UN04 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.02.13 (R)UN04 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.02.14 (F)Free/Formal Writing25
    2025.02.14 (F)Midterm Feedback10
    Unit 04 Subtotal70
    \"Unit Five: Processes\"\n (2025.02.17—2025.02.23)
    2025.02.17 (M)Unit Five Reading Rewards15
    2025.02.18 (T)Unit Five Discussion Forum (UN05 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.02.19 (W)UN05 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.02.20 (R)UN05 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.02.21 (F)Beyond the Text25
    Unit 05 Subtotal60
    \"Unit Six: Class\"\n (2025.02.24—2025.03.02)
    2025.02.24 (M)Unit Six Reading Rewards15
    2025.02.25 (T)Unit Six Discussion Forum (UN06 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.02.26 (W)UN06 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.02.27 (R)UN06 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.02.28 (F)Peer Reviews25
    Unit 06 Subtotal60
    \"Unit Seven: Race\"\n (2025.03.03—2025.03.09)
    2025.03.03 (M)Unit Seven Reading Rewards15
    2025.03.04 (T)Unit Seven Discussion Forum (UN07 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.03.05 (W)UN07 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.03.06 (R)UN07 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.03.07 (F)Reflective Presentation25
    Unit 07 Subtotal60
    \"Unit Eight: Gender\"\n (2025.03.10—2025.03.16)
    2025.03.10 (M)Unit Eight Reading Rewards15
    2025.03.10 (M)ClassWide Farewells10
    2025.03.11 (T)Unit Eight Discussion Forum (UN08 DF) Host-Post (1) 20
    2025.03.12 (W)UN08 DF Replies-to-Host-Posts (3)
    2025.03.13 (R)UN08 DF Replies-to-Replies (2)
    2025.03.14 (F)Corrections and Completions20
    2025.03.14 (F)Closing Survey10
    Unit 08 Subtotal75
    SOC 100 ONL (Spring 2025)
    Course Total500
    2025.03.16 (U)Extra Credit25
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    Students who claim a valid excuse for an absence from this course (including failure to complete an assignment or activity on time) must notify their teacher as soon as possible. \"As soon as possible\" may mean \"ahead of time,\" and students should not wait until after a deadline has passed before they notify their teachers of a reasonably anticipated problem. Teachers will determine the appropriate course of action once they have been notified by a student, and a valid excuse for not attending a synchronous session will not always be a valid excuse for missing other deadlines/milestones at roughly the same time.

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    Academic Integrity

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    The Illinois Student Code should be considered as a part of this Syllabus. Students should pay particular attention to Article 1, Part 4: Academic Integrity. The Code is available to you at: https://studentcode.illinois.edu/. Academic dishonesty may result in a failing grade. Every student is expected to review and abide by the Academic Integrity Policy, and is responsible for reading it. Ignorance is not an excuse for any academic dishonesty.

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    Communications

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    Students are encouraged to communicate with their teachers outside of scheduled class meeting times, but students are expected to understand and respect the schedules of their teachers. Students should use the scheduled office hours to meet with a teacher in person or online, and should only request appointments at other times if there is a unavoidable scheduling conflict. Email is for sharing information and requesting appointments, it is not a valid way of initiating a conversation/thread with the teachers.

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    Email communications with the teachers should always (a) properly identify the student (both in the email address and in the closing of the message), (b) properly identify the course in the subject line of the email, using the short course rubric (\"SOC100\"), and (c) use proper grammar and spelling. \"Drive-by\" emails will be ignored, as will those asking questions that have already been answered (whether in this Syllabus, in the FAQ Forum, or otherwise). Students are expected to consult the Syllabus, the Announcements, and the FAQ Forum before raising questions.

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    Counseling Center

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    The Counseling Center is available to all students who may need help with test anxieties, reading skills, or other educational issues—as well as various other emotional or psychological issues that students encounter. The Time Management Workshops may be of particular interest to students in online/hybrid classes.

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    Disability Accommodations

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    To obtain disability-related academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids, students with disabilities must contact the course teacher and the Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) as soon as possible. To contact DRES you may visit 1207 S. Oak St., Champaign, IL 61820. Or you may call 217.333.4603 or 217.333.1970. Or you may send e-mail to disability@illinois.edu. To insure that disability-related concerns are properly addressed from the beginning, students with disabilities who require assistance to participate in this class are asked to contact the teacher as soon as possible.

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    FAQ

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    Students in this course may have similar questions, and a \"Frequently Asked Questions\" (or \"FAQ\") forum is provided (in our Course Site) to address them. Please consult the FAQ Forum if you have a question of general interest, and feel free to raise it there if it has not already been raised. The FAQ Forum is not the place to inquire about grades or matters specific to an individual student (e.g., excuses for missed work), nor is it a forum to question policies in this class. It is an information forum, not a therapy session or deliberative assembly.

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    Wellness and Food Security

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    The University provides various programs to protect and cultivate health and wellness in the community, including food pantries to address the problem of food insecurity. If you or your friends or family need help, please check the resources and programs discussed on the Wellness pages maintained by Student Affairs, especially those concerning Wellness Resources and Food Assistance & Well-Being Program.

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    Writers Workshop

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    The Writers Workshop is available to all students who may need help with their writing skills.

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    References/Resources

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    Course materials are available to you through our Course Site or the UIUC libraries (with appropriate links to the texts from the Course Site). (These references and resources may be expanded from time-to-time, in which case the Course Site and this Syllabus will be revised accordingly.)

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    Adelman, Larry, Jean Cheng, Christine Herbes-Sommers, Tracy Heather Strain, Llewellyn Smith, Claudio Ragazzi, and C.C.H. Pounder. 2003. Race: The Power of an Illusion. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel. (in three parts)\n

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    Alvarez, Louis & Andrew Kolker. 2001. People Like Us. New York, NY: Center for New American Media and WETA. \n

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    \nConerly, Tonja R., et. al. 2021. Introduction to Sociology, Third Edition. OpenStax/Rice University (ISBN 9781951693367). https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-3e (last visited 2025.01.20). \n\n

    Dougiamas, Martin. 2016. \"Pedagogy.\" https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/Pedagogy (last visited 2024.08.24).

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    Erikson, Kai. 2017. The Sociologist's Eye: Reflections on Social Life. Yale University Press (ISBN 9780300106671). (There are also eBook and Kindle versions of this text, and it is available as a series of chapters/sections in JSTOR at https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/j.ctt1s4769b [last visited 2025.01.20].)\n\n

    \nHobbes, Thomas. [1651] 2013. Leviathan http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3207/3207-h/3207-h.htm (last visited 2024.08.24). \n

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    Mills. C. Wright. [1959] 2000. The Sociological Imagination. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 9780195133738.)

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    Newsom, Jennifer Siebel. 2011. Miss Representation. Ross, CA: GirlsClub Entertainment. \n

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    Richards, Sam. 2010. \"A Radical Experiment in Empathy.\" TED Talks. http://youtu.be/kUEGHdQO7WA (uploaded 2010.10.21; last visited 2025.01.20).

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    \nSocial Sciences, Health, and Education Library. 2015. https://www.library.illinois.edu/sshel/sociology/ (last visited 2025.01.20).

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    \nTennyson, Alfred. [1850] 2000. \"In Memoriam A.H.H.\" LVI. The Poets' Corner http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/books/tennyson/tennyson04.html (last visited 2024.08.24). \n

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    University of Chicago. 2017. \"Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide (Author-Date).\" Last visited 19 December 2018. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-2.html (last visited 2025.01.20).

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    Course Web Site: http://sites.psu.edu/math140das/

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    Office: 111 Hawthorn

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    Office Hours: MTWTh, after class (Zoom)

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    Class Meetings: MTWTh 8:00-10:15 (Zoom)

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    Prerequisites: Both Math 22 and Math 26, or Math 40, or Math 41, or satisfactory performance on the mathematics proficiency examination

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    Course Content: We will cover most of the material from Chapters 3.1- 7.1, 8.1-8.4.

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    Course Objectives: The goal of this course is to introduce you to differential and integral calculus of single variable functions. The topics covered will include limits, continuity, derivatives, integrals and the fundamental theorem of calculus. You will also see applications of derivatives in problems with related rates, optimization problems and graphing functions. Applications of integrals will include computing the area between curves and volumes of solids of revolution.

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    Grades:\u00a0There will be three midterms and a comprehensive final examination. In addition to this, there will weekly quizzes. The final grades will be determined as follows:

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    Your total score will translate to letter grades roughly as follows:
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    Late drop deadline: Thursday, June 17

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    No Calculators or other electronic devices will be allowed during exams or quizzes.

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    Attendance: Note that poor attendance in class usually results in poor performance on quizzes and exams.
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    Study Tips: The quiz and exam problems will mostly be based on the suggested problems and will be of the same level of difficulty. Hence, to succeed in this course you should do all the suggested problems. Try the practice problems first by yourself before asking for help or looking at solutions.

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    Tutoring: Tutoring is available for this course. For details, inquire at the Learning Resources Center: altoona.psu.edu/lrc

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    Academic Integrity: All Penn State policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course. Any form of cheating on an exam or quiz will result in a 0 for the grade on that test. Serious forms of cheating will be referred to the appropriate University offices and can lead to suspension or expulsion from the University.

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    Disability Services: Students with a documented disability are required to share their accommodation letter with their instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early as possible. For more information, please visit the Office for Student Disability Resources located in the Health & Wellness Center:
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    Counselling & Psychological Services: The Counseling Center is staffed by licensed counselors who provide both individual counseling and case management services. To schedule an appointment with the Health & Wellness Center at Penn State Altoona, call 814-949-5540 or schedule through the Online Student Access secure portal. In case of an emergency, please contact the Community Crisis Center located at the UPMC Altoona Campus at 814-889-2141 or 800-540-4690. They are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You may also contact the Meadows Psychiatric Center at 1-800-641-7529 or Contact Altoona at 814-946-9050.

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    Education Equity and Report Bias: Consistent with University Policy AD29, students who believe they have experienced or observed a hate crime, an act of intolerance, discrimination, or harassment that occurs at Penn State are urged to report these incidents as outlined on the University’s Report Bias webpage: equity.psu.edu/reportbias

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This course introduces and develops the mathematical skills required for analyzing change\nand creating mathematical models that replicate real-life phenomena. The goals of our calculus\ncourses include to develop the students\u2019 knowledge of calculus techniques and to use the calculus\nenvironment to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills.\nCATALOG DESCRIPTION: MATH 140\n(GQ) CALCULUS WITH ANALTYIC GEOMETRY 1 (4 semester hours)\nFunctions, limits; analytic geometry; derivatives, differentials, applications; integrals, applications.\nStudents may only take one course for credit from MATH 110, 140, 140A, 140B, 140E, 140G, and\n140H.\nPREREQUISITE:\nStudents enrolling in\u00a0MATH 140 must have demonstrated proficiency in pre-calculus mathematics, by\n1) a satisfactory score on the math proficiency/placement exam, or 2) satisfactory completion of\nMATH 022 (College Algebra II) AND MATH 026 (Trigonometry),or 3) satisfactory completion of MATH\n041 (College Algebra and Trigonometry).\nTEXT:\u00a0\nRequired Materials:\n1. Textbook:Calculus:\u00a0 Early\u00a0 Trancendentals by Jon Rogawski, Colin Adams, and Robert\nFranzosat.\u00a0 4thed.\u00a0 2019.\u00a0 MacMillan.\n2. Online:\u00a0\nAn activated Achieve account.\nOptions for Purchasing the Required Materials:\n\nThe required materials are available in three different forms (you need to purchase only one):\nElectronic Package: isbn9781319371883. This option provides access to the ebook version of the\ncourse materials through a single Achieve account.\nPrint Package: isbn 9781319371869 This option includes a hardback edition of the textbook and\naccess to the ebook. Note: The print option includes an activation code for the ebook as well, so\nanyone who purchases the print option will also have access to the ebook version through their\nAchieve account.\nLoose-Leaf Package: isbn 9781319371845. This option includes a printed loose-leaf edition of the\ntextbook and access to the ebook.\nNote: As with the Print option he loose-leaf option includes an activation code for the ebook as well,\nso anyone who purchases the loose-leaf option will also have access to the ebook version through\ntheir Achieve account.\nWhere to Purchase the Required Materials:\nElectronic: Directly through Achieve. To purchase, you will need the Course ID provided to you on\nthe first day of class, which you can you then enter on the Achieve Website.\nPrint & Loose-Leaf:\n(i)\u00a0 Directly through Achieve.\u00a0 (As with the Electronic Option, you will need the Course ID provided to\nyou on the first day of class.)\n(ii)\u00a0 The Penn State University Bookstore.\nAn Important Note:\nPlease do not purchase or rent any edition of the textbook through any source not listed above.\nCurrently, only the publisher and the University Bookstore offers the edition of the textbook used in\nthis class.\u00a0 Please check with your instructor before buying or renting through another source.\nCOURSE FORMAT:\nThis course is an online offering. Each week, short lecture videos will be available to watch and live\nsessions will be scheduled; these live sessions will be recorded. Additionally, homework (online and in\ntext) will be available. \u00a0Assessment will occur via weekly online quizzes, two midterm exams, and a\ncomprehensive final exam. \u00a0See Student Responsibilities for additional expectations.\nLEARNING OBJECTIVES\nUpon successful completion, a student should be able to:\n1. Use linear, exponential, and sinusoidal functions, as well as transformations, compositions,\ninverses, and piecewise\u00a0combinations thereof to model real-world scenarios.\n\n2. Calculate or estimate limits of functions given by formulas, graphs, or tables.\n3. Determine whether a function given by a graph or formula is continuous at a given point or on a\ngiveninterval or on its domain.\n4. Determine whether a function given by a graph or formula is differentiable at a given point or on a\ngiveninterval.\n5. Distinguish between the average and instantaneous rate of change and interpret the definition of\nthe derivative graphically.\n6. Determine derivatives of some functions using the limit definition of the derivative.\n7. Calculate derivatives of polynomial, rational, and common transcendental functions, and\ncombinations ofthese functions.\n8. Calculate derivatives of composite functions.\n9. Calculate derivatives of implicitly defined functions and inverse functions.\n10. Give examples to illustrate important theorems.(Intermediate Value Thm, Rolle\u2019s Thm, Mean\nValue Thm, Extreme Value Thm, Squeeze Thm)\n11. Apply the ideas and techniques of derivatives to related rate problems.\n12. Apply the ideas and techniques of derivatives to finding local and absolute extrema.\n13. Apply the ideas and techniques of derivatives to graphing functions.\n14. Apply the ideas and techniques of derivatives to optimization problems.\n15. Find linear approximations of functions (differentials).\n16. Calculate the Riemann sum for a given function and partition.\n17. Describe a definite integral as the limit of a Riemann sum.\n18. Determine the antiderivatives of some algebraic functions and transcendental functions.\n19. Calculate values of definite integrals using antiderivatives and areas.\n20. Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to determine the derivative of an integral.\n21. Use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus to evaluate definite integrals.\n\n22. Use the Net Change Theorem to solve accumulation problems.\n23. Determine the units and give the practical interpretation of derivatives and definite integrals.\n24. Synthesize concepts from two or more separate sections of the text.\nThis course satisfies the General Education learning objectives Key Literacies and Critical and\nAnalytical Thinking.\nCALCULATORS:\nA graphics calculator/plotting program/computation platform is useful as a study and learning tool\nwhen used appropriately, but it is not essential. Calculus is a collection of ideas that is not mastered\nthrough calculator skills. Therefore, NO calculators are allowed on exams.\nEXAMINATIONS:\nThere will be two 90-minute midterms during the semester and a comprehensive two-hour final exam\nwill be given at the end of the semester. All exams are proctored by HonorLock.\n\u00a0\nThe proctoring software will use your computer's webcam or other technology to monitor and/or\nrecord your activity during exams.\u00a0 The proctoring software may be listening to you, monitoring your\ncomputer screen, and viewing you and your surroundings.\u00a0 By enrolling in this course, you consent to\nthe use of the proctoring software, including but not limited to any audio and/or visual monitoring\nwhich may be recorded.\nExam Windows\nWhen using HonorLock, you can take the exam anytime during the exam window.\u00a0\nEach exam follows the same protocols.\n1. Exams are multiple choice, graded solely on a right/wrong scale. \u00a0Exams include both\ncomputation and conceptual questions.\n2. You will be given 90 minutes to complete the midterm exam, and 120 minutes to complete the final\nexam.\nSTUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES\nAs a student enrolled in this course your responsibilities include the following:\nAbide by Penn State\u2019s policies on Academic Integrity.\nComplete assignments on time and keep pace with the course.\n\nDevote sufficient time and diligent effort to completing course work.\n(The recommended investment is 10\u201312 hours a week, and more if you need to review algebra\nconcepts).\nContribute\u00a0to the discussion forum, both by asking questions about concepts you struggle with\nand by answering questions asked by others.\nParticipate in the recitation sessions and/or submit questions for recitation and view the recording.\nActively participate\u00a0by seeking help and asking questions for clarifying concepts you do not fully\nunderstand.\nUse the quiz feedback and activity solutions to understand where you have the greatest difficulties\nand follow up on resolving these.\nCOURSE MECHANICS:\nHomework. The text will be primarily used to tie ideas to concepts and skills together. This will be\ndone through assigned readings and suggested problems. Some activities will stem directly from the\ntext.\nAchieve Homework (graded) assignment will be done and evaluated online via Achieve. Access\ncode required for this online class.\nWritten Homework (graded)\u00a0assignments will be done and evaluate via submitted work on Canvas.\nAssessments. All quizzes and exams will be administered online via the CANVAS course\nmanagement system.\nWeekly Canvas Quizzes will be done and evaluated online via Canvas.\nThe two midterm exams and the final comprehensive exam are proctored exams. The\nHonorLock is the proctoring platform.\nLive Session. ZOOM will be used for live sessions.\nDiscussion Forum. CANVAS will be the primary vehicle for discussions. The Canvas Discussions\ntool should NOT be reserved for questions that are of a private nature, including specific questions\nabout problems on quizzes, tests, and exams prior to their due date.\nCommunication. The CANVAS EMAIL system should be used for direct communication with your\ninstructor. As per PSU policy, you should expect to wait for a reply to an email 24 - 48 hours.\nCANVAS discussion Forum should be used for posting general questions (the type of which you\nmight ask in a live classroom).\nNO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ARE ACCEPTED. 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Consistent with this expectation, the University\u2019s Code of Conduct states that all students\nshould act with personal integrity, respect other students\u2019 dignity, rights, and property, and help create\nand maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.\nAcademic integrity includes a commitment not to engage in or tolerate acts of falsification,\n\nmisrepresentation, or deception. Such acts of dishonesty violate the fundamental ethical principles of\nthe University community and compromise the worth of work completed by others.Academic\ndishonesty includes, but is no limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, [\u2026], facilitating acts of academic\ndishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another\nperson or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with academic work of\nother students. [\u2026] A student charged with academic dishonesty will be given oral or written notice of\nthe charge by the instructor. If students believe that they have been falsely accused, they should seek\nredress through informal discussions with the instructor, the department head, dean or campus\nexecutive officer. If the instructor believes that the infraction is sufficiently serious to warrant the\nreferral of the case to Judicial Affairs, or if the instructor will award a final grade of F in the course\nbecause of the infraction, the student and instructor will be afforded formal due process procedures.\nBased upon the University\u2019s Faculty Senate Policy 49\u201320\n (http://www.psu.edu/ufs/policies/47-\n00.html#49-20) , a range of academic sanctions may be taken against a student who engages in\nacademic dishonesty. 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Students\nwho are found responsible for academic integrity violations face academic outcomes, which can be\nsevere, and put themselves at jeopardy for other outcomes which may include ineligibility for Dean\u2019s List,\n\npass/fail elections, and grade forgiveness. Students may also face consequences from their home/major\nprogram and/or The Schreyer Honors College.\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nSTUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University's\neducational programs. If you have a disability-related need for reasonable academic adjustments in this\ncourse, contact Student\nDisability Resources at 814-863-1807 (V/TTY). 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These sessions will be recorded for those who are\nnot able to attend. However, the content of the recitation will depend on your questions and/or the\npoints of difficulty in the week's lesson. If you are not able to attend the live lecture, you may still\nsubmit questions via the discussion forum on Canvas.\nGuided Study Groups - Live in the classroom.\u00a0\nThere will be regular guided study group sessions with a Penn State Learning Center tutor to go\nover specific problems.\nCanvas Board - Discussion (graded)\nThe Canvas board will be used extensively in this course. \u00a0This is the place to post questions,\nanswer other students' questions to prepare you for the concept quizzes etc... \u00a0\nAchieve Homework Problems (graded)\nYou will be expected to complete a weekly skills-based Homework Set, consisting of\napproximately 10 - 15 problems in Achieve. 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Usually this means that you have had two years of high school algebra, one year of\nhigh school geometry and half a year of trigonometry. These prerequisites are important. Algebra\nis the language through which we will access the concepts of calculus. Pro\ufb01ciency in this language\nis essential. Many of the concepts that we will cover have trigonometric and geometric content.\nFamiliarity with trigonometry and geometry will leave us free to explore these concepts.\nCalculators: You may use them to check your homework solutions, but they will not me allowed\non tests. The focus of the class is on what we can do with our minds and not on what we can\nmake a calculator do for us.\nGrades: Your grade will be based on a combination of Homework, Tests and a Final. They will\nbe combined to form your \ufb01nal grade as follows:\nHomework: 25%\nEach of two tests 25%\nThe Final: 25%\nMidterms and the Final: All exams will take place during the normal class time and in the\nsame room. The two midterms will be on July 9th and July 23th. The Final Exam will be on\nAugust 6th. In the exams you will only be allowed pencils, a sharpener and an eraser. All other\nstudy materials must be put away. No calculators will be allowed.\nHomework: There will be six homework assignments. They will be due on each of the\nWednesdays of the course. The \ufb01rst assignment will be given out today, June 28th and is due on\nJune 30th, this Wednesday. Subsequent assignments will be posted on the course webpage as soon\nas the previous assignment has been turned in. By necessity the assignments will be long. So do\nnot wait until the night before to start them. Late assignments will not be accepted.\nA note on showing your work. Your written work is the way that you communicate your\nunderstanding of the material. For this reason, showing your work is essential. In order to get full\ncredit you must provide complete, correct solutions. No credit will be given for answers out of the\nblue.\nQuestions: If you have any questions about the syllabus or the course, then feel free to ask me.\nStudents with disabilities: If you qualify for accomodation because of a documented disability,\nthen please come talk to me so that we can accommodate you. You can contact Disability\n\n21-120 Syllabus\n2\nResources at 412.268.2013 or at lpowell@andrew.cmu.edu. For more information you can go to\nhttp://www.cmu.edu/hr/eos/disability/index.html.\nSome Advice\n\u2022 Attend class, do your work regularly and do not fall behind. In a summer course we have a\nvery short time to get through a lot of material. Falling behind is dangerous. All of the\nmaterial is interconnected and it is very di\ufb03cult to catch up once behind.\n\u2022 Calculus is not di\ufb03cult, but requires work and dedication.\n\u2022 If you do not understand something in class, then speak up. Chances are that you are not\nthe only one who is confused. I am always willing go over something again.\n\u2022 Studying with other students is a great way to learn, but there are some pitfalls. It is easy\nto think that because someone in your study group knows how to do a problem then you\nknow how to do it. When you study in a group be sure that in the end you know how to do\nthe problems. Also, copying solutions from your friend is cheating. Not only is it cheating,\nbut it is self destructive with respect to the exams. On the exams you must be able to do\nthe problems by yourself in a reasonable amount of time.\n\u2022 If you are not doing well, do not hesistate to come and talk to me. Do not wait until the\nlast minute.\n\u2022 I cannot give you points for how much you worked or even how much you know. Grades will\nbe given based on what is written on your work. You must provide complete, correct\nsolutions in order to get full credit. You will have many examples of complete and correct\nsolutions in class and there are more in the book. The same level of detail is expected of\nyou in your written work.\nSchedule:\nBelow is a tentative schedule. 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Calculus is\na branch of mathematics where the primary questions has to do with rates of change. It has applications in\nall areas of applied science and engineering. An understanding of calculus is essential for success in any of\nthese \ufb01elds.\nPrerequisites: A good grasp of algebra and trigonometry is required before this course. Algebra is the\n\u201clanguage\u201d of calculus. Another important prerequisite is having su\ufb03cient geometric intuition, ie. being\nable to picture geometric objects and the graphs of functions on the plane.\nCourse Objectives: By the end of the course, you should be capable of the following:\n\u2022 Being an expert in basic algebra, especially in understanding what the concept of a function, and know\nbasic laws of exponentials and logarithms and knowing basic trigonometry\n\u2022 Understanding the de\ufb01nition of a limit, knowing how to take limits, knowing when a limit does not\nexist, knowing the properties and laws of limits,\n\u2022 Knowing the limit de\ufb01nition of continuity, determining whether a function is continuous, knowing the\nintermediate value theorem and it\u2019s applications\n\u2022 Knowing what a tangent line is, knowing what a secant line is, being able to determine average rates\nof change using secant lines\n\u2022 Being able to use the limit de\ufb01nition of derivatives, Being about to determine the derivative of a\nfunction using the limit de\ufb01nition of the derivative, Being able to give the equation for the tangent\nline using the limit de\ufb01nition of the derivative.\n\u2022 Knowing and using the rules for di\ufb00erentiation (power rule, product rule, quotient rule, chain rule),\nknowing the derivative of trig functions and exponentials\n\u2022 Knowing how di\ufb00erentiate implicit functions and take higher derivatives.\n\u2022 Doing linear approximations using tangent lines, knowing and being able to use the mean value theorem.\n\u2022 Finding extrema of a function, sketching the graph of a function, knowing how optimize and other\napplications of di\ufb00erential calculus\n\u2022 Knowing what an anti-derivative is, knowing techniques for how to take anti-derivatives (parts, trig-\nsubstitution, u-substitution, partial fractions)\n\u2022 Knowing and being able to use the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, understanding the relationship\nbetween integration and di\ufb00erentiation and the area under the curve of a function\n\u2022 Knowing and being able to \ufb01nd the exact area under the curve of a function, knowing and being able\nto \ufb01nd the exact area between the curves of two functions.\n\u2022 Being able to \ufb01nd the volume of a solid of revolution (discs and shells) and over a region of the plane\n\u2022 Know what a di\ufb00erential equation is, and how to solve very basics ones.\n1\n\nAssignments: There will be homeworks assigned weekly due every Monday. You will be given the assign-\nment one week before it is due. You must show all your work to get full credit. Not all problems may be\ncompletely graded for credit. Late homework is never acceptable, but you may hand in your homework early\nif you plan on missing a Monday class.\nQuizzes: There will be frequent announced and unannounced quizzes given class. This will usually only be\none easy question on the things taught the previous class. Each quiz will be out of 3 points: 0 for did not\ntake, 1 for completely wrong but did take (an attendance point), 2 for almost right, and 3 for completely\nright. There will be about three quizzes every week. There will be three quizzes dropped; quizzes cannot be\nmade up if you miss class.\nExams: There will be an 80 minute, closed books/notes, midterm and a \ufb01nal exam. These account for\nthe majority of your grade in this course. The midterm is scheduled for June 8th, which is roughly midway\nthrough the semester. The \ufb01nal will be June 24th. Exams will be preceded by a workshop day where you\nwill work in groups to solve some problems.\nThey will not by explicitly comprehensive, but by the nature of the course if you don\u2019t have a full\nunderstanding on the midterm you will probably not do well on the \ufb01nal exam.\nYou may take the exam before the scheduled date with my permission. Makeups after the date of the\nscheduled exam will only be given in the case where you can provide documented proof of an emergency or\nillness.\nGrades: Your grade will be based on all the above work, and only that work. There\u2019s no possibility for\nextra credit. You are more than welcomed to discuss with me if you feel any assignment has been mis-graded\nor you believe you deserve more credit. You have every opportunity to earn an A in this course. Here is\nroughly how your grade will be calculated:\nHomework:\n20%\n5 total assignments\nQuizzes:\n20%\n\u224818 total, lowest 3 dropped\nMidterm:\n30%\nFinal Exam:\n30%\nThe grades will be assigned on the standard scale:\nA\n90-100%\nB\n80-89%\nC\n70-79%\nD\n60-69%\nR\n< 60%\nIf necessary, these cut o\ufb00s might be changed at the end of the semester, but only for your bene\ufb01t.\nCourse Policies and Advice\n\u2022 Calculators are never to be used on any in-class assignment. You may check your homework with a\ncalculator, but work must be shown. Calculators often slow work and are a crutch for understanding\ntopics and procedures.\n\u2022 Attendance is strongly encouraged, especially considering 20% of your grade will be determined by\nquizzes, which will be largely unannounced.\n\u2022 If you do not understand something in class, please ask. Odds are, if you do not understand something\nthen others in the class do not. 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We will cover most of the material in Chapters \n1--6. \n \nTextbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals, fifth edition, by James \nStewart; published by Brooks/Cole; 2003 \n \nInstructor: Weining Kang, WEH 6218, 268-8486, \nweikang@andrew.cmu.edu \n\u2022 Lecture: MWF 12:30pm -- 1:20pm MM 103 \n\u2022 Office hours: M 7:00pm -- 9:00pm, W 8:00pm -- 9:00pm in WEH \n6218 \n \nTeaching Assistants: \nElena Cristina Canepa, ecanepa@andrew.cmu.edu \n\u2022 Office/hours: WEH 6213/TBA \n\u2022 Recitation (A): TuTh 8:30am -- 9:20am DH 1212 \n\u2022 Recitation (B): TuTh 9:30am -- 10:20am PH 226B \n \nGregory E Peim, gpeim@andrew.cmu.edu \n\u2022 Office/hours: WEH 6215/ TBA \n\u2022 Recitation (C): TuTh 9:30am -- 10:20am BH 136A \n \nAttendance: Lecture and recitation attendance is required. In the event \nthat you miss a class, it is your responsibility to get the material from \nanother student. It is absolutely vital that you read the assigned material in \nadvance so that you may be sufficiently prepared to understand the \n\nconcepts when they presented in class and be able to ask focused questions \nabout concepts that are not yet clear to you. \n \nHomework: Homework assignments will be announced in lectures and \nwill also be posted on the course website. They should be completed by \nthe indicated due dates. Homework will be collected in the recitation on \nthe due dates. Late homework will not be accepted. The teaching \nassistants have mailboxes in Wean Hall 6113. You can turn in your work \nthere in advance of the due dates if you will be unable to attend. All \nassignments must include your recitation section letter and will be \nreturned to you during recitation. These homework assignments will \ncomprise a substantial portion of your grade and you will be expected to \ntake them seriously and to write them up neatly. Please make every effort \nto complete all the assigned exercises. The assigned exercises will be used \nas a resource for constructing your exams. \n \nExams and Quizzes: There will be three (3) midterm exams as well as \none (1) final exam. The final exam is scheduled by the University. The \nmidterm exams are tentatively scheduled for February 12th, March 19th \nand April 23rd. Makeup exams will be given only for appropriately \ndocumented reasons of illness, family emergency, religious obligation, or \nparticipation in a University sponsored event. No notes (or books) or \ncalculators will be allowed during the exams. There will be seven (7) \nquizzes. Those quizzes will be taken during the recitations. The dates of \nquizzes will be announced during the lectures in advance. 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Aug 27 \u2013 Dec 5, with Nov 26 and 28 off.\nDiscussion Sections: MonWed in CPE 2.210. Aug 28 \u2013 Dec 9, with Sept 2, Nov 25 and 27 off.\nFor # 53290, 2-3pm. For # 53295, 3-4pm.\nCanvas Webpage: https://utexas.instructure.com/courses/1396107\nInstructor: Joe Kileel, jkileel@math.utexas.edu\nOf\ufb01ce Hours: TueThu 2:15-3:15pm in POB 3.434 (For math questions, of\ufb01ce hours are better than email.)\nTeaching Assistant: Mina Haghighat Parast, mina.hparast@utexas.edu\nOf\ufb01ce Hours: MonWed 12:15-1:45pm in PMA 11.104\nCourse Description: M 408C is the standard \ufb01rst-semester calculus course. It is\ndirected toward students in the natural sciences and engineering. Its emphasis is\non problem-solving and computation, not the theory of analysis. Students should\ngain some understanding of analysis, but the majority of proofs in the textbook will\nnot be covered in class. The topics for M 408C include many of the basic issues in\nthe theory of functions of a real variable: algebraic, trigonometric, logarithmic and\nexponential functions and their limits, continuity, derivatives, maxima and minima,\ngraph sketching, integration, area under a curve, and volumes of revolution.\nPrerequisites: Appropriate score on the mathematics placement exam or M 305G\nwith a grade of at least B-.\nRequired Textbook: James Stewart, Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 9th Edition\n(see below for statement on textbook access)\nGeneral Course Goals: M 408C is primarily for people who will use calculus in their\nprofession. Therefore our course goals focus on professionalism:\n\u2022 Learning technical skills;\n\u2022 Studying: taking and reviewing notes;\n\u2022 Working with other people toward a common goal;\n\u2022 Applying quantitative reasoning to real-world problems.\n\nHomework: There will be 11 homework assignments, generally due on Mondays at\n11:59pm (except Labor Day, the Mondays just after midterms and during Fall Break).\nHomework is assigned and turned in using Quest (https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/).\nYour lowest 3 homework scores will be dropped; therefore, no late or makeup home-\nworks will be accepted. It is permitted for students to discuss homework together.\nHowever, each of you must independently submit your own homework answers.\nExams: There will be three 75-minute midterms in-class starting at 12:30pm in JGB\n2.216, tentatively on September 19, October 17 and November 14. There are no\nmakeup midterms; however, the lowest of your 3 midterm scores will be dropped.\nThere is a cumulative \ufb01nal, tentatively on December 12 at 1-3pm in GAR 102. There\nis no makeup \ufb01nal. No books, notes, or calculators may be used during the exams.\nFinal Grade: In determining letter grades, your scores will be weighted as follows:\nhomework\nmidterms\n\ufb01nal\n20%\n50%\n30%\nThus since you have 3 homework drops and 1 midterm drop, each counted home-\nwork and midterm is worth 2.5% and 25% respectively. After rounding your weighted\ntotal out of 100 to the nearest integer, \ufb01nal letter grade cut-offs will be the following:\n100-92\n91-90\n89-86\n85-82\n81-80\n79-76\n75-72\n71-70\n69-66\nA\nA-\nB+\nB\nB-\nC+\nC\nC-\nD+\n65-62\n61-60\n59-0\nD\nD-\nF\nDrop Deadlines: The last day to drop the course without permission is September\n11. The last day to drop it for academic reasons is November 20. After this, students\nmay go to the Dean\u2019s Of\ufb01ce to request a drop for urgent non-academic reasons.\nLectures vs. Discussion Sections: You are encouraged to attend the full-class lec-\ntures on Tuesdays and Thursdays, in addition to your assigned discussion sections\non Mondays and Wednesdays. In lectures, I will present the main conceptual ideas\nand work some representative problems and computations. In discussion sections,\nyou will have the opportunity to ask the teaching assistant more questions about\nthe material and homework. You can also practice problem solving by working on\nproblems not found in the homework. These problems may sometimes be more\nchallenging than the HW; they can inspire discussion amongst the students and TA.\nCanvas: Our course webpage will be housed on Canvas. Many important class an-\nnouncements and course materials will be posted there. Course materials will in-\nclude problem sets for discussion sections and optional introductory pre-recorded\nvideos that you\u2019re invited to watch before lectures. Please monitor Canvas regularly.\n\nTextbook Access: The textbook materials for this class are available through the\nLonghorn Textbook Access (LTA) program, a new initiative between UT Austin, The\nUniversity Co-op and textbook publishers to signi\ufb01cantly reduce the cost of digital\ncourse materials for students. You are automatically opted into the program but can\neasily opt-out (and back in) via Canvas through the 12th class day. If you remain\nopted-in at the end of the 12th class day you will receive a bill through your What I\nOwe page and have until the end of the 18th class day to pay and retain access. If you\ndo not pay by the 18th class day, you will lose access to the materials after the 20th\nclass day and your charge will be removed. More information about the LTA program\nis available at https://www.universitycoop.com/longhorn-textbook-access.\nQuest: Homework assignments for this course will be generated via Quest from a\ndata bank of questions developed speci\ufb01cally for the course. These questions are\nbased, for most part, on ones in the text. Each question in the bank is an algorithm\nthat produces many different versions of the same question, so is ideally adapted to\nproducing individualized homework assignments and exams. Quest also gives you\nimmediate feedback: after you submit your homework, your answers are graded as\ncorrect or incorrect, and individualized solutions become available. Quest requires a\n$25 charge per student for its use. After the 12th day of class, when you log into Quest\nyou will be asked to pay via credit card on a secure payment site. You have the option\nto wait up to 30 days to pay while still continuing to use Quest for your assignments.\nIf you are taking more than one course using Quest, you will not be charged more\nthan $50/semester. Quest provides mandatory instructional material for this course,\nas does our text. For payment questions, please email quest.fees@cns.utexas.edu.\nFurther Educational Resources: Consider using additional resources which are at\nyour disposal to do your best in this course.\n\u2022 CalcLab: https://www.ma.utexas.edu/academics/undergraduate/calclab\n\u201cCalcLab is a place for students enrolled in calculus courses at UT to work\nwith classmates and receive help on calculus problems. CalcLab is run by the\nMathematics department, and is staffed with current calculus teaching assis-\ntants, as well as advanced undergraduate learning assistants.\" This fall, Cal-\ncLab opens Tuesday, September 3 in PMA 8.136 and will keep the hours of\nMonday \u2013 Thursday 2-7pm and Friday 2pm-5pm. CalcLab learning modules\nfor M 408C are at https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/m408n/m408c/CurrentWeb/\n\u2022 Sanger Learning Center: https://undergradcollege.utexas.edu/slc\n\u201cSanger Learning Center provides academic support for all UT Austin stu-\ndents. Each year, we help more than 11,000 students achieve their academic\npotential with our free services.\" SLC offers ways to improve math skills by\nproviding Math Refreshers & Reviews (MRRs) and several forms of tutoring.\n\u2022 Computer Lab: There is an undergraduate computer lab in PMA 7.122, and it\nis open to all students enrolled in Math courses. Students can sign up for an\n\nindividual account themselves in the computer lab using their UT EID. The\nlab computers could be used to complete the Quest homework assignments.\nServices and Support: UT Austin offers special services to further support students.\n\u2022 Students with Disabilities: UT is committed to creating an accessible and in-\nclusive learning environment consistent with university policy and federal and\nstate law. If you are a student with a disability, or think you may have a dis-\nability, and need accommodations please contact Disability and Access (D&A)\nhttp://diversity.utexas.edu/disability/. If you are already registered with D&A,\ndeliver your Accommodation Letter to me as early as possible in the semester.\nStudents with disabilities need to make arrangements with the instructor or\nthe Campus Testing Center (https://testingservices.utexas.edu/campus-testing-\ncenter) 2 weeks in advance of each exam, else the accommodations are for-\nfeited.\n\u2022 Religious Holidays: Students who need accommodations due to a religious\nholiday must make arrangements with me at least 2 weeks in advance.\n\u2022 Dean of Students: The Of\ufb01ce of the Dean of Students is committed to helping\nstudents reach their potential. If there are circumstances or emergencies mak-\ning it impossible for you to be successful, consider contacting the Dean of Stu-\ndents and the Student Emergency Services: https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu\nand https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/.\n\u2022 Counseling and Mental Health Center: This provides support through assess-\nment and referral, group and individual counseling, psychiatry and well-being\nservices to the students of UT Austin: https://www.cmhc.utexas.edu.\n\u2022 Recordings: Lectures and discussion sections will not be recorded.\nFlag Statement: M 408C carries the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) \ufb02ag. QR courses\nare designed to equip you with skills that are necessary for understanding the types\nof quantitative arguments you will regularly encounter in your adult and profes-\nsional life. You should expect a portion of your grade to come from your use of\nquantitative skills to analyze real-world problems. This course may be used to ful\ufb01ll\nthe math component of the university core curriculum and addresses the following\nthree core objectives established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board:\ncommunication skills, critical thinking skills, and empirical and quantitative skills.\nStudent Honor Code: \u201cI pledge, as a member of the University of Texas community,\nto do my work honestly, respectfully, and through the intentional pursuit of learning\nand scholarship.\" The Institutional Rules on Student Services and Activities, Chap-\nter 11 provides detailed descriptions of conduct and academic integrity standards:\nhttps://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/conduct/standardsofconduct.php.\nTentative Lecture Plan: We plan to study parts of Chapters 1-6 of Stewart\u2019s book.\n\nDay\nDate\nTopic\nReading\nNotes\nTu\nAug 27\nintroduction; generalities on functions\n1.1, 1.2, 1.3\nTh\nAug 29\nexponentials; inverse functions; logarithms\n1.4, 1.5\nTu\nSept 3\nintuition from tangents 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    Instructor: Cate Blouke

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    \u00a0email:\u00a0cate.blouke@utexas.edu

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    Office: PAR 404 \u00a0

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    Office hours: Friday 12:00-3:00 & by appointment

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    Spring 2015: T/Th 12:30-2:00, FAC 7

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    Unique Number: 43525

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    As part of the undergraduate curriculum, RHE 306 is designed to equip you to participate in civic discourse. You will learn to analyze the positions held in public debate and to advocate your own position responsibly and effectively.

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    In terms of how this will play out on a practical level, you\u2019ll be learning to analyze both subtly and explicitly persuasive texts by choosing a controversial topic to research and write about over the course of the semester.

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    You will learn how to:

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    • identify, evaluate, construct, and organize effective arguments
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    • read critically
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    • advocate a specific position responsibly
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    • conduct library and web-based research and document sources
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    • produce a clean, efficient style and adapt it to various rhetorical situations
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    • edit and proofread your own and others\u2019 prose
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    Required Textbooks and Readings:

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    Everything\u2019s an Argument. Fifth edition. Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz. Bedford, 2010.

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    \u201cThey Say/I Say\u201d The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.\u00a0Second Edition. Graff and Birkenstein. Norton, 2010.\u00a0

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    Students should own a college-level composition handbook that covers mechanics, usage, and documentation (such as The Little Penguin Handbook or Easy Writer)

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    Aside from these texts, I will assign a variety of excerpts from other works, newspaper articles, blogs, and essays over the course of the semester. These additional readings will all be posted to the course wiki and available for access/download well in advance of the due date.

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    Coursework and Grading:

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    You will be graded on the following assignments this term:

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    Points Breakdown:

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    All the assignments in this class will add up to a total of 1,000 points.\u00a0Essentially, the percentage listed above is multiplied by 10.\u00a0So, essay 1-1 will be worth 50 points total, essay 1-2 100 points, etc.\u00a0Each assignment will have its own individual points breakdown, so this is all you need to know at present.

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    Major Assignments:

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    Students will write three essays ranging from 4-7 pages each (above designated as 1-1, 2-1, and 3-1), and they will revise each of these three based on my feedback (above designated as 1-2, 2-2, and 3-2).\u00a0In addition, students will compose four short writing assignments of 1-2 pages each (3 research summaries, one short rhetorical analysis).

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    *I will not accept the larger essay assignments without prior submission of the shorter writing assignments. Therefore, in order to turn in Essay 1-1, you must have submitted Research Summaries 1-3.\u00a0In order to turn in Essay 2-1, you must have submitted the Short Rhetorical Analysis assignment.

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    Topics:

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    As noted above, you\u2019ll be researching and writing about a controversial issue over the course of the semester. You will be working with the same issue for all three major writing assignments, so it\u2019s important that you select a topic you find at least mildly interesting. The curricular goal for this course is to slow down the investigative process, encouraging you to gather lots of information and consider all sides of a question so that you may make an informed decision and have ample support for your final argument.

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    While it\u2019s important to me to give you freedom to choose a topic that interests you, I\u2019ve found that limiting the number of options makes the task more manageable for everyone. Therefore, as a group, we\u2019ll be looking into the following \u201ccampus controversies,\u201d or issues of particular relevance to college students.

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    The topics below are broad, overarching umbrellas. It will be your task to look into the various controversies related to these issues (there may be several).

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    • For-profit education
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    • Student loan forgiveness
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    • The role of student athletes/athletics
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    • The Greek system
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    • Grade inflation
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    • Affirmative action
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    • Right to carry
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    • Free speech zones
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    • Student evaluations
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    • Sexual assault on college campuses
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    • Gender-neutral bathrooms
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    • Body image/eating disorders
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    • Underage drinking
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    • History vs. political correctness (removing statues or re-naming buildings)
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    Assignment Submission:

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    Students are expected to turn in digital copies of all major assignments by posting them on the course wiki before the beginning of class on the due date. Note:\u00a0this is not a license to skip class on major due dates.\u00a0

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    Grading (Overall):

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    While I hope that personal fulfillment and improvement in your writing skills will be your main objective, I understand that you might also be interested getting a good grade.\u00a0I will assign letter grades to your papers based on whether you exceed requirements (A), whether you meet them well (B), whether your meet them competently (C), or whether you fail to meet them at all (D or F).\u00a0I strongly encourage you to make use of my office hours to discuss the course and your work, particularly if you find yourself struggling early on.\u00a0I will be grading on the plus/minus grading scale.\u00a0All numeric grades for this class will fit within the following scale:

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    Work will be penalized one full letter grade if it is submitted late regardless of the duration of the tardiness. Work will not be accepted after four days beyond the due date.\u00a0Keep in mind that if you turn things in late, you will get them back late.\u00a0This could negatively affect your revision process and result in a second late submission.

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    Extra credit/revision policy:

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    I fully understand that for many of you this class is a required course that you would probably not volunteer to take on your own.\u00a0I also understand that writing might not be your strong suit, and I have no interest in penalizing you for entering this class lacking particular skill sets.\u00a0However, I fully intend to uphold the rigorous academic standards set forth by this institution.\u00a0Hard work and genuine effort will be rewarded in my classroom.

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    That being said, two of my pedagogical goals for the course are to encourage you to view writing as a process and to help you gain confidence in your writing abilities. With those objectives in mind, if you are dissatisfied with your grade on any final* assignment, you may take it to the Undergraduate Writing Center along with the grading rubric/comments provided and request help with revising the paper. If you have the consultant email me regarding what you worked on, and if you resubmit your revised work, I will re-grade the paper and add a minimum of 3% to the grade (moving it from a C+ to a B-, for example). You may do this up to twice per assignment.

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    *Note that this does not apply to the first drafts of each major paper, though I strongly encourage you to take them to the UWC prior to initial submission.

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    Getting feedback from an informed audience is a normal part of a successful writing project; it demonstrates an active involvement in the writing process, and a desire to go beyond the minimum course requirements (hint, hint). As such, I strongly encourage you to use the Undergraduate Writing Center, FAC 211 (the second floor of FAC, down the hallway on the right). The UWC offers free, individualized, expert help with writing for any UT undergraduate, by appointment or on a drop-in basis. Any undergraduate enrolled in a course at UT can visit the\u00a0UWC\u00a0for assistance with any writing project, and although our course will deal heavily in images, writing is nevertheless a component of every assignment.

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    The UWC\u2019s services are not just for writing with “problems.” Consultants help students develop strategies to improve their writing – in any stage of the process. The assistance they provide is intended to foster confidence and independence (a dimension of learning), as well as offering skills and strategies (another dimension) for particular aspects of the writing process. Each student determines how to use the consultant’s advice, and what the consultation will cover. The consultants are trained to help you work on your writing in ways that preserve the integrity of your work.

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    Turning in work that is not your own, or any other form of scholastic dishonesty, will result in a major course penalty, possibly failure of the course. This standard applies to all drafts and assignments, and a report of the incident will be submitted to the Office of the Dean of Students and filed in your permanent UT record. Under certain circumstances, the Dean of Students will initiate proceedings to expel you from the University.

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    So, take care to read and understand the Statement on Scholastic Responsibility, which can be found online at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rhetoric/firstyearwriting/plagiarismcollusion.php. If you have any doubts about your use of sources, ask your instructor for help before handing in the assignment.

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    The Department of Rhetoric and Writing’s Statement on Scholastic Responsibility offers detailed explanations of acceptable and unacceptable forms of quotation and paraphrasing. I will provide you with citation guidelines for images, but the fundamental principle is: always provide attribution.

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    Absences and Tardy Policy:

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    The Department of Rhetoric and Writing has a very strict absence policy. This is a departmental policy, and no exceptions will be made. Any questions or appeals concerning this policy must be made directly to the department Associate Chair.

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    You are expected to attend class, to arrive on time, to have prepared assigned reading and writing, and to participate in all in-class activities. Should you miss the equivalent of FIVE class sections, you will fail the course.

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    I do not \u201cexcuse\u201d absences as such, but if you find that an unavoidable problem prevents you from attending class, you should contact me as soon as possible, preferably ahead of time, to let me know.

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    However, you will not be penalized for missing class on religious holy days. A student who misses classes or other required activities, including examinations, for the observance of a religious holy day should inform the me, in writing, well in advance of the absence, so that alternative arrangements can be made to complete work. If you know you will have to miss class(es) for this reason, provide me with the date(s) as early as possible. Please note that the University specifies very few other excused absences (e.g., jury duty).When you must miss a class, you are responsible for getting notes and assignments from a classmate.

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    At the beginning of each class period, I will pass around a sign in sheet. You are responsible for the record of your attendance. If your signature is not on that day\u2019s attendance sheet, you will be counted absent. Once the sheet has circulated around the room, I will collect it. Arriving after the sheet has been collected will result in your being counted late (tardy) for the day, and it is still your responsibility to ask to sign in at the end of class. Three tardies will count as one absence.

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    By UT Austin policy, you must notify me of a pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, I will give you an opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence.

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    Technology Policies

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    We will be engaging with a number of technological platforms in this class, and you are expected to keep track of your own account information. I encourage you to devise a system early in the semester (such as a Google doc, spreadsheet, or smart phone note) to keep track of your usernames and passwords for each site/program.

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    Communication and E-mail Policies:

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    E-mail is an official means of communication at UT-Austin, and I will frequently use this medium to communicate class information. You are therefore required to obtain a UT email account and to check it daily. All students may claim an email address at no cost by visiting the UTMail website.

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    Office Hours:

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    Each week, I will hold regularly scheduled office hours set aside for helping you with issues related to the course. Coming to my office hours ensures you will receive individual attention and support that I cannot provide in class. While you may drop by my office hours without prior notice, this does not a guarantee I will be available or sufficiently prepared to assist you. Depending on your concern, I may, therefore, ask you to make an appointment to return.

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    Making an appointment to come speak with me ensures that I will be present and ready to help with your issue. Appointments can be made for times during my office hours, or I am also amenable to making appointments outside of office hours if my office hours conflict with your schedule. If you do make an appointment with me, however, I expect you to show up, on time, and with any necessary materials.

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    Students with Disabilities:

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    The University of Texas at Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD), at (512) 471-6259 [voice] or (866) 329-3986.

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    Emergency Information:

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    Occupants of buildings on The University of Texas at Austin campus are required to evacuate buildings when a fire alarm is activated. Alarm activation or announcement requires exiting and assembling outside.

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    Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and building you may occupy. Remember that the nearest exit door may not be the one you used when entering the building.

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    Students requiring assistance in evacuation shall inform their instructor in writing during the first week of class.

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    In the event of an evacuation, follow the instruction of faculty or class instructors. Do not re-enter a building unless given instructions by the following: The University of Texas at Austin Police Department, or Fire Prevention Services office.

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    Other important Emergency Information:\u00a0http://www.utexas.edu/safety/preparedness/

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    Schedule:

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    While I will rarely (if ever) disrupt your schedule by moving the due dates of major assignments, all readings and short homework assignments are subject to change. I will distribute reading schedules on a unit-by unit basis, and the class will evolve based on your interests and participation. As a result, occasional juggling of readings may occur, so check the online course schedule regularly for up-to-date reading assignments.

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    Spring 2011

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    \nInstructor: Dr. Paul McCord
    \nOffice: WEL 5.239
    \nHours: MWF 11-12noon
    \nemail: mccord301@cm.utexas.edu
    \nwebsite: http://mccord.cm.utexas.edu/courses/spring2011/ch301\n

    \n\n\"UT\n\nTextbook: Chemical Principles 6th Edition, \nSteven S. Zumdahl
    \nHoughton Mifflin (2008), We are using the eBook version of this text. It is available at\nthe UT Co-op. You WILL need the course code that is included with your package. \nANY problems you might have in accessing the eBook please contact the \nCengage Learning team at courseware@cengage.com.\n\n

    Chapters to be Covered: Chapters 5, 9, 10, 12-14, 16, breaking\ndown roughly in the following ways..
    \nExam 1 : Chapter 12 - Atomic Theory
    \nExam 2 : Chapter 13 and 14 - \nChemical Bonding, Ionic and Covalent, Molecular Geometries, VSEPR Theory, MO Theory
    \nExam 3 : Chapter 5 and 16 - Gas Laws, Solids and Liquids (intermolecular forces)
    \nExam 4 : Chapter 9 and 10 Thermodynamics - 1st and 2nd Laws
    \nFinal Exam : Comprehensive - all covered chapters
    \nPlease also note that you are responsible for all the material and topics\ncovered in Chapters 1-4 of this book. ALEKS tested and assessed you on this subject matter.\n

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    \n\niClicker: All students must have an iClicker. Only an iClicker will work and\nno other types or brands! These are long,\nwhite, and skinny with only 6 buttons See picture to the left.\nThe Co-op has these listed for around $37 new. That is the ONLY cost. There is no\nregistration fee. You can use ANY iClicker for this class. You will register the\niClicker number via the web and then you are good to go. You can also find \nthese used at various places. You'll need to know the ID number on \nthe clicker - it's on the back with the bar-code.\n

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    Overall Scoring for the Course

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    \nYour overall score will be determined from your Homework Average, iclicker Average, Exam Average, and a FINAL EXAM. The percentages \nare the following:\n

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    \nNote: The 3-exam average is your best\n3 out of 4 exams averaged (1 dropped exam). The \n4-exam average is all 4 exams averaged with no drops.\n

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    Grade Breaks

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    \nCourse grades will be determined according to the following scale or cut-offs: \n

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    Exam Schedule

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    \nThe class exams will be held in various rooms around campus. ALWAYS check our\nwebsite to find out WHERE you go for your exam.\n

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    Homework

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    \nYou are expected to work the homework problems and complete the assigned readings\nthroughout the semester. Homework is administered via the web and will count \nas 5% of your overall grade. One or two of your lowest homework scores will be \ndropped from your average. All course homework and assignments will be administered \nthrough Quest which can be found at the web address http://quest.cns.utexas.edu.\n

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    \nYour performance on the \nexams will depend heavily on how well you understand and can fully work the \nhomework problems. You should really try working ALL the problems at the end \nof each chapter in the book. \n

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    iClicker Quizzes

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    \nQuizzes will be given in class via the iClicker. Quizzes will\ncount 5% of your overall grade in the class. You MUST \nbring your clicker to class everyday. If you don't have a clicker you will \nnot get credit. You should also watch your battery level on the clicker. Running\nout of power is no excuse. You can only have ONE clicker in class. Do NOT try to operate 2 iclickers for class - this is considered cheating (see further down). \nYou MUST also register your iclicker on BlackBoard (courses.utexas.edu). You might have to register the number in other places to for your other courses - on on Quest for chemistry labs. \n

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    Exams

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    The four exams will be given in the evenings from 7-9 PM on \nthe scheduled days. The class(es) will be split between two rooms. These rooms will be posted soon \nafter the first class day and at least a week before the exams. You must go to the correct room for your\nspecific section of CH301.\n

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    Be sure and bring your (non-graphing) calculator to the exam. We do NOT \nprovide calculators. You CANNOT use your cell phone as your calculator \n(or any other gadget that is NOT a calculator - especially not iPhones or iPod Touches).\n

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    \nYou CANNOT make-up \na missed exam for ANY REASON WHATSOEVER. If you have a University approved \nconflict that requires rescheduling an exam, you must notify the instructor\nwithin the first 2 weeks of the course. You get to drop one exam score from \nyour average, so for whatever reason you miss, that particular exam score (a \nzero) will be your dropped exam.\n

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    \nEach student will receive a unique exam copy with a specific version number \non it. There is a different exam version for every student in the class, no \ntwo students can have the same version numbers. It is therefore very important \nthat you keep your copy of each of your exams and any associated material (scratch\npaper used during the exam). You need to keep your copy of the exam in order for \nus to verify you as the owner of that copy and version number. We only do this \nverification when we have a case of two or more students with identical version \nnumbers on their exams. Each student must verify their copy in order to receive \na grade, otherwise their score will be changed to a zero for that exam AND they \nwill be reported to the dean as suspect of cheating.\n

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    \nThe final exam for CH301 WILL be comprehensive. \nThis means that all the material covered during the course \nwill be on the exam. The final exam will be \ncounted as 30% of your overall grade or as much as 50% if you get a higher score on the final exam than your exam average. If you keep up with the material for the \nsemester, the final will not be any more difficult than the four exams. It will \nbe extremely difficult if you try to cram for it one day ahead. Keep up and \nmake the grade. You cannot reschedule or drop the final exam grade (except as noted below).\nThe time for the final is published \nwhen the course schedule is made and you certainly could have chosen NOT to \ntake the course. Since you did decide to TAKE the course, you will TAKE the \nfinal at the designated time.\n

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    \nYou CAN be completely exempt from taking the final exam IF you want to.\nDo know that if you chose to NOT take the final, then \"Method 3\" will be used to calculate your overall course grade. The exam average for \"Method 3\" includes All FOUR of your exams (no dropped exam). Your score will be 5% homework average, 5% iclicker-quiz average, \nand 90% of your FOUR-exam average. You do not have to tell me if you want \"Method 3\" for your overall course grade - I'll use whatever method gives you\nthe highest score (Method 1, 2, or 3).\n

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    \nIf you get caught cheating in any way whatsoever you will have \nto discuss the situation with me. If you plead no contest, I will usually offer \na reasonable solution. However, if the student denies the allegation, I will \nproceed by presenting the evidence to the Office of the Dean of Students as \nis the policy. A hearing will ultimately result. It is possible to be expelled \nfrom the University on such matters. Yes, read the General Information Catalog \nabout scholastic dishonesty (i.e. cheating). If found "guilty" the \nUniversity can go so far as to bar you from enrollment for life. Take home lesson, \ndon't cheat.\n

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    Students with Disabilities

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    \nPlease notify me of any modification/adaptation you may require to accommodate a\ndisability-related need. You will be requested to provide documentation to the \nDean of Students' Office, in order that the most appropriate accommodations can\nbe determined. Specialized services are available on campus through Services\nfor Students with Disabilities. The official wording is this: The University of Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-6441 TTY.\n

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    \nThe last day to drop the course for academic reasons is \nMonday, March 28, 2011. This will require you to go to your college and \nget a drop form. You then must bring the form to me and get my approval and signature.\nAfter this deadline, students must go to \nthe Dean's office, WCH 2.112, to begin the appeal for substantiated non-academic reasons.\n

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    \nReligious holy days sometimes conflict with class and examination schedules.\nIt is the policy of The University of Texas at Austin that the student must notify\neach instructor at least fourteen days prior to the classes scheduled on dates he or \nshe will be absent to observe a religious holy day. For religious holidays that fall \nwithin the first two weeks of the semester, the notice should be given on the first \nday of the semester. The student may not be penalized for these excused absences \nbut the instructor may appropriately respond if the student fails to complete \nsatisfactorily the missed assignment or examination within a reasonable time \nafter the excused absence.\n

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    Principles of Chemistry I · Fall 2016

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    Instructor

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    Dr. Paul McCord\n
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    Jimmy Wadman / Wed 2-3pm, WEL 3.140
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    Chemistry Course Content

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    CH301 will cover the following subjects (chapters from our gchem site) in chemistry which will be delivered as four total units. Each unit of coverage will have an exam to go with it.

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    1. Course Introduction What the course is about. The fundamentals of general chemistry which includes unit conversion, nomenclature, composition stoichiometry, and reaction stoichiometry.

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    2. Gases The gas state is an excellent starting point for learning about modeling and mathematical relationships of physical properties.

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    3. Atomic Theory Our second unit is all about the atom including its structure and energetics.

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    4. Bonding Atoms combine via chemical bonds. As more atoms bond together molecules are created. Bonding theory allows us to predict properties and describe the behavior of these molecules.

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    5. IMFs The interactions between molecules govern key physical properties. Categorizing intermolecular forces (IMFs) helps us define key behaviors of chemical substances and also govern the physical properties of solids and liquids.

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    6. Thermodynamics
    The final unit is a study of thermodynamics as it applies to specific substances, chemical reactions, and processes. Thermodynamics is the study of the energy requirements for all interactions both physical and chemical.

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    Resources Available to You for Free

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    OpenStax eBook: Rice University has dozens of open source eBooks that were created for teaching. Here is a link to their \"Chemistry\" eBook. Browse the table of contents to find the right chapters.

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    gchem website: All of our course topics are covered via our online \"gchem\" website. The gchem site has chapters presented in the same order that we will cover them in class. Plus, in addition to the textual content, there are hundreds of videos available via throughout the chapters. Some videos are for \"big picture\" concepts while others are for specific problem solving skills. When you do learning exercises (LEs) in Canvas, you will being seeing the content of the gchem site. You can always browse it independent of Canvas.

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    Resources You Provide (purchase)

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    Scientific Calculator: We will only allow simple scientific calculators for our exams. No programmable or graphing calculators will be accepted. The TI-30xa is the best calculator for this job and is only about $10 dollars. Plan on using it for homework as well as your exams.

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    We will use FOUR averages plus your final exam score to calculate your overall score in the course. The averages are: Your best 3-exam average (drop lowest exam, Quest), your homework average (Canvas), your learning exercise average (Canvas), and REEF average (adjusted in Canvas). Your overall score will be calculated using the percentages shown below for each category. Both method 1 and 2 will be calculated and compared. The highest of the two methods will be your official overall score for the course.

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    Grade Breaks

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    Course grades will be determined according to the following scale or cut-offs:

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    Spreadsheet for Calculating your Grade Dr. McCord provides a downloadable excel spreadsheet for you to use to easily calculate your grade using the percentages shown. You can change the scores to see what you must get to get the grade you want. This is most helpful when there is only one exam and the final exam still out to be taken.

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    Exams

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    Four examinations will be given during class time on the assigned days. Please see the Canvas site for the calendar that has these exams placed. Each of the exams will be about 25 questions that are all multiple-choice questions. The number of choices of choices will vary anywhere from 2 up to 10 choices. Each student will turn in their exam copy and a bubblesheet (answer sheet) which will be scanned and graded. All scores on exams will be available on Quest (Quest is only used for exams and the grading of exams - there is no cost associated with Quest for this course).

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    Final Exam

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    The final exam WILL be comprehensive and mandatory. This means that all the material covered during the course will be on the exam. The final exam will be counted as 25% of your overall grade. The final exam schedule is set by the registrar's office and cannot be changed. ALL students will take the final exam - there are no exemptions, regardless of grade status.

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    Exam Schedule

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    The four class exams will be held on Wednesday evenings from 7pm to 9pm (2 hours). The final exam is as scheduled on the University's Registrar's website.

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    If you have an Exam Conflict with the Wednesday 7pm time...

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    If you have a conflict with the established 7-9pm exam time, we offer an alternative exam time from 4-6pm on the same day as the regularly scheduled exam. To sign up for the alternate exam, please visit http://www.cm.utexas.edu/testing and follow the given instructions. We do not offer any other alternate exam periods. If you are unable to attend both the 7-9pm regular exam time and the 4-6pm alternative exam time, please contact the Chemistry Student Services Office (WEL 2.212, 512-471-1567) for help moving into a section of this course with different exam dates.

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    Only religious holidays and UT related conflicts (e.g. classes, labs, band) are acceptable reasons to reschedule an exam for another day. If you are away from campus for a University-sponsored activity, you must provide advance notice written on UT letterhead explaining the reason for your absence. If your exam is in conflict with a religious holiday you must provide notice of the conflict at least 14 days in advance. Please contact the Chemistry Student Services Office to set up a make up exam.

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    Reschedule ALL exams that you will have a time conflict with for the entire semester.

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    SSD Students

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    If you are a student registered with the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities and receive special accommodations for your exams, the Chemistry Student Services Office (WEL 2.212) is equipped with a limited number of seats in a reduced distraction environment for the administration of exams. Please submit your SSD letter to them.

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    Visit http://www.cm.utexas.edu/testing to sign up for accommodated exams for this course. You may contact Chemistry Student Services (512-471-1567) with any questions related to setting up SSD accommodations for a chemistry class.

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    Work in the Class

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    Opportunities to test your prior knowledge, your progress on the learning curve and your mastery of chemical principles will be given in class using REEF. These opportunities will come in the form of in-class \"clicker\" questions. We will typically have between 4 and 6 questions each day. You can always check your current status by using the REEF app or website login. It is very important that you remember to bring your \"device\" so that you can answer questions and get credit this way. A fully engaged student who attends class regularly will have a REEF score in the upper 70's to high 90's (percentage), assuming you typically get questions right. Anything considerably less than this indicates something is not quite \"right\". The score from REEF will be 5% of your overall score in the course.

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    Learning Exercises: Work outside the class is to read and learn via the \"Learning Exercises\" (LE's) in Canvas. Each section of content from our gchem site has a matching LE quiz in Canvas. The LE's are designed to test your knowledge of various concepts for the course. The LE's are generally fairly easy and you can easily see how you are doing via your scores for the LE's. Because LE's are set for multiple attempts to \"get it right\" you should be able to have a high average. Remember that the LE's are graded and your average is 5% of your overall grade - so stay engaged and get these \"easy\" points.

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    Homework: Also on Canvas are several Homeworks for each chapter or unit that we cover. The Homework consists of more difficult problems than the learning exercises and are very closely associated with the types of question we have on exams. The homework is graded and will count 5% toward your over all grade in the course. \n\n

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    Be sure and bring your approved non-programmable, non-graphing calculator (TI-30xa) to the exam. We cannot provide calculators. You CANNOT use your cell phone or any other device as your calculator. Each student will receive a unique exam copy with a specific version number on it. There is a different exam version for every student in the class; no two students can have the same version numbers (it is impossible). We will keep ALL exam materials after the exam is over. You MUST turn in your exam, a bubblesheet, and all scratch paper when you complete your exam. Make sure you sign each part of your exam.

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    We will not allow you to take the final early, late, or with another section.

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    If you get caught cheating in any way, whatsoever, you will have to discuss the situation with us. We will arrive at a penalty and write up a formal report. The minimum penalty for cheating is receiving a 0 on the assignment on which you cheated. In this class, in addition to all the traditional types of cheating (looking at someone else's answer, utilizing \"cheat sheets\" of any form or fashion \u2013 paper or digitized, getting an advance copy of an exam or quiz), we also consider allowing someone else to enter answers in class with your phone or tablet cheating. For example, if you send your iPhone to class with another class mate or an individual who is not you and you are caught, you and your accomplice will be penalized. If you deny the allegation, we will proceed by filing a formal report to the Judicial Services in the Dean of Students Office as is policy. Judicial Services will decide the final penalty after a hearing on the matter. For more information, read in the General Information Catalog about scholastic dishonesty (i.e. cheating).

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    The last day to drop the course is the last day of class - Tuesday, November 1, 2016. This will require you to go to your college and get a drop form. Before the deadline, you can finish the drop procedure by yourself. After the deadline, students must go to the Dean's office, WCH 2.112, to begin the appeal for substantiated non-academic reasons.

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    Please notify me of any modification/adaptation you may require to accommodate a disability-related need. You will be requested to provide documentation to the Dean of Students' Office, in order that the most appropriate accommodations can be determined. Specialized services are available on campus through Services for Students with Disabilities. The official wording is this: The University of Austin provides upon request appropriate academic accommodations for qualified students with disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 471-6259, 471-6441 TTY or Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 512-471-6259, http://diversity.utexas.edu/disability/

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    Religious holy days sometimes conflict with class and examination schedules. It is the policy of The University of Texas at Austin that the student must notify each instructor at least fourteen days prior to the classes scheduled on dates he or she will be absent to observe a religious holy day. For religious holidays that fall within the first two weeks of the semester, the notice should be given on the first day of the semester. The student may not be penalized for these excused absences but the instructor may appropriately respond if the student fails to complete satisfactorily the missed assignment or examination within a reasonable time after the excused absence.

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    This course may be used to fulfill three hours of the natural science and technology (Part I or Part II) component of the university core curriculum and addresses the following four core objectives established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: communication skills, critical thinking skills, teamwork, and empirical and quantitative skills.

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    Students will work in class, on homework and on exams to apply scientific model to explain empirical data as well as to use models to predict physical and chemical change. Students will be able to connect mathematical formulas and graphical representations to communicate scientific concepts.

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    Students are presented with many opportunities to use critical thinking skills to solve problems both in class via clicker response system and on graded homework assignments. These skills are assessed on the exams.

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This is available in the bookstores as a bundled package that includes and \naccess code for PH Grade Assist (the Prentice-Hall on-line quiz and homework site). \n\u2022 \nA non-programmable scientific calculator. (You will not be allowed to use \nprogrammable calculators on the exams. Any TI 80 or above is unacceptable) \n \nOptional Course Materials \n\u2022 \nSolutions Manual for the \u201cblack\u201d problems in the text. This provides detailed \nsolutions to the problems. Short answers (but not detailed solutions) to the \u201cred\u201d \nquestions are given in the back of the book. \n \nHomepage (Course announcements and information) http:/~www.umich.edu/~chem130 \nNote: Each section also has its own home page on CourseTools \n(https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/) \n \nPeer-study groups. Peer-study groups can be extremely effective in helping you to \nmaster course material. These will be organized through the Science Learning Center \n(http://www.umich.edu/~slc/). \n \n\n \nGrading Policy \nYour grade will be determined by your performance on the three midterm exams, a final \nexam, and recitation quizzes. There are a total of 560 points in the course. \n \nMidterm exams (100 points each) are scheduled for 8:15 to 9:45 P.M. on Tuesday \nnights: \n\u2022 Tuesday October 1 \n\u2022 Tuesday October 22 \n\u2022 Tuesday November 19 \n \nThe final exam is Monday December 16th from 8 to 10 A.M.! \nand is worth 200 points. \n \nThere are no make-ups for the exams. If you have a conflict, \nyou need to tell your instructor as soon as possible! \n \nQuizzes. You will take a total of 14 weekly quizzes worth 5 points each. The two lowest \nquiz grades will be dropped. \n \nNo makeup exams or quizzes will be given. \n \n \nGrade Assignments \n \nThere is no fixed curve for this course. 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Chemistry 130\nmeets as lectures and discussion sections only. General Chemistry laboratory is a\nseparate course (Chemistry 125) which can be taken concurrently but does not need to be\n- it can be taken in a later term. Some entering students have had the equivalent of Chem\n130 in high school and proceed directly to Chemistry 210. The usual requirement for\nthis is advanced placement (AP) 4 or 5 credit.\nIn Chemistry 130 you will attend lectures three times per week. The lecture sections are\nlisted below. In addition, you will meet once per week in a discussion class, lead by a\ngraduate student instructor (GSI), who provides individual help with assignments.\nWeekly quizzes (10-15 minutes) will be given in discussions.\nunique\nLecturer\nname\nOffice\nSection\nTime\nRoom\nRobert Sharp\nrrsharp \n2815 Chem\n100\n10-11\n1800\n300\n 2-3\n1800\nJadwiga Sipowska\ndotie \n3545 Chem\n200\n1-2\n1800\n \n400\n10-11\n1640\nOmar Yaghi\noyaghi \n2815 Chem\n500\n9-10\n1210\nRequired Course Materials\n\u2022 The textbook is General Chemistry by Ebbing and Gammon, 7th edition (Houghton-\nMifflin). You will need to purchase the Course Pack, which includes the textbook,\nplus the Solutions Manual for end-of-chapter problems and a accompanying CD-\nROM, at one of the local bookstores. These include Ulrich\u2019s Bookstore (549 E.\nUniversity), Michigan Book and Supply (317 S. State St.), and Barnes and Noble\n(basement of the Michigan Union).\n\u2022 For exams and quizzes, you will need a non-programmable scientific calculator.\n(Programmable calculators are not allowed on the exams or quizzes. Any TI 80 or\nabove is unacceptable)\nChem 130 Homepage (General Course Information) http:/www.umich.edu/~chem130.\nThis page contains the link to the Course Tools web page for sections 200 and 400.\nCourse Tools (https://coursetools.ummu.umich.edu/). Course-Tools is a web site that\ncontains information, assignments, etc., related to individual courses and sections at the\nUniversity of Michigan. The CourseTools site for Chem 130 is used by your lecturer to post\ncourse-related material of all kinds, including supplemental information, information about\ntests and quizzes, assignments, lectures, etc. You should check CourseTools often.\nThe Science Learning Center (SLC). The SLC is located just outside Chem 1800 (the\nlarge lecture hall) in the mezzanine of the Atrium of the Chemistry Building. The SLC\ncontains many resources to help you learn chemistry. It is where the GSI\u2019s hold office hours\nand where the Peer-Study groups meet (see below).\n\nOffice hours of GSI\u2019s. Chemistry 130 GSI\u2019s hold scheduled office hours in the SLC, where\nthey can provide one-on-one help to Chem 130 students. You can get help from any Chem\n130 GSI at office hours (it does not have to be the GSI who leads your discussion section).\nThe schedule of office hours is posted in the SLC and on the CourseTools web site.\nPeer-study groups. You can sign up for peer-study groups, in which small groups of your\nclassmates, lead by an upper-class undergraduate student, discuss the course material. These\ngroups can be extremely effective aids in helping you to master course material. They are\norganized through the Science Learning Center (http://www.umich.edu/~slc/)\nGrading Policy\nYour grade will be determined by your performance on three hour exams, on the final\nexam, and on the weekly quizzes. There are 550 points total assigned as follows:\nhour exams \n(100 pts each)\n300 pts\nfinal exam\n200 pts\nquizzes (5 pts each) 50 pts\nTotal Points\n550 pts\nHour exams are scheduled from 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Tuesday evenings\n(exam rooms will be assigned). The three hour exam dates are\n\u2022 Tuesday September 30th\n\u2022 Tuesday October 21rd\n\u2022 Tuesday November 18th\nThe final exam is Tuesday December 16th from 8 to 10 A.M.\n12 Weekly quizzes (worth 5 points each) will be given in discussion section. The two\nlowest quiz scores will be dropped.\nSome comments about the letter grade.\nThere is no automatic relation between number of points and the letter grade, and there is no\nrequirement that a fixed percentage of the class obtain a particular grade. As a guide, the\nfollowing number of points will guarantee you a letter grade as follows (i.e., the grading\nwon t be less generous than this scale):\n85% of the points (468 points) gives a letter grade of A_ or better.\n70% of the points (385 points) gives a letter grade of B_ or better.\n55% of the points (303 points) gives a letter grade of C_ or better.\nIn case of illness or other emergency -\nSometimes (rarely) students miss tests because of illness or another emergency. If you are\nill for an exam or quiz, e-mail your lecturer immediately and ask the Health Service or your\nM.D. for a note in confirmation. There are no make-ups for the hour exams. For the\nfinal exam, there is a scheduled alternate exam time which can be taken with the lecturer\u2019s\npermission in cases of exam conflicts or illness. \nAny course grade appeal must be made by the student within six months after the end of the\nterm in which the original grade was assigned.\n\nSchedule of topics to be covered in lecture,\nassigned readings, and end-of-chapter problems\nIt is recommended that you read each assigned chapter before coming to lecture. The\nlectures will provide a broader perspective and help you understand difficult material. End-\nof-chapter homework problems that are representative of questions you will encounter on\nexams and quizzes are also assigned. Homework problems will not be collected or graded\nbut will be discussed in your Discussion class. It is essential that you keep up with the\nhomework on a weekly basis as you read the textbook chapters. Practice with the homework\nproblems while reading the text is probably the most effective way to study.\nUsing the Solutions Manual. Note that the Solutions Manual provides solutions for odd-\nnumbered questions, while the assigned problems are even-numbered. If you are having\ntrouble with one of the assigned homework problems, try the odd-numbered questions just\nbefore or after it. In most cases, odd- and even-numbered problems next to each other are\nsimilar. 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This course will help students master course content, and support \nstudents\u2019 broad academic and career goals. \nThis course should direct students toward a broad Orienting Question: \n\u2022 \nHow do I interpret the human experience through creative, linguistic, and philosophical works? \nCompletion of this course should enable students to meet the following Learning Outcome: \n\u2022 \nStudents will effectively analyze and interpret the meaning, cultural significance, and ethical \nimplications of literary/philosophical texts or of works in the visual/performing arts. \nCourse content, activities and exercises in this course should help students develop the following \nCareer-Ready Competencies: \n\u2022 \nEthical Reasoning \n\u2022 \nInformation Literacy \n\u2022 \nIntercultural Competence \nAccommodations for Students with Disabilities \nIf you are a student with learning needs that require special accommodation, contact the Office of \nDisability Services (404-894-2563) as soon as possible to make an appointment to discuss your special \nneeds and to obtain an accommodations letter. Please also e-mail me as soon as possible in order to \nset up a time to discuss your learning needs. \nStudent-Faculty Expectations Agreement \nAt Georgia Tech, we believe that it is important to strive for an atmosphere of mutual respect, \nacknowledgement, and responsibility between faculty members and the student body. The Student-\n\n \n \n \n4\n \nFaculty Expectations articulate some basic expectations that you can have of me and that I have of you. \nIn the end, simple respect for knowledge, hard work, and cordial interactions will help build the \nenvironment we seek. Therefore, I encourage you to remain committed to the ideals of Georgia Tech \nwhile in this class. \nCollaboration, Group Work, and Use of Generative AI \nLanguage learning occurs in a community of people. 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To leave message: \n593-5096 (dept. secretaries). E-mail: fwayman@umich.edu \nWeb Site: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~fwayman \n \nDESCRIPTION: This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of the \nkey government institutions (executive, legislative, and judicial) as they operate in the United \nStates, as well as the functioning of key political organizations such as political parties, interests \ngroups, and community groups. We will also be examining the ideals of the United States, our \nown values regarding the government, determining for ourselves whether we are living up to our \nideals or falling short, and discovering how we can influence change. \n \nThis course meets the requirements of the Dearborn Discovery Core Areas of Inquiry. These \ngoals for the Social & Behavioral Analysis category can be found at \nhttp://umdearborn.edu/697934/ \n \nThis course is offered as part of the U of M Dearborn Political Science Program. The goals \nfor this program can be found at http://www.casl.umd.umich.edu/politicalsciences/ \n \nCOURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the course, students should \n \n-- have a basic knowledge and understanding of American political institutions, processes, and \npolicies. \n \n-- be able to demonstrate how the American political system evolved and how it is changing in \nthe contemporary world. \n \n-- be able to compare the American political and governmental system with institutions and \nprocesses elsewhere. \n \n-- be able to apply critical thinking and analysis to make evaluations of, and judgments on, \ninstitutions, processes, and policies. \n \n-- be able to read and understand political science texts and write clear logical prose. \n-- have the knowledge and understanding for responsible citizenship and political participation \nand how to be involved. \n \nREQUIRED BOOKS \n \nWe have two required books, a textbook and a reader. The reader is \nPietro Nivola and David Rosenbloom, eds., Classic Readings in American Politics, 3rd \nedition. N.Y.: St. Martin's Worth Publishers, 1999. ISBN 0-312-08419-6 \n \nThe textbook is Ken Kollman's The American Political System., 2nd edition. N.Y.: W.W. \nNorton. ISBN 978-3393923292 \n\n \n2\n \nOTHER REQUIREMENTS: Exams cover lecture and text as well as additional readings \nand/or videos shown in class, and handouts distributed by me. You are also required to keep up \non the current events; NPR (91.7 FM or 101.9 FM or online), BBC News, The Economist, The \nChristian Science Monitor, and The New York Times are recommended sources. We will discuss \nthis more thoroughly in class. \n \n \nGRADES AND GRADING POLICY: \n \nThree exams will be given. These will be multiple-choice, essay, and a few \nidentification/terms/fill in the blank. Exams are based on lecture, text, current events, and \nanything else assigned and/or discussed in class. \n \nThe exams in the course will be designed to test your knowledge of the readings and lectures. \nThe three exams will be half multiple choice and half essay. The multiple choice questions will \nbe designed to test your knowledge of specific points in the readings and lectures. The essay \nportion of each exam will be 25 minutes long, and during that period you will answer one \nquestion, assigned to you from a set of about three questions that will be distributed at least one \nweek before the exam. The three questions will attempt to give you the opportunity to integrate \nyour knowledge into a broad perspective of your own on some aspect of foreign policy. You will \nhave to answer the question on the exam without aid of notes, but the opportunity to prepare in \nadvance will insure that you are not caught by surprise by the question. The three exams will \nhave equal weight (each counts for 32 percent of the course grade). No make-up exams will be \npermitted without documentation of medical exigency (e.g., a physician's note). Six percent of \nthe grade will be a short take-home paper assignment, discussed in class on Sept. 13th and 15th. \n \nGrading Scale: \n \nGrading of the multiple choice tests is curved, to roughly correspond to the historic average \nUniversity grade, in the B to B- range. Grading of the essay portion of the exam and of the term \npapers is on a basis of absolute quality rather than a curve. Grades of A correspond to a GPA of \n4.0, B is a 3.0, C is a 2.0, and so on down through D (1.0) and E or F (0). \n \n THERE WILL BE NO MAKE UP EXAMS EXCEPT UNDER THE MOST \nEXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH PROOF. \n \n \n On occasion, there will be a few points extra credit offered for an event that is relevant to this \ncourse. However, some of you will not be able to take advantage of these because of time \nrestrictions, so don\u2019t count on getting extra credit. \n \nOTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AND POLICIES: \n \nI have been asked by the Provost to include the following statement (which \nshould go without saying) -- \n \n \nCode of Conduct from the office of the Provost: \nThe University of Michigan values academic honesty and integrity. Each student \nhas a responsibility to understand, accept, and comply with the University\u2019s standards of \nacademic conduct as set forth by the Code of Academic Conduct, as well as policies \nestablished by the schools and colleges. Cheating, collusion, misconduct, fabrication, and \nplagiarism are considered serious offenses. Violations will not be tolerated and may result \nin penalties up to and including expulsion from the University. \n\n \n3\n \nAny incidences of the above will be reported to the Social Science Department Chair, the \nCASL Deans office, and the Student\u2019s unit and/or school. \n \nDISABILITIES: \nThe University will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. \nStudents need to register with Disability Resource Services (DRS) every semester they are \nenrolled for classes. DRS is located in Counseling & Support Services, 2157 UC. To be assured \nof having services when they are needed, students should register no later than the end of the \nadd/drop deadline of each term. \n \nCLASS POLICIES: \n \n1. No make-up exams will be given except under documented circumstances. \n \n2. RESPECT. We are all to respect others opinions, beings, comments, and habits. This \ndoes not mean we cannot disagree, nor does it mean we cannot have fun. However, we each need \nto respect the diversity of our fellow students. There are also topics discussed that may challenge \nyou either intellectually or emotionally; while we try to be sensitive, a university is also a place \nfor inquiry and discovery. More about this in class. \n \n \n3. Students arriving late should do so as quietly and unobtrusively as possible. \n \n4. In the event that I am aware of a major accident on the road or a weather problem, I \nmay delay class start by five to ten minutes. \n \n \n5. ON E-MAIL: E-MAIL IS THE MAIN VEHICLE WE WILL USE TO STAY IN \nTOUCH OUTSIDE OF CLASS. For example, if school is canceled, I will send you an email \nwith some attached materials. Anyone without access to the Internet at home should see me the \nfirst week of class to have alternative plans in place. While e-mail has become a very important \nmeans of communication between students and faculty, there is so much trouble for all of us \nfrom hackers and viruses, that it is good to observe appropriate norms of behavior. Because of \nthe threat from viruses and similar plagues, I do not open emails that do not have your name as \nthe sender, or emails that do not have a subject heading that indicates a topic related to you and \nthe course. We should all also be cautious about opening e-mail attachments. This means, for \nexample, your e-mail must actually be readable by me when I click on it; in other words, when I \nopen an e-mail and there is no text because all the text has been placed in an attachment, I do not \nopen the attachment out of caution. I look forward to hearing from you; on the whole, this email \nsystem is a blessing. \n \n \n6. Class discussion and participation is an integral part of this class. If you are within two \nor three points of a higher grade, your participation and attendance will be taken into account. (I \ndo not count you as present if you are sleeping, carrying on personal discussions, or otherwise \n\u201ctuned out.\u201d) \n \n \n7. As a general rule, use of laptop computers and cell phones \nis not permitted in class, but there are reasonable exceptions \nfor portable computers for class purposes. Please step up to the \npodium area and notify me, in the first week of class, if you are \nwish to use a laptop computer. \nPut your pagers on vibrate and turn off your cell phones. (In the event that you are on stand-by to \nbe asked by President Trump to be a liaison in secret meetings with the Syrian rebels, or Donald \n\n \n4\nTrump has asked you to be his on-call foreign policy advisor, or some critical personal reason, let \nme know ahead of time). If your pager or cell phone goes off, or if you read or answer a text, \nYOU LOSE 5 POINTS. If you get up and leave to be on the phone, you lose five points. If \nmine goes off, you get five points. \n \n8 The use of a laptop in class is acceptable ONLY FOR CLASS PURPOSES. Game \nplaying, emailing, and web surfing, unless approved by instructor, are not acceptable. This has \nbecome a problem and students have complained privately that it is distracting and annoying. If \nyou feel a need to keep emailing your friends, surfing the web, or playing games, you probably \nshould not come to class. It is your choice. If you have a laptop, I will, on occasion, ask you to \nlook up something we are discussing. \n \n \n9. I reserve the right to make minor changes to the syllabus, and we may fall behind or \nsurge ahead, but any changes to exam dates (due to school closure, falling behind because we \nhad a speaker, etc.) will be decided by the class by vote. \n \n \n10. UM-Dearborn\u2019s official attendance policy states that, \u201ca student is expected to \nattend every class and laboratory for which he or she has registered. Each instructor may \nmake known to the student his or her policy with respect to absences in the course. It is the \nstudent's responsibility to be aware of this policy. The instructor makes the final decision to \nexcuse or not to excuse an absence. An instructor is entitled to give a failing grade (E) for \nexcessive absences or an Unofficial Drop (UE) for a student who stops attending class at \nsome point during the semester.\u201d If you are absent, you must get notes from a fellow student. I \nwill not go over what we covered in class, nor will I excuse you from any assignment or new \ninformation unless a real (documented) emergency occurred. \n \n11. I will make every effort to meet with any student so requesting. You need to build \nrelationships with your instructors so when it is time for a recommendation for a scholarship or \nsomething else, your instructors will know you. Try to come up and see me at least twice during \nthe semester. I am around many other times than my official hours indicate; just ask. Using my \nemail fwayman@umich.edu. is definitely the BEST way to contact me. \n \nEmergency Preparedness: \nAll students are encouraged to program 911 and UM-Dearborn\u2019s University Police phone \nnumber (313) 593-5333 into personal cell phones. In case of emergency, first dial 911 and then if \nthe situation allows call University Police. \nThe Emergency Alert Notification (EAN) system is the official process for notifying the campus \ncommunity for emergency events. All students are strongly encouraged to register in the \ncampus EAN, for communications during an emergency. The following link includes \ninformation on registering as well as safety and emergency procedures information: \nhttp://umdearborn.edu/emergencyalert/. \nIf you hear a fire alarm, class will be immediately suspended, and you must evacuate the \nbuilding by using the nearest exit. Please proceed outdoors to the assembly area and away from \nthe building. Do not use elevators. It is highly recommended that you do not head to your \nvehicle or leave campus since it is necessary to account for all persons and to ensure that first \nresponders can access the campus. \n\n \n5\nIf the class is notified of a shelter-in-place requirement for a tornado warning or severe weather \nwarning, your instructor will suspend class and shelter the class in the lowest level of this \nbuilding away from windows and doors. \nIf notified of an active threat (shooter) you will Run (get out), Hide (find a safe place to stay) or \nFight (with anything available). Your response will be dictated by the specific circumstances of \nthe encounter. \nhttp://www.casl.umd.umich.edu/classroomsafety \n \n \nSCHEDULE: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PS 101 \nPlease note: we may go slower or faster than indicated, depending on classroom discussion, \na significant current event, or for some other reason. Some short readings will be added in \nthe form of class handouts or articles available on-line through the University Library. You \nwill see these especially (but not exclusively) in the last two weeks, as readings to be \nannounced. \n \nWEEK NO. 1: INTRODUCTION, AND AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE \n \nReadings from the assigned books: Kollman, chapter 1, and \n Nivola Part I, \"Political Culture and Traditions\" \n (including readings by De Tocqueville, Hartz, Beard, Wood, and \n Madison). \n \nAlso read the handout on Quotations from the American Founding, and other possible related \nhandouts \n \nSEPT. 6 Intro to course; syllabus; text information; \n Trigger warnings \n Being a college student; syllabus, Canvas, emails, calls, responsibility \n What we expect from government; what YOUR main concerns are. \n \nPre-test (ungraded but mandatory). \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSEPT. 11 Pretest results (ungraded but mandatory information quiz) \n Plato\u2019s Cave. Reading: Allegory of the Cave (Canvas) \n Types of government; democracy \n \n Political Thinking and Political Culture Action Chapter 1 \n Start reading daily updates from the NY Times, BBC, and Real Clear Politics \n \nhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/ \nSept. 12 A select few courses, beginning on this date, may have a registration restriction that \nrequires permission of instructor. The registration restriction will display: \nInstr Approved Add Required. Although these courses may be open, \npermission of the instructor is required. \n \nWEEK NO. 2 (starts Sept. 13): THE CONSTITUTION \n \nSEPT. 13 The Constitution. \n\n \n6\nKollman, ch. 2, and Nivola, review readings by Beard and Wood (above). Read the U.S. \nConstitution and the Declaration of Independence and the handout on \nQuotations from the American Founding \n \nSEPT. 18 Constitutional Democracy: Promoting Liberty and Self-Government, chapter. 2 \n\u2022 \n Last day to withdraw from all courses with no penalty \n\u2022 \nRegistration ends \n\u2022 \nLast day to add \n\u2022 \nLast day to drop with no penalty \n \nWEEK NO. 3 (starts Sept. 20): PUBLIC OPINION, POLITICAL PARTICIPATION \n \nSEPT. 20 and 25 Kollman ch. 9-10, and Nivola Part IV, \"Political Parties and Elections\" \n(including readings by Anthony Downs, Donald Stokes, Mo Fiorina, and \nV.O. Key). \n \nWEEK NO. 4 (starts Sept. 27): AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES \n \nKollman, ch. 12 \nNivola, Part IV (\"Political Parties and Elections\" -- including readings by Anthony Downs, \nDonald E. Stokes, Morris Fiorina, and V.O. Key). Handout by Wayman and Grofman (ca. 27 \npages). \n \nWEEK NO. 5 (starts Oct. 4): ELECTIONS AND CAMPAIGNS \n \nKollman, ch. 13 \nRe-read Nivola, Part IV \n \nOCT. 11 \nEXAM 1. Everything up through week number 5 (inclusive) \n \n \nWEEK NO. 6 (starts 10/13) INTEREST GROUPS AND THE MEDIA \n \nOctober 11th \nKollman, chapters 11 and 14 \nNivola, Part III (\"Power in America\" -- including readings by C. Wright Mills, Robert Dahl, and \nBachrach and Baratz) \n \nOCT. 16th \nNivola, Part V (\"Interest Groups and Lobbying\" -- including readings by Mancur Olson, Richard \nHall and Frank Wayman, Hugh Heclo, and E.E. 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The \nstructure of DNA, how it codes for information in proteins, and the effect of \nmutations are explored. \n\u2022 This history of life on earth, a discussion of the role of natural selection in \npopulations and speciation. \n\u2022 Plants are the only multicellular eukaryotes that photosynthesize - an inquiry \ninto their evolution, function, structure, reproduction and response to the \nenvironment. \n\u2022 Animals are multicellular eukaryotes that must acquire their energy/nutrients \nfrom other organisms - an exploration of the basics of the animal body plan and \ntwo human organ systems. \n\u2022 Organisms must interact with their environment - a discussion of energy flows \nand nutrient cycling in ecosystems, as well as ecosystem distributions. \n\u2022 Interactions among communities of species can be complex and these \nrelationships will be investigated. \n\u2022 Humans have an increasing impact on the environment, affecting all aspects of \nthe world in which we live - an examination of human activities and solutions to \nenvironmental damage we have caused. \nThe target audience is students who are majoring in biology-related fields, such as \nsome of Agriculture (not biology majors). This serves as a foundation course for \nstudents who require a solid grounding in the fundamentals of biology before \ntaking more advanced courses in their major. The course will serve as breadth \ncourse in biology for non-science majors, fulfilling a three-credit GN requirement. \n Prerequisites: \nNone. \nRequired Text: \nNone. I will provide all materials in Canvas, that are needed to be successful in \nthis course. You provide a reliable internet connection, time management skills \nand a healthy curiosity and dedication to this class! \nTechnical Specifications: \n\n Reliable web access is required in order to complete this course. All \ncommunications should utilize your PSU email address and Inbox in \nCanvas. Please do not use incompatible software with Canvas--- \nCanvas no longer supports Internet Explorer. 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    Instructor:Jacqueline McLaughlin, Ph.D.
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    Office: Room 140
    Office Hours:Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM or by appointment
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    E-mail:jshea@psu.edu
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tBiology is a dynamic science that requires more than mere acquisition and
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      \nappreciate basic research, think critically about real world issues,
      \nproblems and situations, find your niche in the sciences (one based on
      \npassion), and sustain a lifelong curiosity about the world around you.

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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI will assume you have read the assigned material before entering class. I strongly
      \nsuggest that you participate in a study group, and use the group to
      \nassess your comprehension of the course material. I also urge you to
      \nutilize the Penn State Lehigh Valley Learning Center where our teaching
      \nassistant, Foram Dave, will be holding routine tutor sessions.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tweek
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      The laboratory exercises are designed
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\texperience) and to use your critical thinking skills.

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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI will provide instruction in the nuts and bolts of appropriate experimental
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmethods. I also will provide guidance into how an effective experiment is
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdesigned. You , however, will perform your own experiments. You as the
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tresearcher must plan and carry out every step of your experimentation. What I
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tam stressing is that you think about the experiments you are carrying
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEach student will be required to write a scientific protocol. You will
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tOnly those individuals with legitimate and verifiable excuses will
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\tbe allowed to schedule a make-up exam. If you cannot take the exam at a
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      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tof reason for missing an exam is required before a grade will be released and
      \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trecorded.

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    \n\t\t\texams will cover material presented in the class; the assigned text book readings, as
    \n\t\t\twell as interactive Web modules, Web Assignments, and handouts are a
    \n\t\t\tresource for class preparation and understanding of course content.

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    \n\t\t\tThe final exam will test your comprehensive knowledge of the entire semester’s
    \n\t\t\tmaterial.\n\t\t\t

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    \n\t\t\tbacteria, herbarium project, lab exam, and of course, your overall lab
    \n\t\t\tpreparation, organization and technique.\n\t\t\t

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    1 Final Exam= 200 points
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    Herbarium Project= 300 points
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    Total= 1100 points
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    \n\t\t\tpercentage scale based upon the total number of points available (1100 points).
    \n\t\t\tClass grade equals 60% of overall final grade; lab grade equals 40% of overall
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    \t\t\t\tSegment I: General Principles and Properties of Life

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    Date Class Content\n
    Readings
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    M 8/25Introduction to Course\n
    Chapter 1
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    W 8/27Introduction to Course\n
    \n
    Chapter 1
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    \n
    F 8/29The Three B’s of Biology:
    \n Biospheres, Biomes, and Biodiversity
    \n

     Chapter 52

    \n Exploring Life:

    \n Ch. 34 – The Biosphere

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    M 9/1Labor Day – No Class\n
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    W 9/3The Three B’s of Biology:
    \n Biospheres, Biomes, and Biodiversity
    continued
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    F 9/5The Chemistry of Life: Small Molecules\n
    Chapters 2, 3 & 4
    \n
    M 9/8The Chemistry of Life: Large Molecules\n\n
    W 9/10The Chemistry of Life: Large Molecules\n\n
    F 9/12 Biomembranes\n
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    M 9/15The Cell\n\n
    W 9/17Energy, Enzymes and Catalysts\n
    \n
    Chapter 8
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    F 9/19EXAM #1
    M 9/22Glycolysis, Cellular Respiration & Fermentation \n
    \n
    Chapter 9
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    F 9/26\n

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    W 10/8\n

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    M 10/20Replication \n
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    W 10/22From Gene to Protein: Transcription\n\n
    F 10/24From Gene to Protein: Transcription\n
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    M 10/27From Gene to Protein: Translation \n
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    \n The Biology Place: Translation

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      F 10/31EXAM #4 \n
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    M 11/3Biotechnology\n
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    F 11/7Mechanisms of Evolution: Descent with Modification \n\n
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    W 11/12The Origins of Life and Biodiversity\n
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    W 11/26No Class – Thanksgiving Break  
    F 11/28No Class – Thanksgiving Break  
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    W 12/3Kingdom Plantae \n
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    Th 9/25BacteriologyLab Topic 13.1, 13.3 and 13.4
    Th 10/2Bacteriology: Data Collection and AnalysisLab Topic 13
    Th 10/9Bacteriology: Data Collection and Analysis

    \n Bacteriology Protocol Due
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    \n Lab


    \n by Susan Hollingsworth and Aaron Kaiser

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    \n by Julie Wilson and Eva Kline

    \n The Study of Bacteria
    \n – Abundance and Colony Diversity in Selected Environments


    \n by Jennifer Gangi and Jose Serrano
    Th 10/30The Herbarium Project

    \n * Trip to Hawk
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    \n Botany Field Day
    Botany Field Site

    \n Biodiversity of the Northeastern Deciduous Forest
    Th 11/6Plant DiversityLap Topic 16
    Th 11/13Animal Diversity ILab Topic 18
    Th 11/20Herbarium Project Due

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    Lab Topic 19
    Th 11/27Thanksgiving Holiday – NO LAB 
    Th 12/4Power Point Presentations and Review of Lab Report Procedures  
    Th 12/11Lab Report Review 
    Th 12/18 Due: Lab Notebook – including Lab Report (Finals Week) 
     
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    Intro to Computer Science ICS124QBA74481LBD00900 - 0950 T  1214 Siebel Center for Comp Sci Geoffrey Challen
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    Basic concepts in computing and fundamental techniques for solving computational problems. Intended as a first course for computer science majors and others with a deep interest in computing. Course Information: Credit is not given for both CS 124 and CS 125. Prerequisite: Three years of high school mathematics or MATH 112.
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    CS 125 Spring 2019 Syllabus

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    This web page serves as the syllabus for the course.

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    1. Overview

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    This course is an introduction to the concepts and craft\n1\nof computer science.\nIt will teach you to both think and act like a computer scientist.\nIt will change how you approach problems and provide you with powerful tools\nthat you can use to change the world.

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    Computer science is both an applied and a conceptual discipline.\nYou will learn how to program in this course.\nLearning how to program effectively helps you bring your ideas to life.\nIt can be frustrating at first—computers are irritatingly literal\nmachines.\nBut programming is a skill, and like any other skill you will get better with\npractice.\nComputers are one of the most powerful tools that we have at our disposal to\nsolve almost any problem.\nLearning how to get them to do your bidding is extremely empowering.\nYou will quickly come to understand the hackers lament:\nOnce you can program well, you can do anything—but you still can’t do\neverything.

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    But while programming is both important and enjoyable, computer science also\nhas deep conceptual concerns at its core.\nAs a computer scientist, you’ll learn to design solutions to problems so that\ncomputers can carry them out efficiently—we call these algorithms.\nBeing a computer scientist means coming up with new ways to solve problems\nmore effectively.\nAnd then you get to build your solutions and can easily deploy them to\nbillions of people all over the world.\nNo other field has this potent mixture of left-brain analytics, right-brain\ndesign and creativity, and the potential for global impact.

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    1.1. Description and Prerequisites

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    There is no required textbook for CS 125.\nWe make all of the materials you need available online—including\nlecture slides,\nlab handouts,\nand MP descriptions.\nWe also maintain a 2 list of\navailable online learning resources\nthat may help supplement the materials we will provide you.

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    1.3. Learning Objectives

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    CS 125 works on both conceptual and skill-based levels.\nWe teach you how to think, and we teach you how to do.

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    1.3.1. Conceptual Objectives

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    When you finish this course, you will be able to:

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    Develop algorithms to effectively solve problems using computers—including\nboth iterative and recursive algorithms—and reason about their\ncomputational and storage requirements.

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    Describe how computers represent, structure, and manipulate\ndata—including numbers, strings, and multimedia data including images and\naudio.

    Explain the importance of core Java software development\nconcepts—including object orientation, object types, encapsulation, and\ninheritance.

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    When you finish this course, you will be able to:

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    Design and implement small and medium-sized Java programs that perform\nstraightforward operations on simple data types, using iterative,\nobject-oriented, and recursive approaches as appropriate.

    Machine problems, lab programming projects, office hours attendance. 70%\ncorrectly identified marks outcome achieved.

    Learn to use modern Java software development tools—including an\nintegrated development and debugging environment (Android Studio),\nsource version control (Git), testing framework\n(TestNG), coding convention tool (checkstyle), build system (Gradle), and pair\nprogramming techniques.

    Utilize standard Java features and libraries—including objects and simple\nbuilt-in data structures.

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    1.4. Preparation

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    CS 125 assumes no prior knowledge of computer science or programming\nexperience.\nHowever, the course is a lot of work—and so is best suited to those who are\neither majoring in computer science or have a strong interest in the subject.

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    Some students in CS 125 have no experience with computer science.\nOthers have been programming for years.\nWe will do our best to accommodate both groups.

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    1.4.1. If you’re new to computer science…​

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    Welcome to the most exciting field on Earth!\nWe’re extremely happy to have you.\nWe know that it can be hard to get started, but trust us—you’ll get\nbetter with practice.\nProgramming is a skill.\nThe more you do, the better you get.\nIf you’re willing to put in the time and energy, we’re here to help you\nsucceed.

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    When you’re starting something new, it’s normal to occasionally feel\nintimidated by those around you.\nWe were all new once, and most of us try new things at least once and a while.\nSo we know what it feels like.\nJust remember that no matter how it may seem, there are a lot of other\nstudents in CS 125 that are beginners too.\nAnd if you’re working harder than some other students in the class, then it\njust means that you’re learning more than they are.

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    Also keep in mind that computer scientists can get extremely excited about\nwhat they know.\nOur field is awesome, and we’re all learning new things all of the time.\nUnfortunately, sometimes that can come off as arrogance or bragging.\nBut don’t let it get you down.\nWe want you to share in the excitement, and will do our best to make sure that\nhappens.

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    There’s so much more to learn!\nNo matter how much background in computer science you have, there are always\nnew areas to explore, new languages to learn, new problems to solve.

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    Even if you don’t find every aspect of CS 125 challenging, we hope that it can\ncontinue to move you forward on your journey in computer science.\nKeep in mind that continuing to develop as a programmer requires practice.\nIf the MPs don’t take you that long, then you aren’t getting the practice that\nyou need to keep improving.\nYou might want to join the honors section (CS 196),\nget involved with the\nIllinois Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM),\nor just make sure that you have some side projects to keep you busy.

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    And please feel free to help other students in the class that might not know\nas much as you.\nOne of the best things about computer science is the community of generous and\npatient people willing to help beginners get started.

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    1.4.3. If you really know what you are doing…​

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    Maybe you should sign up for the\nCS 125 Proficiency Exam\nand bypass CS 125 entirely?\nYou may not get much out of the class.

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    1.5. General Education Information

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    CS 125 meets the University of Illinois\nGeneral Education Requirements\nin the Quantitative Reasoning 1 category.

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    1.6. FAQ

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    Here are answers to some commonly-asked questions about CS 125.

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    1.6.1. I’m still waiting for a seat in CS 125. What should I do?

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    Use this form to sign up to receive\ntemporary access to the Spring 2019 course forum and be put on our mailing\nlists.\nNote that temporary access will end on 2/4/2019, so you must officially register\nbefore that point.

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    No, sorry.\nI have absolutely no control over registration.\nYou’ll need to talk to\nan\nacademic adviser.

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    No.\nThe CS department has never and does not now offered official wait list for courses.\nSee the note about registration above.

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    2. Dates, Times, and Locations

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    CS 125 consists of lecture taught in an active learning format, weekly lab\nsections, and office hours.\nYou will attend three one-hour lecture per week, one two-hour lab section, and\nmany (many) office hours 3.

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    Lectures are taught by Geoffrey Challen.\nLabs are led by the 9 TAs,\nand office hours are staffed by the TAs and our 140 course assistants.\nWe also have 26 course developers hacking\naway furiously to improve our course materials, tools, and infrastructure.\nYou can find out more about the staff on the people page.

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    2.1. Calendar

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    We suggest that you add our shared calendar to your\ncalendaring program.\nIf you are not using a calendaring program, we suggest that you start using a\ncalendaring program.

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    We don’t maintain separate calendars for labs, so this calendar is only for\ncollective class events: lectures, office hours, quizzes, MP deadlines, and\nother events that are relevant to the entire class.

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    This spring lectures are being held Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from\n10–10:50AM in\nbeautiful\nand historic Lincoln Hall.\nPlease attend and participate in lecture!\nAnd please refer to the information below for our definition\nof lecture participation.\nAll lecture slides are\nposted online for use during class and review afterward.

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    Lecture videos will be\nposted online.\nFeel free to view them if you are absent or need to review.

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    CS 125 is a large class.\nThis makes it important for us to communicate with each other in effective ways.

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    We have set up a comprehensive and well-organized course website\n4 and modern course forum to help you\nfind our what you need to know.\nOur goal is to avoid email as much as possible, along with other 1-to-1 forms of\ncommunication that don’t scale well to large numbers of students.

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    If you have a question about the class, first look on the main course\nwebsite—the one that you are currently browsing.\nThen, search the forum—maybe another student has\nasked your question and we’ve already answered it.\nIf you still can’t find an answer, post your question on the forum.

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    As a student at the University of Illinois you are responsible for email sent\nto your @illinois.edu email address.\nWe will occasionally use a course email list to send important announcements.\nSo messages in your inbox might say things like: "There’s a quiz tomorrow" or\n"There’s a fire alarm in Siebel and class is canceled."\nWe all get too much email, but learning to manage it is a fact of modern life.\nFeel free to talk to the course staff if you want tips.

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    As a student in CS 125 you are responsible for messages posted in the\nannouncements\ncategory of the forum.\nThese announcements are important and we will frequently post in this category\nin lieu of using email.\nYou can configure Discourse to send emails each time a topic is created in a\nspecific category.\nWe would suggest that you do that—or plan on visiting the forum each and\nevery day.\nIn fact, both are good ideas.

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    Please do not email the course staff with general course questions.\nYou may think that the professor spending five minutes responding to your email\nis not a huge problem.\nBut five-minute responses to 900 students consumes 75 hours of time, which is\nabout half of my work week 5.\nYou should also never contact a TA or CA directly unless they have agreed to\nthis beforehand.\nPost on the forum.

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    This is not because we don’t like you or don’t like email.\nIt’s simply because there are a lot of you, a much smaller number of us, and\nmany of the questions that you have are shared by other students.\nIf you email us, we can answer your question to one person: you.\nIf you post on the forum, we can answer your question to the entire class.\nAnd you may find that your question has already been answered, or that another\nstudent can answer it for you.

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    At times, I may even ask you to post on the forum if a good question or\nobservation comes out of a conversation that we have together.\nThat way everyone can learn what you just did, and I don’t need to answer the\nsame question repeatedly.\nIf I ask you to do this, please do.

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    4. Grading

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    Your CS 125 grade is determined by your performance on the\nmachine problems (MPs) (40%),\ncompletion of frequent online homework problems (20%),\nweekly quizzes and\nthree one-hour midterms (30% total) evenly spaced during the semester,\nand participation in lecture (5%) and lab\n(5%).

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    4.1. Grade Components

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    Your total score in CS 125 is broken down as follows:

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    These weights are designed to reflect the amount of time that students spend on\neach part of the class.\nThey are also divided between points earned in controlled environments\n(quizzes and midterms, participation)\nand uncontrolled environments (MPs and homework).\nYou will spend most of your time completing the MPs and homework problems.\nThat is where you will get the practice that turns you into a computer\nscientist.\nThe quizzes and midterms give us a chance to evaluate your abilities in a\ncontrolled setting.

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    Details about each grade component are included below.

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    To account for illness, absence, forgetfulness, mistakes, temporary stupidity,\nand other normal life events, we will drop a few of your lowest scores for all\ncourse components except the midterms.\nThe table below summarizes the drop policy for course component:

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    So, for example, we will track participation in 15 labs and drop your lowest 3 scores.\nWe will assign 70 homework problems and drop your lowest 8 scores.\nWe will assign 6 MPs and not drop any scores.

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    4.3. Estimating Your Letter Grade

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    Letter grades in CS 125 are assigned based on how well you do, not based on\nyour performance relative to other students.\nWe have an unlimited number of A grades that we can hand out.\nIf everyone in the learns all of the material to our\nsatisfaction, everyone in the class will make an A.

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    Inevitably the difficulty of various parts of the course varies from semester to\nsemester.\nSo we do not determine the final grading scale until we examine all scores at\nthe end of the semester.\nDuring the semester, do not ask us to estimate your grade or tell you how well\nyou need to do on an assignment to make a certain grade.

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    Instead, focus on learning the material to the best of your ability.\nProgramming in particular is a skill—the more you do, the better you get\nat it.\nSo you should focus on doing as much as you need to get good at it, rather than\nthe minimum necessary to make a particular grade.

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    4.4. Posting Grades

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    We do not maintain grade components on Compass\n6.\nCS 125 maintains its own grading and statistics interface which\nyou will use throughout the semester.

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    5. Machine Problems (MPs) (40%)

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    Programming is a skill.\nLike other skills, the more you do it, the better at it you become.\nThe CS 125 machine problems (MPs)\n7\nare the primary way that you will learn the powerful skill of computer\nprogramming—today’s\nmodern superpower.

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    Together the MPs are worth 40% of your grade—the largest single grade\ncomponent.\nWorking on them will deepen your understand of the material covered in lecture,\nand improve your performance on the quizzes and midterms.

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    5.1. How to Complete the MPs

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    The CS 125 MPs are designed to take a significant amount of time.\nSo you should arrange your schedule so that you can devote a significant amount\nof time on them.\nDo not start the night before.\nNot only will it be unlikely that you will complete the MP, but you will also be\nunlikely to be able to get help when you get stuck.

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    Learning to program is like learning other skills—how to play an\ninstrument, throw a perfect spiral, cook the perfect omelete, or learn another\nhuman language.\nYou have to do it every day.\nYou can’t expect to complete a marathon or perform at Carnegie Hall if you start\npracticing the night before.\nAs soon as each MP is released, sit down and spend a few hours on it.\nAnd then do that the next day, and the day after that.\nIf you start early and work often, you will have no problem completing the MP\nbefore the deadline.\nIf it turns out to be easy for you, you’ll be done early and can relax and help\nother students.\nIf it turns out to be more difficult, you’ll know early on and be able to budget\nyour time according to complete it on time.\nNothing correlates more strongly with success on the MPs than starting\nearly.\nAnd coming to office hours.

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    5.2. Late Submission Policy

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    It is extremely important that you keep up with the MPs.\nCS 125 moves quickly, and if you get behind early you will quickly find yourself\nlost and unable to complete the later assignments.\nThis is the number one source of student lack of success in the course.

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    As a result, the late submission policy is designed to reward students that do a\nfair amount of work before the deadline.\nHere are the details of the policy:

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      You can submit 8 each MP as many times as you want until\n11:59:59 PM on Wednesday 5/1/2019 (the last day of class).

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      Late submissions can earn back 50% of any points lost by your best on-time\nsubmission.\nSo if you submit code that earns 80/100 before the deadline, you will receive a\n90/100 if you submit a perfect MP after the deadline.\nIf you submit code that earns 0/100 before the deadline, the best you can do is\na 50/100 with a perfect submission anytime after the deadline.

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      Late submissions will not recover any starting the assignment on time points.\nSo if there were 10 starting the assignment on time points that you did not\nearn, and your best score before the deadline was a 60/100, the best you can do\nis a 75/100: half of the 30 points you missed that were not for starting the\nassignment on time.

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    6. Homework (20%)

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    This semester will be frequently posting small programming problems on\nPrairieLearn.\nEarly in the semester these will be released every day, to provide you with\nprogramming practice before you get started on the MPs.\nLater in the semester once you begin work on the MPs we may slow down the rate\nat which homework questions are assigned, but we plan to continue posting at\nleast a few per week until the end of the semester.

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    The reason we are doing this is simple: programming takes regular consistent\npractice.\nIf you are training for a marathon, you have to run almost every day, not just\ntry to pack in hundreds of miles the week before the race.\nLearning to program is similar.\nIn particular, when you are getting started you’ll tired quickly from this\nengaging right-left brain activity.\nSo it’s better to do a bit each day than large amounts in one sitting.

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    We expect that the daily homework problems should take you no more than\n10–15 minutes to complete, particularly if you have been coming to lecture\nand keeping up with the MPs.\nHomework problems also a key way to prepare yourself for the programming component\nof each week’s quiz, since the programming problems on the quiz will look\nsimilar to 9 the ones you’ve been\npracticing on your homework assignments.

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    6.1. Homework Sign Up

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    Before starting the homework you will need to log on to\nPrairieLearn\nwith your @illinois.edu email address and join the CS 125 Spring 2019 course.\nAccess to the homework is unrelated to forum access and you can begin work on\nthe homework as soon as you register.

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    7. Quizzes and Midterms (30%)

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    30% of your grade is for performance on weekly quizzes and 3 midterms.\nQuizzes and midterms are given in the University\nof Illinois Computer-Based Testing Facility (CBTF) and consist of questions\nthat are randomized and automatically graded.

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    No course staff members are involved in grading CS 125 computerized exams, so\nplease do not appeal your grade to the course staff.\nIf you have concerns about the questions themselves, please post on the forum.\nYou can check your official quiz and midterm scores\nhere,\nbut please be aware that there is a lag between when you finish your quiz and\nwhen these scores are updated.

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    7.1. Format

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    Quiz questions are a mix of multiple-choice questions drawn from lecture and\nsmall programming problems.\nMany of the small programming questions that we use on the quizzes will reappear\non later homework assignments.\nOr problems from the homework assignments may appear on quizzes.

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    You only get one or two attempts at the multiple choice questions.\nBut you will have unlimited attempts at the programming problems without\nlosing credit.\nAt this stage, we want you to practice—and we won’t penalize you for\npracticing.\nHowever, obviously you do not have an unlimited amount of time.

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    The multiple-choice questions should be easy if you have been coming to and\nparticipating in lecture.\nYou may find the programming questions more of a challenge.\nProgramming in the CBTF is quite different from programming on the MPs.\nYou don’t have unlimited time or access to resources such as the course staff or\nthe internet.\nHowever, we believe that there are small programming tasks that you should be\nable to complete as the semester goes on without needing to look up things\nonline or ask for help.\nThat said, generally the programming challenges that appear on the quizzes will\nbe considerably easier than the MP that you are working on at the same point in\nthe semester.

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    7.2. Scheduling

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    The CBTF is located in the basement of Grainger Library.\nYou can use this link to sign up to take each\nquiz.\nUsing the CBTF allows us to provide you with flexibility in scheduling your\nweekly quizzes.\nYou can take each quiz over a range of dates and times, starting on Tuesday and\nending on Thursday each week.\nAll quizzes are posted on the course calendar.

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    7.3. Preparation

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    Quizzes focus on material covered that week, but all material covered that\nsemester is fair game.\nThe best way to prepare for a quiz is to participate in\nclass that week.\nAttend lectures and participate, attend labs and participate, work on the\nassigned MP (if any), and ask and answer questions on the forum.\nIf you engage with the course content on a daily basis, you will not need to\ncram material right before you take the quiz.

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    7.4. Missed Quizzes

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    Do not contact the course staff regarding missed quizzes.\nBecause you have a several day window to complete each quiz, we expect that you\nwill be able to work around most other commitments and even short illnesses.\nHowever, we will drop your lowest 2 quiz scores when computing the\nquiz component of your final grade.

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    If you do miss a scheduled quiz and can retake it within the time window, you\ncan\ncontact the CBTF to attempt to\nreschedule.\nThere are no guarantees though.\nThe CBTF is busy and they may not be able to accommodate you if you miss your\ninitial appointment.\nThe best approach is to not do that.

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    7.5. CBTF Policies

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    The policies of the CBTF are the policies of this course, and academic integrity\ninfractions related to the CBTF are infractions in this course.

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    Any problem with testing in the CBTF must be reported to CBTF staff at the time\nthe problem occurs.\nIf you do not inform a proctor of a problem during the test\nthen you forfeit all rights to redress.

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    7.6. Reporting Quiz Problems

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    If you believe that you have spotted a problem with a quiz question, please use\nPrairieLearn’s\nbuilt-in issue reporting to report the issue to the course staff.\nNote that you have to be in the CBTF to access our quizzes and report problems.\nAt that point we will do one of the following things:

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      If the question has a bug, we will fix it and ensure that all students receive\nfull credit—even those that took the quiz before the bug was identified.

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      If the question has a minor typo that we don’t think affects its\nability to be correctly answered, we will fix it and distribute that change.

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      If the question is fine we will not do anything. Unfortunately, there is no\nway for us to respond to your issue on PrairieLearn.\nHowever, please keep in mind that your perception of the question’s correct\nanswer may be wrong—that’s the whole idea behind having the quizzes in the\nfirst place.

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    We will regularly review the answers to difficult quiz questions in class to\nensure that everyone has a chance to learn from their mistakes.

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    7.7. Midterms

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    Three midterms are spread through the semester.\nThe midterms are identical to quizzes in terms of scheduling and presentation.\nHowever, you cannot drop any midterm scores.

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    In comparison to the weekly quizzes, the midterms will be more comprehensive.\nAnything covered up to that point in the semester is fair game, with particular\nemphasis given to the material covered since the last midterm.\nFinally, you should expect about half or more of the points on each midterm to\nbe for auto-graded programming problems.\nThis may be more than a typical weekly quiz.

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    Midterm dates are posted on the course calendar.\nYou must make arrangements to take each midterm in the\nCBTF.\nIf you miss a midterm, you will receive a zero.

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    Preparing for the midterms is similar to preparation for a\nweekly quiz: review the lecture materials, practice the homework\nproblems, and ensure that you are comfortable with the material covered on the\nMPs.

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    Note that CS 125 does not have a final exam.\nWe will hold an (optional) final project fair on reading day for you to show off\nyour\ncool new Android apps\nand that joyful event will be the end of the course.

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    8. Participation (10%)

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    10% of your grade is earned by participating in lab section (5%) and lectures\n(5%).\nWe will use several tools to track your participation in scheduled course\nactivities.\nHowever, here are the ground rules:

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      You must participate in the lab or lecture that you are enrolled in.\nCS 125 is always completely enrolled and so we have no space in other lab or\nlecture sections.\nIf you attend the wrong lab or lecture, you will not receive participation\npoints.\nPeriod.

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      Participation is not attendance.\nJust having your butt in the right seat at the right time does not constitute\nparticipation.\nIn labs, you are expected to be working with your section on the lab activity.\nIn lecture, you are expected to follow along and engage with the material.\nIf you attend, but do not participate, you will not earn points for\nparticipation.

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      You have several pre-excused absences.\nYou have 3 preexcused lab absences and 6 preexcused\nlecture absences.\nSo if you need to miss a lab or lecture for any reason—illness, traveling,\npersonal issues, or anything else—there is no need to notify the course\nstaff.\nIf you miss a lab, feel free to attend\nanother lab section, but you will not get lab participation points\nfor that week.\nIf you miss a lecture, just\nwatch the video online\nto review what you missed.\nCS 125 moves fast, so don’t get behind!

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    For both lecture and lab attendance you will receive a linear proportion of\ncredit depending on how many participation points you earn and the number of\ndropped labs or lectures.\nSo, for example, if you miss 5 out of 10 labs, you would receive credit for 8 /\n10 labs (due to three drops) and 4% out of the 5% allocated for lab\nparticipation.

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    8.1. Lab Participation (5%)

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    Do not contact the course staff regarding missed labs.\nWe do not excuse individual absences.\nInstead, any missed labs are covered by the dropped grade policy.

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    To receive participation points for each lab, you have to do three things:

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      Work on the lab activity until you are finished or the lab ends.\nLabs are not office hours or a time to work on the MP, homework problems, or\nother things.\nIf you are not working on the lab handout, your TA may ask you to leave.

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      Assist others if asked.\nSome of you know more than others and may finish the lab rapidly.\nIf you do, your TA may ask you to stick around to help other students.\nIf you are asked to do this, please do so willingly and cheerfully.\nYou will learn a great deal from trying to help other students.

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    Before you leave lab you should check your lab participation score on our\ngrading interface to ensure that you received participation credit.\nTAs will not change lab participation scores after the lab ends.

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    8.2. Lecture Participation (5%)

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    Do not contact the course staff regarding missed lectures.\nWe do not excuse individual absences.\nInstead, any missed lectures are covered by the dropped grade policy.

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    The\ndefinition of follow along\nis "to move or proceed in accord or in unison with someone."\nFollowing along with the slides means that when the presentation slide changes,\nyou change the one you are looking at as well.\nBoth the amount of time you have to notice that the slide has changed and the\noverall percent of slides that you need to track are very generous.\nIf you are paying attention, you should not have a hard time earning\nparticipation credit for each lecture.

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    9. Extra Credit

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    There will be opportunities to earn extra credit this semester.\nNote that we do not give extra credit for things that we think that you\nabsolutely should be doing to succeed in the class.\nExtra credit is exactly that: extra.\nWe might provide extra credit for providing some data that helps improve the\nclass, or bearing with us while we try something experimental and new, or for\nhelping other students.

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    This semester we are planning at least the following extra credit opportunities:

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      1% for completing our initial student\nsurvey.\nThis data helps us improve the course for future semesters.

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    10. Other Policies

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    Learning computer science requires hard work and practice.\nIf you submit code that is not your own work, or take other steps to subvert the\ncourse policies, you are not getting the practice that you need to improve.

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    All work submitted for CS 125 must be your own.\nCheating in CS 125 may result in a grade reduction, your removal from the CS\nprogram, or from the University of Illinois.\nWe have many bright, honest students that want to learn computer science.\nWe don’t need to waste time and energy on cheaters that don’t want to learn.

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    Specifically, the following activities constitute cheating and will be dealt\nwith according to relevant\ndepartmental\nand university policies.\nYou may not:

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      Examine another classmates solution, reproduce it, and submit it as your own\nwork.

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      Share information about the content of quizzes or other course assessments.\nAnyone caught removing information from the exam center will receive a letter\ngrade reduction and a FAIR violation.

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      Publish your MPs or coursework anywhere where other students can find them.\nNote that this includes publishing your MPs publicly on GitHub.\nNobody wants to see your solutions to the MPs anyway.\nIf you want to impress employers, fill your GitHub page with your own\nindependent projects.

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    A general rule of thumb is that exchanging or soliciting ideas about how to\nsolve the MP is not cheating, but exchanging code is cheating.\nFeel free to discuss your solutions with other students as long as you do not\nprovide them or allow them to view your source code.\nIf you are talking in English 10,\nthat’s fine.\nIf you are talking or exchanging computer code, that’s cheating.

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    10.1.2. Penalties

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    If you are caught cheating in CS 125 you will definitely receive a FAIR\nviolation.\nDepending on the severity of the situation, you may also have any of the\nfollowing penalties applied:

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      A letter grade reduction in the class.\nNote that this will likely make it impossible for you to transfer into the\nComputer Science department.

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    10.2. Extensions

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    CS 125 is a fast-moving and demanding course.\nYou signed up to learn computer science and programming for 15 weeks, and we do\nour best to give you your money’s worth.

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    One of the consequences of this is that it is hard to catch up if you have a\nsignificant illness or other problem mid-semester.\nWe will give extensions on the MPs and other assignments to accommodate\nunforeseen short-term circumstances.\nBut if you are struggling with a larger issue, we may encourage you to withdraw\nand enroll again next semester.

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    Note that, to receive an extension you should approach the course staff before\nthe relevant deadline.\nExcept in exceptional cases 11 we will not grant requests for extensions or other\naccommodations after the relevant deadline has passed.

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    10.3. Accommodations

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    We are more that happy to make arrangements to help accommodate students with\nlearning disabilities or other challenges.\nHowever, we ask that you assist us by informing us of your situation as soon\nas possible.\nWe will be much more accommodating of requests received before the relevant\nassessment or deadlines, rather than after.\nThe earlier in the semester you can let us know what kind of help you need, the\nbetter prepared we can be to provide it effectively.\nPlease use this web form to ensure that\nwe have your Letter of Accommodation on file.

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    Note that in many cases your letter of accommodation will require that you\nrequest accommodations before or on the relevant deadlines.\nIf you fail to do so, we will not consider late requests.\nPart of our job in ensuring that you—and every CS 125\nstudent—succeeds in the course is keeping you on track throughout the\nsemester.\nBy the time the end of the semester rolls around, it is far to late to begin\nasking for deadline extension and completing missed assignments.

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    As far as our\nquizzes in the CBTF,\nif you have accommodations identified by the\nDivision of Rehabilitation-Education\nServices (DRES)\nfor quizzes and midterms, please take your Letter of Accommodation to the CBTF\nproctors in person before you make your first reservation.\nThe proctors will advise you as to whether the CBTF provides your accommodations\nor whether you will need to make other arrangements.

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    10.4. Diversity Statement

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    11. People

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    11.1. Instructor

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Students will study significant aspects of the nation\u2019s political, \neconomic, and cultural history and will be challenged to understand the why, how, and \nso what of this history. You begin with learning about what happened and then \nproceed to questions of causes and consequences. \n \nThis course may be used to fulfill three hours of the U.S. history component of the \nuniversity core curriculum and addresses the following four core objectives \nestablished by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board: communication skills, \ncritical thinking skills, personal responsibility, and social responsibility. \n \nAlso, this course carries the flag for Cultural Diversity in the United States. Cultural \nDiversity courses are designed to increase your familiarity with the variety and richness \nof the American cultural experience. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of \nyour grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at \nleast one U.S. cultural group that has experienced persistent marginalization. \n \nRequired Reading: (books available at University Coop or at used book stores) \nEric Foner, Give Me Liberty, brief 5th edition, vol. 1 (be sure to use this \n edition) \n \nJoseph Ellis, Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation \n \nHarriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin or Life Among the Lowly \n \nDocuments posted on Canvas and Indicated online documents \n \n \n\n \n2 \n \nCourse Requirements, Grading, Class Policies \n \nFirst Requirement of all students: read Syllabus and Course schedule so that you \nknow what is expected of you and so that you will understand all my class policies. \n \nGrading: I will not use the plus-minus grading system. \nFinal grades will be determined on the basis of the following rubric. On final course \ngrades, I will round-up fractions that are only .5 away from next whole number, eg. \n89.6 will be reported as 90. 89.1 will be reported as 89. \nA = 90-100; B = 80-89; C = 70-79; D = 60-69; F= 0-59. \n \nGraded Work: \n\u2022 Inquizative quiz, one every week that you will take on Canvas. Access \nthese quizzes on the Assignments page. Your quiz grade average will \ncount as 10% of your course grade. \n\u2022 3 essay question exams taken in class. Each essay exam will count as \n25% of your course grade. Bring a bluebook. (75%) \n\u2022 1 multiple choice final exam taken at the assigned final exam time. This \ntest of 40 questions will count as 15% of your course grade. (15%) \n\u2022 Map exercises: the Cerego map exercises will not be graded; these \nexercises are a chance to earn extra credit. You will be required to do the \nexercises until you get the answers correct; so you cannot do poorly. BUT, \n2 points will be added to your final exam score if you complete the Cerego \nmap exercises; if you do not do the map exercises, 2 points will be \nsubtracted from you final exam score. Look for emails about when you \nshould do these exercises. \n \nFinal Exams: 38760, MWF 11-12: Thursday, 5/16, 9 am - 12 noon \n \n \n 38770, MWF 1-2: Wednesday, 5/15, 2 pm - 5 pm \n(location to be announced) \n \nMake-up Exams: \n\u2022 You are expected to take all exams at the scheduled time. Only students who \nare unable to take the test on the scheduled day will be allowed to take a \nmake-up exam. Students who miss an exam because of illness or other \ncircumstances beyond their control and who wish to take a make-up exam, must \ncontact Dr. Seaholm within one week of the missed exam. \n \nAlternate exam times and locations: Students who have accommodations from \nthe Office of Services for Students with Disabilities should 1) provide Dr. Seaholm \nwith their letter of accommodations; 2) schedule essay exams in the SSD testing center \nor contact Dr. Seaholm one week before exam to learn of arrangements I have made. I \nwill honor all recommended accommodations. If you think you have a cognitive \ndisability, you should contact Services for Students with Disabilities, 512-471-6259. \n\n \n3 \n \nQuestions or Complaints about Grades: If you have a question about how your \nexam was graded, you must speak with the person who graded your exam\u2014one of the \nTeaching Assistants or Dr. Seaholm. If you do not agree with the evaluation of your \nexam performance, you may speak with Dr. Seaholm after you have talked with your \nTeaching Assistant. \n \nAlso, you must present any questions about the first essay exam before the \nsecond essay exam, and you should address any questions about the second \nessay exam before the third exam. You should address any questions about the \nthird exam before the final exam. \n \nScholastic Dishonesty (aka cheating): \n\u2022 Students may bring one 4\u201d x 6\u201d index card of notes (dates, names, legislation, \netc.) to class on the days of the essay exams. \n\u2022 You may not, however, consult any other notes, books, electronic devices, \nor students. You may not look at your smart phone for any reason. \n\u2022 If you are discovered consulting your smart phone (for any reason) or any other \nsource of information except for the 4\u201d x 6\u201d index card that you brought to the \nexam, you will receive an F on that exam, and you will be reported to Student \nJudicial Services. \n \n \n \n \nUniversity students are expected to uphold the Student Honor Code: \n \n\u201cAs a student of The University of Texas at Austin, I shall abide by the core values of the University \nand uphold academic integrity.\u201d \n \nhttp://catalog.utexas.edu/general-information/appendices/appendix-c/student-\ndiscipline-and-conduct/ \n \n \n \n \nClassroom Policies: \n1. I do not record attendance, but students are responsible for all information \npresented in class. \n2. If you plan to come to class, please arrive on time. \n3. Please be sure that your phones are silenced during class. \n4. If you choose to use your laptop computer for activities other than taking notes \n(facebook, email, movies, games, etc.) please sit at the back of the lecture hall. \nMany students tell me that they are distracted by the online extracurricular \nactivities of other students. \n5. Whether you listen or don\u2019t listen, take notes or doodle, play games on your \ncomputer, or sleep is up to you. It is your time, your money, and your grade. \n\n \n4 \nHow attentive you are in class is up to you. BUT, however you spend your time \nduring class, DO NOT TALK. \n \nGeographical Literacy: This class will participate in a new History department \ninitiative to improve student geographical literacy. We will use a Digital History \ntool called Cerego. One cannot understand even the basics of US History without a \ncertain amount of geographical knowledge. You will do a series of map exercises \nthat reinforce the importance of particular geographic knowledge, and you will \naccess those exercises through Canvas. These exercises are short and easy. You \nwill repeat a particular exercise until you get it right. It is very simple. If you \ncomplete all exercises, two points will be added to your final exam score. \n \n Students are always welcome to make a comment or ask a \nquestion during class. Raise your hand to be recognized. \n \nUseful Information \n \nCanvas: There will be several \u201cmodules\u201d on Canvas. For example, one module will \ninclude the syllabus and course schedule. Other modules will provide \n\u2022 Faculty information: names, office locations, email addresses, and office hours of \nDr. Seaholm and all the Teaching Assistants. \n\u2022 Lecture outlines: I will post all lecture outlines and power point presentations on \nCanvas. \n\u2022 Reading Guides and Essay Exam Study Guides. Study Guides for the two Essay \nExams will be posted one week before the scheduled exam. \n\u2022 Primary Sources: documents that are assigned reading and included in the course \nschedule. \n\u2022 Grades will be posted on Canvas. The \u201ctotal column,\u201d the last column on the right, \nwill not be accurate until all grades are posted at the end of the semester. \n\u2022 Check Announcements for changes in reading assignments, the lecture schedule, \nor office hours. \n \nReligious Holidays: Students are not penalized for absence for religious holidays. \nUniversity policy states that you should notify me of your expected absence at least \nfourteen days prior to the date of the observance of a religious holy day. If you miss a \nclass, please ask one of your classmates to let you make a copy of their lecture notes. \nIf you have difficulty getting lecture notes for the day or days missed, let me know. If \nyou miss an exam, be sure to let me know. \n \n \nFYI: --24/7 Nurse Advice: 512-475-6877(NURS) \n--Schedule an appointment at the Health Center online from this website: \nhttps://healthyhorns.utexas.edu \n--Counseling and Mental Health Center Crisis Line 512-471-2215 (471-CALL) \n \n \n\n \n5 \nFor information about Campus Safety, see https://www.utexas.edu/campus-\nlife/safety-and-security \n \n \n \nTips on Reading and Studying: \n1. Check out the study strategies and assistance offered by the Sanger Learning \nCenter: https://ugs.utexas.edu/slc/support/one-on-one \n2. Do not try to memorize all facts and dates that you read or hear in lecture. \n3. In your reading, look for the \u201cstory\u201d or \u201cstories\u201d that the author relates. What does \nthe author reveal about what happened? What do the authors say about why \nsomething happened? What does the author say about the consequences of a \nparticular event or development? \n4. Then, think about the \u201cmajor players\u201d of a particular event or time period. \n5. Think about the most important factors that explain the \u201cmajor players\u2019\u2019\u201d actions \nor the most significant developments or occurrences. \n6. Think about the consequences of a particular historical episode, eg. The French-\nIndian War, Shays\u2019 Rebellion, the development of the steam engine, etc. \n7. Many facts and dates are important, but they are meaningless without their \nparticular context. Understand the story; then, think about the particular people, \nevents, policies, laws, (etc.) that are essential to understanding that story. \n \nUniversity Resources for Students \n \nThe university has numerous resources for students to provide assistance and support for \nyour learning \n\u2022 Sanger Learning and Career Center: www.utexas.edu/ugs/slc \n\u2022 University Writing Center: http://uwc.utexas.edu \n\u2022 Information Technology Services: http://www.utexas.edu/its/ \n\u2022 Counseling and Mental Health Center: \n \nhttp://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/individualcounseling.html \n\u2022 Student Emergency Services: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/ \n\u2022 Libraries: https://www.lib.utexas.edu \n\u2022 Canvas: http://canvas.utexas.edu \nSafety Information for Students \nIf you have concerns about the safety or behavior of fellow students, TAs or Professors, \ncall BCAL (the Behavior Concerns Advice Line): 512-232-5050. Your call can be \nanonymous. If something doesn\u2019t feel right \u2013 it probably isn\u2019t. Trust your instincts and \nshare your concerns. \nOccupants of buildings on The University of Texas at Austin campus are required to \nevacuate buildings when an alarm or alert is activated. Alarm activation or announcement \nrequires exiting and assembling outside, unless told otherwise by an official \nrepresentative. \n\n \n6 \n\u2022\u0000\u0000Familiarize yourself with all exit doors of each classroom and building you may \noccupy. Remember that the nearest exit door may not be the one you used when \nentering the building. \n\u2022\u0000\u0000Students requiring assistance in evacuation shall inform their instructor in writing \nduring the first week of class. \n\u2022\u0000\u0000In the event of an evacuation, follow the instruction of faculty or class instructors. \nDo not re-enter a building unless given instructions by the following: Austin Fire \nDepartment, The University of Texas at Austin Police Department, or Fire Prevention \nServices office. \nInformation regarding emergency evacuation routes and emergency procedures can be \nfound at: www.utexas.edu/emergency \nTitle IX makes it clear that violence and harassment based on sex and gender are \nCivil Rights offenses subject to the same kinds of accountability and the same kinds of \nsupport applied to offenses against other protected categories such as race, national \norigin, etc. If you or someone you know has been harassed or assaulted, you can find \nthe appropriate resources here https://titleix.utexas.edu/file-a-report. \n \n \n \nSCHEDULE: Lectures, Reading Assignments, Tests \n \n\u2022 Lectures are recorded. 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See reading guide on Canvas. \n \n \nF, 3/1 \nThe U.S. Constitution \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 7, pp. 202-220; US Constitution in Appendix \n \n \nQuiz for chapter 7. \n \n \nM, 3/4 \nRatification \n \n \nJames Madison, Federalist Paper #51, on Canvas \n \n \n \nW, 3/6 \nThe Turbulent 1790s: Hamiltonian-Federalism and Jeffersonian- \n \n Republicanism Liberty, ch. 8, pp. 221-236; review Ellis, chapters Preface \n \n \nthrough Ch. 2. \n \nF, 3/8 Slavery in the Republic \n \n \nReview pertinent sections of Liberty, ch. 4 and 6 \n \n \nReview Ellis Chapters 3 and 4. \n \nM, 3/11 Slavery in the Republic \n \n \nReview pertinent sections of Liberty, ch. 4 and 6 \n \n \nReview Ellis Chapters 5 and 6. \n \n \nW, 3/13 \nForeign Policy in the 1790s and 1800s \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 8, pp. 236-248; Review Ellis, ch. 4. \n \n \nQuiz for chapter 8. \n \nF, 3/15 Foreign Poiicy in the 1790s and 1800s \n \n \nCatch up with your reading. \n \n \n \nSpring Break: 3/18 - 3/23 \n \nM, 3/25 \nThe Market Revolution \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 9. Quiz for chapter 9. \n \nW, 3/27 \n\u201cDemocratization\u201d of Politics and the Second Two-Party System \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 10, pp. 280-296. \n \nF, 3/29 \nPresident Andrew Jackson: the Nullification Crisis, the Bank War, \n\n \n9 \n \n and \u201cIndian Removal.\u201d \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 10, 299-310; review \u201cNationalism and its Discontents\u201d section in \n \n \nch. 10. Quiz for chapter 10. \n \nM, 4/1 \n\u201cKing Cotton:\u201d The Economy and Social Order of the Antebellum \n \n \n South. Liberty, ch. 11, pp. 311-320 \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 11, pp. 311-320 \n \nW, 4/3 Slavery and \u201cthe world the slaves made\u201d \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 11. Quiz for chapter 11. \n \n \n \nF, 4/5 \nSecond Essay Exam. Bring a bluebook to class. You may write notes \n \n \non a 4\u201d x 6\u201d index card, and you may consult this card during the \n \n \nexam. \n \n \n \nBegin reading Harriet Beecher Stowe\u2019s Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin. \n \n \nComplete Stowe\u2019s novel by 4/20. See reading guide on Canvas. \n \nM, 4/8 \nDocumentary Video: \u201cRoots of Resistance: A Story of the \n \n \nUnderground Railroad\u201d \n \nW, 4/10 \nThe Second Great Awakening and Antebellum Reform \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 12, pp. 339-358 \n \n \nDorthea Dix appeals for state hospital for the insane, 1843. Read on Canvas. \n \n Online: William Lloyd Garrison, \u201cNo Compromise with the Evils of Slavery,\u201d \n1853:http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/185/civil-rights-and-conflict-in-the-united-\n \nstates-selected-speeches/5061/no-compromise-with-the-evil-of-slavery-\n \nspeech-1854/ \n \nF, 4/12 \nThe \u201cCult of Domesticity\u201d and the Origins of Feminism \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 12, pp. 356-363 \n \n \nOn Canvas: Catherine Beecher on the Duty of Women, \n \n \n \n \n \nSarah Grimke\u2019s argument for women\u2019s rights, \"Letters on the Equality of the \n \n \nSexes,\" online: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n http://www.worldculture.org/articles/12-Grimke%20Letters,%201-3.pdf \n \n \nQuiz for chapter 12. \n \n \n \nM, 4/15 \nWestering Americans and \u201cManifest Destiny\u201d \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 13, pp. 364-378 \n \n \n \nW, 4/17 \nShould slavery be allowed to exist in the US territories? \n \n \nPart 1 \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 13, pp. 378-386 \n \nF, 4/19 \nSlavery in the US territories, Part 2 \n \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 13, review to page 386 \n \n \n \nM, 4/22 \nSlavery in the US territories, Part 3 \n\n \n10 \n \n \nReview what you have read in Foner\u2019s chapter 13. \n \nW, 4/24 \nThe Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 \n \n \nComplete Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin before next lecture. \n \nF, 4/26 \nHarriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom\u2019s Cabin (1852) \n \nM, 4/29 \n\u201cFree Soil, Free Labor, Free Men\u201d \n \n \nReview Foner\u2019s section titled \u201cThe Free Labor Ideology\u201d in ch. 13 \n \n \n \nW, 5/1 \nPolitical Disintegration and Sectional Tensions \n \n \nReview Foner\u2019s ch. 13, pp. 388-400. \n \n \nQuiz for chapter 13. \n \nF, 5/3 \nAn \u201cIrrepressible Conflict\u201d? Northern and Southern Perspectives \n \n \nin 1860 \n \n \nWilliam Henry Seward\u2019s speech, \u201cThe Irrepressible Conflict,\u201d online: \n \n \nhttp://www.nyhistory.com/central/conflict.htm \n \n \nAlexander Stephens, \u201cCornerstone Speech\u201d: online, \n \n \nhttp://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/cornerstone-speech/ \n \nM, 5/6 \nSecession and Civil War \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 13, pp. 397-401; ch. 14, pp. 402-410; \n \n \nSecession declarations, online: read two or three. \n \n \nhttps://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes- \n \n \nseceding-states \n \n \n \nW, 5/8 \nThe Civil War \n \n \nLiberty, ch. 14, pp. 410-440 \n \n \nQuiz for chapter 15. \n \n \n \nF, 5/10 \nThird Essay Exam. 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It is designed to develop students' listening comprehension, speaking, reading and \nwriting skills, as well as their cultural awareness of Hispanic societies. The class is conducted in Spanish as \nmuch as possible, using English only if necessary for clarity and efficiency. \nThe class emphasizes listening comprehension and oral communication. Vocabulary and grammar will be \nacquired through active communication in pair work or small group activities. Grammar is studied not so \nthat you can recite grammar rules, but rather so that you gain an understanding of how the language works. \nYou must speak in order to learn to speak. Some students may feel inhibited about making mistakes in \n \nEnrollment limits for language classes: Enrollment limited to 18 for pedagogical reasons. Preference will \nbe given to pre-registered students, including pre-registered undergraduates who were cut from the same \nclass the previous semester due to the enrollment cap. Please note that you have to attend the first day of \nclass to maintain your preference level. In case of over-enrollment, preference will be given in the following \norder: concentrators, minors or majors, continuing students, juniors, sophomores, freshmen, seniors and \ngraduate students. \n \n \nREQUIRED TEXTBOOK + MATERIALS: \n \nNexos, 4th. edition + iLrn Language Learning Center Access (bundle) Spaine Long et al. Cengage \n(2017). The bundle includes the textbook plus a code to access online activities and other resources through \niLrn Language Learning Center. \n \nIMPORTANT: iLrn includes a \u2018free\u2019 e-book version of Nexos 4th ed. If you don't need to have a paper \nbook, and don't mind working with an e-book, this is a less expensive option. You can buy access to \niLrn directly from Cengage without having to purchase the paper textbook. I will give you \ninstructions and a code to join the course in irLn on the first day of class. However, you will have to \nmake sure you bring your laptop or tablet to class everyday. \n \n\n \n2\nfront of others. We will work together to make the class atmosphere as tension-free as possible. You must \nnot be concerned about the instructor, or others, judging you at every moment. \nThis class assumes no previous knowledge of Spanish; however, some of your classmates may have studied \nSpanish in high school or elsewhere, but not enough to go into Spanish II. Do not let this initial inequality \ndisturb you; the advantage of a head start diminishes quickly. \nThis is NOT a course where you can learn the material by yourself, show up occasionally, and do well on tests. \nYou must read the assigned pages in the textbook, complete the iLrn exercises regularly, submit work \non time, and come to class faithfully. \n \nThe classroom is the only place most of you can talk in Spanish on a regular basis with other live humans; this \nis absolutely necessary for progress in understanding and speaking Spanish, and it is the only way you can \nassimilate the increasingly complex language material. ATTENDANCE IS ABOLUTELY ESSSENTIAL \nTO YOUR SUCCESS IN THE CLASS. Do not take this class if you are not fully committed to doing all \nthe coursework. Count on 1.5 to 2 hours of work outside of class per hour of class. \n \nComputers and tablets are only permitted in class to read the textbook. Cell phones must be turned \noff during class. \n \n \nEVALUATION and GRADES \nGrading is on the basis of frequent, relatively small evaluations and assignments rather than on one or two \nmajor hurdles: \n \n1. Class Attendance and Participation (20%) \nYour active participation is essential in each and every session. This will be a very significant part of your \ngrade since it is in the class interactions with others that your communicative abilities in Spanish will develop \nand improve. Your grade will be determined daily by the quality and quantity of your preparation and \nparticipation in class discussions, activities, group work, etc. \n \nUnexcused absences will result in a reduction of the final class grade. For every four (4) unexcused absences \nthere will be a 5% reduction of the final grade. Additionally, more than eight (8) unexcused absences will result \n in an \"F\" in class participation. Exceptions require a letter from a medical doctor, a dean's excuse, or other \nextraordinary circumstances. In case of questions or anticipated problems, please contact your instructor. \n \nTardiness: Students are expected to come to class on time. Three (3) late arrivals will count as one \nabsence. \n \n2. Homework (20%) \nStudents are expected to prepare the assigned materials before each class and to complete the written work as \nstipulated in the syllabus. Please note that homework is paced to help you develop proficiency in the language. \nThese assignments include: \n \n\u2022 \nStudying the vocabulary and grammar in Nexos before the next class, and completing any written or oral \nexercises assigned. \n\u2022 \nCompleting the iLrn online exercises. Do the assigned exercises daily, as you learn new material, rather than \nin one marathon session before a quiz. These exercises are designed to reinforce and practice the grammar and \nvocabulary introduced in the textbook, and are a required component of the course. Exercises are self-\ncorrecting and provide you with instant feedback. \n\n \n3\nDue dates for iLrn online exercises will be on MONDAYS and THURSDAYS of every week, \nunless indicated otherwise. \n \n3. Compositions (20%): Four short compositions \nYou will have the opportunity to revise them and hand in a second version for the first three. Compositions are \ndue, in class (not by email), by the dates specified in the syllabus. LATE COMPOSITIONS WILL \nRECEIVE A 10% GRADE DEDUCTION FOR EVERY DAY THEY ARE LATE. No work will be \naccepted more than 48 hours after the original due date. Note that a zero will be given to a second draft \nwithout any improvements or to a missing second draft. \n \nComposition 1. Version 1: 50%; version 2: 50% \nComposition 2. Version 1: 60%; version 2: 40% \nComposition 3. Version 1: 70%; version 2: 30% \nComposition 4. Version 1: 100% \n \nYou will be graded on content, organization, grammar, vocabulary, and originality. When writing compositions: \n \n\u2022 \nType in any standard font, size 12 and double space. \n\u2022 \nIf you need to know how to type Spanish characters (\u00e1, \u00e9, \u00ed, \u00f3, \u00fa, \u00fc, \u00f1, \u00a1, \u00bf) check the \u2018Composiciones\u2019 section on \nStellar. \n\u2022 \nStaple all drafts together putting the final draft on top with your name, and date of hand-in. \n\u2022 \nTurn in the composition on time. Late work will not receive full credit. \n\u2022 \nDo not get outside help on the compositions. Outside help from a friend, a tutor, or an \nonline translator will be considered a violation of the Academic Integrity policy. If you feel you would like some \nfeedback prior to handing in a composition, please see you instructor! \n \n \n4. Exams (30%): Four in-class written tests. There is no Final Exam. \n \n \n5. Final project (10%). One project/oral presentation at the end of the semester. \n \n \nAll grades (tests, compositions, class and final grades) are based upon a traditional ten-point scale. Students are \nnot in competition with each other; each student will receive the grade he or she earns. \n \nPlagiarism Clause: According to Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, to plagiarize is \"to steal and pass off (the ideas \nor words of another) as one's own: use (a created production) without crediting the source: to commit literary theft: \npresent as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.\" This includes copying something out \nof a book, newspaper, journal or any other printed source, as well as electronic resources such as the World Wide \nWeb without the appropriate acknowledgement. According to this definition, plagiarism would also include the following: \n\u2022 \nusing material created by another student at your school or anywhere else and passing it off as your own (with or \nwithout their consent). \n\u2022 \nusing a paper-writing \"service\" which offers to sell written papers for a fee. \n \n \n \n\n \n4\n 21G.701/ 21G.751 CLASS SCHEDULE (SPRING 2018): \nIMPORTANT: Please consult the syllabus FROM STELLAR before each class, to be up-to- date with any \nannouncement or change to the syllabus. \nSemana 1 \nFEBRERO \nMartes 6 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNexos Cap\u00edtulo Preliminar: Presentaci\u00f3n del curso, alfabeto y cognados (p. 2) \nMi\u00e9rcoles 7 \nPersonas, vocabulario de la clase y los n\u00fameros 0-100 (pp. 3-5) \nJueves 8 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nNexos, Cap\u00edtulo 1: Vocabulario: saludos y despedidas, palabras interrogativas, art\u00edculos definidos e \nindefinidos (pp. 8; 10; 12-13; 18-20). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades de iLrn. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nSemana 2 \nLunes 12 \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 2: Pronombres de sujeto y presente indicativo del verbo \"ser\" (pp. 22-23) \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 3: Hay + sustantivos (nouns) (p. 25) \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \nMartes 13 \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 4: Tener, tener que, tener + a\u00f1os (p. 28) \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \nMi\u00e9rcoles 14 \nLectura: Tu direcci\u00f3n electr\u00f3nica revela tu personalidad (p. 35). Repaso del cap\u00edtulo 1 \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \nJueves 15 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nCap\u00edtulo 2. Vocabulario \u00fatil 1 y 2: Las actividades (pp. 46-47) y las caracter\u00edsticas f\u00edsicas (p.50) \nVocabulario \u00fatil 3: Caracter\u00edsticas de la personalidad (p. 52) Gram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 3: Descripciones\u2014adjetivos \n(g\u00e9nero y n\u00famero) (pp. 64-66) \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \n______________________________________________________________________________ \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSemana 3 \nLunes 19: Presidents Day (NO HAY CLASE) \n\n \n5\nMartes 20 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 1: Presente de los verbos en \u2013ar (pp.56-57). Gram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 2: Gustar + infinitivo (p.60-61). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \n \nMi\u00e9rcoles 21 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nLeer \u00a1Explora y expr\u00e9sate! (pp. 70-72). Repaso cap\u00edtulo 2. \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nJueves 22 \n \nCap\u00edtulo 3: Vocabulario \u00fatil 1: Campos de estudio, lugares en la universidad, los d\u00edas de la semana (pp. \n88-89.) Vocabulario \u00fatil 2: Para pedir y dar la hora (pp. 91-92). Vocabulario \u00fatil 3: Para hablar de la fecha \n(p. 94) \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \nSemana 4 \nLunes 26 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 1: Palabras interrogativas (pp. 98-99) \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 2: El presente de los verbos en \u2013er; -ir (pp.102-103) \nTAREA: Escribir la composici\u00f3n 1 (primera versi\u00f3n). Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \n \n \nMartes 27 \n \nEntregar la composici\u00f3n 1 en clase (versi\u00f3n 1). \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 3: Adjetivos posesivos (pp. 106-107) \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 4: Verbo \u2018ir\u2019; contracciones \"al\" y \"del\" (p. 110). \n \n \n \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \nMi\u00e9rcoles 28 \n \nLeer \u00a1Explora y expr\u00e9sate! (pp. 112-114). Cap\u00edtulo 4: Vocabulario \u00fatil 1: La tecnolog\u00eda, los colores (pp. \n128-129). Vocabulario \u00fatil 2: Las emociones y los aparatos electr\u00f3nicos (p. 132). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nMARZO \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nJueves 1 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nVocabulario \u00fatil 3: Funciones de Internet (p. 134). Repaso para el examen 1 (Cap\u00edtulo preliminar, 1, 2 y 3) \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. Preparar el examen 1. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n__________________________________________________________________________________ \n \n \n \n \n \n \nSemana 5 \nLunes 5 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nEXAMEN 1 (Cap\u00edtulo preliminar, 1, 2 y 3) \n\n \n6\nMartes 6 \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 1: Gustar (con sustantivos) y otros verbos similares (encantar, fascinar, importar, interesar, \nmolestar) (pp. 140-141). Gram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 2: Verbo \u2018estar\u2019; usos de \u2018ser\u2019 y \u2018esta (pp. 144-145). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nMi\u00e9rcoles 7 \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 3: Presente de verbos que cambian de ra\u00edz (stem-changing verbs) (pp.149-150) \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn \nJueves 8 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 4: Adverbios (p\u00e1g. 148-9). Leer: \u00a1Explora y expr\u00e9sate! 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Vocabulario \u00fatil 2: Las profesiones y las carreras (pp. 172-173) \nVocabulario \u00fatil 3: En el ba\u00f1o (p. 176). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nMartes 13 \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 1: Presente de verbos irregulares en \"yo\". \u201cSaber\u201d vs. \u201cconocer\u201d y \"a\" personal (pp.180-\n181). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nMi\u00e9rcoles 14 \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 2: Describiendo las actividades diarias: Verbos reflexivos (pp. 184-186). \nTAREA: Completar las actividades correspondientes en iLrn. \nJueves 15 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGram\u00e1tica \u00fatil 3: Presente progresivo (pp. 188-189) Leer: \u00a1Explora y expr\u00e9sate! (pp. 192-194). 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The second major theme is the ascent and decline of industrial capitalism, including the major \nenvironmental, political, and cultural effects of the nation\u2019s transition from, first, an agrarian to an industrial, \nconsumer society, and, second, from an industrial to a post-industrial consumer society. The reinvention of \ngovernment and of Americans\u2019 ideas and expectations of what government is and should\u2014or shouldn\u2019t\u2014do is \nour third major theme. Throughout the course we will be attentive to the question of \u201cwho or what makes \nAmerican history\u201d? Elites? Ordinary folk? Nature and natural forces? Technological innovation? Social \nconflict? Governments? Individuals? Collective aspirations? 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You\u2019ll be reading and discussing a diverse range of \npublished works of history as well as digging into some really exciting primary sources (i.e. speeches, letters, \ncartoons, political propaganda, short films, and other artefacts created in the past). It\u2019s also where your GSI \nand fellow students will help you learn or refine important skills, such as how to interpret evidence \nmeaningfully and in a historically-informed way; how to analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of \nworks of history; how to write a persuasive essay; and how to mount a logical, evidence-based argument. \n \nRequirements and grading: \nAttendance and participation: You must attend lectures and section meetings (attendance will be taken at \nsections); complete readings when assigned; and participate actively in all section discussions. Please note that, \nin most cases, the readings and discussions generally supplement rather than repeat the lecture material, and \nsometimes diverge from it. \nSection attendance and participation (required): 10% \nContact your section leader in advance if you need to be excused from section. Students may be \nexcused for documentable medical, family, or other emergency. If you have more than two \nunexcused absences, you may fail the course. \nTwo brief in-class tests (I.D.s): 15% each \nTwo brief essays on select primary sources: 15% each \nFinal exam: 30% \n \nLate policy: No extensions on papers unless you have a documentable medical, family, or other emergency. \nUnexcused late papers will be penalized 1/3 grade, no exceptions (i.e. the paper will be awarded an A- if it is \nof A quality, B+ if it is of A- quality, etc). Papers will not be accepted more than a week after the due date. \n \nRequired reading: you must borrow, buy, rent, or otherwise acquire electronic or hard copies of the following \ntexts. You must also bring the relevant texts to section (you will be directly working on them). \n \n\n \n2 \nRequired Books \nD. Henkin and R. McLennan, Becoming America, Volume 2 (McGraw-Hill), available for rental in \nelectronic version (ISBN: 9781260233605) or in paperback (ISBN 9781260878783). \nElliott West, The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story \nC. Vann Woodward, The Strange Career of Jim Crow \nKevin Boyle, Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age \nDonald Worster, Dustbowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s \nAllan Berub\u00e9, Coming Out Under Fire \nAnne Moody, Coming of Age in Mississippi; The Classic Autobiography of Growing Up Poor and \nBlack in the Rural South \nJefferson Cowie, Stayin\u2019 Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class \nArlie Russell Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right \nRequired Course Reader: Will be available 1/25/19 \n \n \nOffice Hours: \nProfessor Rebecca McLennan: Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30pm, 2224 Dwinelle \nHead GSI, Chase Arnold (administrative questions): Tuesdays & Thursdays, 1:30-2:30pm, 2104 Dwinelle \nGSIs: Your GSIs will post their office hours independently \n \n \nLECTURE SCHEDULE AND MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS \nPlease note that the reading schedule for sections is NOT included here. See Section Schedule. Please \ncomplete assigned reading in time for that day\u2019s class. \n \nWeek 1 \nTues Jan 22: Introduction and Background \nThurs Jan 24: Reinventing Government: Emancipation, Southern Reconstruction, and Multiracial Democracy \n \nDavid Henkin and Rebecca McLennan, Becoming America, Chap. 16 (pp. 415-431; 434-442). \n \nWeek 2 \nTues Jan 29: Entangled Histories: Death of Southern Reconstruction, Western Conquest and Incorporation \nBecoming America, Chap. 17 (pp.444-458). \nThurs Jan 31: From Plains Wars to Boomtown, U.S.A,: Bonanzas, Fevers, and Busts \n \nBecoming America, Chapter 17 (pp.458-466). \n \nWeek 3 \nTues Feb 5: Labor, Immigration, and Chinese Exclusion \n \nBecoming America (pp.466-467). \nThurs. Feb 7: Oil, Steel, and Meat: Big Business and Its Discontents \n \nBecoming America, Chap. 18 (pp.472-488) \n \nWeek 4 \nTues Feb 12: Cheap Nature, Pristine Nature: Industrialization and the Natural and Built Environments \n \nBecoming America, Chap. 18 (pp.495-498). \nThurs Feb 14: Commerce of Desire: Cities and the Making of Mass Consumer Culture \n \nBecoming America, Chap. 18 (pp.488-495). \n \nWeek 5 \nTues Feb 19: FIRST IN-CLASS EXAM (I.Ds). \nThurs Feb 21: Mass Politics and Mass Discontent, 1870-1892 \n \nBecoming America, Chap. 19 (pp.501-523). \n \nWeek 6 \nTues Feb 26: Populism, Race, and the Collapse of Gilded Age Politics \n \nBecoming America, Chap. 19 (523-530). \nThurs Feb 28: Jim Crow and \u201cthe Problem of the Color Line\u201d (Du Bois) \n\n \n3 \n \nC. 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Martin \nOffice \nRoom 2132 Chemistry \nOffice Hours \nTBA \nEmail \nomartin@chem.wisc.edu \nWebsite \nLearn@UW \n \nChemistry 103 is the first semester course in a two-semester General Chemistry sequence. The second \nsemester course is Chemistry 104. Students who take Chemistry 103 should also plan to take Chemistry \n104. Chemistry 103 and 104 provide a general background concerning the principles and factual basis \nof chemistry. The 103-104 sequence serves as a prerequisite for advanced courses such as Organic \nChemistry (341 or 343), Analytical Chemistry (327 or 329), and Inorganic Chemistry (311). Students in \nChemistry 103 should have placed into Math 114 or higher. \n \n \nRequired Materials \n \n1. Textbook: Chemistry the Central Science, Brown, Lemay, Bursten, Murphy and Woodword, 12 \nedition. Pearson \n \n2. Lab Manual: Chemistry 103 Laboratory Manual, Spring 2014, Chemistry Department, University \nof Wisconsin-Madison; available in the chemistry building lobby from Alpha Chi Sigma, sold (cash \nonly) during the first two weeks of class. \n \n3. Lab Notebook: Carbonless laboratory notebook with duplicate pages available from Alpha Chi \nSigma or local bookstores. \n \n4. Safety Goggles: Industrial quality eye protection is required at all times when you are in the lab. \nSafety goggles that completely seal around the eyes and fit over regular glasses can be \npurchased from local bookstores. \n \n5. An electronic RF \u201cclicker\u201d. The lectures will make extensive use of student \u201cvoting\u201d on concept \ntests, surveys, and other questions. You will need to buy an I-Clicker radio-frequency clicker and \nbring it to every lecture. These can be purchased at the University Bookstore. \n \n6. Calculator: An inexpensive calculator is required. It should have capabilities for square roots, \nlogarithms and exponentiation (antilogarithms), and exponential (scientific) notation operations. \nThe calculator will be used on homework assignments, quizzes, exams, and in the lab. Any \nprogrammable calculator may be used so long as 1) it is allowable for both the ACT and SAT \nexams and 2) it is only used for simple mathematical calculations and not used to store information \nsuch as chemical formulas or equations. \n\n2 \n \n7. A Mastering Chemistry account for access to on-line homework. This is bundled with your \nnew textbook for no additional charge. Instructions for registering are given on the course \nhomepage on Learn@UW. If you purchased a used textbook or received one from another \nstudent, you must purchase your own access to the Mastering Chemistry system online at: \nhttp://www.masteringchemistry.com. \n \nWeb-Based Course Materials and Class Emails \nTo access Web-based materials, you must have activated your UW-Madison NetID so you have an ID \nand password. You probably have already done this. If not, activate your NetID by going to \nhttp://my.wisc.edu, clicking on Activate your NetID, and following the directions. You may also change \nyour NetID password at this same Web site. Much information about this course will be transmitted via \nemail, using an automated email list based on registration in the course. It is best to use your @wisc.edu \nemail for UW-Madison communications. You can tell your other email accounts to forward to your \n@wisc.edu email account, or vice versa. \n \nCourse Organization and Expectations \nThis course has been designed and organized to help you learn chemistry, but no course or instructor \ncan learn for you. Learning is something only you can do. For that reason you are the most important \nfeature of the course. This means that you will need to devote considerable out-of-class time to studying \nthe subject. The rest of this syllabus outlines the features of the course than will help you learn. \nThe amount of time you should expect to put into this course ranges from 8-12 hours of out-side of class \nstudying per week. The precise amount will depend on your academic background, native ability, and \ndesired success level. In order to keep up, it is essential that you work on improving your studying and \ntime management skills. A recommended study strategy for this course is: 1) read the assigned material \nin the text before each whole class session, 2) attend class and take your own notes, 3) having read the \nChapter as soon as possible begin to work homework problems. When you encounter problems that you \ncannot solve, refer to the text, your notes, a tutorial, or your fellow students. Forming a study group to \nwork through problems is an excellent way to learn chemistry. \nThroughout this course emphasis will be placed on understanding chemistry and learning to think \neffectively in solving problems. Successful problem solving requires a basic knowledge of principles, facts \nand terms: a vocabulary of chemistry. This course includes a range of activities that are aimed at \nfacilitating the learning process. These activities are described below. \nLectures \nYou are expected to attend all lectures. During lectures we will discuss principles, outline goals, and \npresent illustrations and demonstrations. We will make frequent use of in-class \u201cConcepTests\u201d for which \nyou will use your electronic clickers to vote for answers and, following discussions with your neighbors, \nrevise your votes. A lecture is not intended to describe or explain everything you should learn; rather, it \nwill indicate what topics it is important to study and should provide some insight into those topics. Lecture \nwill also give you an opportunity to think about these topics and see if you understand them. You should \ntake notes during lecture, but this ought not be a passive, unthinking process. Your notes should reflect \nyour understanding of what you heard and saw, not just a repetition of what the lecturer said or wrote on \nthe chalkboard. Sample lecture notes taken by a TA will be posted on Learn@UW shortly after each \nlecture. Occasionally Powerpoint will be used and the slides will be available to download from the course \nweb page. \nLecture Demonstrations. Many chemical reactions and other phenomena are sufficiently dangerous or \nexpensive that it is not practical for all students to experience them first hand. Nevertheless such \n\n3 \n \nreactions may illustrate important principles or show important facts that will be useful later on in \nchemistry and other science courses, or in everyday life. The UW-Madison Chemistry Department has a \ntradition of using lecture demonstrations to help students understand chemistry. When a demonstration \nis done in class, make careful observations of what happens and make certain that you understand the \nprinciples the demonstration is designed to illustrate. All demonstrations are important, and questions \nabout observations or principles that have been presented via demonstrations can occur on \nexaminations. \nTextbook. The textbook supplements the lectures. It provides background material for the lectures and \nalso works out many relevant examples. In addition, at the end of each chapter are a number of problems, \nand in the appendices are answers to selected problems. For an understanding of the material in this \ncourse it is important to solve as many of these problems as possible. Plan to buy your own textbook. A \nreference copy of the textbook is available for consultation in the Chemistry library. \nDiscussion/Laboratory Sections A group of 22 or fewer students constitutes a discussion/laboratory \nsection supervised by one Teaching Assistant (TA). Discussion sections are for questions, help, review, \nand problem solving relevant to recent lectures, homework, laboratory experiments and other assigned \nmaterial. You should be prepared when you come to the discussion class and ask specific questions. \nYour TA may also discuss material relevant to the laboratory in discussion section. \nOn Line Homework. There are 15 on-line \u201cMastering Chemistry\u201d homework assignments. All \nassignments except for the last one (HW 15) are due on Sunday evenings (at 11 PM). See the course \nschedule for all the due dates. You need to register on the Mastering Chemistry website to gain access \nto the assignments (see instructions on Learn@UW). The answers should be entered online before 11 \npm on the day of the assignment. There is a 55 minute grace period after which no uncompleted problems \ncan be accepted. Additional problems from the book will be assigned as practice, but not graded. \nChemistry is a problem solving science, and the importance of working these problems cannot be \nunderstated. We encourage you to work in groups and not attempt to work on the questions at the last \nminute. All questions regarding the \u201cMastering Chemistry\u201d homework should be sent to \nchem103hw@chem.wisc.edu. \nWeekly Quizzes. A quiz will be given in the second discussion section each week, except for the first \nweek of classes and the weeks when there are scheduled exams. Quizzes will be 15-20 minutes long, \nwill be pencil-and-paper, and will consist of questions more challenging than some of the online \nhomework: questions that combine two or more concepts or require more thought to answer. There are \nno makeup quizzes. To account for a possible absence the best 10 out of 11 quiz scores will be used to \ncalculate your grade. \n \nLaboratory \nThe laboratory is extremely important to an understanding and appreciation of chemistry. In laboratory \nyou will have the opportunity to do chemistry and to apply experimental techniques to solving chemical \nproblems. You should prepare in advance for each laboratory exercise by writing up an introduction and \nprocedural outline in your lab notebook. Optional pre-lab quizzes are available on the course website and \nthey will help your understanding of the most important information. The scores for these quizzes will not \nbe added to your total course score. During the lab period you will carry out the experiment, take notes, \nand complete your data analysis. All your work must be turned in at the end of the period in the form of \nthe duplicate pages from your lab notebook. Occasionally you will be asked to write lab reports, these \nare due at a time specified by your TA. Please note that late laboratory reports are not graded. You will \nbe graded on your in-lab experimental technique and data analysis, and on your note taking skills. The \nschedule of labs is given in the course schedule provided. Italicized labs are computer labs which you \nwill compete outside of the laboratory on your own time. In some cases you will need to work with other \nstudents in your lab to devise an experimental procedure to solve a problem. We encourage you to \ndiscuss your work with your fellow students and TA while doing the experiment. However, your lab write-\n\n4 \n \nup must be done as indicated in the lab manual, which often means an individual write-up. A more \ndetailed description of how lab work will be carried out is provided in the lab manual. \nSafety Quiz The Safety Quiz must be passed with a perfect score before you can begin lab work. \nTherefore you should study the safety information in your laboratory manual and take the Safety Quiz as \nsoon as possible. You must complete the Safety Quiz by Sunday February 2. You can take the Safety \nQuiz as many times as necessary to attain a perfect score. \nResources. Your best source of information is your teaching assistant. They understand what it takes to \nsucceed in this course and are trained professionals who can help you navigate this semester. The \nGreater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) offers free assistance to any student in this class via a variety \nof programs. These include study group tutoring, individual tutoring, study skills counseling. The \nchemistry fraternity AXE also provides free tutoring. You can meet with the professors after class, during \ntheir office hours, or by setting up an appointment by email. \nTechnology Enhanced Learning. \nMuch of the material for this course is only available via Learn@UW. You are urged to visit the web site \nroutinely for up to date class information. You have access to the 103 materials via Learn@UW only if \nyou are enrolled in this course. You can use Learn@UW on your own computer, a friend\u2019s computer, or \nany other computer on campus. Direct your Web browser to https://learnuw.wisc.edu/ and log in. You \nwill be asked for your NetID Username and Password. If you have a problem logging in, and you have \nbeen registered for this section of Chem 103 for at least two days, send an email to \nrbain@chem.wisc.edu. \nMidterm and Final Exams \nThere will be three midterm exams of 50 minutes each and a two-hour final exam. No make-up exams \nwill be given. The three tests, given during the class period, are based on material presented in lectures, \nassigned reading from the textbook and assigned problems. Tests may also include questions based \nupon laboratory material. The two hour final exam is comprehensive, covering topics from the entire \nsemester. \nExam I \n \nMonday, February 17, 2:25 \u2013 3:15 PM, \n \nRoom TBA \nExam II \n \nWednesday, March 26, 2:25 \u2013 3:15 PM, \n \nRoom TBA \nExam III \n \nWednesday, April 23, 2:25-3:15 PM, \n \nRoom TBA \nFinal Exam \n \nMonday, May 12, 7:45 \u2013 9:45 AM \n \n \nRoom TBA \nGrades \nYour grade will be based on a maximum of 1000 points divided as follows: \n15 Online Homework assignments \n \n \n \n140 points; \nLaboratory \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n210 points; \nClicker Points* \n \n \n \n \n \n \n30 points; \nTA Personal Evaluation** \n \n \n \n \n \n20 points; \nThree midterm exams \n \n \n \n \n \n300 points; \n10 Quizzes (best 10 out of 11) \n \n \n \n \n100 points; \nFinal Exam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n200 points. \n================================================================== \nTotal \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n1000 points \n\n5 \n \n* 30 points are given for responding to 80% of all clicker questions; 15 pts are given for a 60%. \n**TA Personal Evaluation: This provides a means for your TA to evaluate your overall performance in \ndiscussion section and in lab. Your grade will be based on your attendance, preparation, and participation \nin discussion and lab. \nYour final course grade will be based on your relative total of accumulated points compared to the rest \nof the class. The approximate distribution of final grades is given below. The top 24% of the scores will \nreceive A\u2019s and so forth. It is important to note that the distribution will be adjusted upwards if class \nperformance exceeds our expectations. \nAn important difference between this course and many high school courses is that the grades you receive \non the exams, homework, laboratories and other assignments determine your final grade. One cannot \nimprove this grade by performing additional work. \n \nApproximate Distribution of Final Grades \nLecture attendance and active participation are essential to the learning process. You will be given many \nopportunities to participate by voting with your clicker. \nHealth or Disability Concerns. All students at UW are entitled to an accessible, accommodating, and \nsupportive teaching and learning environment. The provision of reasonable accommodation for students \nwith disabilities is a shared faculty and student responsibility. Students are expected to inform their \nprofessor of their need for accommodation; the professor and TA are expected to make the necessary \narrangements. If you have special needs, please make an appointment to speak to your professor and \nTA at your earliest convenience. If you have a condition that might result in a seizure, loss of \nconsciousness, or other situation that might endanger your safety or the safety of others in the laboratory, \nplease inform your TA. \nMissing Class or Other Deadlines. If illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending an \nexam, meeting an assignment deadline, or attending laboratory your TA will work to accommodate the \nabsence as long as you email him or her before the scheduled meeting time or deadline. If you are ill and \ncannot attend class, you will be able to use the class notes and Powerpoint slides on Learn@UW to \nobtain missed information. \nPlagiarism and Academic Misconduct \nYou will be writing laboratory reports and answers to homework questions in this course. It is not OK to \nsimply copy and paste material from the Web into these reports or answers. The UW-Madison Writing \nCenter has a good description of how to paraphrase or quote material that you did not write yourself. It \nis available at http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QuotingSources.html. Copying results or answers to \nquestions, homework, or exams from someone else and passing them off as your own work is academic \nmisconduct and will not be tolerated. 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Limiting Reactants \n3 \n3 \n2/3 \nProperties of Aqueous \nSolutions. \n4 \nSolutions, Density and \nGraphing \n \nHW 3 (Sun) \nQuiz 2 (in disc) \n2/5 \nReactions in Solution. \n4 \n2/7 \nConcentrations of Solutions. \n4 \n4 \n2/10 \nSolution Stoichiometry \n4 \nReaction Types and Chemical \nLogic \n \nHW 4 (Sun) \nQuiz 3 (in disc) \n2/12 \nSolution Stoichiometry \n4 \n2/14 \nReview \n1-4 \n5 \n2/17 \nExam I \n1-4 \nNo Lab \nHW 5 (Sun) \n2/19 \nThe Nature of Energy. \nThe First Law of \nThermodynamics \n5 \n2/21 \nEnthalpy. Enthalpies of \nReaction. \n5 \n6 \n2/24 \nCalorimetry. Hess\u2019s Law \n5 \nReaction of Zn & I2 \n \nHW 6 (Sun) \nQuiz 4 (in disc) \n2/26 \nEnthalpies of Formation \n5 \n2/28 \nAtomic Structure \n6 \n7 \n3/3 \nMany-electron Atoms \n6 \nSolution Calorimetry \n \nHW 7 (Sun) \nQuiz 5 (in disc) \n3/5 \nElectron Configurations \n6 \n3/7 \nPeriodic Properties of the \nElements \n7 \n8 \n3/10 \nChemical Bonding. Lewis \nSymbols. 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Martin \nOffice \nRoom 5232 Chemistry \nOffice Hours \nMonday 4:30 \u2013 5:30 PM, Wednesday 2:30 \u2013 3:30 PM \nEmail \nomartin@chem.wisc.edu \nWebsite \nLearn@UW \n \nChemistry 103 is the first semester course in a two-semester General Chemistry sequence. The second \nsemester course is Chemistry 104. Students who take Chemistry 103 should also plan to take Chemistry \n104. Chemistry 103 and 104 provide a general background concerning the principles and factual basis of \nchemistry. The 103-104 sequence serves as a prerequisite for advanced courses such as Organic \nChemistry (341 or 343), Analytical Chemistry (327 or 329), and Inorganic Chemistry (311). Students in \nChemistry 103 should have placed into Math 114 or higher. \nRequired Material \n \nTextbook: Chemistry the Central Science, Brown, Lemay, Bursten, Murphy and Woodword, 12 edition. \nPearson \nLab Manual: Chemistry 103 Laboratory Manual, Fall 2011, Chemistry Department, University of \nWisconsin-Madison; available in the chemistry building lobby from Alpha Chi Sigma, sold (cash only) \nduring the first two weeks of class. \nLab Notebook: Carbonless laboratory notebook with duplicate pages available from Alpha Chi Sigma or \nlocal bookstores. \nSafety Goggles: Industrial quality eye protection is required at all times when you are in the lab. Safety \ngoggles that completely seal around the eyes and fit over regular glasses can be purchased from local \nbookstores. \nAn electronic RF \u201cclicker\u201d. The lectures will make extensive use of student \u201cvoting\u201d on concept tests, \nsurveys, and other questions. You will need to buy an I-Clicker radio-frequency clicker and bring it to \nevery lecture. These can be purchased at the University Bookstore. \nCalculator: An inexpensive calculator is required. It should have capabilities for square roots, logarithms \nand exponentiation (antilogarithms), and exponential (scientific) notation operations. The calculator will be \nused on homework assignments, quizzes, exams, and in the lab. Any programmable calculator may be \nused so long as 1) it is allowable for both the ACT and SAT exams and 2) it is only used for simple \nmathematical calculations and not used to store information such as chemical formulas or equations. \nKeep This Syllabus for Future Reference \n\n2 \nWeb-Based Course Materials and Class Emails \nTo access Web-based materials, you must have activated your UW-Madison NetID so you have an ID \nand password. You probably have already done this. If not, activate your NetID by going to \nhttp://my.wisc.edu, clicking on Activate your NetID, and following the directions. You may also change your \nNetID password at this same Web site. \nMuch information about this course will be transmitted via email, using an automated email list based on \nregistration in the course. It is best to use your @wisc.edu email for UW-Madison communications. You \ncan tell your other email accounts to forward to your @wisc.edu email account, or vice versa. \nCourse Organization and Expectations \nThis course has been designed and organized to help you learn chemistry, but no course or instructor can \nlearn for you. Learning is something only you can do. For that reason you are the most important feature \nof the course. This means that you will need to devote considerable out-of-class time to studying the \nsubject. The rest of this syllabus outlines the features of the course than will help you learn. \nMany of you are first semester freshmen. You will find several significant differences between your high \nschool course and this course. Perhaps the biggest is the amount of time you should expect to put into \nthis course, this ranging from 8-12 hours of out-side of class studying per week. The precise amount will \ndepend on your academic background, native ability, and desired success level. In order to keep up, it is \nessential that you work on improving your studying and time management skills. A recommended study \nstrategy for this course is: 1) read the assigned material in the text before each whole class session, 2) \nattend class and take your own notes, 3) having read the Chapter as soon as possible begin to work \nhomework problems. When you encounter problems that you cannot solve, refer to the text, your notes, a \ntutorial, or your fellow students. Forming a study group to work through problems is an excellent way to \nlearn chemistry. \nThroughout this course emphasis will be placed on understanding chemistry and learning to think \neffectively in solving problems. Successful problem solving requires a basic knowledge of principles, facts \nand terms: a vocabulary of chemistry. This course includes a range of activities that are aimed at \nfacilitating the learning process. These activities are described below. \nLectures \nYou are expected to attend all lectures. During lectures we will discuss principles, outline goals, and \npresent illustrations and demonstrations. We will make frequent use of in-class \u201cConcepTests\u201d for which \nyou will use your electronic clickers to vote for answers and, following discussions with your neighbors, \nrevise your votes. A lecture is not intended to describe or explain everything you should learn; rather, it will \nindicate what topics it is important to study and should provide some insight into those topics. Lecture will \nalso give you an opportunity to think about these topics and see if you understand them. You should take \nnotes during lecture, but this ought not be a passive, unthinking process. Your notes should reflect your \nunderstanding of what you heard and saw, not just a repetition of what the lecturer said or wrote on the \nchalkboard. Sample lecture notes taken by a TA will be posted on Learn@UW shortly after each lecture. \nOccasionally Powerpoint will be used and the slides will be available to download from the course web \npage. \nLecture Demonstrations. Many chemical reactions and other phenomena are sufficiently dangerous or \nexpensive that it is not practical for all students to experience them first hand. Nevertheless such reactions \nmay illustrate important principles or show important facts that will be useful later on in chemistry and \nother science courses, or in everyday life. The UW-Madison Chemistry Department has a tradition of \nusing lecture demonstrations to help students understand chemistry. When a demonstration is done in \nclass, make careful observations of what happens and make certain that you understand the principles \nthe demonstration is designed to illustrate. All demonstrations are important, and questions about \nobservations or principles that have been presented via demonstrations can occur on examinations. \nTextbook. The textbook supplements the lectures. It provides background material for the lectures and \nalso works out many relevant examples. In addition, at the end of each chapter are a number of \nproblems, and in the appendices are answers to selected problems. For an understanding of the material \n\n3 \nin this course it is important to solve as many of these problems as possible. Plan to buy your own \ntextbook. A reference copy of the textbook is available for consultation in the Chemistry library. \nDiscussion/Laboratory Sections \nA group of 22 or fewer students constitutes a discussion/laboratory section supervised by one Teaching \nAssistant (TA). Discussion sections are for questions, help, review, and problem solving relevant to recent \nlectures, homework, laboratory experiments and other assigned material. You should be prepared when \nyou come to the discussion class and ask specific questions. Your TA may also discuss material relevant \nto the laboratory in discussion section. \nOn Line Homework. There are 14 on-line \u201cMastering Chemistry\u201d homework assignments. See the \ncourse schedule for the due dates given in parentheses. You need to register on the Mastering Chemistry \nwebsite to gain access to the assignments (see instructions on Learn@UW). The homework should be \nprinted out at the beginning of the week, and the answers should be entered online before 11pm on the \nday of the assignment. There is a 55 minute grace period after which no uncompleted problems can be \naccepted. Additional problems from the book will be assigned as practice, but not graded. Chemistry is a \nproblem solving science, and the importance of working these problems cannot be understated. We \nencourage you to work in groups and not attempt to work on the questions at the last minute. All \nquestions regarding the \u201cMastering Chemistry\u201d homework should be sent to chem103hw@chem.wisc.edu. \nLaboratory \nThe laboratory is extremely important to an understanding and appreciation of chemistry. In laboratory you \nwill have the opportunity to do chemistry and to apply experimental techniques to solving chemical \nproblems. You should prepare in advance for each laboratory exercise by writing up an introduction and \nprocedural outline in your lab notebook. Optional pre-lab quizzes are available on the course website and \nthey will help your understanding of the most important information. The scores for these quizzes will not \nbe added to your total course score. During the lab period you will carry out the experiment, take notes, \nand complete your data analysis. All your work must be turned in at the end of the period in the form of \nthe duplicate pages from your lab notebook. Your laboratory report is due at a time specified by your TA. \nPlease note that late laboratory reports are not graded. You will be graded on your in-lab experimental \ntechnique and data analysis, and on your note taking skills. The schedule of labs is given in the course \nschedule provided. Italicized labs are computer labs. \nIn some cases you will need to work with other students in your lab to devise an experimental procedure \nto solve a problem. We encourage you to discuss your work with your fellow students and TA while doing \nthe experiment. However, your lab write-up must be done as indicated in the lab manual, which often \nmeans an individual write-up. A more detailed description of how lab work will be carried out is provided in \nthe lab manual. \nSafety Quiz \nThe Safety Quiz must be passed with a perfect score before you can begin lab work. Therefore you \nshould study the safety information in your laboratory manual and take the Safety Quiz as soon as \npossible. You must complete the Safety Quiz before your laboratory session the week of Sept 12. You can \ntake the Safety Quiz as many times as necessary to attain a perfect score. \nResources. Your best source of information is your teaching assistant. They understand what it takes to \nsucceed in this course and are trained professionals who can help you navigate this semester. The \nGreater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) offers free assistance to any student in this class via a variety \nof programs. These include study group tutoring, individual tutoring, study skills counseling. The \nchemistry fraternity AXE also provides free tutoring. You can meet with the professors after class, during \ntheir office hours, or by setting up an appointment by email. \nTechnology Enhanced Learning. \nMuch of the material for this course is only available via Learn@UW. You are urged to visit the web site \nroutinely for up to date class information. You have access to the 103 materials via Learn@UW only if \nyou are enrolled in this course. You can use Learn@UW on your own computer, a friend\u2019s computer, or \nany other computer on campus. Direct your Web browser to https://learnuw.wisc.edu/ and log in. You will \nbe asked for your NetID Username and Password. If you have a problem logging in, and you have been \nregistered for this section of Chem 103 for at least two days, send an email to rbain@chem.wisc.edu. \n\n4 \nMidterm and Final Exams \nThere will be four midterm exams of 50 minutes each and a two-hour final exam. No make-up exams will \nbe given. The four tests, given during the class period (see course outline for dates), are based on \nmaterial presented in lectures and assigned problems. Tests may also include questions based upon \nlaboratory material. The two hour final exam is comprehensive, covering topics from the entire semester. \n \n \nExam I \nFriday \nSeptember 23 3:30 \u2013 4:20 PM, \n \nRoom 1351 \n \nExam II \nFriday \nOctober 14, \n3:30 \u2013 4:20 PM, \n \nRoom 1351 \n \nExam III \nFriday \nNovember 4 \n3:30 \u2013 4:20 PM, \n \nRoom 1351 \n \nExam IV \nFriday \nDecember 2 \n3:30 \u2013 4:20 PM, \n \nRoom 1351 \n \nFinal Exam \nTuesday \nDecember 20 \n10:05 AM \u2013 12:05 PM \n Room TBA \nGrades \nYour grade will be based on a maximum of 1000 points divided as follows: \n \n14 Online Homework assignments \n \n \n \n \n \n170 points; \n \nLaboratory \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n210 points; \nClicker Points* \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n30 points; \n \nCourse Surveys* \n \n \n \n \n \n \n10 points; \n \nTA Personal Evaluation** \n \n \n \n \n \n \n20 points; \n \nFour 50-min. exams @ 90 points each \n \n \n \n \n360 points; \n \nFinal Exam \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n200 points. \n \n================================================================== \n \nTotal \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n1000 points \n* 30 points are given for responding to 80% of all clicker questions; 15 pts are given for a 60%. Course \nsurveys and evaluations allow us to assess and improve course components. You receive 10 points if you \ncomplete these surveys and evaluations. \n**TA Personal Evaluation: This provides a means for your TA to evaluate your overall performance in \ndiscussion section and in lab. Your grade will be based on your attendance, preparation, and participation \nin discussion and lab. \nYour final course grade will be based on your relative total of accumulated points compared to the rest of \nthe class. The approximate distribution of final grades is given below. The top 24% of the scores will \nreceive A\u2019s and so forth. It is important to note that the distribution will be adjusted upwards if class \nperformance exceeds our expectations. \nAn important difference between this course and many high school courses is that the grades you receive \non the exams, homework, laboratories and other assignments determine your final grade. One cannot \nimprove this grade by performing additional work. \n\n5 \n \nApproximate Distribution of Final Grades \nLecture attendance and active participation are essential to the learning process. You will be given many \nopportunities to participate by voting with your clicker. \nHealth or Disability Concerns. All students at UW are entitled to an accessible, accommodating, and \nsupportive teaching and learning environment. The provision of reasonable accommodation for students \nwith disabilities is a shared faculty and student responsibility. Students are expected to inform their \nprofessor of their need for accommodation; the professor and TA are expected to make the necessary \narrangements. If you have special needs, please make an appointment to speak to your professor and TA \nat your earliest convenience. If you have a condition that might result in a seizure, loss of consciousness, \nor other situation that might endanger your safety or the safety of others in the laboratory, please inform \nyour TA. \nMissing Class or Other Deadlines. If illness or other circumstances prevent you from attending an \nexam, meeting an assignment deadline, or attending laboratory your TA will work to accommodate the \nabsence as long as you email him or her before the scheduled meeting time or deadline. If you are ill and \ncannot attend class, you will be able to use the class notes and Powerpoint slides on Learn@UW to obtain \nmissed information. \nPlagiarism and Academic Misconduct \nYou will be writing laboratory reports and answers to homework questions in this course. It is not OK to \nsimply copy and paste material from the Web into these reports or answers. The UW-Madison Writing \nCenter has a good description of how to paraphrase or quote material that you did not write yourself. 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All members of the UNC community can \nsign up for free access to Microsoft Office 365 (which includes Word) \nat https://office.unc.edu/. \n\u2022 Install the Adobe Creative Cloud desktop application: free download for members of the \nUNC community at http://software.sites.unc.edu/adobe/. We will primarily use Adobe \nPremiere. \n \n \nCourse Description: \nWelcome to ENGL 105, Writing at the Research University! In this course, we will investigate \nhow writing works across the disciplines at the research university (specifically the natural sciences, \nsocial sciences, and humanities). We will discover how different disciplines frame research questions, \nevaluate evidence, and make knowledge claims. In order to accomplish the objectives set for this \ncourse, you cannot think about writing as merely an assignment that satisfies a list of requirements \nto achieve a grade. Thinking about writing only as a means to this end renders it artificial, solitary, \nand static. \n \nInstead, I want you to view writing as dynamic and problem-based. In this class, you will participate \nin writing activities that call upon you to think about and place yourself in realistic rhetorical \nsituations. Your writing will become dynamic by actively responding to practical situations common \nto academic communities and engaging with those communities. I want you to view your writing, as \nwell as yourself as a writer, as a work in progress. This course is more than a series of essays for \ngrades; it is a progression of encounters with rhetorical situations and genres that will prepare you to \nbe an effective writer and communicator in college and in your professional lives after college. \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 2 of 15 \nCourse Objectives: \nBy the end of this course you will be able to: \n\u2022 Employ conventions, genres, and rhetoric practiced in the natural sciences, social sciences, \nand humanities. \n\u2022 Conduct research using a variety of methods, databases, and sources. \n\u2022 Discuss and present research-based arguments and information. \n\u2022 Identify how best to use research and evidence in discipline-specific compositions. \n\u2022 Compose using written, oral, and multimedia modes. \n\u2022 Review and revise one\u2019s own work and assist others in revising their work. \n \nSpecifically, we will work toward the following goals: \n\u2022 Reimagine, redefine, and understand the complexities of \u201cwriting\u201d and \u201crhetoric.\u201d \n\u2022 Develop skills and awareness around your own writing and writing process. \n\u2022 Develop writing strategies, awareness, and self-assessment skills to help you confidently \napproach future writing challenges that you encounter in your academic and professional \nlives at UNC and beyond. \n\u2022 Tailor compositions to specific audiences and rhetorical situations by analyzing and adapting \ngenre conventions in multiple communities. \n\u2022 Develop a social and process-oriented approach to composition in which collaboration and \nrevision are central components. \n\u2022 Compose across technologies and modalities in words, sounds, images, video, and \nhypertexts. \n\u2022 Identify, evaluate, and appropriately use relevant research and resources to support your \ncompositions. \n \n \nCourse Design: \nThe course will be organized around the following principles: \n\u2022 Student-centered: As opposed to a presentational lecture format, ENGL 105/105i classes \nwill be taught using a workshop approach that promotes interactive, experiential learning. \nThe class will function as a seminar with 20 or fewer students, which means that each \nstudent will have a voice in the class and will be called upon to participate fully. My \ninstruction will emphasize process: how to read, write, analyze, interpret, understand, and \ncreate oral, written, or multimedia texts. My role in this class is not that of a traditional \nteacher who stands at the front of the room and lectures. Rather, I am someone who offers \nstructure, motivation, support, perspective, and feedback as YOU engage with your \nclassmates and the course projects. While I will ultimately take on the role of the evaluator at \nthe end of the semester, my main focus is on empowering you to make decisions about your \nwriting because that\u2019s when you learn the most. \n\u2022 Group-oriented: Classes will be taught using a workshop approach that emphasizes the role \nof learning by writing and promotes interactive, experiential learning. Each of you will \nbecome a member of a small working group. These groups will serve as writing groups, \ndiscussion groups, and smaller cohorts in the larger classroom community. We will be \nusing Sakai (UNC\u2019s online course management system) as forums for posting and \nresponding to drafts in progress and as a communication system so that you can access the \nsyllabus and daily homework assignments electronically. \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 3 of 15 \n\u2022 Community-centered: ENGL 105/105i will introduce you to key campus resources and \nmay engage you with projects that seek an audience outside the class. In addition to \nintroducing you to the world-class library resources available at UNC, you may also engage \nwith a range of other campus partners, such as the Media Resources Center, rare \nbooks and special collections at Wilson Library, Ackland Art Museum, Carolina Performing \nArts, and PlayMakers Repertory Company. \n\u2022 Activity-focused: Each class will consist of a sequence of activities that engage students in \nthe writing process: how to read, write, analyze, interpret, understand, and create texts. You \nwill always be working on a project; each week you should be working on components of \nthat project in class and between classes. \n\u2022 Process-based: We will move through three units, each one containing short \u201cfeeder\u201d \nassignments that build into one substantial unit project. The feeder assignments are generally \ndesigned to give you practice with a particular skill (such as finding potential grants or \nanalyzing secondary sources) while the unit projects will ask you to synthesize primary and \nsecondary research. Using a process-based approach, you will write multiple drafts, receive \nongoing feedback from your peers and instructor, and participate in evaluating your own and \nothers\u2019 projects throughout the composition process. \n\u2022 Project-based: The three unit projects will engage you in rhetorical situations that explore \nreal-world contexts for writing and research that start from a problem or research question. \n\u2022 Genre-based: The projects include a range of genres, forms, and mediums. You will get \nexperience with genres such as the conference paper, journal article, business pitch, digital \nexhibit, or recommendation report. These genres will offer spoken and written modes as \nwell as different mediums\u2014including print and digital formats. \n\u2022 Research-based: You will undertake research projects that involve a variety of research \nmethods. These methods could be textual, library research, or they could also include \narchival research methods and/or other types of empirical methods\u2014such as interviews, \nobservations, or experimentation. \n\u2022 Publication-oriented: Addressing an audience (not the teacher/grader) is key. ENGL \n105/105i students are asked to \u201cpublish\u201d their projects through a course structure using \nportfolios, presenting at a conference held during the exam period, or submitting to journals \nor an online format. \n \n \nEvaluation and Grading: \nThis course will function on a simple point grading system. Further details and assignment handouts \nwill be provided via Sakai for each major assignment, etc. listed below: \n \n\u2022 Feeder Assignments: 5% each x 6 = 30% total \n\u2022 Unit 1 Final Project (Popular science article): 15% \n\u2022 Unit 2 Final Project (Ethnography presentation): 15% \n\u2022 Unit 3 Final Project (Literary analysis video essay): 15% \n\u2022 Course Blog Post: 5% \n\u2022 Class Participation and Engagement: 20% \n \nTo calculate your overall participation grade, I record a daily participation grade for each student for \nevery single class session based on the following criteria: \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 4 of 15 \n\u2022 Attended all class sessions and conferences \n\u2022 Arrived on time and fully prepared \n\u2022 Engaged during class discussions and other activities \n\u2022 Actively participated in group/partner work \n\u2022 Completed all peer review activities \n\u2022 Displayed significant investment in the revision process \n\u2022 Note: If I notice you are not fully engaged or are engaged with non-class activities, your \nparticipation grade for the day will be severely lowered. Additionally, being disruptive \nearns an automatic participation grade of 0 for the day. \n \nNote: There is no final exam for this course. \n \nFeeders will be graded based on completion, prompt submission, and attention to assignment \ndetails. Unit projects will be evaluated by rubrics developed by the instructor according to Writing \nProgram standards and individual assignment expectations. \n \nEach unit will reflect a particular discipline: the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the \nhumanities. Additionally, one of these units may integrate a business writing component, one will \nintegrate an oral communication component, and another will integrate a digital literacy component. \n \nWhether we are doing group work, peer editing, having a class discussion, or taking a trip to the \nlibrary, you should be alert and willing to participate in all activities. Not being on task, checking \nsocial media, failing to engage with the day\u2019s material, or failing to bring a draft to class will \nsignificantly lower your participation grade. Participation grades may also be lowered for \ninappropriate or disruptive behavior during class. Attendance is expected. Missing class will \nimpact your participation grade. Disruptive behavior will earn you a 0 for your daily participation \ngrade. An absence earns a 50 if you still submitted your work for the day, unless your absence is \nexcused by the Dean of Students. Contact me ahead of time if you are experiencing an issue that \nmight affect your ability to attend class, and we will discuss your options. For more information \nabout the University attendance policies (and what to do if you feel you have extenuating \ncircumstances regarding your absence), see https://catalog.unc.edu/policies-procedures/attendance-\ngrading-examination/#text. \n \nFinal letter grades are determined based on the following scale: \n \nA (93-100) \nA- (90-92) \nB+ (87-89) \nB (83-86) \nB- (80-82) \nC+ (77-79) \nC (73-76) \nC- (70-72) \nD+ (67-69) \nD (63-66) \nF (below 63) \n \nI will use traditional rounding to determine grades that fall between whole values. Any mixed \nnumber with a decimal value of five tenths or higher will round up to the next whole number. (For \nexample, 92.5 will round up to an A as a 93, but 92.4 will not.) \n \nLate Assignments \nEach assignment should be completed and prepared in the correct format for submission on the day \nit is due. This includes homework, drafts, presentations, final drafts of feeder assignments, and final \ndrafts of unit projects. Unless otherwise specified, daily homework assignments and larger projects \nwill typically be due via electronic submission through Sakai the night before a class session by \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 5 of 15 \n11:59pm. Late submissions of daily homework assignments will significantly affect your participation \ngrade. Regarding graded assignments such as your blog post, feeders, and unit projects, I \nwill typically not accept late submissions. Plan ahead to prepare for potential conflicts or \nsubmission/technical issues so you can avoid them. If your assignment is late or is going to be late, \nhowever, I urge you to communicate with me immediately and attempt to submit the assignment \nas soon as possible to see if we can determine a work-around to potentially minimize how much it \nhurts your grade. \n \nMost assignments will be submitted electronically, and it is YOUR responsibility to ensure that your \nassignment was posted/submitted successfully. I will not accept excuses involving \u201ctechnical \nglitches\u201d or \u201cuploading errors.\u201d It is your job to upload or submit your assignment and then click to \ndouble-check and confirm that the correct document was submitted and that it was submitted \nsuccessfully. I will simply grade based on the document available from your submission. \n \nDespite all of the above, I do recognize that life happens, and sometimes, extenuating circumstances \nmay prevent you from completing an assignment by the deadline. If you feel you cannot complete \nan assignment by the deadline, speak with me, and we might be able to work out a reasonable \ntimeline that accommodates you. I will consider granting extensions on assignments up to 48 \nhours before the due date. Do NOT contact me the night before the assignment is due and expect \nan extension. I will only consider granting extensions for reasons I consider valid. \n \n \nWhat I Expect from You: \n\u2022 Attend all class sessions. This is a workshop-based course, which means your participation \nis vital to the overall success of the course, both for you and your peers. You can\u2019t \nparticipate if you\u2019re not here, both physically and mentally present. I expect you to attend \nevery single class session. Failure to do so will affect your participation grade. Note that \nmissing student-instructor conferences will count as an absence. UNC policy states that \nthere is no such thing as an excused absence except for missing a class session in order to \nparticipate in a mandatory university-sponsored activity or if approved by the Dean of \nStudents due to extenuating circumstances. Being sick, family trips, and doctor visits are not \nexcused absences and will affect your participation grade. If you miss a class session, it is \nyour responsibility to reach out to me or your classmates (especially the other members of \nyour working group) to find out what information you missed, including upcoming \nassignments, changes in the schedule, etc. Ideally, you should contact me ahead of time if \nyou think you may need to miss a class. I do not want to know the reason for your absence; \nif you feel your absence involves extenuating circumstances, please contact the Dean of \nStudents who will make a determination and, if necessary, contact me to excuse your \nabsence, at which point I will adjust your participation grade for the day(s) missed. Please \nnote that the Honor Code also applies to such requests made to the Dean of Students. The \nUNC Writing Program\u2019s policy states that students must attend 75% of class sessions. See \nthe University attendance policy at https://catalog.unc.edu/policies-procedures/attendance-\ngrading-examination/#text. \n\u2022 Arrive on time. Class begins strictly at 8:00am, at which point you should already be in your \nseat, ready to engage with the day\u2019s material. Tardiness will affect your participation grade. \n\u2022 Be prepared daily with assignments, drafts, readings, etc. If you show up to class \nwithout your assignments, rough drafts, or laptop, you will be unable to engage with the \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 6 of 15 \nmaterial for the day and unable to contribute to class in a meaningful way, which will \ninevitably affect your participation grade. \n\u2022 Engage actively in all in-class exercises, writing workshops, and activities. Participate \nintensively and diligently with your peers. Collaborate with your classmates by offering \nconsistently thoughtful questions, reactions, feedback, and discussion related to their work \nand ideas. By closely engaging with your peers\u2019 work, both you and your classmates will grow \nas writers, and we will all learn and benefit from a collectively engaged community. \n\u2022 Complete every assignment thoroughly, thoughtfully, and punctually. I expect your \nbest effort and attention to all reading, writing, and day-to-day activities in the \ncourse. Please note that absence does not excuse you from completing any missed \nassignments. It is your responsibility to figure out what assignments you have \nmissed and to work out an appropriate timeline with me for making them up. (Most, \nif not all, assignments will be submitted electronically. If an assignment is due for a class \nsession you miss, you are still responsible for submitting that assignment on time.) \n\u2022 Give thoughtful peer feedback during class workshops, and work faithfully with your \ngroup on other collaborative tasks (such as sharing papers, commenting on drafts, peer \nediting, online discussion boards, answering peer questions, etc.). \n\u2022 Sustain effort and investment on each draft of all assignments (at least 2-3 drafts on \naverage). \n\u2022 Make substantive revisions when the assignment is to revise, extending or changing the \nthinking or the organization, not just editing or touching up. While you do not have to make \nevery change suggested by your readers, final drafts should show growth from original drafts \nand evidence of your thoughtful engagement with peer and instructor feedback. \n\u2022 Copy-edit successfully all final revisions of assignments so they conform to the \nconventions of edited American English. While we will prioritize higher-order concerns \n(ideas) over lower-order ones (sentence-level issues), your attention to detail reflects your \nlevel of professionalism. The same standard for print projects applies equally to multimedia \nprojects. \n\u2022 Be consistent. All assignments, unless otherwise specified, are to be completed and \nsubmitted in standard academic format: Microsoft Word, one-inch margins on all sides, \ndouble-spaced in size 12 Times New Roman black font, with a header in the top-right \ncorner that consists of page numbers accompanied by student\u2019s last name (such as Blom 1, \nBlom 2, etc.). \n \n \nImportant University Dates: \n\u2022 Wed. Jan. 8: \n \nFDOC (first day of classes) \n\u2022 Thurs. Jan. 9: \nFirst class session for ENGL 105, Sec 050 \n\u2022 Mon. Jan. 20: \nDr. MLK, Jr. Day (no classes held) \n\u2022 Fri. Mar. 6: \n \nSpring Break begins at 5:00pm \n\u2022 Mon. Mar. 16: \nSpring Break ends (classes resume at 8:00am) \n\u2022 Fri. April 10: \nHoliday (no classes held) \n\u2022 Thurs. April 23: \nFinal class session for ENGL 105, Sec 050 (There is no final exam.) \n\u2022 Fri. April 24: \nLDOC (last day of classes) \n\u2022 Mon. April 27: \nFinal grades for ENGL 105, Sec 050 reported \n(For UNC's various calendars and dates, see https://registrar.unc.edu/academic-calendar/.) \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 7 of 15 \nDue Dates: \n\u2022 Feeder 1.1: \n \nWed. Jan. 22 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Feeder 1.2: \n \nWed. Jan. 29 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Unit Project 1: \nWed. Feb. 12 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Feeder 2.1: \n \nWed. Feb. 26 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Feeder 2.2: \n \nWed. March 4 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Unit Project 2: \nMon. March 23 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Feeder 3.1: \n \nWed. April 1 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Feeder 3.2: \n \nWed. April 8 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Unit Project 3: \nWed. April 22 by 11:59pm \n\u2022 Course Blog Post: \nTBD \n \nNote: Typically, all assignments will be submitted electronically. The due dates listed above are for \nthe final drafts of each of these assignments. You will be expected to complete and turn in earlier \ndrafts of all of these assignments throughout the semester. Unless otherwise specified, all \nassignments and drafts are due by 11:59pm on the given due date. Late submission of drafts will \nseverely affect your grades. \n \n \nCourse Policies: \nPlease remember that the syllabus functions as a contract between the instructor and the \nstudents. You are responsible for knowing and abiding by these policies. Everyone has an \u201coff\u201d day \nnow and then, but when you are here, you need to be present, both physically and mentally. \n \nPlagiarism/The Honor Code \nThe Honor Code applies to everything that we do at this university, including our use of \noutside sources in our research and writing. Our work in this class will conform to the principles \nand procedures defined in the Instrument of Student Judicial Governance (http://instrument.unc.edu/). \nThe research that we do this semester, whether primary or secondary, print or online, formal or \ninformal, will require careful documentation on your part. We will review citation guidelines early \nand often throughout the semester. The need to cite your sources applies to all of your work, \nincluding drafts as well as final versions of your feeders and projects. When in doubt: CITE. \nIf I suspect you of plagiarizing all or part of a paper, even unintentionally, I am required to report \nthe offense to the Honor Court. If you think you are running into trouble with an assignment, \nPLEASE come and speak with me. To learn more about plagiarism, see the UNC Writing Center\u2019s \npage (https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/plagiarism/) or the tutorial from the UNC \nLibraries (https://guides.lib.unc.edu/plagiarism). \n \nClass Decorum \nThere is a common saying that if you\u2019re not uncomfortable, you\u2019re not learning or growing. \nAlthough I aspire to make my students intellectually \u201cuncomfortable\u201d by challenging (and hopefully \nexpanding) the ways in which they deconstruct texts (and the world around them) and write their \nown, I most definitely do NOT wish to make my students uncomfortable in that they feel attacked, \nexploited, mistreated, or neglected. I encourage an \u201cuncomfortable\u201d classroom (both our physical \nclass space and our digital class space on Sakai or other similar media) in an aspiration for intellectual \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 8 of 15 \nstimulation and growth via exposure to new perspectives, texts, ideas, and voices. In contrast to that \ninterest in expanding one\u2019s perspectives, I certainly do not wish to create and will not tolerate a \nlearning environment that is hostile, cruel, or exploitative. \n \nWe can never guarantee that a classroom will be a completely \u201csafe\u201d space. However, I believe \nthat our classroom should be a sacred space where students can share their thoughts and \nideas without fear. We are here to collaborate, to learn with and from each other. I value a free \nexchange of ideas as long as that exchange prioritizes mutual respect, inclusivity, and assumptions of \ngood faith. \n \nDuring our coursework, we may engage with texts that involve intense content, content some \nmay find emotionally triggering, upsetting, or controversial. This means that our discussions \nmay be equally difficult and potentially intense. I will do my best to be sensitive to such potential \nreactions, and I expect all of you to do the same. I expect everyone to treat such material responsibly \nand appropriately as we discuss them. I also ask that within our classroom community, we approach \nsuch discussions with an assumption that we are all approaching these texts and this class in good \nfaith and with good intentions. \n \nAdditionally, we will share and comment on each other\u2019s drafts, posts, papers, and other projects. \nWe will engage in difficult discussions and provide comments and feedback on each other\u2019s work \nboth within the classroom and via other forms of communication such as the Sakai discussion \nforums or dropbox, etc. Again, some of our discussions or interactions may be especially \nchallenging. During all of our interactions, however, we will always maintain an environment \nof inclusiveness and mutual respect. \n \nIf you have concerns about any aspects of our class environment, please communicate them \ndirectly to me immediately, so I have a chance to address those concerns and, if necessary, \nmake appropriate changes or adjustments. I sincerely welcome your feedback. \n \nTechnology \n\u2022 Computers: Please bring your computer to class every day. Be sure that it is fully charged \nbecause our classroom has limited and inconveniently placed outlets. Remember that use of \nyour computer for activities not related to class will harm your participation grade. \n\u2022 Cell Phones: You can use your cell phone as a classroom tool to take pictures of the board \nor print materials, record short lectures, navigate Sakai, view our readings, etc. However, cell \nphones should not be used for endeavors unrelated to class during class sessions. \n\u2022 Other Devices: Tablets and any other devices are welcome as long as you are using them for \nwork related to this course. \n \nIn this class, we will use Sakai (www.sakai.unc.edu), UNC\u2019s online course management system, for a \nnumber of course assignments. If you have difficulty accessing our Sakai page, please let me know \nASAP. \n \nRemember: Just because you have access to the internet during class does not mean that you \nshould be using our class time to post on social media, check your email, etc. If I notice that your \nparticipation is suffering due to technological distractions, I will ask you to come in for a conference \nso that we can discuss a plan of action. \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 9 of 15 \nFinally, it is important that you check your UNC email and our course Sakai site daily for \nmessages and updates, as these will be our primary forms of communication inside and \noutside of class. Please keep all correspondence courteous and professional. I aim to respond to \nemail within 48 hours during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm). Note: Before you \nemail me with a question about the course, please review the syllabus and specific assignment \nprompts carefully to see if the answer is readily available there. \n \nNon-Discrimination Policy \nThe University is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment and to ensuring \nthat educational and employment decisions are based on individuals\u2019 abilities and qualifications. \nConsistent with these principles and applicable laws, it is therefore the University\u2019s policy not to \ndiscriminate on the basis of age, color, creed, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, \ngenetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status as \nconsistent with the University\u2019s Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related \nMisconduct. No person, on the basis of protected status, shall be excluded from participation in, be \ndenied the benefits of, or be subjected to unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation under \nany University program or activity, including with respect to employment terms and conditions. \nSuch a policy ensures that only relevant factors are considered and that equitable and consistent \nstandards of conduct and performance are applied. \n \nTitle IX makes it clear that violence and harassment based on sex and gender are Civil Rights \noffenses subject to the same kinds of accountability and support applied to offenses against other \nprotected categories. If you or someone you know has been harassed or assaulted, I encourage you \nto investigate these resources: \n\u2022 SAFE at UNC: https://safe.unc.edu/ \n\u2022 Know Your IX: http://knowyourix.org/ \n \nAccessibility Statement \nDisabilities can be visible and invisible, and I am dedicated to ensuring that all students succeed in \nmy course. If there are circumstances that may affect your performance in this class, please let me \nknow as soon as possible, so that we can work together to develop strategies for adapting \nassignments to meet both your needs and the requirements of the course. If you have information \nyou wish to share with me about a disability, disorder, or neurodiversity issue, if you have emergency \nmedical information you think I should know about, or if you need special arrangements in case the \nbuilding must be evacuated, please set up an appointment with me to discuss this during office \nhours. \n \nThe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ensures that no qualified person shall by reason of a \ndisability be denied access to, participation in, or the benefits of, any program or activity operated by \nthe University. In compliance with UNC policy and federal law, qualified students with \npsychological, physical, and other disabilities are eligible to receive \u201creasonable accommodations to \nensure equal access to education opportunities, programs, and activities\u201d \n(https://ars.unc.edu/about-ars/policies). \n \nIf you anticipate such accommodations and/or have concerns that should be discussed, please \nnotify me as soon as possible so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Additionally, you may \nseek out student support services at the Accessibility Resources and Services Office (ARS). \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 10 of 15 \nUNC-Chapel Hill facilitates the implementation of reasonable accommodations for students with \nlearning disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health struggles, chronic medical conditions, \ntemporary disability, or pregnancy complications, all of which can impair student success. See the \nARS website for contact and registration information: https://ars.unc.edu/about-ars/contact-\nus or https://accessibility.unc.edu/students. \n \nOther student support services are available through the Learning Center \n(http://learningcenter.unc.edu/) and through Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS). \nCAPS is strongly committed to addressing the mental health needs of a diverse student body \nthrough timely access to consultation and connection to clinically appropriate services, whether for \nshort- or long-term needs. Go to their website (https://caps.unc.edu) or visit their facilities on the \nthird floor of the Campus Health Services building for a walk-in evaluation to learn more. \n \n-For University policies, see http://policies.unc.edu/. \n \n \nResources: \nIn addition to various handouts or other resources I will post to our Sakai course site, there are a \nwide variety of resources to help you succeed in this class and beyond. \n \nThe UNC Writing Center, located in SASB North and in Greenlaw Hall, Room 221, offers free \ntutoring services for students. You may visit the Writing Center to ask for help with a specific paper, \nwhether you are concerned with developing ideas and content, organizing your assignment, or \nworking on style issues. To make an appointment, browse the Writing Center\u2019s online resources, or \nsend a draft online, please go to http://writingcenter.unc.edu/. To make the best use of your time \nthere, please bring a copy of both your assignment sheet and your draft with you. The Writing \nCenter will not proofread papers or discuss grades with you. The Writing Center also has an \nexcellent array of tips and tools at https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/. \n \nAdditionally, the Purdue Online Writing Lab (https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html) \nand your textbook, Tar Heel Writing Guide, are fantastic resources for learning more about \nmechanics, style, grammar, and citations. I\u2019d also be happy to recommend other useful style guides, \ntools, reference materials, etc. if you ask. \n \nThe sister organization to the UNC Writing Center is the UNC Learning Center, which offers \nvaluable resources for all other learning-related issues or needs, including tips for adjusting to college \nlife, study strategies, and time-management skills: http://learningcenter.unc.edu/. \n \nThe UNC Libraries also have amazing resources and dedicated, knowledgeable individuals who \nwill assist you with your research: http://library.unc.edu/. This includes one-on-one consultations \nwith a librarian who can assist you in forming or executing a research plan. These consultations are \nspecifically for ENGL105 students and can be extremely \nvaluable: http://library.unc.edu/house/105help/. \n \nAs an instructor, I aim to challenge you to grow and excel, but I am also dedicated to providing \nsupport to my students in times of crisis or other extenuating circumstances. It is important \nthat you know that I have received the following training so that you feel comfortable coming to me \nif you feel it necessary. Although I aspire to challenge you towards intellectual growth, I feel that my \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 11 of 15 \nrole is also one of support and guidance. Please know that I am here to advocate for your success \nand personal well-being. In an attempt to support such growth and health, I have completed the \nfollowing training sessions so that I might be better equipped to support you in times of \nneed: \n\u2022 \u201cCarolina Firsts Advocates Training\u201d for providing support to first-generation college \nstudents, Oct. 2019. \n\u2022 \u201cOne ACT Skills Workshop\u201d for preventing violence, Oct. 2019. \n\u2022 \u201cEmbody Carolina Training\u201d for providing support to students experiencing eating \ndisorders, Oct. 2019. \n\u2022 Training for facilitating writing workshops with veterans on potentially difficult or \nemotionally-challenging topics in preparation for \u201cPopular Narratives and the Experience of \nWar,\u201d April 2019. \n\u2022 \u201cGreen Zone Staff Training\u201d for providing support to students currently or formerly \nactive in the military, April 2019. \n\u2022 \u201cHarassment and Discrimination Prevention\u201d for faculty and staff members, April 2019. \n\u2022 Sexual Assault Prevention: Ongoing Education.\u201d Education on Title IX for graduate \nstudents and educators, March 2019. \n\u2022 \u201cSexual Harassment Prevention Training for Athletic Staff.\u201d Academic Support \nProgram for Student Athletes, March 2018 \u2013 April 2018. \n\u2022 \u201cSafe Zone Staff Training\u201d for providing support to people who identify as part of the \nLGBTQ+ community, March 2018. \n\u2022 \u201cMental Health First Aid Training for Higher Education\u201d for recognizing and \nsupporting people in mental health crises, Jan. 2018 \u2013 Feb. 2018. \n\u2022 \u201cUNC HAVEN (Helping to Advocate for Violence Ending Now) Staff Training\u201d for \nproviding support to survivors of sexual and interpersonal violence and stalking, Oct. 2017. \n \n \nCommunication is Key: \nI cannot stress enough the need for clear communication. It is your responsibility to check your \nemail and our course Sakai page for updates and announcements. If you miss a class session, it is \nyour responsibility to reach out to me or your classmates to find out what information you missed, \nincluding upcoming assignments, changes to the syllabus, etc. \n \nAdditionally, if you are experiencing larger issues that are affecting your performance as a student or \nyour college life in general, please feel free to reach out to me directly or to contact various on-\ncampus resources that can assist you, including the resources mentioned above in the \u201cPolicies\u201d or \n\u201cResources\u201d section of this syllabus as well as the Dean of Students, Campus Health Services, and \nthe Office of Campus Safety. These resources can offer assistance and support and, at your \ndiscretion, can communicate your situation to your instructors through an official capacity. UNC is \na very supportive academic environment; we all genuinely want each of you to succeed, but no one \ncan help you if you don\u2019t reach out, to me or to those other resources. \n \nIf you need help, ASK! If you are falling behind or need extra help or have concerns about \nour classroom environment, please let me know. We can discuss brief concerns before or after \nclass, and we can have an extended conversation and/or conference during my office hours. To \nschedule an appointment, please email me at paulblom@live.unc.edu. \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 12 of 15 \nCourse Schedule: \nAll drafts (including final drafts submitted for a grade) are due the night before (by 11:59pm) the day \non which they are listed. For example, the Rough Draft of Feeder 1.1 is listed below on Tues. Jan. \n21. This means that you must submit it by 11:59pm the night before, on Mon. Jan. 20. For \nclarification purposes, see the \u201cDue Dates\u201d section listed above. \n \nAdditionally, any assigned reading listed for a particular date should be read prior to that date. For \ninstance, the assigned reading from the THWG of Part 2-3 is listed for Jan. 16. This means that \nstudents should come to class on Jan. 16 having completed that reading and ready to discuss it. \n \nAny time you submit a draft, assume that we will workshop that draft in groups or partners the next \nday in class, so always come to class ready to discuss your draft and provide thoughtful feedback to \nyour peers on their draft. \n \n \nWeek 1 \nThurs. Jan. 9: \nIntroduction to the course \nSyllabus overview \n \n \n \n \nWeek 2 \nTues. Jan. 14: \nThe writing process \nBegin Unit 1: Writing in the Natural Sciences \nDue the night before: UNC Libraries Plagiarism Tutorial \n(have proof of your completion of this tutorial \nforwarded to me via email at paulblom@live.unc.edu) \nAssigned reading: THWG \u201cIntroduction,\u201d Part 2-1: \n\u201cUnderstanding Rhetorical Knowledge through \n \n \n \n \n \n \nGenre Awareness,\u201d Part 2-2: \u201cThe Writing Process,\u201d \n \n \n \n \n \n \nand Part 1-1: \u201cWriting in the Natural Sciences\u201d; \n\u201cShitty First Drafts,\u201d by Anne Lamott \n(Sakai>Resources>Readings) \n \n \n \nThurs. Jan. 16: \nLibrary day (class meets in Undergraduate Lib., Room 124) \nDue the night before: Feeder 1.1 Topics \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 2-3: \u201cConducting Primary & \n \n \n \n \nSecondary Research\u201d \n \n \nWeek 3 \nTues. Jan. 21: \nResearch: evaluating and integrating outside sources \n \n \n \n \n \nBest practices for peer feedback and workshopping \nDue the night before: Feeder 1.1 Rough Draft \nAssigned reading: UNC Libraries: \u201cWhy We Cite\u201d; \nCSE/CBE 8th ed. Name-Year: \u201cSample References \nPage,\u201d \u201cIn-Text Citations,\u201d \u201cPrint Sources,\u201d \u201cOnline \nSources\u201d \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThurs. Jan. 23: \nStudy design; thinking critically about scientific studies \nDue the night before: Feeder 1.1 Final Draft, for a grade \nAssigned reading: \u201c10 Monkeys and a Beetle: Inside VW\u2019s \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 13 of 15 \nCampaign for \u2018Clean Diesel\u2019\u201d by Jack Ewing, The New \nYork Times, 25 Jan. 2018 (Sakai>Resources>Readings) \n \n \n \n \n \nWeek 4 \nTues. Jan. 28: \nThe structure of scholarly discourse vs. narrative discourse \nDue the night before: Feeder 1.2 Rough Draft \n \nThurs. Jan. 30: \nLooking at genre models for popular health articles \nDue the night before: Feeder 1.2 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \nWeek 5 \nTues. Feb. 4: \nGrammar, punctuation, local errors, and proofreading \n \n \n \n \n \nDue the night before: Find at least one image of a (preferably \nfunny) local error and email it to me at \npaulblom@live.unc.edu. You can find these either \nonline or preferably in real life and then \nphotographed by you. \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: \u201cGrammar and Parts of Speech\u201d \nPowerPoint (Sakai>Resources>Readings) \n \nThurs. Feb. 6: \nSentence structure/syntax \nDue the night before: Unit Project 1 Rough Draft \n \n \nWeek 6 \nTues. Feb. 11: \nParagraph structure, format, and transitions \n \n \n \n \n \nContinue work on Unit Project 1 in class \n \n \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 2-6: \u201cPreparing an \ne-Portfolio\u201d \n \n \n \nThurs. Feb. 13: \nBegin Unit 2: Writing in the Social Sciences \n \n \n \n \n \nIn-class reflections on UP1; choose UP2 topics in class \nDue the night before: UP1 Final Draft, for a grade \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 1-2: \u201cWriting in the Social \n \nSciences\u201d \n \n \nWeek 7 \nTues. Feb. 18: \nEthnographies and research questions \n \n \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: UNC Libraries APA: \u201cSample References \nPage,\u201d \u201cIn-Text Citations,\u201d \u201cPrint Sources,\u201d \u201cOnline \nSources\u201d \n \nThurs. Feb. 20: \nSource collection and citation work for Feeder 2.1 in class \nDue the night before: Feeder 2.1 \u201cPreliminary Field Notes \nand Research Question\u201d \n \n \nWeek 8 \nTues. Feb. 25: \nSubcultures, observations, and interviews \nDue the night before: Feeder 2.1 Rough Draft \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 14 of 15 \nThurs. Feb. 27: \nDescriptions and detail \nWord choice/diction, style, and tone \nDue the night before: Feeder 2.1 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \nWeek 9 \nTues. March 3: \nLooking at genre models for ethnographic studies \nDue the night before: Feeder 2.2 Rough Draft \n \n \n \nThurs. March 5: \nEditing/condensing text \n \n \n \n \n \nWriting conclusions \nDue the night before: Feeder 2.2 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \nWeek 10 \nTues. March 10: \nSpring Break (we will not meet for class) \n \n \n \nThurs. March 12: \nSpring Break (we will not meet for class) \n \n \nWeek 11 \nTues. March 17: \nOral communication and presentation strategies \nDue the night before: Unit Project 2, Draft 1 \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 2-4: \u201cPublishing & Presenting \nYour Research\u201d \n \n \n \nThurs. March 19: \nWriting introductions \nDue the night before: Unit Project 2, Draft 2 \n \n \nWeek 12 \nTues. March 24: \nIn-class presentations of Unit Project 2 \nDue the night before: UP 2 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nThurs. March 26: \nFinish in-class presentations of Unit Project 2 (if needed) \nBegin Unit 3: Writing in the Humanities \nIn-class reflections on UP2; how to close read a text \nDue the night before: Feeder 3.1 \u2013 Story Selection \nWorksheet, Question #1 \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 1-3: \u201cWriting in the \n \nHumanities\u201d \n \nWeek 13 \nTues. March 31: \nThesis statements, claims, and arguments \nDue the night before: Feeder 3.1 Rough Draft \n \n \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: UNC Libraries MLA 8th edition: \u201cSample \nWorks Cited Page,\u201d \u201cIn-Text Citations,\u201d \u201cPrint \nSources,\u201d \u201cOnline Sources\u201d \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nENGL 105 SEC 050 Syllabus, Spring 2020 \n \nPage 15 of 15 \nThurs. April 2: \nLooking at genre models for literary analyses \n \n \n \n \n \nUpload and embed presentations videos from UP2 onto \ncourse website in class \nDue the night before: Feeder 3.1 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \nWeek 14 \nTues. April 7: \nDigital literacy and visual literacy \nDue the night before: Feeder 3.2 Rough Draft \n \n \n \n \n \nAssigned reading: THWG Part 2-5: \u201cDigital Literacy\u201d; \nWilliam Blake\u2019s \u201cThe Tyger,\u201d 1794 \n \n(Sakai>Resources>Readings) \n \n \n \nThurs. April 9: \nMedia Resources Center (MRC) day; class meets at the MRC \nin the basement of the Undergraduate Library (UL) \nDue the night before: Feeder 3.2 Final Draft, for a grade \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWeek 15 \nTues. April 14: \nContinue work on footage collection/editing for UP3 in class \nDue the night before: Unit Project 3 Storyboard \n \n \n \nThurs. April 16: \nLooking at genre models for engaging video essays \nDue the night before: Unit Project 3 Rough Cut \n \n \nWeek 16 \nTues. April 21: \nComparing writing in the disciplines \n \n \n \n \n \nCreative writing/narrative structure \nWriting in business (resumes and cover letters) \n \nThurs. April 23: \nFinal class session for ENGL 105, Sec 050 \n \n \n \nIn-class reflections on UP3 \n \n \n \n \n \nIn-class presentations of Unit 3 Project videos \n \n \n \n \n \nCourse evaluations and transfer activities \nDue the night before: UP3 Final Draft, for a grade \n \nAgain, there is no final exam for this course. Final grades for ENGL 105, Sec 050 will be reported \non Mon. April 27. \n \nPlease Note: \nI reserve the right to make changes to this syllabus as needed, including assignment due dates or \nreading assignments as listed in the above Course Schedule. It is very likely that small secondary \nreadings will be added to various days listed above. These changes will be announced and shared \nwith the entire class as early as possible. \n \nFor every class session, I will post a lesson plan as a GoogleDoc on Sakai at Resources>In-Class \nActivities. You do not need to access these before each class, but you should have access to them \nduring that class session and should refer to them afterwards, especially if you miss that class. The \nend of each lesson plan will list homework for the next class session. 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Course Information \n \nCRN:25013 \n(3 Credit Hours) \n \nInstructional Modality \nIn-Person \n \nInstructor Info: \nDr. Trenton Cole Jones \nEmail: colejones@purdue.edu \nOffice: BRNG 6160 \n \nClass Time and Location: \nMon., Wed., Fri.: 4:30\u20145:20 PM. MTHW 210 \n \n \nOffice Hours: Virtual via Zoom by appointment \n \n \nII. Course Description \n \nThis course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political development of what \nbecame the United States from sixteenth-century European colonization through the Civil \nWar and Reconstruction. Viewing American history in an Atlantic context, this course \nemphasizes the relationship between native peoples and European settlers, the origins, \ncharacter, and evolution of chattel slavery, and the role of religion, technology, war, and \ncapitalism in shaping American society. Understanding these crucial themes will reveal \nhow the world we live in today came to be. \n \nThe course readings can be found in the textbook Give Me Liberty! (Eric Foner), Seagull \n7th edition and in an accompanying collection of primary sources in Voices of Freedom \n(Eric Foner), Seagull 7th edition. \n \n \nIII. Learning Outcomes \n \nBy the end of the course, you will be able to: \n \n1. Recognize and describe the key events, themes, problems, and patterns in \nAmerican history from 1492 to 1877. \n2. Identify the history and the basic principles and operation of government in the \nUnited States. \n3. Analyze the many ways in which the interaction of diverse peoples from three \ncontinents influenced the development of American culture, politics, and society. \n\n \n \n2\n4. Apply historical methodologies to analyze and contextualize historical evidence in \norder to explore the complexity of human experience across space and time. \n5. Understand the ways in which the early American past shapes the world we live \nin today. \n6. Articulate the significance of historical events, peoples, places, and processes \nwithin their appropriate context. \n7. Write clearly and persuasively. \n \n \nIV. Learning Resources \n \nRequired Books \n \nEric Foner, Give Me Liberty!: An American History, Vol. 1: To 1877. Seagull Seventh \n \nEdition, (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2023). \nEric Foner., Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Volume 1. Seventh Edition, \n \n(New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2023). \n \nThese books can either be purchased through the University Book Store or \nrented/purchased online from Amazon. Be sure to get the correct edition (7th). Be aware \nthat the readings do not always match perfectly with the week\u2019s lectures. Readings \ncomplement but do not replace the lectures. \n \n \nV. Course Requirements \n \nLectures: \nOn Mondays and Wednesdays, during our 50-minute class, I will deliver course content \nthrough lecture and PowerPoint presentation. Attendance is necessary. \n \nDiscussion: \u201cAsk the Prof.\u201d \nOn Fridays we will conduct an in-person discussion section. I call our Friday class \u201cAsk \nthe Prof.\u201d What is \u201cAsk the Prof.\u201d you say? It is your opportunity to actively engage with \nthe material we are studying each week by asking me a question about that week\u2019s \nreadings/content. I will do my best to answer your questions in the order I receive them. \nThus, it is you, not me, who will set the parameters of the discussion. \n \nIn order to stimulate our conversation, please complete the week\u2019s reading assignment \nbefore class on Friday. Then write an original question. Please write out your question \nand bring it to class on Friday. I doubt I will be able to answer all your questions in 50 \nminutes, but if you submit an original question, you will receive credit for participation. \nIf you participate in 10 of the 12 \u201cAsk the Prof.\u201d sections, you will receive full credit. \nThereafter your participation grade will be reduced by 10% for every missed \u201cAsk the \nProf.\u201d session. You must be present for the entire 50 minutes to receive credit. \n \n \nMajor Term Assignments: \n\n \n \n3\nIn addition to your participation in the \u201cAsk the Prof.\u201d conversations, you will also \ncomplete weekly reading quizzes, three in-class exams, and a final exam. \n \nREADING QUIZZES: Most Sundays by 11:59PM on Brightspace. \nFor most weeks of class, you will complete a short quiz on Brightspace to make sure you \nare doing the reading. The quiz will open on Friday at 5:30PM and close on Sunday at \n11:59PM. Each quiz will consist of 10 multiple choice questions. You will have 10 \nminutes to complete the quiz. Brightspace will automatically drop your lowest quiz score. \nThese quizzes are closed notes. You may not use the internet, AI, or the textbook to \nanswer the questions. Lowdown Browser required. \n \nEXAMS: Dates: September 26, October 24, November 21 \nWe will have three in-class exams and one final exam. The in-class exams will consist of \nsix identifications of key terms, people, events, etc. discussed in the lectures and \nreadings. Please bring a blue book to the exams. I cannot provide one for you. I will \nprovide you with a list of possible key terms one week before each exam. \n \nThe final exam will be in-person during Exam Week. \nYou have two hours to complete the exam. It will consist of five identifications and one \nessay question. Bring a blue book. \n \nMissed exams can be made up only due to University-excused absences. The University \nonly recognizes absences related to the Grief Absence Policy, Military Absence Policy, \nJury Duty Absence Policy, Parenting Leave Policy, and the Medical Excused Absence \nPolicy. See the University Senate guidelines for more information. \n \n \nOVERALL GRADE BREAKDOWN: \nAsk the Prof.: 10% \nReading Quizzes: 25% \nFirst Exam: 15% \nSecond Exam: 15% \nThird Exam: 15% \nFinal Exam: 20% \n \nGrading Scale: \n97-100 = A+ \n93-96 = A \n \n90-92 = A- \n \n \n \n87-89 = B+ \n \n \n \n83-86 = B \n \n \n \n80-82 = B- \n \n \n \n77-79 = C+ \n \n \n \n73-76 = C \n \n \n \n70-72 = C- \n \n \n \n67-69 = D+ \n\n \n \n4\n \n \n \n63-66 = D \n \n \n \n60-62 = D- \n \n \n \n< 60% = F \n \nVI. Classroom Policies \n \nMy policies are simple: \n \nCome to class. \u201c90% of success in life is just showing up.\u201d \nDo the reading on time. \nDo the assignments on time and take exams/quizzes on time. \nNo Make-up exams/quizzes without prior instructor approval. \nBe respectful. \nUse common sense. \nDo your own work. Do not share it with others. \nDo not plagiarize or cheat. Do not use ChatGPT or any AI. \nIf you have a question, ask me in person or via Email. \n \nIf you cheat, use AI, plagiarize, or submit work you have previously submitted for credit \nin another class, you will fail this course. Period. \n \nFor a more detailed explanation of the above, see the University Policies: \n \n\u201cPurdue prohibits \u2018dishonesty in connection with any University activity. Cheating, \nplagiarism, or knowingly furnishing false information to the University are examples of \ndishonesty.\u2019 [Part 5, Section III-B-2-a, Student Regulations] Furthermore, the University \nSenate has stipulated that \u2018the commitment of acts of cheating, lying, and deceit in any of \ntheir diverse forms (such as the use of substitutes for taking examinations, the use of \nillegal cribs, plagiarism, and copying during examinations) is dishonest and must not be \ntolerated. Moreover, knowingly to aid and abet, directly or indirectly, other parties in \ncommitting dishonest acts is in itself dishonest.\u2019 [University Senate Document 72-18, \nDecember 15, 1972]\u201d https://www.purdue.edu/odos/academic-integrity/ \n \n \nFreedom of Expression \n \nIn this class, students are encouraged to exercise their right to free inquiry and \nexpression. You are welcome to express any view on the subject matter introduced by \nthe instructor or other class members within the structure of the course. While you are \nresponsible for learning the content of this course, you remain free to take a reasoned \nexception to the views presented and to reserve judgment about matters of conscience, \ncontroversy, or opinion. When you encounter ideas that you find offensive, unwise, \nimmoral, or wrong-headed, you are encouraged to engage them with reasons, evidence, \nand arguments. Your course grade will be based on your academic performance, not on \nthe opinions you express. Our commitment to freedom of expression means that no \nrelevant ideas or positions are out of bounds, but disruptive or disorderly behavior, \n\n \n \n5\nthreats, or harassment are strictly prohibited and will be reported to the Office of the \nDean of Students. \n \nSee the University's \u201cCommitment to Freedom of Expression\u201d and \u201cBill of Student \nRights\u201d in the University Policies and Statements module on Brightspace. \n \n \n \nVI. Course Content \n \nWeek 1 \nMon., Aug. 25: Introduction: Why Should I Care About History? \nWed., Aug. 27: Contact, Conflict, and Adaptation \nFri., Aug. 29: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 1-32 \u201cOld Worlds and New\u201d\u2014\u201cThe Pueblo Revolt\u201d \n \nPrimary sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 1-5 \u201cGiovanni da Verrazano, Encountering Native \n \n \n \nAmericans\u201d \n \nWeek 2 \nMon., Sept. 1: Labor Day NO CLASS \nWed., Sept. 3: New France \nFri., Sept. 5: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 32- 41 \u201cThe French and Dutch Empires\u201d\u2014 \n \n \n \n \n\u201cBorderlands and Empire in Early America\u201d \n \nPrimary sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 6-9, 15-19 \u201cBartolom\u00e9 de las Casas on Spanish \n \n \n \nTreatment of the Indians\u201d and \u201cFather Jean de Br\u00e9beuf on the \n \n \n \nCustoms and Beliefs of the Hurons\u201d \n \nWeek 3 \nMon., Sept. 8: Chesapeake Settlements \nWed., Sep. 10: Origins of Slavery \nFri., Sep. 12: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \n Give me Liberty!: 43-64 \u201cA Tobacco Colony\u201d\u2014 \u201cReligion in Maryland\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 30-37 \u201cExchange between John Smith and \n \n \n \n \nPowhatan\u201d, \u201cSending Women to Virginia\u201d, and \u201cHenry Care, \n \n \n \nEnglish Liberties\u201d \n \nWeek 4 \nMon., Sep. 15: Colonial New England \nWed., Sep. 17: War, Witches, and Salvation \n\n \n \n6\nFri., Sep. 19: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 64-87 \u201cThe New England Way\u201d\u2014 \u201cNorth America in \n \n \n \n1660\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 37-49 \u201cJohn Winthrop, Speech to the Massachusetts \n \n \n \n General Court\u201d, and \u201cThe Trial of Anne Hutchinson\u201d, and \u201cRoger \n \n \n \nWilliams, Letter to the Town of Providence\u201d \n \nWeek 5 \nMon., Sep. 22: Middle Colonies \nWed., Sep. 24: Lowcountry and the West Indies \nFri., Sep. 26: EXAM 1: No Ask the Prof, No Quiz. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 89-129 \u201cCreating Anglo-America\u201d\u2014\u201cFreedom in the \n \n \n \nBritish Colonies\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 53-55, 60-62, \u201cWilliam Penn, Pennsylvania \n \n \n \n \nCharter of Privileges and Liberties\u201d and \u201cLetter by an Immigrant to \n \n \n \nPennsylvania\u201d \n \nWeek 6 \nMon., Sep. 29: Empire \nWed., Oct. 1: Awakenings \nFri., Oct. 3: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 132-162 \u201cSlavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for \n \n \n \nEmpire\u201d\u2014 \u201cThe Awakening\u2019s Impact\u201d \n \nPrimary Source: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 71-76, 76-78 \u201cOlaudah Equiano on Slavery\u201d, and \n \n \n \n\u201cAdvertisements for Runaway Slaves and Servants\u201d, \n \nWeek 7 \nMon., Oct. 6: World War \nWed., Oct. 8: Victory to Rebellion \nFri., Oct. 10: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 162-191 \u201cImperial Rivalries\u201d\u2014 \u201cThe Intolerable Acts\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 85-88, 90-92 \u201cThe Great Awakening Comes to \n \n \n \nConnecticut,\u201d and \u201cPontiac, Two Speeches\u201d \n \n \nWeek 8 \n\n \n \n7\nMon., Oct. 13: (Fall Break) \nWed., Oct. 15: Rebellion to Independence \nFri., Oct. 17: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 191-212 \u201cThe Coming of Independence\u201d\u2014\u201cVictory at \n \n \n \nLast\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 93-95, 103-109, 110-112, 113-116 \u201cVirginia \n \n \n \nResolutions on the Stamp Act,\u201d \u201cThomas Paine, Common Sense,\u201d \n \n \n \n \u201cSamuel Seabury\u2019s Argument against Independence,\u201d and \n \n \n \n\u201cAbigail and John Adams on Women and the American \n \n \n \n \nRevolution.\u201d \n \nWeek 9 \nMon., Oct. 20: Independence to Peace \nWed., Oct. 22: Founding a Nation \nFri., Oct. 24: EXAM 2. No Ask the Prof, No Quiz. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 214-266 \u201cThe Revolution Within\u201d\u2014\u201cThe Final \n \n \n \nDocument\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \nVoices of Freedom: 123-125, 131-132, 133-135 \u201cNoah Webster on \n \n \nEquality\u201d \u201cDavid Ramsey, American Innovations in Government,\u201d \n \n \n J. Hector St. John de Cr\u00e8vecoeur, \u201cWhat, Then, Is the American?\u201d \n \nWeek 10 \nMon., Oct. 27: Road to Ratification \nWed., Oct. 29: Faction and Discord \nFri., Oct. 31: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 267-304 \u201cThe Ratification Debate and the Origin of the \n \n \n \nBill of Rights\u201d\u2014\u201cThe Revolution of 1800\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \nVoices of Freedom: 135-139, 144-147, 147-151 \u201cJames Winthrop, \n \n \nThe Anti-Federalist Argument\u201d and \u201cAddress of the \n \n \n \nDemocratic-Republican Society of Pennsylvania\u201d, and \n \n \n \n\u201cJudith Sargent Murray, \u2018On the Equality of the Sexes\u2019\u201d \n \n \nWeek 11 \nMon., Nov. 3: 1800\u2014A Revolution in Government \nWed., Nov. 5: Asserting Independence \nFri., Nov. 7: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 304-322 \u201cSlavery and Politics\u201d\u2014 \u201cThe End of the \n \n \n \nFederalist Party\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n\n \n \n8\n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 157-159, 166-168 \u201cTecumseh, Speech to the Osage\u201d \n \n \n \nand \u201cFreedom and Necessity at Lowell\u201d \n \nWeek 12 \nMon., Nov. 10: The Market Revolution \nWed., Nov. 12: Manifest Destiny \nFri., Nov. 14: Ask the Prof. \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 324-403 \u201cThe Market Revolution\u201d\u2014\u201cHis Ascendancy\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 192-195, 211-214, 216-218 \u201cAndrew Jackson, Veto of \n \n \n \nthe Bank Bill,\u201d \u201cFrederik Douglass on the Desire for Freedom\u201d, \n \n \n \nand \u201cRules of a Highland Plantation\u201d \n \nWeek 13 \nMon., Nov. 17: King Cotton \nWed., Nov. 19: Plantation Empire \nFri., Nov. 21: Exam 3, No Quiz, No Ask the Prof \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 405-440 \u201cThe Peculiar Institution\u201d\u2014 \u201cNat Turner\u2019s \n \n \n \nRebellion\u201d \n \nPrimary Sources: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 234-239, 243-247, 273-277 \u201cFrederick Douglass on \n \n \n \nthe Fourth of July\u201d, and Angelina Grimk\u00e9 on Women\u2019s Rights\u201d \n \nWeek 14 \nMon., Nov. 24: Freedom in a Land of Slavery \nWed., Nov. 26: THANSGIVING BREAK \nFri., Nov. 28: THANSGIVING BREAK \n \nReadings: \n \n \nGive me Liberty!: 442-490 \u201cAn Age of Reform\u201d\u2014 \u201cA Dose of Arsenic\u201d \n \nPrimary Documents: \n \n \nVoices of Freedom: 275-279, 283-384 \u201cAlexander H. 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Boorstin \n \n \n\u201cA Historian...must have neither Religion or Country.\u201d \n \n \n \n \n \n \nJohn Quincy Adams \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u2013 2 \n \nI. \nCOURSE PHILOSOPHY \n \nThe object of this course is, in part, the traditional one of most survey courses in history\u2014that is, to provide students \nwith a basic or \"core\" knowledge of U.S. History (first \"half\") sufficient to stand on its own merits or to prepare students \nfor more advanced courses in the field. But it is also designed with other purposes in mind. For instance, this course is \ndesigned to introduce students to some of the most provocative books published in recent years, as well as trends in \nthe historical discipline such as the growing emphasis on gender and microcosmic history. I have not assigned a \ntraditional textbook for the course, because I believe that there are superior means to learn history and retain the \nknowledge. This course prioritizes depth over breadth. \n \nHere are some of the assumptions under-girding our course: \n \n(1) That facts can be easily looked up. The real pursuit of history, I believe, attempts to determine why \nevents occurred (why things happened) and the consequences of human decisions. In other words, interpreting the \npast and explaining its significance is more important than merely recounting it. \n \n(2) That history students should study the building blocks of the field\u2014historical documents themselves\u2014rather \nthan only learn second-hand information filtered by professional historians. No small part of this course revolves \naround reading what historians call their \"primary sources\"\u2014the documents that virtually all history books and articles \nutilize to tell their stories. What makes history exciting is the detective work that it demands of its practitioners, as we \ntry to make sense of what are often very confusing pieces of evidence. I hope to convince you, over the course of the \nsemester, that studying history is a process of very fascinating detective work that is anything but dull. \n \n(3) That the process of historical inquiry is as important as the results of the inquiry. It is my goal to expose \nstudents to the different tools that historians use to understand the documents that they study. To give an example, \nhistorians sometimes use the methods of other fields\u2014e.g. psychology, anthropology, literary criticism, folklore, \nmaterial culture, sociology, statistics, economics\u2014to assist in resolving questions about the past. But sometimes their \nmethodical innovations come from within the profession. Some historians, for instance, apply comparative approaches, \nor \"comparative history,\" to illuminate historical problems. That is, they might compare developments in different \ncountries, or in different parts of the same country, to make sense out of otherwise mystifying historical problems. \n \n(4) That savvy students can differentiate what is \"current\" and what is \"dated\" in their field. Historians, over time, \ndiscard approaches to the past that do not seem to be paying dividends, or that are disproved. Historians keep \napplying new \"angles\" on the past, in order to make better sense of it. History is not a science, but that does not mean \nthat historians do not take an experimental or empirical approach to their materials, hoping that new methods will \nreveal patterns and meanings that escaped prior scholars. This course intends to expose students to some of the most \ncurrent \"trends\" or theories in the field. \n \n(5) \nTo introduce students to what scholars call \"historiography\"\u2014the study of how historians engage each other \n(often representing different \"schools of thought\"\u2014e.g. Marxist, feminist) in disputes, especially over interpretations of \nthe past. This part of the course will especially benefit students considering future enrollment in graduate programs in \nhistory. \n \n \nMost weeks, students will spend Tuesday classes interpreting historical documents that will be read in advance of the \ncourse meeting. Thursday classes will be mostly devoted, in contrast, to exploring historical problems from different \nperspectives and using different methodologies and readings than for the Tuesday classes. The most traditional part of \nmy teaching has to do with chronology. I believe that history makes the most sense when it is presented in order, from \nthe past towards the present. Therefore, our exploration of American history will generally proceed chronologically, \nstarting in the colonial period and ending with the controversial post-Civil War period known as Reconstruction. But \nthere will necessarily be times when we will need to loop back to pick up strands overlooked in prior class meetings. \nNot all history can be neatly confined to exact chronological periods. \n\n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20133 \n \nII. \nRECOMMENDED BOOK PURCHASES \n \nElliott J. Gorn, Randy Roberts, and Terry D. Bilhartz, \n \nConstructing the American Past, Volume 1, 6th Edition \n \nPearson/Longman (paperback) \n \nAlfred F. Young, The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution \n \nBeacon Press (paperback) \n \nScott Reynolds Nelson, \nSteel Drivin' Man: John Henry, The Untold Story of an American Legend \nOxford University Press (paperback) \n \n \nNOTE: \n \n\u2022 \nThe Gorn, Roberts, and Bilhartz book will be available at University Book Store \nand at Follett's. \n\u2022 \nThe Young and Nelson books will be available at Von's Book Shop. \n\u2022 \nMost other required readings listed on the syllabus will be available at the \nReserve Book section of the Undergraduate Library \n\u2022 \nSingle copies of these books, if owned by the Purdue University \n \n \n \n \nLibrary system will be placed on reserve at the Undergraduate \n \n \nLibrary. In addition, copies of all other readings required \n \n \nfor the course will be on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. \n\u2022 \nKeep in mind regarding any articles required for the course that if the entire \nissue of the journal is on reserve rather than just the one article, \nyou need to ask for the name of the journal, not the title of the article \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHIST151H/Spring 2009 \u20134 \n \nIII: COURSE SCHEDULE \n \nTues., Jan. 13: ORIENTATION \n \nThurs., Jan. 15: COLONIAL VIRGINIA, ANGLO-INDIAN RELATIONS, AND SLAVERY \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead the following pieces and be prepared to discuss them in class. Pay careful attention not only to the information in \nthis reading about such subjects as indentured servitude, Anglo-Indian relations, the origins of English settlement in \nAmerica, and the origins and nature of slavery, but also what this reading teaches you about how historians find out \nabout things that happened a long time ago. \n \nConstructing the American Past, Chapter 2, 21-42 \n \nJames West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle, \n \n \nAfter the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, 6th ed., Vol. 1, 1-23. \n \n\u2022 \nNote: I have put two copies of After the Fact on reserve at the Undergraduate Library. However, \nstudents have permission to read earlier editions of this book, if convenient. You need to read chapter 1 \nabout Colonial Virginia. Although the editors update their material in each edition, this chapter is mostly \nthe same as in prior editions. \n \n \n \nTues., Jan. 20: THE PURITANS OF NEW ENGLAND AND WITCHES \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nOne of the most interesting groups to study, historically, is the Puritans of early colonial New England. Who were the \nPuritans? What did they believe in? Would it be accurate to call them religious fanatics? What explains the Salem \nWitch trials, which occurred under their auspices? What did your readings for this class teach you about how historians \ndraw upon other disciplines to uncover the past? Do you admire the Puritans or find them repulsive? What do your \nreadings teach you about \"historiography\"\u2014debates about the past among modern historians? \n \n \nConstructing the American Past, Chapter 3, 43-64 \n \nJames West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle, \n \n \nAfter the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection, 6th ed., Vol. 1, 24-48 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20135 \n \n \nThurs., Jan. 22: THE BORDERLANDS AND \"MIDDLE-GROUND\" THEORY \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nFor much of American history, historians treated their national experience, insofar as it related to the frontier, as one of \nconquest and displacement. That is, white settlers of English birth or descent from the Atlantic seaboard constantly \nmoved westward, conquering and displacing Indian tribes and taking over former Spanish and French possessions on \ntheir borders. \n \nBut it is hardly so simple. For most of the colonial period, the Spanish ruled what is today Florida and Texas. For part \nof the colonial period, Spain also ruled much of the Mississippi River Valley: after the French and Indian War (1754-\n61), the Spanish crown, in the settlement following the conflict, gained possession of New Orleans and Louisiana west \nof the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, the French controlled the Mississippi River Valley and the Gulf Coast before the \nSpanish did, and ruled most of today's Canada until their defeat in the French and Indian War. Spain temporarily gave \nup Florida to the British after the French and Indian War, but regained it in the settlement ending the American \nRevolution and continued in control of much of Florida until 1819, when it signed a treaty with the United States selling \nFlorida for U.S. assumption of claims against Spain amounting to $5 million. French influence and culture persisted in \nmuch of its former territory long after the United States acquired the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. In fact, throughout \nthe border areas marking the divide between English and then U.S. territory with Spanish and French territory, a \nremarkably polyglot population resided, including many different Indian tribes. Several dozen Indian nations inhabited \nthe Louisiana Purchase territory, for example, at the time the U.S. acquired it from France. \n \nTo make sense of the interactions of cultures in these areas, some historians have developed a theory and an \napproach that has become known as the \"middle ground.\" Your assignment for class is, first, to figure out exactly what \n\"middle-ground\" theory alludes to. Then, explain how this middle ground actually operated. What happened on the \nmiddle ground? Does your reading for class seem to confirm or contradict the theory? What proof does your reading \nprovide for its argument? \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \n\u2022 \nRead Davidson and Lytle, After the Fact, Vol. I, bottom of p. 117 to the middle of page 119 for a \nconvenient synopsis of middle ground theory \n\u2022 \nAlso read an article or book chapter: \n \nIf your last name begins with the letters A-G, read Daniel E. Herman, \"Romance \non the Middle Ground,\" Journal of the Early Republic 19 (Summer 1999): 279-91 \n \nIf your last name begins with the letters H-P, read Frank Lawrence Owsley Jr. \nand Gene A. Smith, \"A Leftover of War: Negro Fort,\" in Owsley and Smith, \nFilibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800-1821 \n(Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1997), 103-17 \n \nIf your last name begins with the letters Q-Z, read Jeremy Adelman \nand Stephen Aron, \"From Borderlands to Borders: Empires, Nation States, \nand Peoples in Between in North American History,\" American Historical Review \n104 (June 1999): 814-41 \n \n(Another interesting journal piece that addresses the borderlands issue is Gerald E. Poyo and Gilberto M. Hinojosa, \n\u201cSpanish Texas and Borderlands Historiography in Transition: Implications for United States History,\u201d Journal of \nAmerican History 75 (Sept. 1988), 393-416.) \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20136 \n \n \nTues., Jan. 27: \nLIFE, THOUGHT, AND OPPRESSION IN THE 18TH C. ENGLISH COLONIES \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, Ch. 4, 65-90 \n \n \n \n \nThurs., Jan. 29: DRAWING MEANING FROM COMMON TEXTS \n \nFor this class, we will explore how seemingly trite texts can be richly revealing of a people and their \nculture. A journal of the life of a relatively obscure woman and the seemingly silly poem \"Twas the Night \nBefore Christmas\" tell us much about life and social mores in America at different times and places in our \nearly history. \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, xi-top of xiv \n \n(During class we will also view and discuss about 30 minutes of a videotape provided by the \nUndergraduate Library called \"A Midwife's Tale* [VC 6988]) \n \n \n \n \nTues., Feb. 3: \nTHE CAUSES AND DIIPLOMACY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, 91-109 \nDavidson and Lytle, After the Fact, Vol. 1, xv-xxxi \n \n \n \n \nThurs., Feb. 5: \nINTERPRETING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nDavidson and Lytle, After the Fact, Vol. 1, 49-72 \nConstructing the American Past, Ch. 5, Documents 13-15 (pp. 112-15) \n \n \nTues., Feb. 10: \nTHE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION \n \nAssignment for class: \nConstructing the American Past, 117-33 \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20137 \n \nThurs., Feb. 12: MEMORY STUDIES, THE PAST, AND THE CAUSES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION \n \nOne of the most intriguing developments in historical scholarship in recent years has been the increasing study of \nhistorical memory itself. That is, historians are increasingly sensitive to the fact that the very way that we remember \n(and often distort) the past affects how we shape the future. David W. Blight shows for instance, in his award-winning \nbook Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory, that selective recollections of the Civil War have shaped \nrace relations in this country ever since. For many decades, he explains, Americans chose to remember the valor of \nCivil War white soldiers more than the emancipationist outcome of the war and the contributions of black soldiers to the \nUnion victory. True racial progress was difficult until memory changed. One only need consider how Adolph Hitler \nutilized myths about World War I to grasp the potential power of public memory. At any rate, more and more historians \nare producing memory studies. Among the best examples of this kind of writing are magisterial books by Merrill D. \nPeterson about two of America\u2019s most significant presidents: The Jeffersonian Image in the American Mind (1960) and \nLincoln in American Memory (1994). \n \nBut do memory studies have to concern major figures like Jefferson and Lincoln? This week and next we will plunge \nagain into memory studies, and in the process learn something about the American Revolution and revisit the issue of \nstudying history from the bottom up. How can studying the life of an insignificant shoemaker teach us about a major \nevent like the American Revolution? Shouldn\u2019t we be looking at meetings of the Continental Congress and the policies \nof British prime ministers? Further, what do we learn from this book about how collective memories are made? Who \ndetermines what memories the public should keep? This week we will learn about the life of this shoemaker, his role in \nthe coming of the American Revolution and during the war, and his experiences as a veteran after the war. Next week \nwe will look at his life in the context of public memory. In what ways did Americans celebrate the Revolution after it was \nover? Did Americans really like the concept of revolution and revolutionaries? Did all American social classes \nremember the Revolution in the same way? Why or why not? Did public memory about the Revolution stay consistent \nas decades passed? Or did it change over time? What role did war veterans like our shoemaker play in the formation \nor manipulation of public memory? \n \nAssignment for class: \nThe Shoemaker and the Tea Party, 3-84 \n \n \nTuesday, Feb. 17: \nFEDERALISTS AND REPUBLICANS: THE FIRST AMERICAN PARTY SYSTEM \n(1790s-War of 1812) \n \nNote: This assignment has two purposes\u2014to introduce you to the beginning of party politics in the United States (what \nhistorians call America's \"first\" party system) and to show how from the beginning of our country's history, sectional \ndifferences between Northerners and Southerners raised the possibility that the nation would not survive over the long \nrun. Secondarily, the assignment reminds us of the difficulty of interpreting conflicting historical documents and raises \nthe role of \"honor\" and dueling in American politics\u2014something that we will consider more later in the course. \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \nWilliam J. Cooper, Jr., Liberty and Slavery: Southern Politics to 1860 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983), \n \n70-106 \nConstructing the American Past, xiv-xxvii \n \n \nThursday, Feb. 19: \nHISTORICAL MEMORY (continued) \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nShoemaker and the Tea Party, 87-207 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20138 \n \n \n \nTues., Feb. 23: \nANDREW JACKSON AND THE SECOND PARTY SYSTEM, 1820s-1840s \n \nNote: This week's readings have several purposes. After the War of 1812, the Federalist party of Alexander \nHamilton pretty much died out, though it held on locally in some areas for a while, especially in New \nEngland. But on the national level, although politicians had strong disagreements on issues, they did not \ndivide into two major political parties again until Andrew Jackson ran for and won the presidency. What \nwas there about Jackson that was so inflammatory as to cause most of America's politicians into two \nparties\u2014the Democrats and the Whigs? How has \"historiography\" treated Jackson? What do your readings \nsay about how historians are affected by their own times in interpreting the past. Do you admire Jackson or \ndisparage him? Why? Was he a good president or a bad president? What do we mean by the term \n\"Jacksonian Democracy\"? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nHarry L. Watson, Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America, 3-15 \nConstructing the American Past, 167-81 \n \n \nThurs., Feb. 25 \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nDavidson and Lytle, After the Fact, Vol. 1, 99-bottom of 117 \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u20139 \n \nTues., Mar. 3: \nSLAVERY \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, 147-65 \nDavidson and Lytle, After the Fact, Vol. I, 177-209 \n \nThurs., Mar. 5 \nCOMPARATIVE HISTORY AND LEARNING ABOUT SLAVERY \n \nIn 1923, recognizing the parochial nature of much historical research, the French historian Marc Bloch argued that the \n\u201cperfection and general use\u201d of comparative history had become \u201cone of the most pressing needs of present-day \nhistorical science\u201d (\u201cToward a Comparative History of European Societies,\u201d in Frederic C. Lane and Jelle C. \nRiermersma, eds., Enterprise and Secular Change [Homewood, Ill., 1953], 494-95). Bloch and other comparative \nhistorians have wisely recognized that everything is relative. How can one fully understand any aspect of a country\u2019s \npast, without relating it to developments elsewhere? Without perspective, observations about the unique culture, \neconomy, or past of a particular country become almost meaningless. \n \nAmerican historians in recent decades have attempted to achieve new insights by widening their boundaries. That is, \nthey have tried to gain a better understanding of their own country\u2019s past by noting and interpreting the pasts of other \ncountries and regions. The purpose of this week\u2019s assignment is to acquaint you with the comparative method. We will \nsee what we can learn by revisiting the issue of U.S. slavery, this time putting our inquiry into an international context. \nWhat did you learn from this reading? What do you feel are the advantages of comparative history? Can you think of \nany disadvantages? Do you feel that you learned things about U.S. slavery by thinking internationally? Or, do you feel \nthat this kind of historical analysis was a waste of your time? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \nRead one of the following: \n \n1. \nPeter Kolchin, Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (Cambridge: Harvard \nUniversity Press, 1987), 1-10, 157-91 \n2. \nHerbert S. Klein, Slavery in the Americas: A Comparative Study of Virginia and Cuba \n(Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1967), 40-85 \n3. \nEugene D. Genovese, From Rebellion to Revolution: Afro-American Slave Revolts \nin the Making of The New World (1979; paper ed., New York: Vintage Books, 1981), 1-50 \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201310 \n \nTues., Mar. 10: \nMATERIAL CULTURE, POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE AMERICAN PAST \n \nOne method that more and more historians use to rediscover the past is to analyze objects that have \nsurvived from past cultures and civilizations. Even everyday household items can render significant \nhistorical meanings. This class, we will explore how historians of material culture have used such things as \npaintings, photographs, and exhibition displays to better understand America\u2019s mid-nineteenth century \nhistory. What have you learned of significance from these readings? \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead After the Fact, Vol. 1, 73-84 and one of the following: \n \nDrew Gilpin Faust, \u201cRace, Gender, and Confederate Nationalism,\u201d in Faust, Southern Stories: Slaveholders in Peace \nand War (Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1992), 148-59 \n \nEmory M. Thomas, \u201cProtruding Entrails and Petersburg,\u201d in Thomas, Travels to Hallowed Ground (Columbia, S. Car.: \nUniversity of South Carolina Press, 1987), 124-36 \n \nJames W. Cook, The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard \nUniversity Press, 2001), 73-118 \n \n \nThurs., Mar. 12: \nATLANTIC WORLD STUDIES AND U.S. HISTORY \n \nOne of the most important trends affecting the study of early U.S. history, in recent decades, is what scholars call \n\"Atlantic World\" studies or \"Transatlantic History.\" There are whole conferences, programs, books, and other \nendeavors devoted to this perspective. Members of our own Purdue Department of History, especially Melinda Zook \nand Michael Morrison, have done important work in this area. The editors of Transatlantic History (College Station: \nTexas A&M University Press, 2006) define this field as one organized by a \"conceptual approach\" focusing \"on the \ninterconnectedness of human experience over the centuries in the Atlantic Basin.\" They note that this field is \n\"inherently interdisciplinary, transnational, and comparative in approach\" and that it regularly \"moves beyond the \nboundaries imposed by the concept of the nation-state.\" They add that transatlantic history appeals to \"those willing to \nrethink, re-conceptualize, and recast their approach to both new and familiar material.\" \n \nHow does such a transatlantic approach facilitate our understanding of U.S. history? Or does it? Come to class \nprepared to answer this question as well as to explain to your classmates what you learned. \n \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \nRead one of the following: \n \n1) \nStanley H. Palmer, \"The Power of Numbers: Settler and Native in Ireland, America, and South Africa, \n1600-1900,\" in Steven G. Reinhardt and Dennis Reinhartz, ed., Transatlantic History (College \nStation: Texas A&M University Press, 2006), 90-123 (this is an excerpt from a very long chapter) \n2) \nMarcus Rediker, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Merchant Seamen, \nPirates, and the Anglo-American Maritime World, 1700-1750 (New York: Cambridge \nUniversity Press, 1987), 10-76 (chapter 1) \n3) \nIra Berlin, Many Thousands Gone: The First Two Centuries of Slavery in North America \n(Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998), 17-46 (introduction + chapter 1) \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201311 \n \n \nTues., Mar. 24: \nTHE WAR OF 1812 AND AMERICAN TERRITORIAL EXPANSIONISM \n \nThis week we will take a look at the War of 1812 against Great Britain, begun by U.S. President James Madison, who \nasked Congress for a declaration of war in June of 1812. Madison's war message to Congress emphasized U.S. \nmaritime grievances against Britain\u2014particularly British interference with U.S. commerce on the high seas and British \nimpressments of U.S. citizens into the British Navy (acts committed to strengthen Britain's naval effort in its ongoing \nwar against Napoleonic France). But one paragraph of Madison's war message alluded to Britain's assisting Native \nAmericans in their attacks on U.S. settlers on the frontier. \n \nWhy, really, did the U.S. go to war in 1812? Did U.S. ambitions to acquire British Canada have anything to do with it? \nAnd what role did Spanish Florida have in the war? What do your readings teach you about the military course of the \nWar of 1812? Who won the war? How did the war change U.S. history? And what role did General Andrew Jackson, \nwho you met earlier in this course, play in these events? Do these events tell us anything about early U.S. attitudes \nabout what today we might call \"ethnic cleansing\"? What about the role of \"great men\" in history? Say Andrew Jackson \nhad never been born. Would the course of these events have been different? \n \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead one of the following: \n \n1. \nWalter Nugent, Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, \n2008), 75-129 \n2. \nFred Anderson and Andrew Cayton, The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America \n(New York: Viking, 2005), \n \n \n \nThurs., Mar. 26: \nTHE MONROE DOCTRINE \n \nNot long after the War of 1812, the \"Monroe Doctrine\" became an important component of U.S. foreign policy. But what \nwas the doctrine (a law? treaty? speech? Supreme Court opinion? something else?) and why did the United States \nadopt it? How did it affect the history of the United States and the world? Did other nations recognize its legality? So \noften, U.S. foreign policy has to do, at least in part, with domestic politics. Was this the case with the Monroe Doctrine, \nwhich was named, after all, after the politician President James Monroe? Finally, what role did Monroe's secretary of \nstate and later president John Quincy Adams, play in this business? \n \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead one of the following: \n \n1. \nGeorge Dangerfield, The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1818 (New York: Harper & \nRow, 1965), 161-94 \n2. \nPaul A. Varg, United States Foreign Relations, 1820-1860 (East Lansing: Michigan State \nUniversity Press, 1979),43-59 \n3. \nFrederick Merk, The Monroe Doctrine and American Expansionism, 1843-1849 (New York: \nVintage Books,1966), 3-8, 105-32 \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201312 \n \nTues., Mar. 31: \n \nTHE NEW MILITARY HISTORY \n \nWhen most people think of military history, they think it concerns campaigns, weapons, strategy, battlefield tactics, and \nthings of that sort. But in recent decades, many historians have argued for a more inclusive military history\u2014one that is \nrevelatory of cultural trends and that includes peacetime military affairs as well as the military's effect on society during \nwartime. Such matters as the combat experience of enlisted personnel, veterans' affairs, gender, race and ethnicity in \nthe military establishment, the military's role in diplomatic affairs, the impact of military spending on society, draft \nresistance, and questions regarding civilian control over the military might all come, for instance, under the rubric of \nmilitary history. \n \nHow can the \"new military history\" help us better understand the history of the United States before the Civil War? \nMost particularly, how does it help us to understand the U.S.-Mexican War of 1848? What did you learn from your \nreading about that war? \n \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead one of the following: \n \nPaul Foos, A Short, Offhand, Killing Affair: Soldiers and Social Conflict during the Mexican- \nAmerican War (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002), 13-29, 113-54 \nRobert W. Johannsen, To The Halls of the Montezumas: The Mexican War in the American \nImagination (New York: Oxford University Press, 1985), 21-67 \nRichard Bruce Winders, Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War (College Station: \nTexas A&M University Press, 1997), 139-85 \n \nThurs., Apr. 2: \nTRANSCRIBING AND INTERPRETING A DOCUMENT \n \nMost of the readings for this course, in one way or another, have used \u201cprimary source\u201d documents\u2014e.g. letters, \ndiaries, government documents, and so on. We have also considered how historians go about making sense of a \ndocument. Now it is your turn to try (and to also develop and get feedback on your writing skills)! \n \nAssignment for class: \n \n1. \nTranscribe the letter on pages 18-20 of this syllabus . By a transcription, I mean type the letter as you decipher it.. \n2. \nBe sure to include all identifying information on the letter (date, salutation, signature, etc.). Type it so it looks like \nthe letter in form. If you do it right, your version will be exactly the same, except that it is not handwritten. \n3. Staple to the typescript an essay of 1000-1500 words, interpreting the document and what you think its historical \nsignificance might be. What does it tell you worth knowing about the American past? What questions does it raise for \nfuture research? Within your essay, provide a minimum of two footnotes or endnotes in proper historical form. You \nneed not consult a style manual to learn how to cite sources correctly in a way to please historians. Rather, you could \nconsult a number of books required for this course (and this syllabus) for models of how to properly cite a book, a \nmagazine or journal article, a newspaper article, and so on. For instance, the Anderson and Cayton book Dominion of \nWar and the Johannsen reading on the Mexican War provide excellent citation models in their notes. Your citations do \nNOT count in the 1000-1500 word maximum. I expect you in your notes to cite at least one scholarly book and at least \none scholarly article. Scholarly books are usually published by university presses (though sometimes by commercial \npresses like Knopf); scholarly articles are usually articles of fifteen pages or more with notes in serious journals read by \nprofessionals\u2014such as the Journal of American History and the Journal of Southern History. What I am trying to get at \nis whether you would know how to find out more about a historical document and its context. I also want to see your \nreasoning and writing. Don't forget to put your name on your mini-paper. \n\nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201313 \nTues., Apr. 7: \nGENDER AND ANTEBELLUM AMERICA \n \nOne of the most obvious trends in the historical profession in recent years, is to reassess the role of women in \nAmerican life. On the one hand, historians have increasingly illuminated women's private lives, probing the meaning of \nwhat is sometimes considered their interior world. This is social and cultural history with a new twist\u2014with a particular \nconsciousness of women's perspectives and gender tensions. On the other hand, there is a growing recognition that \nperhaps early American historians were wrong in virtually reading women out of American public life before the Civil \nWar. Perhaps women tried to influence the course of history more than was once believed. Perhaps women were \npolitical actors. Perhaps women had more \"agency\" (a buzz term among modern historians) than previously believed. \nThat is, they had more control over their own destinies than we once thought. \"Patriarchy\" (or male dominance) had its \nlimits. And on the other hand, perhaps discourse over women's characteristics and roles played a role in male public \nlife. \n \nWith this in mind, read this week's assignments. Keep in mind not only what your readings teach you about women's \nhistory, but also U.S. history in general. \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, 183-203 and one of the following: \n \nRobert E. May, \"Reconsidering Antebellum U.S. Women's History: Gender, Filibustering, and America's \n \nQuest for Empire,\" American Quarterly 57 (Dec. 2005): 1155-88 \n \nAmy Gilman Srebnick, The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers: Sex and Culture in Nineteenth-Century \n \nNew York (New York: Oxford University Press, 1995), 1-12, 33-60 \n \nAmy S. Greenberg, Manifest Manhood and the Antebellum American Empire (New York: Cambridge \n \nUniversity Press, 2005), 197-230 \n \nThurs., Apr. 9: \nTHE MARKET REVOLUTION \n \n \nHistorians discussing the U.S. economy in the decades before the Civil War have been increasingly using a \nconcept called the \"market revolution\" to make sense out of it. What was the market revolution? What did \nit have to do with America's changing patterns of production and transportation? Was the United States \nexperiencing what scholars call \"modernization\" during the period before the Civil War? And did this \nmodernization have anything to do with the growing sectional tension between the North and the South that \nhelped to cause the Civil War? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nJill Lepore, \"Vast Designs: How America came of age,\" The New Yorker, Oct. 29, 2007, pp. 88-92, \n \n \n \nand one of the following: \n \nKenneth Startup, \"'A Mere Calculation of Profits and Loss': The Southern Clergy and the \n \nEconomic Culture of the Antebellum North,\" in Mark A. Noll, ed., God and Mammon: \nProtestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860 (New York: Oxford University Press, \n2002), 217-35 \n \nDouglas R. Egerton, \"Markets Without a Market Revolution: Southern Planters and Capitalism,\" \n \nin Paul A. Gilje, ed., Wages of Independence: Capitalism in the Early American Republic \n \nMadison, Wis.: Madison House, 1997), 50-64 \n \nJames A. Henretta, \"The 'Market' in the Early Republic,\" Journal of the Early Republic 18 \n \n(Summer 1998): 289-304 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201314 \n \nTues., Apr. 14: \nSECTIONALISM AND THE COMING OF THE CIVIL WAR \n \nThe Civil War was one of the most terrible wars in the history of the World, and certainly in U.S. history. More soldiers \ndied in the one-day battle of Antietam in 1862, than in the entire American Revolution, War of 1812, and Mexican-\nAmerican wars put together! But what caused the conflict? Were Northerners trying to abolish slavery in the South? \nWere most of the arguments between the North and the South over economic issues, such as the tariff? What did the \nimpact of particular historical figures, such as John Brown, have to do with the coming of the war? Would history have \nbeen different had he never lived. What role did published polemics, such as Uncle Tom's Cabin, play in the coming \nof the Civil War? What did Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas argue about in their famous debates in \n1858? In what ways did their debates differ from modern political debates (such as the Obama-McCain \ndebates)? Did they have anything to do with the coming of the war? Or were they merely an interesting \nsideshow? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, 205-26 \nAfter the Fact, Vol. 1, 150-75 \n \n \nThurs., Apr. 16: \nSOUTHERN HONOR \n \nIn debating the origins of the Civil War, historians have divided roughly into two camps on the matter of \ncultural distinctiveness and the inevitability of the war. Some scholars have argued that Northerners and \nSoutherners before the Civil War shared many values, including racism, and that the war came over \nspecific issues that they were unable to resolve\u2014such as the fugitive slave problem and the matter of \nwhether or not slavery was to be permitted in American territories. Other scholars have argued that \nNortherners and Southerners, by the Civil War, developed entirely different cultures and values, and that it \nis no wonder that in 1860-61 the two major sections of the country were unable to coexist in the same \nnation. Central to this latter argument is the concept known as \"Southern honor.\" Southerners prioritized \nhonor over other cultural traits. When their honor was challenged, they had to respond physically, perhaps \nin a duel, perhaps with armies! What did you learn about Southern honor, including its causes, from your \nreading? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead one of the following: \n \nChristopher J. Olsen, Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi: Masculinity, Honor, and the Antiparty \n \nTradition, 1830-1860 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 3-middle of page 5, 17-middle \n \np. 26 \n \nKenneth S. Greenberg, Honor and Slavery . . . (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996), xi-xiv, 51-86 \n \nManisha Sinha, \"The Caning of Charles Sumner: Slavery, Race, and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War,\" \n \nJournal of the Early Republic 23 (Summer 2003): 233-62 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201315 \n \n \nTues., Apr. 21 \nAMERICAN NATIVISM AND THE CIVIL WAR \n \n One of the most contested issues in modern American politics is the matter of federal, state, and local policy \nrespecting undocumented aliens\u2014or illegal immigrants\u2014in this country. But this is hardly the only time in U.S. history \nthat a groundswell of feeling arose against foreign immigration, whether legal or illegal. In the years before the Civil \nWar, much feeling arose against foreign immigrants, especially Irish Catholics and Germans, who were arriving in the \nUnited States in enormous numbers and significantly affecting U.S. politics, the economy, and many other dimensions \nof American life\u2014such as education. Historians call antipathy to foreigners \"nativism,\" whether it is based primarily on \nrace (as today) or ethnicity (as before the Civil War). And nativism helps to explain one of the most significant \"home \nfront\" crises of the Civil War\u2014the New York City draft riots of 1863. What do you learn about nativism, the Civil War, \nand the draft riots from your reading. \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nRead Constructing the American Past, 227-46 and one of the following: \n \n1. \nNoel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White (Routledge: New York, 1995), 34-51, 92-121 \n2. \nTyler Anbinder, Nativism and Slavery: The Northern Know Nothings and the Politics \nof the 1850s (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), 3-7, 20-51 \n \n \n \nThurs., Apr. 23 \nRECONSTRUCTION \n \nThe period after the Civil War, roughly 1865-1877, is generally alluded to as Reconstruction. The term \nalludes to the Union occupation of the South after the Civil War, and the attempt by northern politicians, \nespecially antislavery Republicans, to \"reconstruct,\" or change, Southern society as the price of the South's \nreadmission to the Union with full voting rights in Congress again. Some northern politicians merely \nwanted to ensure that slavery was gone forever in the South. Others had a more radical vision of a more \negalitarian society springing up in the South. Still others were mostly interested in capitalizing on economic \nopportunities open in the South after the war. At any rate, it was during this period that blacks on a region-\nwide scale got the vote and the right to hold office. Ultimately Reconstruction ended, with most Southern \nblacks eventually losing their right to vote and hold office. Eventually a system of rigid segregation was \nimplanted in the South. What did you learn about Reconstruction from your reading for today? What did \nyou learn about the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, and its role in Reconstruction, from your reading? And \nfinally, what can we learn \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nConstructing the American Past, 247-65 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201316 \n \n \n \nTues., Apr. 28: \nFOLKLORE, HISTORY, AND RECONSTRUCTION \n \nAlmost everyone has heard, at one time or another, the famous folk ballad \"John Henry,\" about a black railroad laborer \nwho challenged a machine to make a railroad tunnel, and died in the process. But what if we use that song to probe \nhistory\u2014most particularly the history of the Civil War, Reconstruction, modernization, Southern politics, convict labor, \nmining, race, and memory? In what way does the reading for this week reassert themes we have dealt with throughout \nthe course? Are we back to where we began\u2014that history is fascinating because it is process, because it is detective \nwork rather than recitation of facts? \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nScott Reynolds Nelson, Steel Drivin' Man\u2014John Henry\u2014The Untold Story of an American Legend \n \n(New York: Oxford University Press, 2006), 1-92 \n \n \n \n \nThurs., Apr. 30: \n \n \n \n \n \nAssignment for class: \n \nNelson, Steel Drivin' Man, 93-173 \n \n \n \n \nIV: COURSE GRADE \n \nYour course grade for History 151H will be determined primarily by your work in class discussion. That is, 80% of your \ngrade will come from these discussions. I will give you a grade for your work in every class discussion. You need to \nshow during class that you have done the reading and that you have thought about it. I do not at all expect you to \nalways interpret the readings in the same way that I do, or even to emphasize the same aspects of them. \n \nBecause class discussions are so essential (there will be no exams or quizzes), it is important that you never cut class \nunless you are unwell or facing some kind of a personal or professional emergency. If you do miss class, you should \ndo a makeup paper of 2-3 typewritten pages explaining what you got out of the reading, and submit it the next time that \nyou attend class. If you do this and your paper is satisfactory, instead of getting a zero for the missed discussion, you \nwill get a pro-rated grade (that is, a grade based on your average for all the discussions that you attend). But you can \nonly get credit twice during the semester for missed classes. \n \nYou can find out your discussion grades any time during the semester that you wish. There is nothing mysterious about \nthem. All you need to do is visit with me during my office hours. In fact, I recommend doing this at least once or twice \nduring the semester, the first time in about the third or fourth week of the course. I find that these chats often help \nstudents discover where they could do better, and that their grades frequently improve after talking with me. \n \nThe other 20% of the course grade will come from the paper due on April 2. \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nHist. 151H/Spring 2009 \u201317 \n \nV: OFFICE HOURS \n \nI enjoy meeting with students. You should not only take advantage of my office hours to discuss your work \nin class discussions, but also if you encounter any problems regarding course assignments or if you want to \ndiscuss any aspect of the field of history (such as history as a possible career). The office hours listed below \nare not writ in stone. If you find these hours inconvenient, please let me know and I will arrange a special \nappointment with you. \n \nMy office is Room 25, University Hall \nMy office phone is 44131 \n \nMy office hours, this semester, will be: \n \n \nT: \n1- 1:50 \n \nW: \n1:45 2: 40 \n \nTh: \n10:30-11:15 \n \nVI: TEXTBOOKS \n \nThere is no textbook required for this course. Should you desire a more comprehensive treatment of \nAmerican history than that provided in this course, I would recommend that you pick up a standard textbook \nin the field. Most U.S. history textbooks come in two volumes. In such cases, you will want to order Vol. 1 for \nthe 151 course. Some of these are available at the various bookstores, because non-honors sections of this \ncourse generally require textbooks. Simply go to the bookstores and pick out a textbook that appeals to you \nvisually. 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    • Online book: Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.4 \n
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  • User Defined Classes -- Part 1\nPDF slides\n
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  • Exam 1 Monday Feb 13, 2011 6:30pm -- 7:30pm PHYS 112 \n
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Central Ideas in American Government (3rd \n \n \nEdition). Asheville, NC: Soomo Publishing. ISBN: 978-0-9826106-6-4. \n \n*I have also put the Central Ideas textbook on two hour reserve at Thompson Library. \n \n \n \n\n3 \n \nYou should complete these course logistics (signing up for Americans Governing and \nobtaining the textbook) before the first week of class. \nCourse Requirements: \n \n1. Carefully read this syllabus and take the syllabus quiz. The syllabus contains important \ninformation about the course, so it is imperative you read through it before the quarter \nbegins. After you carefully review the syllabus, you must take the syllabus quiz on Carmen \nduring the first week of class. You have until Saturday, Sept. 1 at 10pm to complete this quiz. \nThe syllabus quiz is worth ten points and is weighted slightly less than a weekly Carmen \nquiz. 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The topic video is meant to supplement the full \nlecture by presenting important concepts in a short animated video to help you understand the \nmaterial. The link to the topic lecture video will appear on the CARMEN course homepage \nas a \u201cNews\u201d item. Note: The weekly quizzes and exams will cover material in these short \nvideos. \n \n3. Take quizzes on the reading: After you\u2019ve completed reading the chapter(s) for the week and \nwatching the full lecture and topic video, you should login to the CARMEN site and take the \nquiz on that week\u2019s material. The quizzes contain 10 multiple choice questions and are \nworth 10 points each. Quizzes for weekly modules are available only during the week \nthat module is assigned. Quizzes are available starting at 7am Sunday and become \nunavailable at 10pm Saturday. For example, you must take the first week\u2019s quiz on the \nConstitution and Federalism anytime between Sunday, August 26 at 7am and Saturday, Sept. \n1 at 10pm. After that time, the quiz will be unavailable and you will receive a 0. Also, the \nquizzes are timed, and you have 15 minutes to complete them. After 15 minutes from the \ntime you start, the quiz will no longer be available to you. That means you should read the \nbook carefully before taking the quiz and you should NOT use your book while taking the \nquiz. In addition, you should NOT wait until the last minute to take the quiz. I do not extend \ndeadlines or make exceptions when something goes wrong with the computer at the last \nminute. I also do not allow make-up quizzes for any reason other than death in the family \nor a serious medical condition requiring a doctor\u2019s note. Therefore, plan for contingencies \nand do not wait until the last minute. These quizzes are worth 140 points total (1 syllabus \nquiz + 13 CARMEN quizzes @ 10 points each). They are weighted to account for half of \nyour quiz grade and all the quizzes (both Carmen and AG) are 60% of your overall course \ngrade. \n\n4 \n \n \n4. Watch/read supplementary materials: Every week, there is supplementary material that you \nmust view/read by logging into www.americansgoverning.com. The assigned material is \nlocated within the required chapters in Central Ideas. Pay close attention to the material as \nyou view or read it because you are required to take a quiz on this material. \n \n5. Take quizzes on supplementary material: The supplementary material is located within each \nof the Central Ideas chapters (you should refer to the \u201cCourse Schedule\u201d at the end of the \nsyllabus for the list of required quizzes). After viewing or reading the supplementary \nmaterial at www.americansgoverning.com, you must take a multiple-choice quiz on the \nwebsite that corresponds with that material, which is located directly beside the material. \nUnlike the quizzes on CARMEN, there is no time limit on these quizzes. You can take as \nlong as you want or need. There is also no mandatory time period within which you have to \ncomplete these quizzes. In other words, you do not need to complete these quizzes the week \nthat module is assigned; however, I strongly encourage that you watch/read the material and \ntake the quizzes while you are reading the chapters during the week it is assigned in order to \nkeep up and get most out of the class. Do not wait until the last few weeks of the course to \ncomplete these quizzes because it will take you a very long time, and some of these questions \nwill appear on your midterm and final exams. You must complete ALL Americans \nGoverning assignments by Friday, November 30 at 10pm. Any quizzes you complete \npast this deadline will NOT count towards your grade (I can view the date and times \neach quiz is completed) and I do not make exceptions to this rule, so do not go past this \ndeadline. These quizzes are worth 69 points total and are weighted to be 50% of your overall \nquiz grade. All the quizzes (both Carmen and AG) are 60% of your overall course grade. \n \nRegarding the Americans Governing quizzes, you need to know which answer you want to \nselect prior to making any selection. You only get one click. Once you click on an \nanswer, the system automatically determines that is your final answer and this answer \nis automatically saved. You don't have the luxury of clicking through different answers \nbefore deciding on one. \n \n6. Take midterm and final exams: You must complete the midterm exam on Friday, October \n12 between 7am and 10pm. The final exam must be taken on Friday, December 7 between \n7am and 10pm, which is the second day of examination period. If you have any scheduling \nconflicts for the midterm or final exam, you must let me know by the end of the first week of \nclass. \n \nBoth the midterm and final exams will mostly cover material in the textbook, but on each of \nthe exams there will be 10 questions that cover material in the full lectures and topic videos, \nand 5 questions from the Americans Governing supplementary material quizzes. They both \nconsist of 55 multiple choice questions (very similar to the types of questions on the weekly \nCarmen quizzes), and you will have 75 minutes to complete them. The midterm will cover \nWeeks 1-7. The final exam will cover Weeks 8-14 (i.e., the final is not comprehensive). 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Some examples include: (1) elaborating on a concept \nfrom class (for example, your video could include news clips that are considered to be \n\u201cinfotainment\u201d and discuss implications of this type of news); (2) recording political bumper \nstickers and creating a video of them; (2) compiling a video of clips of newscasts and/or \ncommercials about a particular interest group; (3) creating a video about how a recent current \nevent is related to a topic in class (for example, the importance of federalism when evaluating \nthe federal and state responses to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina); (4) gathering 2012 \ncampaign ads with common themes (for example, ads about presidential character); (5) \nresearching and explaining a concept from the Congress, Judiciary, or Presidency chapter in \nmore detail. The options are endless! Your video could be featured in a future PS1100 \ncourse. You will be graded on: (1) clarity of main idea and (2) evidence of time and effort \ntaken to produce the video. Completed videos will receive either a \uf0fc+ (10/10) or \uf0fc (5/10). If \nyou do not have access to a video recorder, you must contact me by the end of the first week \nof class. The videos must be uploaded to the \u201cVideo Assignment\u201d Folder under the Dropbox \ntab on Carmen by Monday, November 26 at 10pm. \n \n8. Political Science Experiment Extra Credit: You may also to earn extra credit points by \nparticipating in a political science experiment. You have the opportunity to receive 10 extra \nweighted 2.5 (so your grade percentage can increase from 90 to 92.5, for example) points by \nparticipating. You will receive an email during the quarter inviting you to participate. I will \npost reminders for the experiments under the \u201cNews\u201d section on the Carmen class homepage. \nThe deadline for the extra credit experiments will be announced during the quarter. \n \nIf you do both extra credit opportunities, you can raise your grade 5 percentage points, so \nfrom 90 to 95. \n \nGrading: \n Quizzes: 60% \n Midterm: 25% \n Final: 25% \n \nGrading Scale: \n93-100 \nA \n90-92 \nA- \n87-89 \nB+ \n83-86 \nB \n80-82 \nB- \n77-79 \nC+ \n73-76 \nC \n70-72 \nC- \n67-69 \nD+ \n60-66 \nD \n< 60 \n \nE \n\n6 \n \n \n \nAcademic Honesty: \nI expect all of the work you do in this course to be your own. No dishonest practices on the \nexaminations or in the course will be acceptable, and any suspected cases of dishonesty will be \nreported to the university committee on academic misconduct and handled according to \nuniversity policy. The quizzes and exams are to be taken during the allotted time period without \nthe aid of books, notes, or other students. Do not attempt to copy the test to take it or distribute it \nto anyone. The statistics feature on Carmen will monitor and report how you take the quizzes and \nexams, and I will compare IP addresses, grades, and timing for each assignment. \n \nDisability: \nIf you need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability, you should \ncontact me to arrange an appointment as soon as possible. At the appointment we \ncan discuss the course format, anticipate your needs, and explore potential \naccommodations. I rely on the Office for Disability Services for assistance in \nverifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation strategies. \nIf you have not previously contacted the Office for Disability Services, I encourage \nyou to do so. \nImportant Deadlines \nAssignment: \nDue dates: \nCarmen Weekly Quizzes \nSunday at 7am \u2013 Saturday at 10pm each week \nMidterm Exam \nFriday, October 12 (7am-10pm) \nAmericans Governing Quizzes \nAll AG assignments must be completed by \nFriday, November 30 at 10pm \nVideo Assignment \nMonday, November 26 at 10pm \nExtra Credit Experiments \n*TBA* \nFinal Exam \nFriday, December 7 (7am-10pm) \n \nCourse Schedule: \n \nWeek 1/August 22-Sept 1: Constitution \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 1 \nCarmen Quizzes: Must take Syllabus quiz and Carmen reading quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Sept \n1Americans Governing (AG) Quiz: Ch.1: Purpose of Government \n \n \nWeek 2/Sept 2-8: Federalism \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 2 \nCarmen Quizzes: Must take Carmen reading quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Sept 8 \nAmericans Governing (AG) Quiz: Ch.2: Visions of Federalism \n \n \nWeek 3/Sept 9-15: Congress \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 3 \n\n7 \n \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Sept 15 \nAG quiz: Ch.3: United We Stand \nWeek 4/ Sept 16-22: Political Parties \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 4 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Sept 22 \nAG quiz: Ch.4: 2008 Party Platforms \n \nWeek 5/Sept 23-29: Interest Groups \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 5 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Sept 29 \nAG quiz: Ch.5: Evil Lobbyists \n \nWeek 6/Sept 30-Oct 6: Presidency \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 6 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Oct 6 \nAG Quiz: Ch. 6: LBJ\u2019s First Days \n \nWeek 7/Oct 7-13: Judiciary \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 7 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Oct 13 \nAG Quiz: Ch. 7: The First Cowgirl \n \nMIDTERM: Must take midterm on Friday, Oct. 12 between 7am and 10pm \n \nWeek 8/Oct 14-20: Voting and Political Participation \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 8 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Oct 20 \nAG Quiz: Ch. 8: Getting Out the Vote in Toledo \n \nWeek 9/Oct 21-27: Elections and Campaigns \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 9 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Oct 27 \nAG Quiz: Ch. 9: Elizabeth the Elector \n \nWeek 10/Oct 28-Nov 3: Civil Liberties \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 10 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Nov 3 \nAG Quiz: Ch.10: You Have the Right \n \nWeek 11/Nov 4-10: Civil Rights \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 11 \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Nov 10 \nAG Quiz: Ch.11: Suffrage: The Amendment \n \nWeek 12/Nov 11-17: Media \nReadings: Central Ideas, Chapter 13 \n\n8 \n \nCarmen Quiz: Must take quiz by 10pm on Saturday, Nov 17 \nAG Quizzes: Ch. 13: On the ground in Haiti \nWeek 13/Nov 18-24: University Closed Nov. 21-23. 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    \nSpanish 1101.01 is the first course of a three-course sequence (1101.01, 1102.01, 1103.01) which leads to the fulfillment of the foreign language requirement.
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Questions \nor concerns that are personal in nature and can\u2019t be posted on the discussion board should be \naddressed during office hours. Please do not email questions that are answered in the syllabus or \non Carmen. Email should be reserved for setting up office hours, be sure to include the class \nyou\u2019re in and what you\u2019d like to discuss. \n \nTeaching Assistants: Please contact the TAs if you have read their comments on your exam \nquestions but have questions remaining about the grade. Rather than reply within the grade tab in \nCarmen (which doesn\u2019t have the functionality to notify us that you\u2019ve posted a comment), be \nsure to email your question. The TA that is grading your work is based on the first letter of your \nlast name (see below). TAs can only answer questions about assignments they graded; they do \nnot have office hours in this class. \nIf your last name starts with A through K, your TA is Kriselle Bellini (bellini.11@osu.edu) \nIf your last name starts with L through Z, your TA is Gwen Wojtkun (wojtkun.4@osu.edu) \n \nC-REP: Please contact the C-REP coordinator if you have any questions about C-REP, \nJessica Ryu: ryu.205@buckeyemail.osu.edu \n \nDiscussion Boards: If you have questions about lecture materials or upcoming assignments, \nplease post these on the class discussion boards (see Carmen Introduction video in Module 1). Be \nsure to follow along with the discussion boards through the semester. \n \nIT Service Desk: 614-688-HELP (4357) If you have problems relevant to technology (e.g. issues with \nyour laptop or software), please call the IT Service Desk. You can also visit the IT Service Desk Website \n \nYour Question is About\u2026 \nWho/How to Contact \nUpcoming Assignments \nDr. Foster via Discussion Boards in Carmen or office hours \nLecture Materials \nDr. Foster via Discussion Boards in Carmen or office hours \nPersonal Concerns \nEmail Dr. Foster to schedule office hours \nGraded Assignments \nEmail the TA after reading their feedback \nC-REP \nEmail Jessica Ryu at ryu.205@buckeyemail.osu.edu \n\n2 \n \nTechnical Issues (software, hardware, Carmen \nsupport, etc.) \nCall the IT Service Desk at 614-688-4357 \n \nCourse Overview: \n \n This course will be delivered 100% online and asynchronous with weekly due dates and \nprovides a brief overview of the history of human communication. We\u2019ll focus primarily on \nmore recent history (the last couple of hundred years) but will begin with the earliest known \ncommunication artifacts and progress rapidly from there. \nMost of what we will cover is in the realm of mass communication. We will explore how \ncommunication changed as society changed, and the role of communication in producing social \nchanges of various sorts. Importantly, we will be making connections between issues and events \nfrom the past to the world we are living in today. \nYou\u2019ll be responsible for material covered in the lecture or in assigned readings from the \ntext (see below) as well as additional visual material (movies, radio programs, etc.). \nCourse Objectives: \n \nCommunication COMM 1101 is a GEC course in Category 2, Breadth, B. Social Science, \nsubcategory (1) Individuals and Groups. Courses in social science help students understand \nhuman behavior and cognition, and the structures of human societies, cultures and institutions. \nCourses that fulfill this requirement have the following learning objectives: \n \n1.Students understand the theories and methods of social scientific inquiry as they apply \nto the study of individuals and groups. \n \n2.Students understand the behavior of individuals, differences and similarities in social \nand cultural contexts of human existence, and the processes by which groups function. \n \n3.Students comprehend and assess individual and group values and their importance in \nsocial problem solving and policy making. \n \nMeeting Course Objectives: \n \n1. To provide you with an introduction to the history of communication. \n\u25feVia lecture materials tracing the known history \n\u25feThrough reading materials focusing on human communication history \n\u25feThrough examination of major mass communication mediums and how they interrelate \n \n2. To introduce you to the theory and methods of understanding history. \n\n3 \n \n\u25feThrough a lecture covering some of the important theories and methods of how we can \nunderstand what has happened before \n\u25feThrough practice in doing your own historical research \n\u25feThrough writing summaries of the results of your own research \n\u25feThrough providing illustrative examples of these approaches throughout our \nexamination of media history \n \n3. To explore the ways in which media presentations may have different impacts for \ndiffering ethnic or racial groups and the interplay between societal/cultural values and \nmedia content. \n\u25feBy examining historical media content within the social norm context in which it \nevolved \n\u25feThrough an example overview of the early African American cinema and ideas of in-\ngroup and out-group behavior \n\u25feBy examining the relationship between African American portrayals in media content, \nproducers\u2019 goals, and audience members\u2019 reactions \n \n 4. To develop your ability to comprehend and assess individual and group values as \nreflected in media content history, and to recognize their importance in social problem \nsolving and policy making. \n\u25feBy examining the development and differences in media regulation and policy \n\u25feBy exploring the relationship between violent behavior and media content \n\u25feBy studying the role of free speech in relation to media effects \n \nCredit hour and work expectation \nThis is a 3-credit-hour course. According to Ohio State policy, students should expect around 3 hours per \nweek of time spent on direct instruction (instructor content and Carmen activities, for example) in \naddition to 6 hours of homework (reading and assignment preparation, for example) to receive a grade \nof (C) average. ASC Honors provides an excellent guide to scheduling and study expectations. \n \nCourse Technology: \nFor help with your password, university e-mail, Carmen, or any other technology issues, questions, or \nrequests, contact the OSU IT Service Desk. Standard support hours are available \nat https://ocio.osu.edu/help/hours, and support for urgent issues is available 24x7. \n\u2022 Carmen: \no Carmen, Ohio State\u2019s Learning Management System, will be used to host \nmaterials and activities throughout this course. To access Carmen, visit \nCarmen.osu.edu. Log in to Carmen using your name.# and password. If you \nhave not setup a name.# and password, visit my.osu.edu. \n\n4 \n \no Help guides on the use of Carmen can be found at \nhttps://resourcecenter.odee.osu.edu/carmen \no This online course requires use of Carmen (Ohio State's learning \nmanagement system) and other online communication and \nmultimedia tools. If you need additional services to use these \ntechnologies, please request accommodations with your instructor. \n\u25aa Carmen accessibility \n\u2022 \nZoom: \no Office hours will be held through Ohio State\u2019s conferencing platform, Zoom. If \nyou set up an appointment for office hours, I will email you a link to the Zoom \nmeeting. \no Students may use the audio and video functions if a webcam and microphone \nare available. If not, there is still a chat function available. \no Carmen Zoom help guide \n\u2022 Turnitin: \no Students at The Ohio State University are accountable for the integrity of the \nwork they submit. Therefore, you should be familiar with the guidelines provided \nby the Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) and Section A of OSU's \nCode of Student Conduct in order to meet the academic expectations \nconcerning appropriate documentation of sources. In addition, OSU has made \nTurnitin, a learning tool and plagiarism prevention system, available to \ninstructors. For this class, you will submit your papers to Turnitin from Carmen. \nWhen grading your work, I will interpret the originality report, following Section \nA of OSU's Code of Student Conduct as appropriate. For more information \nabout Turnitin, please see the vendor's guide for students. Note that submitted \nfinal papers become part of the OSU database. \n\u2022 BuckeyePass: a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) to use for authentication \n\u2022 Microsoft Office 365: All Ohio State students are eligible for free Microsoft Office 365. \nVisit the installing Office 365 (go.osu.edu/office365help) help article for full instructions. \n\u2022 Self-Service and Chat support: http://ocio.osu.edu/selfservice \n\u2022 Phone: 614-688-HELP (4357) \n\u2022 Email: 8help@osu.edu \n\u2022 https://it.osu.edu/students#tech-access \nBaseline technical skills necessary for online courses \n\u2022 Basic computer and web-browsing skills \n\u2022 Navigating Carmen (go.osu.edu/canvasstudent) \n\n5 \n \nNecessary equipment \n\u2022 Computer: current Mac (OS X) or PC (Windows 7+) with high-speed internet connection \n\u2022 Web cam and microphone \nNecessary software \n\u2022 Word processor with the ability to save files under .doc, .docx, or .pdf. Most popular \nword processing software programs including Microsoft Word and Mac Pages have \nthese abilities. \n\u2022 OSU students have access to Microsoft Office products free of charge. To install, please \nvisit https://osuitsm.service-now.com/selfservice/kb_view.do?sysparm_article=kb04733 \nCourse Requirements: \nTextbook: \nKovarik, B. Revolutions in communication: Media history from Gutenberg to the digital age (2nd \nEdition). Bloomsbury. (pdf\u2019s are available on Carmen, so you do not need to buy the book unless \nyou prefer it over the pdf\u2019s) \n \nAssignments and Exams: \nCoursework includes weekly quizzes (online and timed, generally multiple-choice and T/F style \nquestions, with about 5 to 10 questions per quiz, questions randomly pulled from pools for each \ntopic so that your quiz may have different questions than another student, but they cover the \nsame concepts), weekly exam questions (online, short answer essays), and C-REP participation. \nFor quizzes, you may use your own notes, but you may not use any other sources. We will have \n1000 points possible in the class as follows: \n \nRequirement \nPoints/Percent of Final Grade \nQuizzes \n400 (13 quizzes in total, the lowest 3 scores are dropped, \nso the 10 that are kept are worth 40 points each) \nExam Questions \n550 (6 questions in total, the lowest score is dropped, so \nthe 5 that are kept are worth 110 points each) \nC-REP \n50 \nTotal Points \n1000 \n * Please read the student guide for information on C-REP. \n \nLetter Grade \n Percent \nA \n93-100 \nA- \n90-92.9 \nB+ \n87-89.9 \nB \n83-86.9 \n\n6 \n \nB- \n80-82.9 \nC+ \n77-79.9 \nC \n73-76.9 \nC- \n70-72.9 \nD+ \n67-69.9 \nD \n60-66.9 \nFailing \n0-59.9 \nPlease note: Carmen Canvas, OSU\u2019s class management software, does not round fractions up. I \ndon\u2019t round up individual grades, no matter how close, because it\u2019s not fair to others. \nCarmen has different settings for viewing grades. There is a setting in which assignments that are \nnot completed are counted as a \u201czero\u201d and a setting in which incomplete assignments are not yet \ncounted in the final grade. If you are calculating your grade through the semester, make sure you \nare factoring in any assignments you failed to turn in on time as a \u201czero\u201d. \nAssignments: \nPlease keep track of when things are due. I recommend signing up for email notifications for \nwhen there are announcements and discussion posts on Carmen. \nLate work: Late work will rarely be accepted in this class. The assignments are provided well \nin advance and many of the lowest scores will be dropped for your final grade. Please recall that \nthe due dates are not the goal for turning in assignments. Rather, the due dates are the last chance \nto turn them in. I recommend turning work in well in advance of the due date in case of technical \nproblems or life issues. \nLate work will be considered only if you have documentation (coming from a reputable \nsource and including dates) of severe illness or emergency that lasts more than 2 weeks (since \nthe lowest grades are already dropped). For health issues, I don\u2019t need any medical information \non documentation, but I do require information from your care provider specifying that you were \nnot well enough to do online work. There cannot be any exceptions to this requirement for \ndocumentation. Sample language might look something like this: \u201c[Name] was under my care \nand unable to do any schoolwork, including asynchronous online work from [start date] to [end \ndate]\u201d. Those dates must cover at least 2 weeks. \nFollowing instructions and keeping deadlines is an invaluable skill in the workforce. Thus, it is \nimportant to work on time management in college. \nPlease do not email your paper to the professor or to the TAs. We can only grade what you \nsubmit to Carmen prior to the deadline because assignments that are emailed do not go through \nthe plagiarism check. It\u2019s important that all students have the same guidelines and expectations. \nPlease note that any days you miss from starting the class late cannot be made up. However, your \nlowest grades are dropped from the final score, so those can be the days you missed. \nReligious holidays: Our inclusive environment allows for religious expression. \nStudents requesting accommodations based on faith, religious or a spiritual belief \n\n7 \n \nsystem in regard to examinations, other academic requirements or absences, are \nrequired to provide the instructor with written notice of specific dates for which \nthe student requests alternative accommodations at the earliest possible date. \nFor more information about religious accommodations at Ohio State, \nvisit odi.osu.edu/religious-accommodations. \nBefore you submit an assignment: \nMake certain it is in \"doc\" or \"docx\" or \u201cpdf\u201d format and that you have a reliable Internet \nconnection. If your home or apartment does not have reliable service, try an on-campus computer \nlab or library. \n \nRemember to leave yourself enough time to verify that your submission went through properly \nas problems with technology will not be accepted for late work. \n \nPre-grading: Please note also that we cannot pre-grade your papers. If you have specific \nquestions, we are always available to answer those. However, we cannot read your paper in its \nentirety before the due date and tell you everything you need to change to get a perfect score. \n \nVerifying that you submitted your assignment: \nPlease do not email your instructor or TA to ask if your assignment was submitted properly. \nYou can check this on Carmen. Here it is step by step: \n= After submitting the assignment, you should be taken back to the main page for the assignment \n= On the right-hand side is a submission status \n= To verify that everything uploaded correctly, click on 'Download [filename]'; you might want \nto save it to a different location on your hard drive than the original, or rename it during the \ndownload process, to avoid overwriting your original \n= Open the downloaded file and make sure everything looks correct \nRecall that only what you submit by the deadline will be graded, even if it was not what you \nintended to submit. So, it\u2019s important that you check to be sure your submission was successful. \nIf you are worried about the submission, you may want to consider taking a screen shot of the \nsubmission verification. \nGeneral Grading Criteria \nThe following is a general guideline regarding the 5 different categories on the rubrics. Please \nsee comments in Carmen for more details when you get your grade back, but this is a general \nnote: \n \n\u201cExceptional\u201d responses briefly but succinctly combine information from lecture and outside \nsources (we will talk about using the library). The response is extremely well written and \norganized in APA format. Exceptional responses demonstrate that you can reiterate information \nfrom the lecture and other course materials, find and integrate additional relevant information on \n\n8 \n \nyour own from sources outside of the course materials, and incorporate your own original \nanalysis. There are no comments on improvement. \n \n\u201cAbove Average\u201d responses briefly but succinctly answer the questions, combining information \nfrom the class as well as information from outside class and add your own analysis. There is \nsome additional information that may improve the response but overall, it is above average, and \nfeedback on improvement is minimal. \n \n\u201cAverage\u201d responses meet the minimum requirements of the assignment. However, information \nneeds to be clarified or there is information that is incorrect. Improvements could be made in \norganizing information from different sources, or otherwise there is room for improvement that\u2019s \nnot minor. \n \n\u201cNeeds Improvement\u201d means there was some key information missing or inaccurate/irrelevant \ninformation included. An attempt was made but it doesn\u2019t hit the minimum requirements. \n \n\u201cNot Addressed\u201d generally means that the information was missing or inaccurate. \n \nTechnical Problems: Contact OIT (https://ocio.osu.edu/help) to see if they can help fix the \nproblem so that you don't get it again. Calling is often faster than email. \n \nVideo lectures have a link in the Modules tab of Carmen. That link will take you to MediaSite \nwhere lectures are stored. MediaSite is the only university sanctioned website for hosting \nlectures, and it generally works great. However, in very large classes, it can happen that if three \nor four hundred students are all viewing a lecture at the same time, the lecture video can slow \ndown or buffer. While this does not happen often, I do recommend that you not wait until the last \nminute to view videos just in case this happens to be an issue for you. \n \nGrading: Please don\u2019t email your TA to ask if grades are finished. There are many students in \nthe course, and we want to do justice to each submission. If there is a post on Carmen that says \nthe grades have all been entered, and you don\u2019t have a grade, then you need to contact your TA \nor professor. \n \nGrade Disputes: Any dispute about a grade must be taken up with your TA within one week of \nthe grade posting, so please keep track of your grades and check them when you see an \nannouncement. If you are disputing your grade on one of the assignments, you must prepare a \n.doc or .docx document, going point-by-point through the rubric and explaining why you think \nyour work deserves a different grade. Please note that grade disputes are not a normal part of the \ngrading process. Grade disputes should be submitted only when you can justify clearly why you \nbelieve your grade should be changed. Please submit your grade dispute first to the person who \ngraded your paper. If your dispute is ongoing after this, you may contact your professor. If you \nhave talked with both the TA and the professor and still want to pursue a grade dispute, see the \nuniversity's Complaint, Grievance, and Appeal Procedures \n \nPage Limits and Formatting: Papers with page limits must use APA formatting (don\u2019t worry if \nAPA is new to you; we will cover it in class) and must adhere to the page limits. Expressing \n\n9 \n \nyourself in a clear and succinct manner is a very valuable writing skill! Thus, exceeding the page \nlimit will result in a reduction of your grade. Page limits are also strict to keep the playing field \nfair for everyone. Be careful not to go over your page/word limit, even by one sentence/word. \nContact Information for Various Issues \nWho to Contact for Specific Problems: \nQuestions about the course/assignments/lectures/etc.: First, post in the discussion area, as that \nallows the professor, TAs and other students to see issues and respond to everyone in an \norganized and timely manner. It keeps us all on the same page and allows everyone access to the \nsame information \u263a You should post your query on one of the existing discussion threads \ninstead of starting a new one. \nYou should contact your professor via email if you need to schedule an appointment for office \nhours at foster.1182@osu.edu. For questions about a grade you received, please direct your \nquestion to the person who graded your paper (you\u2019ll know from the comments who graded it). \nHealth Issues or Emergency Situations: Contact your instructor or Student Advocacy as these \nare always of a personal nature. See information on illnesses at https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/ \nTechnical Problems with Your Computer or Internet Connection Issues: OIT can be called \nat 614-688-HELP (4357). You can also email them about your problem, or you can request that \nthey call you back. The website for these alternatives is: https://osuitsm.service-\nnow.com/selfservice/help_splash.do (Links to an external site.) \nC-REP problems or questions: If your question is personal and C-REP related, contact the C-\nREP administrator. \nProblems with your TA or unresolved issues (after trying the above): Contact Dr. Foster \nEmail etiquette: Please ensure that any emails you send are written professionally. If you are \nunsure about email etiquette, please check out the following website \nhttps://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-\nemails-essay This includes any correspondence with the professor, Teaching Assistants, and \nother students. Everybody makes mistakes sometimes, and it can happen that if you\u2019re frustrated \nthat you may end up sending an email that does not represent yourself the way you\u2019re like to. In \nthat case, I encourage you to ask for a do-over and send a new response written in a way that is \nmore reflective of your professional self. \nAlso, if you need to email me, please be sure to include the course name and section. If we are \nhaving an ongoing conversation via email, please make sure to \u201creply\u201d to that thread instead of \nstarting a new one each time. This will help us stay organized so that I can reply faster. \n\n10 \n \nOther course information \nStudent Academic Services \nArts and Sciences Advising and Academic Services\u2019 website provides support for student academic \nsuccess. Information on advising issues such as tutoring, transfer credits, academic standing, and contact \ninformation for Arts and Sciences advisors can be obtained through this website. The site is: \nhttp://advising.osu.edu/welcome.shtml \nStudent Services \nThe Student Service Center assists with financial aid matters, tuition and fee payments. Please see their \nsite at: http://ssc.osu.edu \nCopyright Disclaimer \nThe materials used in connection with this course may be subject to copyright protection and are only \nfor the use of students officially enrolled in the course for the educational purposes associated with the \ncourse. Copyright law must be considered before copying, retaining, or disseminating materials outside \nof the course. \nDiversity \nThe School of Communication at The Ohio State University embraces and maintains an environment \nthat respects diverse traditions, heritages, experiences, and people. Our commitment to diversity moves \nbeyond mere tolerance to recognizing, understanding, and welcoming the contributions of diverse \ngroups and the value group members possess as individuals. In our School, the faculty, students, and \nstaff are dedicated to building a tradition of diversity with principles of equal opportunity, personal \nrespect, and the intellectual interests of those who comprise diverse cultures. \nSee https://hr.osu.edu/benefits/notice-of-nondiscrimination/ \nTitle IX \nTitle IX makes it clear that violence and harassment based on sex and gender are Civil Rights offenses \nsubject to the same kinds of accountability and the same kinds of support applied to offenses against \nother protected categories (e.g., race). If you or someone you know has been sexually harassed or \nassaulted, you may find the appropriate resources at http://titleix.osu.edu or by contacting the Interim \nOhio State Title IX Coordinator, Molly Peirano, at titleix@osu.edu \nHealth \nAs a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained \nrelationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or \n\n11 \n \nlack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic \nperformance or reduce a student\u2019s ability to participate in daily activities. The Ohio State University \noffers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. \nIf you are or someone you know is suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn \nmore about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus via the Office of \nStudent Life\u2019s Counseling and Consultation Service (CCS) by visiting ccs.osu.edu or calling 614--292--\n5766. CCS is located on the 4th Floor of the Younkin Success Center and 10th Floor of Lincoln Tower. You \ncan reach an on-call counselor when CCS is closed at 614-292-5766. \nIf you are thinking of harming yourself or need a safe, non-judgmental place to talk, or if you are worried \nabout someone else and need advice about what to do, 24-hour emergency help is also available \nthrough the Suicide Prevention Hotline (Columbus: 614-221-5445) \nInstructor illness or absence \nIf the instructor is too ill to teach the course for a period of time, the designated backup for this course \nwill step in. You will be notified via email from the School of Communication. \nAcademic integrity policy \nPolicies for this online course \n\u2022 Written assignments: Your written assignments, including discussion posts, should be \nyour own original work. In formal assignments, you should follow APA style to cite the \nideas and words of your research sources. You are encouraged to ask a trusted person \nto proofread your assignments before you turn them in--but no one else should revise \nor rewrite your work. \n\u2022 Reusing past work: In general, you are prohibited in university courses from turning in \nwork from a past class to your current class, even if you modify it. If you want to build \non past research or revisit a topic you've explored in previous courses, please discuss \nthe situation with me. \n\u2022 Falsifying research or results: All research you will conduct in this course is intended to \nbe a learning experience; you should never feel tempted to make your results or your \nlibrary research look more successful than it was. \nAcademic Misconduct \nIt is the responsibility of the Committee on Academic Misconduct to investigate or establish procedures \nfor the investigation of all reported cases of student academic misconduct. The term \u201cacademic \nmisconduct\u201d includes all forms of student academic misconduct wherever committed; illustrated by, but \nnot limited to, cases of plagiarism and dishonest practices in connection with examinations. Instructors \nshall report all instances of alleged academic misconduct to the committee (Faculty Rule 3335-5-487). \nFor additional information, see the Code of Student Conduct http://studentlife.osu.edu/csc/ \n \n\n12 \n \nArtificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity \nThere has been a significant increase in the popularity and availability of a variety of generative \nartificial intelligence (AI) tools, including ChatGPT, Sudowrite and others. These tools will help \nshape the future of work, research and technology but when used in the wrong way, they can \nstand in conflict with academic integrity at Ohio State. \n \nAll students have important obligations under the Code of Student Conduct to complete all \nacademic and scholarly activities with fairness and honesty. Our professional students also have \nthe responsibility to uphold the professional and ethical standards found in their respective \nacademic honor codes. Specifically, students are not to use unauthorized assistance in the \nlaboratory, on field work, in scholarship or on a course assignment unless such assistance has \nbeen authorized specifically by the course instructor. In addition, students are not to submit \ntheir work without acknowledging any word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of writing, ideas \nor other work that is not your own. These requirements apply to all students undergraduate, \ngraduate, and professional. \n \nTo maintain a culture of integrity and respect, these generative AI tools should not be used in \nthe completion of course assignments unless an instructor for a given course specifically \nauthorizes their use. Some instructors may approve of using generative AI tools in the academic \nsetting for specific goals. However, these tools should be used only with the explicit and clear \npermission of each individual instructor, and then only in the ways allowed by the instructor. \n \nIn Communication 1101, you should be integrating information from a variety of sources and \nciting them appropriately. While AI or other tools may help you get started, these tools are not \ngood for such integration and citation, so they should not be used for your writing. And \nwhenever you use text verbatim from any source, acknowledge that the words are not your \nown. \n \nAccessibility accommodations for students with disabilities \nRequesting Accommodations \nThe university strives to make all learning experiences as accessible as possible. If you anticipate \nor experience academic barriers based on your disability including mental health, chronic or \ntemporary medical conditions, please let me know immediately so that we can privately discuss \noptions. To establish reasonable accommodations, your instructor may request that you register \nwith Student Life Disability Services (SLDS). After registration, make arrangements with your \ninstructor as soon as possible to discuss your accommodations so that they may be \nimplemented in a timely fashion. \nIn light of the current pandemic, students seeking to request COVID-related accommodations \nmay do so through the university\u2019s request process, managed by Student Life Disability Services. \n\n13 \n \nDisability Services Contact Information \n\u2022 Phone: 614-292-3307 \n\u2022 Website: slds.osu.edu \n\u2022 Email: slds@osu.edu \n\u2022 In person: Baker Hall 098, 113 W. 12th Avenue \nAccessibility of Course Technology \nThis online course requires use of CarmenCanvas (Ohio State's learning management system) \nand other online communication and multimedia tools. 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    Math 31A: Differential and Integral Calculus
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    \nGeneral Information

    \nTime and Place: MWF 1 pm-1:50 pm (Lecture 3) and 2\npm-2:50 pm (Lecture 4), Mathematical Sciences\nBuilding 4000A
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    \nInstructor:\nMatthias\nAschenbrenner\n
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    \nE-mail address: matthiasmath.ucla.edu   \n(I\nwill\nnot answer\nquestions by e-mail. E-mail should\nonly be used to make an appointment.)
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    \nHomepage: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~matthias\n
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    \nOffice:
    Mathematical Sciences Building 5614
    \nOffice Phone: 310-206-8576
    \nOffice Hours: M 3:30 pm-5 pm, F 10:30 am-12 am, or by\nappointment.    (I\nwill not hold 'virtual'\noffice hours.)
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    \nI will be on furlough on Tuesday,\n09/29, 01/06, 01/13, 01/20, 11/03, 11/10, 11/24, 12/01, and I will not\nbe available for consultation during these days.\n
    \nDiscussion Sections and Teaching Assistants: See here\nfor Lecture 3 and here\nfor Lecture 4.
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    Handouts

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    The following document contains all crucial information about this\ncourse- it is mandatory for each student in this class to read it\ncarefully.
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    \nYou are responsible for reading the textbook. I highly recommend\nstudying the relevant section(s) before each lecture so that you are in\na good position to ask questions about anything that was unclear. See\nthe handout for a detailed description of what we'll cover when.
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    Single Variable Calculus, by Jon Rogawski, W. H.\nFreeman and Company, New York.
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    This course meets for lecture three\ndays a week and for discussion section one day a week (four times\ntotal). I will conduct lectures on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.\nPlease feel free to ask questions in lecture, though preferably none\nregarding homework problems. Please\nturn off all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices before\nthe lecture.
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    \nOn Tuesdays or Thursdays your TA will lead a discussion section where\nhe or she can answer any questions, and homework problems can be\ndiscussed. The TAs will also help with those problems during their\noffice hours.
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    \nQuestions concerning homework problems and the course material should\nfirst be addressed to the TAs, and then to me, if further clarification\nseems necessary. Questions concerning grading should be primarily\naddressed to me, and not the TAs.
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    Homework

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    \nThere will be a problem set assigned in lecture on Friday every\nweek, and  collected during lecture the following Friday. Homework\nis due no later than 5 minutes after the beginning of lecture on each\nFriday.
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    \nNo late homework will be accepted.
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    \nHowever, your lowest homework score will be dropped when computing your\ngrade.  Homework will be returned the following week in discussion\nsection. The problems will range in difficulty from routine to more\nchallenging. You may work together on the exercises, but any graded\nassignment should represent your own work.
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    \nPut the following information in the upper right hand corner of the\nfirst page:
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    \nOn each additional page, put your name in the upper right-hand corner.\nWork single-sided, i.e., write on only one side of each sheet of paper.\nSTAPLE homework that is more than one page long. Remove all perforation\nbefore submitting. Write legibly. Label the chapter + section number as\nwell as the problem number (e.g., 7.2 #2).
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    2.1: 1, 3, 14, 18, 21; 2.2: 1,\n9, 20, 34, 42; 2.3: 6, 15, 24, 27; 2.4: 1, 14, 33, 53; 2.5: 10, 24, 47;\n2.6: 11, 13, 15, 41
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    3.1: 1, 27, 42, 48; 3.2: 14, 21,\n53; 3.3: 2, 8; 3.4: 1, 18, 32; 3.5: 9, 28
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    3.6: 9, 32; 3.7: 3, 8,56, 59;\n3.8: 10, 22, 32,41; 3.9: 5, 18, 24, 35
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    4.1: 1, 5, 18, 28, 36, 49; 4.2:\n1, 8, 12, 24, 35; 4.3: 2, 8, 11, 16, 26; 4.4: 2, 5, 12, 21, 32
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    4.5: 2, 9, 27, 42, 63; 4.6:1, 4,\n10, 18, 45
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    4.8: 16, 34, 37, 46, 57; 5.1: 9,\n25, 45, 54, 60, 70
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    5.2: 6, 13, 30, 51, 69; 5.3: 8,\n31, 36, 47
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    5.4: 3, 14, 24, 30; 5.5: 1, 8,\n13, 17, 18
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    5.6: 8, 16, 29, 63, 72, 74; 6.1:\n1, 3, 12, 22, 32, 43; 6.2: 1, 6, 9, 24, 56; 6.3: 6, 13, 19, 36, 49;\n6.4: 4, 12, 19
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    Exams and Grades
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    There will be two midterm\nexaminations, on Wednesday,\nOctober 28 and Wednesday,\nNovember 18, each at 5:30 pm-6:30 pm, in Haines 39 (Lecture 3) and Lakretz 110 (Lecture 4).\nThere will be a final exam on Friday,\nDecember\n11, 8:00 am-11:00 am in 147\nDodd Hall (Lecture 3) respectively Thursday, December 10, 11:30\nam-2:30 pm in MS 4000A (Lecture 4).
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    \nNo make up exams will be given under\nany circumstances.
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    \nFor each exam, you must bring a picture ID. No books, calculators,\nscratch paper or notes will be allowed during exams.
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    \nYour final grade will be based on the following: 10 % for homework, 25\n% for each midterm, 40 % for final.
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    \nLetter grades will be assigned according to the departmental guidelines\nfor Math 31A. Letter grades will only be assigned for your final grade\nin this course.
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    \nStudents are expected to be thoroughly familiar with the UCLA policy on\nacademic integrity. UCLA has instituted serious penalties for academic\ndishonesty. Copying work to be\nsubmitted for grade, or allowing your work to be submitted for grade to\nbe copied, is considered academic dishonesty. Here, 'copying'\ndoes not only refer to producing verbatim copies, but includes slightly\nadapting and submitting material originally due to someone else.
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    \nAll scores and final grades will be available on the MyUCLA gradebook.
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    \nMidterm 1 will cover all sections from\n2.1 up to and including 4.4 which were discussed in class.
    \nMidterm 2 will cover all sections from\n4.6 up to and including 5.4 which were discussed in class. The final\nexam will be cumulative.
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    \"Achtung!\"\n    Click here for a collection of sample first midterm\nexams for Math 31A and here\nfor a collection of sample\nsecond midterm\nexams. Click here for some sample final exams.
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    Additional Assistance
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    \nBesides the office hours (by the instructor and the TAs),\nadditional help is available Monday-Thursday, 9:00\nam-3:00 pm in the Student\nMath\nCenter located in MS 3974, where\nundergraduate math majors as well as math graduate students will be\nable to help you.
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    • College Math/Sciences Tutorials --- 230 Covel Commons
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    • Academic Advancement Program (AAP) --- 1201A Campbell Hall
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    Historical Information

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    Click here\nfor a brief history of calculus, and below to learn more about some of\nour calculus heroes:\n

    \n Archimedes\nof\nSyracuse\n
    \n Jacob\nBernoulli\n
    \n Johann\nBernoulli\n
    \n Augstin\nLouis\nCauchy\n
    \n Rene\nDescartes\n
    \n Leonhard\nEuler\n
    \n Pierre\nde\nFermat\n
    \n Guillaume\nde\nl'Hopital\n
    \n Gottfried\nWilhelm\nvon\nLeibniz\n
    \n Sir\nIsaac\nNewton\n
    \n Brook\nTaylor
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It \nrequires preparation of homework and readings in advance, asking questions, volunteering to \nanswer questions or provide information in class, actively engaging in group work, and staying \non task, all in Spanish. It also involves being respectful of the class and of all individual \nmembers of the class. Your active and helpful participation in class will be assessed at various \npoints throughout the semester. If possible, please keep your phone (on silent) and any \ndistracting devices put away in class. \n \n\n3 \n \nAttendance \nConsistent attendance in a communicative language course is essential. Therefore, students are \nrequired to come to class whenever possible. To alleviate any negative impact on your grade, \nyou are allotted a total of four (4) absences during the semester without penalty. Each additional \nabsence beyond that will result in the loss of 1% off of your final grade (max of 10% of \nyour total grade). \nIf you know in advance that you will be missing a class for whatever reason, please inform me \nWITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF CLASS to receive details about missed material. Remember that \nlate homework is not accepted. \n \nOfficial departmental grading scale (No curves or extra credit are permitted) \nA \nAB \nB \nBC \nC \nD \nF \n100 \u2013 92 \n91 \u2013 89 \n83 \u2013 88 \n82 \u2013 80 \n71 \u2013 79 \n70 \u2013 65 \n64 \u2013 0 \n \nAcademic Integrity (Don\u2019t cheat!) and Student Rights \n\u201cBy enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UW-\nMadison\u2019s community of scholars in which everyone\u2019s academic work and behavior are held to the \nhighest academic integrity standards. 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The questions addressed include\n\u2022 What do you know when you know a language?\n\u2022 How do children come to know it?\n\u2022 How and why do languages change over time?\n\u2022 Why are there so many languages?\n\u2022 How can we tell when two languages have a common ancestor? When the ancestor\ndid not survive, how can we reconstruct it?\n\u2022 What properties are common to all natural languages, and why?\nThese questions are approached through formal analysis (usually qualitative, but some-\ntimes quantitative) of data elicited from humans (sometimes ourselves).\nThere are no prerequisites.\n2\nCourse organization\nElliott Moreton\nCai Yu\nPeng Yiwen\nRole\nClass instructor\nRecitation instructor\nRecitation instructor\nO\ufb03ce\nSmith 101\nSmith 304\nSmith 304\nO\ufb03ce Hours\n\u0398F 12 \u22121\nT 12:30\u20132:30\nT 12:30\u20132:30\nemail\nmoreton\nyucai96\nyiweny\n@email.unc.edu\n@ad.unc.edu\n@live.unc.edu\nClass\nPeabody 104\nPhillips 381\nPeabody 010\nTime\nMW 11\u201311:50\nF 10:10\u201311\nF 10:10\u201311\nClass\nPhillips 224\nPeabody 220\nTime\nF 11:15\u201312:05\nF 11:15\u201312:05\n\u2217Copyright c\u20dd2019 by Elliott Moreton. Permission to re-publish this document or any part of it in any\nform is expressly denied without written permission of the copyright holder. In particular, the copyright\nholder does not grant permission for this document to be posted on any website by anyone other than\nhimself. This means YOU, CourseHero.com and your competitors.\n1\n\nTextbook (required): O\u2019Grady et al., Contemporary Linguistics, 7th ed.\nWebsite:\nhttps://users.castle.unc.edu/\u223cmoreton/Ling101/101log.html.\nThe\nwebsite is where you will \ufb01nd the reading assignments and homework assign-\nments.\nMonday\nWednesday\nFriday\nWeek n\nHW and read-\ning assigned.\nWeek n + 1\nHW due, read-\ning \ufb01nished.\nHW returned.\n3\nRequirements\nFinal grades for this course will be calculated as follows:\n40% Homework. There will be problem sets approximately weekly, amounting to a total of\n20\u201340 pages of written work per student over the course of the semester. Homeworks\nare due at the start of class on Monday. They are to be handed in on paper, but\nmay be typed or hand-written. No homework grades will be dropped. Homework\nwill be graded on a three-point scale from 0 to 2. It is checked for completeness and,\nadditionally, one or two random parts are scrutinized to check the content of your\nanswers. To receive the highest score, 2, the homework must meet two requirements:\n\u2013 It must be complete.\n\u2013 The parts that were scrutinized must show understanding of the material and\ndemonstrate real e\ufb00ort on your part.\nA homework which meets only one of the criteria will receive a grade of 1, i.e., if it\nis incomplete (but at least 50% complete), or if the checked portion shows lack of\ne\ufb00ort or lack of understanding. A homework which fails to meet both criteria will\nreceive a grade of 0. Solutions will be discussed in recitation sections. In calculating\n\ufb01nal grades, 2 corresponds approximately to 100, a 1 approximately to 80, and a 0\nprecisely to 0; hence, missing an assignment is much worse than doing it poorly.\n45% Exams. There will be two midterms and a \ufb01nal, all in-class and cumulative from the\nbeginning of the course, all equally weighted (15% each). Please note that the exams\nmay cover material from any component of the course, be it lecture, recitation,\nreading, or homework. (For example, an exam question may address material that\nwas covered only in the reading.)\n15% Attendance and participation. The recitation sections will involve a lot of discussion,\nwhich everyone should contribute to over the course of the semester. Multiple un-\nexcused absences from recitation or lecture will have a direct negative e\ufb00ect on the\nattendance and participation grade (as well as an indirect one on the other compo-\nnents). The same applies to a pattern of coming late or being unprepared for class\ndiscussion.\nNumeric grades will be converted to UNC\u2019s letter-grade system by mapping the numeric\nrange from 60 to 100 onto the 10 passing letter grades from D to A, with four numeric points\nper step (except that A has 5 points, 96 to 100).\n2\n\n4\nPolicies\nAttendance. If you must miss class because of a medical or family emergency, you should\nlet your recitation TA know beforehand by emailing, phoning, slipping a note under their\ndoor, or buttonholing them in person. If you miss a class, it is your responsibility to get\nmissed materials from the instructors or other students. Always check the website if you\nhave been absent.\nReading. You are expected to come to class having done the reading and thought about\nit until either (a) it makes sense, or (b) you can express precisely what about it doesn\u2019t\nmake sense; either way, you\u2019ll have something to talk about in class.\nLate assignments: Homework solutions may be discussed in lecture the day the assign-\nment is due, and will certainly be discussed in recitation sections. Therefore, as a general\nrule, no late assignments will be accepted for credit. Exceptions may be made if\n\u2022 You got advance permission (by asking the recitation instructor before the due date)\nto hand in an assignment late, or\n\u2022 You couldn\u2019t come to campus on the day the assignment is due because of a serious\nillness or other unexpected emergency. You need to get the assignment in to your\nrecitation instructor at the earliest possible opportunity with a written explanation\nof the situation. Email is best.\nCollaboration, citation, and outside sources. It is a really good idea to discuss assign-\nments with others in the class and solve the problems together.\nHowever, each person\nshould write up their solution alone.\nThe library and the World Wide Web are full of information about linguistics, and\nyou are encouraged to use them to supplement the class materials. If the explanation of\nsome topic in the class reading leaves you puzzled, it can be very helpful to track down a\ndi\ufb00erent explanation elsewhere. However, you should remember that homework and\nexam problems are for solving, not for looking up the answers to. If your\nassignment is to \ufb01gure out how su\ufb03x vowels a\ufb00ect root vowels in Pulaar (a Niger-Congo\nlanguage of Mauritania), it is perfectly \ufb01ne to look up concepts like \u201csu\ufb03x\u201d. It is not at\nall \ufb01ne to get a reference grammar of Pulaar out of the library and see what it says about\nsu\ufb03x and root vowels!\nIf you collaborate or consult out-of-class sources on an assignment, you need to acknowl-\nedge them in the writeup, to give credit where it is due.\nThe Carolina Honor Code is in e\ufb00ect in this class, and I will treat violations\nseriously. You should review it at http://instrument.unc.edu. If you have questions\nabout interpretation, you should bring them to me. Every assignment you hand in\nmust be accompanied by a signed statement that you have complied with the\nCode requirements in everything related to that work, e.g., \u201cI completed this\nassignment in full compliance with the Honor Code.\u201d.\nRecording. Permission to make audio or video recordings of lecture or recitation will be\ngiven only in special circumstances (e.g., to students with hearing impairments).\nCommunication. 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    The Chemistry of Life

    • describe the properties of carbon and water and how they are necessary for life.
    • describe the basic structural characteristics of the major classes of biological macromolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids).
    • apply chemical principles to the analysis of the structure and function of macromolecules.
    • explain the relationship between the structures of macromolecules and their general functions and biological importance. 

    The Cell

    • describe the structure and properties of the plasma membrane and its role in the cellular response to its environment.
    • explain basic activities of the cell by relating structure and function of cellular components, organelles, and systems.
    • compare and contrast prokaryotic, plant, and animal cells.
    • outline representative mechanisms for how cells send, receive, and respond to signals.
    • explain the forms of energy utilized in biological systems and the laws of thermodynamics that govern them.
    • characterize enzymes, their functions, and the major mechanisms that control their activity.
    • explain the transformations of energy and carbon involved in cellular respiration, fermentation, and photosynthesis (including orderly chemical transformations, the relevance of redox reactions, and electron/proton transport).
    • explain the mechanisms and structures involved in mitotic and meiotic cell division and explain the different roles for and consequences of each.
    • describe how the loss/failure of cellular control mechanisms can lead to disease. 

    Genetics

    • explain the transfer and modification of heritable traits from parents to offspring via Mendelian inheritance.
    • apply principles of Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics to predict the outcomes of a variety of genetic crosses.
    • explain the basis of and identify examples of non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance.
    • describe the nature and expression of heritable information at the molecular level, including: the Central Dogma, DNA replication, transcription, protein synthesis (translation).
    • explain how gene expression is controlled in prokaryotes and eukaryotes (at transcription, post-transcription, translation, and post-translation levels).
    • identify mutations in DNA and assess their impact on gene expression and diversity.
    • explain how differential gene expression relates to organismal development.
    • describe characteristics of viruses and bacteria (e.g., life history, genome type and content, exchange of genetic material).
    • describe the experimental basis and select applications of recombinant DNA technology.

    Nature of biological science and society

    • describe the development and evaluation of scientific explanations of natural phenomena.
    • Identify how key events in the development of science contribute to the ongoing and changing nature of scientific knowledge and methods.
    • apply biological concepts in the assessment of contemporary issues.
      • Analyze the interdependence of scientific and technological developments.
      • Evaluate social and ethical implications of scientific discoveries.
    • reflect on ethical implications of emerging biotechnology.
    • describe how the unity and diversity of life on earth emerge as a result of genetic inheritance through DNA and evolution by natural selection.

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    Process of Science

    • apply the process of science to research questions, presented scenarios, historical experiments, and course lab experiments.
    • design an experiment
    • collect and organize both qualitative and quantitative data.
    • support or refute an argument or conclusion using experimental results.

    Scientific Communication

    • refer to primary literature articles using proper paraphrasing and citation (compare and contrast primary, secondary, etc).
    • create properly formatted graphs, figures, and tables using data.
    • analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
    • create discipline-appropriate documents (poster, presentation, or paper).
    • identify plagiarism and avoid plagiarizing when writing.

    Literature

    • evaluate the quality and accuracy of a written source.
    • locate scholarly articles using electronic databases.
    • distinguish between primary literature, secondary literature, and content created for mass media.

    Laboratory 

    • employ safe laboratory practices.
    • use a compound light microscope to view microorganisms; maintain microscope cleanliness.
    • use a pipette to measure small volumes.
    • employ applications of DNA technology.
    • explain how gel electrophoresis works and interpret DNA separation on a gel.

     

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Note: \nif you choose to use the earlier editions of the text you will need to spend time reconfiguring \nthe reading list to fit that text. \n \nIt is also highly recommended that you read current event publications which cover economic \nevents: among these recommended publications are The New York Times, The Wall Street \nJournal, Business Week, The Financial Times, Barron\u2019s, and The Economist. \n \nOVERVIEW: \n \nEconomics is the study of the production, allocation and distribution of goods and services in a \nworld where resources are scarce. In this course we will explore some basic concepts: the notion of \nscarcity and how it relates to opportunity cost; supply and demand; taxation and other government \nprograms; externalities and public goods; production and cost theory; perfect competition, \nmonopoly and other types of market structures; factor markets; and consumer theory. We may \nconsider other topics as time allows. \n \nCOURSE WEBSITE: www.ssc.wisc.edu/~ekelly/econ101 \n \nPractice questions and problems are available on the course website. In addition, important \ninformation with regard to exams, TA contact information, and announcements will be posted on \nthis website. It is your responsibility to check the website for announcements, assignments, and \nany possible changes related to the course plan. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n2 \n \nCOURSE STRUCTURE AND GRADING POLICY: \n \n 1. LECTURES: \n \nThere will be two lectures and a discussion section each week. Students are expected to \nhave completed the reading prior to lecture. Attendance is not mandatory at the lectures, but \nexams will focus primarily on material presented in lecture. A second reading of the \ntextbook after the lecture will greatly enhance your understanding of the ideas being \npresented. After the first two weeks of class the pace of the class and the difficulty of the \nmaterial presented increases: students should make every effort NOT to miss class since the \npace of the class is fast. Students who miss class will need to take personal responsibility to \nget the missed notes: notes will not be posted to the class website nor will the instructor \nprovide notes to students who miss class. \n \nTo do well in the class it is important that you work many practice problems and that \nyou do the background reading in the text. Many students will benefit from putting in \nsubstantial out of classroom time for the class: I would recommend a minimum of \neight hours of outside of class study time per week! \n \n 2. DISCUSSION SECTIONS: \n \nAttendance at discussion sections is highly recommended. Your Teaching Assistant will \ntake attendance at every meeting. Discussion sections provide an opportunity to ask \nquestions, go over problems from the large lecture or from the webpage, and generally \nreinforce material that has been presented in lecture. The discussion section is also the \nplace where more complicated and challenging problems will be explored: these \nproblems will build off the material presented in the large lecture. Your T.A. will be \navailable during the discussion section and during office hours to answer your questions. In \naddition to attending the discussion section that you are enrolled in, you are also welcome to \nattend other discussion sections. \n \n 3. GRADES \n \nThere will be two midterms and a final exam as well as five homework assignments. The \nweights for the midterms, final, and homework are as follows: \n \nMIDTERM I: \n \n \n \n25% of grade \nMIDTERM II: \n \n \n \n25% of grade \nFINAL: \n \n \n \n40% of grade \n5 Homework Assignments: \n10% of grade \n \nAlthough attendance is not required at class you are responsible for any material, written \nassignments, reading material, etc. covered or assigned in class. \n \nThe format of the midterm exams and the final will be announced in class prior to the date \nof the exams. \n\n3 \n \nMidterm exams will be held during the regular class time: students should plan to arrive \nat their assigned classroom fifteen minutes early on these dates in order that the exam can \nstart on time. Students arriving late will not receive compensating time: all exams must be \nturned in to the proctor at the end of the allotted exam time. THERE ARE NO MAKEUP \nMIDTERM EXAMS. If you miss an exam and have a valid excuse, your final exam \ngrade\u2019s weight will be increased to make up for the missing midterm. If you do not have a \nvalid excuse, you will receive a zero for that exam. Job interviews and travel plans (except \nas required by university-sponsored activities) do not constitute valid excuses for missing an \nexam. Students should plan to be in Madison, Wisconsin until they take the final exam. If \nyou are unable to take an exam because of a valid excuse, please contact me in advance, if \npossible. \n \nThe final will be comprehensive and cumulative. \n \nHomework assignments will be posted on the web and will be due on their assigned dates at \nthe BEGINNING of class lecture. NO LATE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WILL \nBE ACCEPTED. THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP HOMEWORK. If you fail to turn \nin homework you will receive a zero for that homework. All homework must be turned in \nat the beginning of class lecture (NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS!) Students may work \ntogether on homework assignments, but must submit their own answers independently. \nSharing knowledge does not mean sharing homework. Answers that are copies on one \nanother will be treated as violations of academic integrity and will be punished \naccordingly. \n \nExam Dates: \n \nMidterm I: Thursday, October 12, 2017 \n \nMidterm II: Thursday, November 16, 2017 \n \nFinal Exam: Tuesday, December 19 from 12:25 p.m. to 2:25 p.m. \n \nHomework Due Dates: \n \nHomework #1: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 \n \nHomework #2: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 \n \nHomework #3: Tuesday, October 31, 2017 \n \nHomework #4: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 \n \nHomework #5: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 \n \nNOTE: Failure to do the homeworks competently, thoroughly and consistently \nreally hurts your grade: students who choose not to do the homeworks will find \n\n4 \n \nthat their final computed weighted average grade is significantly impacted by \nthis decision. \n \nNOTE: Please make a copy of your homework before submitting it so that you \ncan compare your answers to the web-posted answers. Answers will be posted \nthe day the homework is due and you will want to be able to verify that your \nwork was accurate prior to the midterms and final. \n \nNO EXAM GRADES WILL BE DROPPED. LOW GRADES WILL NOT BE \nDROPPED. \n \nTHERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP EXAMS TO REPLACE MIDTERMS THAT \nHAVE BEEN MISSED. \n \nGrading: Your grade will be based on your overall performance. The final grade distribution will \nfall roughly along the following guidelines: \n \n \nTop 20%: A \nNext 20%: AB \nNext 20%: B \nNext 20%: BC \nBottom 20%: C, D and F \n \nCLASS RULES AND EXAM RULES: \n1) During lecture students should limit all conversations with one another: these conversations \nmake it difficult for others to hear the lecturer. \n2) During lecture students should turn cell phones off; there should be no texting during \nlecture. Your texting is distracting to others in the class. \n3) During lecture students should take notes: this implies that they should not be \u201csurfing\u201d the \ninternet. Your activity online is distracting to other students. \n4) Students with questions should raise their hands so that the professor can recognize the \nstudent, receive the question, and answer the question. \n5) When the professor asks the class a question, students wanting to provide answers should \nsignify their willingness by raising their hands. \n6) Students should put away all \u201cearbuds\u201d prior to the start of lecture. \n7) During exams there is absolutely no talking allowed between students: students caught \ntalking with one another will receive a zero on the exam. \n8) During exams all cell phones should be turned off and stowed in backpacks: students caught \nwith cell phones in their possession during the exam will receive a zero on the exam. If you \nsee a student using a cellphone during the exam please immediately notify the proctor! \n9) During exams there are NO CALCULATORS ALLOWED: students caught with \ncalculators will receive a zero on the exam. If you see a student using a calculator during the \nexam please immediately notify the proctor! \n10) Students are responsible for covering their answers during exams: it is considered academic \nmisconduct to allow others to freely see your answers. \n\n5 \n \n11) If students elect to record their answers on their exam booklet prior to filling out their \nscantrons, this recording should be small and not easy to be seen from twenty inches away. \nAnswers recorded in large script on the exam booklet will be considered a sign of academic \ncooperation with other students on the exam and will result in the student recording these \nsymbols on their exam receiving a zero on the exam. \n \nPROFESSOR KELLY'S EXPECTATIONS FOR HER STUDENTS: \n \n\u2022 Students will find their understanding of the material will be enhanced if they \no Attend all lectures \no Take notes during the lectures \no Are awake and alert during each lecture \no Review and rewrite their lecture notes after the lecture \n\u2022 Students will understand the material better if they \no Attend discussion section each week \no Identify any questions or problems they have with the material before going to \ndiscussion section \no Ask questions and participate every week in discussion section \no Go to T.A. office hours with any additional questions \no Go to the website and work practice problems and old exams \n\u2022 Students often find study groups to be a helpful study aid \no Make a point of meeting at least four other students in the class so that if you \nmiss a class you can get the notes \no Meet with this group on a regular basis and discuss the material and practice \nquestions that are on the web with this group \n\u2022 Students will understand the lecture more if they read the text prior to the lecture \no Take reading notes and do not highlight when you read \no Students should do the assigned reading again after the lecture and take a second set \nof reading notes \no Writing reading notes will help you learn to summarize the material in your own \nwords and the action of taking reading notes will help you retain the material \n\u2022 Students failing to achieve an average of 50% for all graded material should not expect to \npass this class \n\u2022 If you are a senior please remember that you are not a graduating senior until you have \nsuccessfully completed all the required coursework for graduation at the university. \n\u2022 Students should keep a datebook and have all test dates and review sessions recorded in this \nnotebook. \n\u2022 Students struggling with material should see their T.A.s during the T.A.'s office hours. \n\u2022 Students with questions about their grades should see Professor Kelly. No student should \nexpect special consideration beyond that offered due to a student's status as a \nMcBurney student. \n \nStudents who come to see me with concerns about the course will be asked about each of these \nexpectations in turn. My belief is that for most students to succeed in this course they must follow \nthe above guidelines. \n \n\n6 \n \nInformation about the Department of Economics Career Coordinator: \n \nIf you would like to learn more about career and internship opportunities for economics students or \ndiscuss the career skills you learn as an economics major you are encouraged to meet with an econ \ncareer advisor by emailing econcareers@ssc.wisc.edu. \n \nAcademic Integrity: \n\u201cSociety depends upon some minimal level of integrity in our graduates, not just upon their \nacademic knowledge or skills.\u201d \n- Gary Pavela, founding member of The Center for Academic Integrity \nAcademic misconduct is a vital issue concerning all members of the University community. Those \nwho engage in academic misconduct, and those who ignore it when they become aware of it, \nthreaten the integrity of the University and of the educational process. \nAs a UW-Madison student, you have the right to expect that you and other students will be graded \nfairly, and you have rights of due process should you be accused of misconduct. You also have an \nobligation to conduct your academic work with honesty and integrity according to University \nstandards. Therefore, it is important that you: \n\u2022 \nBecome familiar with the rules of academic misconduct. \n\u2022 \nAsk your instructor if you are unsure what behaviors constitute academic misconduct in a \nspecific class or assignment (for example, how to cite from the web or whether to work with \nanother student on an assignment). \n\u2022 \nLet your instructors know if you think you see incidents of misconduct. \n\u2022 \nBe aware that helping someone else to cheat is a violation of the rules and may result in \nmisconduct charges against you. \n \nMisconduct Statement from the Department of Economics \n \nAcademic Integrity is critical to maintaining fair and knowledge based learning at UW \nMadison. Academic dishonesty is a serious violation: it undermines the bonds of trust and \nhonesty between members of our academic community, degrades the value of your degree and \ndefrauds those who may eventually depend upon your knowledge and integrity. \n \nExamples of academic misconduct include, but are not limited to: cheating on an examination \n(copying from another student's paper, referring to materials on the exam other than those \nexplicitly permitted, continuing to work on an exam after the time has expired, turning in an \nexam for regrading after making changes to the exam), copying the homework of someone else, \nsubmitting for credit work done by someone else, stealing examinations or course materials, \ntampering with the grade records or with another student's work, or knowingly and intentionally \nassisting another student in any of the above. Students are reminded that online sources, \nincluding anonymous or unattributed ones like Wikipedia, still need to be cited like any other \nsource; and copying from any source without attribution is considered plagiarism. \n \nThe Dept. of Economics will deal with these offenses harshly following UWS14 procedures: \n1. The penalty for misconduct in most cases will be removal from the course and a failing \ngrade, \n\n7 \n \n2. The department will inform the Dean of Students as required and additional sanctions may \nbe applied. \n3. The department will keep an internal record of misconduct incidents. This information will \nbe made available to teaching faculty writing recommendation letters and to admission offices \nof the School of Business and Engineering. \n \nIf you think you see incidents of misconduct, you should tell your instructor about them, in \nwhich case they will take appropriate action and protect your identity. You could also choose to \ncontact our administrator Tammy Herbst -Koel therbst@wisc.edu) and your identity will be \nkept confidential. \nFor more information, refer to https://www.students.wisc.edu/doso/academic-integrity/ \n \nTentative Course Outline: \n \nThe Reading list for the course is given below. There are no dates on the reading list since from \npast experience I find that it works best for me to announce where we are in the reading as the \ncourse progresses. Frequent announcements will be made in class to let you now where we are in \nthe reading. \n \nTopic & Assignments \nReading Assignment \nIntro to the course; administrative \ndetails; production possibility frontiers \nIntro, Chapters 1-2, Appendix to chapter 2 Although \nmuch of this math review may seem obvious to you, \nmy historical experience is that at least 50% of the \nclass are quite weak with respect to these skills. Do \nnot assume that your skills are razor sharp-go \nthrough this material thoroughly. \nComparative and Absolute Advantage \nChapter 8 (pp.217-227) \nSupply and Demand \nChapters 3, 4 and 5 \nSupply and Demand; Interventions in \nMarkets; International Trade \nChapters 7, and 8 (pp. 227-248) \nElasticity \nChapter 6 \nFirst Midterm \nChapter Coverage to be announced \nReal and Nominal Prices \n \nConsumer Theory \nChapters 9, 10; Appendix to chapter 10,and Appendix \nto chapter 19 \nProduction and Cost \nChapter 11 \nPerfect Competition \nChapter 12 \nMonopoly \nChapter 13 \nMonopoly and Price Discrimination \n \n \n \nOligopoly, Game Theory and \nMonopolistic Competition \nChapters 14 and 15 \nSecond Midterm \nChapter Coverage to be announced \nIncome Distribution* and the Economics \nof the Welfare State \nChapters 19 \nExternalities \nChapter 16 \n\n8 \n \nPublic Goods and Common Resources \nChapter 17 \nAsymmetric Information \n \nFinal Exam \nFinal Exam is cumulative and comprehensive and \nwill cover everything presented in class \n \n \n*These topics may not be covered depending upon the pace of the course for the semester. There \nwill be announcements in class about whether you should read this material or not. \n \nGrievance Procedure \n \nThe Department of Economics has developed a grievance procedure through which you may \nregister comments or complaints about a course, an instructor, or a teaching assistant. The \nDepartment continues to provide a course evaluation each semester in every class. If you wish to \nmake anonymous complaints to an instructor or teaching assistant, the appropriate vehicle is the \ncourse evaluation. If you have a disagreement with an instructor or a teaching assistant, we \nstrongly encourage you to try to resolve the dispute with him or her directly. \n \nThe grievance procedure is designed for situations where neither of these channels is appropriate. If \nyou wish to file a grievance, you should go to room 7238 Social Science and request a Course \nComment Sheet. When completing the comment sheet, you will need to provide a detailed \nstatement that describes what aspects of the course you find unsatisfactory. You will need to sign \nthe sheet and provide your student identification number, your address, and a phone where you can \nbe reached. The Department plans to investigate comments fully and will respond in writing to \ncomplaints. \n \nYour name, address, phone number, and student ID number will not be revealed to the instructor or \nteaching assistant involved and will be treated as confidential. The Department needs this \ninformation, because it may become necessary for a commenting student to have a meeting with the \ndepartment chair or a nominee to gather additional information. 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If you are feeling unwell or away, we \ncan switch to zoom. \nLocation: \n4426 Social Science \nEmail: \nelwert@wisc.edu \n \nTeaching Assistants \nName \nOffice hours \nLocation \nEmail \nDella Tao \nM noon-1pm; T 1-2pm \nSocial Sciences 8120E \nytao43@wisc.edu \nAnupama Kumar \nW 11am-noon; R 2:50-3:50pm \nSocial Sciences 4315 \nkumar255@wisc.edu \nTaewon Min \nM 12-1 pm; T 1-2pm \nSocial Sciences 8120C \ntaewon.min@wisc.edu \n \nSee section syllabi on Canvas for section meeting times and locations and announcements. \n \nCredits: 4. Approximately 10 hours of lecture, section, and readings/homework per week. \nRequisites: None \nCourse Designation: Breadth - Social Science \nLevel: Elementary \nL&S Credit: Counts as Liberal Arts and Science credit in L&S \n \nModern syllabi are absurdly long... Please read this entire document. I\u2019m so sorry J \n \n \n\n \n \n2 \n \nCOURSE DESCRIPTION \nThe family is a fundamental building block of social life, in at least two senses. First, families \nprovide the context in which individual lives unfold\u2014they set the stage for birth, life, love, and \ndeath. In this sense, families are \u201cprivate institutions.\u201d Second, families have consequences for \nthe greater good\u2014they educate children and care for the elderly, but they also generate and \nperpetuate social inequalities. In this sense, families are \u201cpublic institutions\u201d that matter for \nsociety as a whole. \nThis course will examine families as private and as public institutions from the perspectives of \nfamily sociology and social demography. The course will focus primarily on aggregate patterns and \nhistorical trends within and between groups as defined by class, race, and gender, and less on \nindividual experiences. \nA major goal of this course is to learn about differences in family structure throughout history and \nin the contemporary United States. While it may be tempting to assume that there can only be \none \u201cbest\u201d or \u201cnatural\u201d way to organize family life, research indicates that the family is constantly \nchanging and adapting. There are, in fact, many families. What may work in one situation may not \nwork in another: the consequences of family structure and family behaviors often depend on their \ncontext. \nSociology 120 is an introductory course designed for inquisitive students who are new to \nsociology. Seniors and other students with a background in social science are welcome, of course, \nbut may alternatively wish to consider the more advanced family course Soc 640. \n \nFORMAT \nLectures: This course meets in-person. You must complete all required readings before class. Have \nyour notes ready and be prepared to ask and answer questions. Lectures will assume that you \nhave completed the readings, draw attention to select issues from the required readings, and also \npresent new material not covered in your readings. I will post lectures outline on the course \nwebsite a few hours before lecture. Please print these outlines to facilitate note taking or load \nthem on a device of your choice for electronic note taking. \nSections: Sections meet in-person. You must complete all required readings before class. Weekly \ndiscussion sections give you the opportunity to engage with the material more deeply. Section \ndiscussions are an integral part of this course, and section attendance is required. Your TA will \ndistribute a separate section syllabus with further instructions. Sections are your time to shine. \n \nLEARNING OUTCOMES \nUnderstand key facts about the American family in history and present, its diversity, and its \nchanging nature. Analyze key social-science theories and arguments about the family. Identify \n\n \n \n3 \n \ncentral arguments exchanged in recent family debates. Connect course material to the daily news \nthrough written assignments. \n \nREQUIREMENTS \nThere are five requirements for passing Soc 120: (1) Doing the readings, (2) section attendance \nand participation, (3) online reading quizzes, (4) two news reflections, and (5) two midterm \nexams. \n1. Readings: The majority of your readings are drawn from the textbook: \nRequired: Cherlin, Andrew J. 2024. Public and Private Families: An Introduction (10th \nedition). Boston: McGraw-Hill. \nThe textbook and all additional required and recommended readings are available on Canvas, or \nyou could order a paper copy. \nTo access the entirety of Cherlin\u2019s textbooks as an eBook, go to the course website on Canvas, \nclick \u201cMcGraw-Hill Connect,\u201d then click \u201cConnect Library,\u201d where you will see the textbook, which \nyou can annotate. \nYou\u2019ll also be able to access the textbook as a SmartBook via the reading quizzes (filed under \n\u201cAssignments\u201d on Canvas). However, please note that the eBook (under Connect Library) and the \nSmartBook (that comes with the assignments) are not interlinked, so your highlights in one will \nnot transfer to the other. You\u2019re free to choose whichever way of accessing Cherlin\u2019s textbook \nworks best for you. \nThe best browser for accessing the online content is Google Chrome. \nI have intentionally kept the required reading load for this course at a very moderate level (under \n30 pages in most weeks). In return, you will engage the material in depth. You may find it helpful \nto team up with a group of classmates to discuss the readings (your TAs will help you find study \npartners in section). We encourage you to contribute the fruits of your out-of-class discussions in \nlecture and in section. You will enjoy this class more and get a better grade. \nThe last page of this syllabus contains a bibliography of additional optional readings. These are \ngreat books that will allow you to dig deeper. Please take a look. \n \n2. Reading Quizzes: Starting Tuesday, September 10, before most lectures, you will complete an \nonline reading quiz on the required readings. Access these quizzes under \u201cAssignments\u201d on \nCanvas\u2014not through McGraw-Hill Connect. The quizzes will become active a few days before the \ndue date, so you can take them at your leisure. You can take each quiz as often as you wish \nbefore its deadline, until you are satisfied with your score\u2014you can always go back to the quiz and \nimprove your score Your quiz scores will account for a total 10% of your final grade\u2014that\u2019s a lot! \n\n \n \n4 \n \nFor your convenience, the online quizzes for your textbook readings link to the relevant passages \nin the textbook. Additionally, the quizzes may contain questions about the required readings that \nare not part of your textbook, which are not linked from within the quiz. \nWe count your 16 best (out of 18) quiz scores. There are no extensions. \n \n3. Sections: Sections begin the week of Monday, September 16. Section is an important \ncomponent of this course, accounting for 16% of your final grade (11% participation, 5% \nattendance. \nThoughtful section participation is key. You will be graded on the quality, and not just the \nfrequency, of your section participation. Please prepare for section. Complete all readings before \nsection and contribute your questions, reflections, and observations. Engage your classmates \ncreatively and constructively to advance the discussion. \nSection attendance is required. You may miss up to two section meetings without penalty, no \nquestions asked. It is your responsibility to make up all missed work and to borrow notes from a \nclassmate. Your attendance grade will drop to 2% with your third absence, and to 0% with your \nfourth absence. Please note that 5% for attendance is a big deal: 5% can amount to a half letter \ngrade change in your final grade. If you have a medical or other emergency that prevents you \nfrom attending several section meetings, please email both Professor Elwert and your TA to notify \nus. \n \n4. News Reflection: You will compose two short assignments on current news related to select \ntopics in Soc 120, accounting for a total of 14% of your final grade (7% each). The purpose of the \nassignment is to connect what you have learned in class to what\u2019s going on in the world around \nyou. For each reflection, you will find two news articles on a given topic from approved sources \nthat have appeared on or after September 1, 2024. You will first summarize each article in up to \ntwo sentences and then write an insightful 300-word mini-essay relating your articles to the \nmaterial you learned in class. Reports are due electronically (on Canvas in the Assignments tab) at \n9:15AM on the due dates noted in the syllabus. Late assignments will receive a grade of zero \nwithout exception. Plan to submit your assignment well head of the deadline. Please see the \ninstructions posted on the course website for details. \n \n5. Exams: You will take two midterm exams, accounting for 60% of your final grade. All material \npresented in lecture and in your required readings is fair game. The exams will consist of multiple-\nchoice questions that emphasize concepts, facts, and mechanisms discussed in class and in your \nreadings. Additionally, each exam will include several fill-in-the-blank questions and two mini \nessays. The exams are non-cumulative. Since I appreciate that everybody may have a bad day \n\n \n \n5 \n \nonce in a while, we will give greater weight to your better midterm score: your higher score will \ncount more (35%) and your lower score will count less (25%). \nNo \u201cfinal\u201d exam: Your online schedule may list a \u201cfinal exam\u201d time during exam period. Pay no \nattention to it. There is no \u201cfinal exam\u201d in Soc 120 during exam period. \nIf you must miss an exam: Unfortunately, a class of this size cannot accommodate make-up \nexams. If students are compelled to miss the first exam because of serious illness, a serious family \nemergency, or a required university-sponsored activity, their second exam will simply count more. \nIn other words, there is no penalty for missing the first exam. Nevertheless, I strongly recommend \nthat you take it. Experience shows that it is a bad idea to skip the first midterm hoping for a better \ngrade on the second\u2014too much will ride on the second exam. Besides, success requires practice. \nStudents compelled to miss the second exam must demonstrate compelling cause prior to the \nexam or receive a score of zero on the missed second midterm. \nIf the course is forced online for some reason (e.g., Covid), we will administer proctored exams \nonline, through the course website. Details to be announced if it comes to this. \n \nGrading Summary: \nExams: \n 60% \n35% for your higher midterm score, 25% for \nyour lower score. \nSection Attendance: 5% \nUp to two absences without deductions, 2-0% thereafter. \nSection Participation: 11% \nQuality and preparedness are key. \nNews Reflections \n 14% \nReading Quizzes 10% \nTotal \n \n100% \n7% each; no late submissions for any reason. \n18 quizzes\u2014we count your 16 best scores. \n \nCurve: Final grades will be curved to a median grade of B (L&S grade average). Straight As are \nreserved for consistently excellent work. Experience suggests that approximately 15-20% of \nstudents will earn this distinction. Sustained effort is a prerequisite for a passing grade. Fs are \nindividually earned and not the result of a curve. \n \n \n\n \n \n6 \n \nOTHER COURSE POLICIES \nOffice hours: Please use them! This is your chance for one-on-one conversations. Schedule your \nmeetings with me online (see the first page of this syllabus) or visit your TA during their office \nhours. We look forward to meeting you! \n \nGrade disputes: You may contest grades on your exams or assignments up to two weeks after the \nexam or assignment has been returned to you. Please raise technical issues (e.g., computational \nerrors in your score) with your TA. Any substantive concerns about the contents of your answer \nshould be discussed with the professor. We pledge to review all concerns without prejudice. Your \nscore may go up or down as a result of the review. \n \nSection change: If you must change your discussion sections, please follow this link. Make sure to \nread the whole document. This is a centralized process, over which we have no control. \nhttps://sociology.wisc.edu/undergraduate-program/sociology-enrollment-help/#changing-\nsections. \n \nEmail etiquette: Due to the large size of this class, please always check the course website and \nsyllabus first. If you can\u2019t find what you need there, contact your TA. If issues remain, make an \nappointment to see Prof. Elwert during office hours. \nEmail is a professional communication tool, and proper form matters (e.g. salutation, syntax, \nsignature). This website provides great guidance for emailing professors and TAs: \nwww.wikihow.com/Email-a-Professor. We aim to respond to all emails within two business days. \n \nAccommodations for students with disabilities: The University of Wisconsin-Madison supports \nthe right of all enrolled students to a full and equal educational opportunity. Students are \nexpected to inform the professor of their need for instructional accommodations by the end of \nthe third week of the semester, or as soon as possible after a disability has been incurred or \nrecognized. Accommodations are provided for students who qualify for disability services through \nthe McBurney Center. Their website has detailed instructions about how to qualify: \nhttp://www.mcburney.wisc.edu/. Disability information, including instructional accommodations \nas part of a student's educational record, is confidential and protected under FERPA. \n \nReligious observances: If you wish to request a scheduling accommodation (e.g., exams) for \nreligious observances, you must send me an email by the end of the second week of the course \nstating the specific date(s) for which you request accommodation. Following UW policies, we will \naccommodate religious observances if you make a timely request early in the term. See the \n\n \n \n7 \n \nuniversity\u2019s web page for details: https://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=21698. \n \nPrivacy of Student Records & the Use of Audio Recorded Lectures: Lecture materials and \nrecordings for this course are protected intellectual property at UW- Madison. Students in this \ncourse may use the materials and recordings for their personal use related to participation in this \nclass. Students may also take notes solely for their personal use. If a lecture is not already \nrecorded, you are not authorized to record my lectures without my permission unless you are \nconsidered by the university to be a qualified student with a disability requiring accommodation. \nStudents may not copy or have lecture materials and recordings outside of class, including posting \non internet sites or selling to commercial entities. Students are also prohibited from providing or \nselling their personal notes to anyone else or being paid for taking notes by any person or \ncommercial firm without the instructor\u2019s express written permission. Unauthorized use of these \ncopyrighted lecture materials and recordings constitutes copyright infringement and may be \naddressed under the university\u2019s policies, UWS Chapters 14 and 17, governing student academic \nand non-academic misconduct. \n \nDepartmental notice of grievance and appeal rights. The Department of Sociology regularly \nconducts student evaluations of all professors and teaching assistants near the end of the \nsemester. Students who have more immediate concerns about this course should report them to \nthe professor or to the chair, 8128 Social Science. \n \nDepartment learning objectives. Beyond the specific substantive and methodological content of \nthe course, I have designed this course to achieve the following instructional objectives \ndesignated as priorities by the Department of Sociology. \n\u2022 Critical Thinking about Society and Social Processes: Sociology graduates can look beyond \nthe surface of issues to discover the \"why\" and \"how\" of social order and structure and \nconsider the underlying social mechanisms that may be creating a situation, identify \nevidence that may adjudicate between alternate explanations for phenomena, and \ndevelop proposed policies or action plans in light of theory and data. \u2028 \n\u2022 See Things from a Global Perspective: Sociologists learn about different cultures, groups, \nand societies across both time and place. They are aware of the diversity of backgrounds \nand experiences among individuals. They understand the ways events and processes in \none country are linked to those in other countries. \u2028 \n \n\n \n \n8 \n \nAcademic integrity statement: By virtue of enrollment, each student agrees to uphold the high \nacademic standards of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; academic misconduct is behavior \nthat negatively impacts the integrity of the institution. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, \nunauthorized collaboration, and helping others commit these previously listed acts are examples \nof misconduct which may result in disciplinary action. Examples of disciplinary actions include, but \nare not limited to, failure on the assignment/course, written reprimand, disciplinary probation, \nsuspension, or expulsion. \n \n \nDiversity and Inclusion Statement: Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for \nUW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their \nidentity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university \ncommunity. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, \nand diversity as inextricably linked goals. The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public \nmission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background \u2013 \npeople who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world. \n \n \nCourse evaluations: UW-Madison uses a digital course evaluation survey tool called AEFIS. For \nthis course, you will receive an official email two weeks prior to the end of the semester, notifying \nyou that your course evaluation is available. In the email you will receive a link to log into the \ncourse evaluation with your NetID. Evaluations are anonymous. Your participation is an integral \ncomponent of this course, and your feedback is important to me. I strongly encourage you to \nparticipate in the course evaluation.\n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n9 \n \n \nCOURSE OUTLINE \nSubject to change; please monitor the course website and your email for announcements. \nAll readings are available on Canvas. \n \nComplete all readings in preparation for the listed date. \n \nSeptember \n \n5 \nIntroduction \n Recommended: Cherlin, Table of Contents \n \n10 \nKinship & Course Logistics \nRequired: Watch \u201cConnect Orientation Video\u201d (Canvas \u00e0 Assignments) \n Required: Cherlin, pp. 1-8 \nQuiz 1 due (Canvas \u00e0 Assignments) \n \n \n12 \n Early Family History (Note: Online Lecture) \nRequired: Goldthorpe, Family Life in Western Societies, pp. 8-16 \nRecommended: Coontz, \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got To Do With It?\u201d \nRecommended: Goody, The European Family, Chapters 3-5 \n \n \n17 \nU.S. History I \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 25-31 \nRequired: Coontz, \u201cThe Evolution of American Families\u201d \nRecommended: Goldthorpe, Family Life in Western Societies, Ch. 2, pp.18-40 \nQuiz 2 due (Canvas) \n \n \n19 \nU.S. History II \nRequired: Cherlin, pp.38-52 \nRequired: Fischer and Hout. \u201cThe Family in Trouble: Since When? For Whom?\u201d \nRecommended: Cherlin, \u201cAmerican Marriage in the Early 21st Century\u201d, pp. 33- \n43. \nQuiz 3 due (Canvas) \n \n \n24 \nSociological Approaches to the Family & Research Methods \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 9-16 \nQuiz 4 due (Canvas) \n \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n10 \n \n \n \n26 \nGender \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 3 \nRequired: Orenstein, \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong with Cinderella?\u201d \nRequired: Maglaty, \u201cWhen Did Girls Start Wearing Pink\u201d \nQuiz 5 due (Canvas) \nOctober \n \n1 \nClass, Status, and Families \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 5 \nRecommended: Schmid and Mollica, \u201cImpact of Childhood Trauma Reaches Rural \nWisconsin.\u201d \n \n \nQuiz 6 due (Canvas) \n \n3 \nAfrican American Families \nRequired: Cherlin pp. 32-34, 109-120 \nRecommended: Franklin, \u201cAfrican Americans and the Birth of Modern Marriage\u201d \n \n \nQuiz 7 due (Canvas) \n \n8 \nRace, Interracial Marriage \nRequired: Cherlin, pp.121-131 \n \n \n10 \nSexual Orientation \n \n \n \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 36-37, 46, 72-78 \n Recommended: Canaday, \u201cWe Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America\u201d \n News Reflection #1 (Gender and Families) due on Canvas at 9:15AM \nQuiz 8 due (Canvas) \n \n \n15 \nSex \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 79-86 \nRequired: Wade, \u201cThe Promise and Peril of Hookup Culture.\u201d \nRequired: Lundquist and Curington \u201cLove me Tinder, Love Me Sweet\u201d \nRecommended: Wade and Heldman, \u201cHooking Up and Opting Out\u2014Negotiating \nSex in the First Year of College.\u201d \nRecommended: Armstrong et al, \u201cIs Hooking Up Bad for Young Women?\u201d \n \n \nQuiz 9 due (Canvas) \n \n \n17 \nMidterm I \n In-person, normal class time. \n \n22 \nMarriage and Cohabitation I \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 7 \n \n \nQuiz 10 due (Canvas) \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n11 \n \n \n24 \nMarriage and Cohabitation II \nRequired: Waite, \u201cDoes Marriage Matter?\u201d \n \n \n29 \nWork and Families I \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 164-167 \nRecommended: Hsin and Felfe, \u201cWhen does Time Matter\u201d? \nRequired: Bianchi, \u201cMaternal Employment and Time with Children\u201d \nOptional: Kiesling, \u201cPaid Child Care for Working Mothers? All It Took Was a \nWorld War.\u201d \n \n31 \nWork and Families II \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 167-182 \nRequired: Hochschild, \u201cJoey\u2019s Problem\u201d \nRecommended: Daminger, \u201cDe-gendered processes, gendered outcomes.\u201d \n \n \nQuiz 11 due (Canvas) \n \nNovember \n 5 \nElection Day (attendance optional, lecture will be recorded) \n \n \nChildren and Parents \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 9 \nRequired: Lareau, \u201cInvisible Inequality\u201d \n \n \nQuiz 12 due (Canvas) \n \n \n7 \nOld Age and Widowhood \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 10 \n \n \nQuiz 13 due (Canvas) \n \n \n12 \nDivorce I \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 255-260 \n \n \nQuiz 14 due (Canvas) \n \n \n14 Divorce II: Consequences and Causality \n \n \nRequired: Cherlin, pp. 161-267 \nRecommended: Li, \u201cThe Impact of Divorce on Children\u2019s Behavior Problems\u201d \nRequired: Elwert, notes on causality (Canvas) \nQuiz 15 due (Canvas) \n \n19 \nRemarriage and Stepfamilies \nRequired: Cherlin, pp 267-278 \n \n \nNews Reflection #2 (Parents and Children) due on Canvas at 9:15AM \nQuiz 16 due (Canvas) \n \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n12 \n \n 21 Same-Sex Marriage \nRequired (review): Cherlin, pp. 37, 76-77, 152-153, 312 \n \n \n26 \nLegal Approaches to the Family; Domestic Violence \nRequired: Minow: Redefining Families \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 11 \n \n28 \nTHANKSGIVING BREAK (no class!) \n \nDecember \n 3 Family Change at Home and Abroad \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 13 \nRecommended: Lesthaeghe, \u201cThe Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic \n Transition\u201d \nRecommended: Cherlin, \u201cAmerican Marriage in the Early 21st Century\u201d, pp. 43-50 \n \n \nQuiz 17 due (Canvas) \n \n \n5 \nPublic Policy \nRequired: Cherlin, Chapter 14 \n \n \nQuiz 18 due (Canvas) \n \n \n10 \nMidterm II \n In-person, normal class time. \n Note: This exam is not cumulative. \n \n \nTHERE IS NO \u201cFINAL EXAM\u201d DURING EXAM PERIOD \n \n \n \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n13 \n \nREQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READINGS (EXCEPT TEXTBOOK) \n \nAll of these readings are available online on the \u201cHome\u201d tab of the course website \n \nArmstrong, Elizabeth A., Laura Hamilton, and Paula England. 2010. \u201cIs Hooking Up Bad for \nYoung Women?\u201d Contexts 9(3):22\u201327. \n \nBianchi, Suzanne M. 2000. \u201cMaternal Employment and Time with Children: Dramatic Change or \nSurprising Continuity?\u201d Demography 37:401-414. \n \nCanaday, Margot. 2008. \u201cWe Colonials: Sodomy Laws in America.\u201d The Nation, September 3, \n2008. \n \nCherlin, Andrew. 2005. \u201cAmerican Marriage in the Early Twenty-First Century.: The Future of \nChildren 15(2):33-55. \n \nCoontz, Stephanie. \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It? A Brief History of Marriage.\u201d Pp. 30-36 in \nCherlin, Andrew J. (ed.), 2008, Public and Private Families: A Reader (5th edition). New York: \nMcGraw Hill. \n \nCoontz, Stephanie. 2010. \u201cThe Evolution of American Families.\u201d (From Reader accompanying \nthe 7th edition of Cherlin\u2019s textbook) \n \nDaminger, Allison. 2020. \u201cDe-Gendered Processes, Gendered Outcomes: How Egalitarian \nCouples Make Sense of Non-Egalitarian Household Practices.\u201d American Sociological Review \n85(5):806\u201329. \n \nFischer and Hout. \u201cThe Family in Trouble: Since When? For Whom?\u201d (From Reader \naccompanying the 7th edition of Cherlin\u2019s textbook) \n \nFranklin, \u201cAfrican Americans and the Birth of Modern Marriage\u201d (From Reader accompanying \nthe 7th edition of Cherlin\u2019s textbook) \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n14 \n \nGoldthorpe, J.E. 1987. Family Life in Western Societies: A Historical Sociology of Family \nRelationships in Britain and North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 2. \n \nGoody, Jack. 2000. The European Family: An Historico-Anthropological Essay. Oxford: Blackwell. \nChapters 3-5. \n \nHochschild, Arlie R. 1989. The Second Shift. London: Penguin. Chapter 4 (Joey\u2019s Problem). \n \nHsin, Amy, and Christina Felfe. 2014. \u201cWhen Does Time Matter? Maternal Employment, \nChildren\u2019s Time With Parents, and Child Development.\u201d Demography 51(5):1867\u201394. \n \nLareau, Annette. \u201cInvisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White \nFamilies.\u201d Pp. 82-105 in Cherlin, Andrew J. (ed.), 2008, Public and Private Families: A Reader (5th \nedition). New York: McGraw Hill. \n \nLi, \u201cThe Impact of Divorce on Children\u2019s Behavior Problems\u201d \n \nLundquist, Jennifer Hickes, and Celeste Vaughan Curington. 2019. \u201cLove Me Tinder, Love Me \nSweet.\u201d Contexts 18(4):22\u201327. \n \nLesthaeghe, Ron. 2010. \u201cThe Unfolding Story of the Second Demographic Transition.\u201d \nPopulation and Development Review 36(2):211-251. \n \nMaglaty, Jeanne. 2011. \u201cWhen Did Girls Start Wearing Pink?\u201d Smithsonian Magazine, Apr 7, \n2011. \nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/when-did-girls-start-wearing-pink-1370097/ \nMinow, Martha. 1998. \u201cRedefining Families: Who\u2019s In and Who\u2019s Out?\u201d pp. 7-19 in K.V. Hansen \nand A.I. Garey (eds.), Families in the United States: Kinship and Domestic Politics, Temple \nUniversity Press: Philadelphia. \n \nOrenstein, Peggy. 2006. \u201cWhat\u2019s Wrong with Cinderella?\u201d New York Times Magazine, Dec 24, \n2006. \nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/24/magazine/24princess.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n15 \n \nSchmid, John, and Andrew Mollica. 2017. \u201cImpact of Childhood Trauma Reaches Rural \nWisconsin.\u201d Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Nov 30, 2017. \n \nWade, 2018. \u201cThe Promise and Peril of Hookup Culture.\u201dLecture script, Marshall College. \n \nWaite, Linda J. 1995. \u201cDoes Marriage Matter?\u201d Demography 32:483-507. \n \nWest, Candance, and Don H. Zimmerman. \u201cDoing Gender.\u201d Pp. 47-56 in Cherlin, Andrew J. (ed.), \n2008, Public and Private Families: A Reader (5th edition). New York: McGraw Hill. \n \n \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n16 \n \nFURTHER READING \n \nThis is a short list of great books for further reading. Many of these books are highly engaging \nreads and would ideally supplement your studies. Have a look! \n \nAmato, Paul R. et al. 2009: Alone Together: How Marriage in America is Changing. Harvard \nUniversity Press. \n \nCalarco, Jessica. 2024. Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net. \nPortfolio. \n \nCasper, Lynne M., and Suzanne M. Bianchi. 2002. Continuity and Change in the American \nFamily. Thousand Oaks: Sage. \n \nCherlin, Andrew J. 1992. Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, revised and enlarged edition. \nCambridge: Harvard University Press. \n \nCherlin, Andrew J. 2009. The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and Family in America \nToday. Knopf. \n \nCohen, Phillip N. 2014. The Family: Diversity, Inequality, and Social Change. Norton. \n \nCoontz, Stephanie et al. 2008. American Families: A Multicultural Reader. New York: Routledge. \n \nCoontz, Stephanie. 2005. Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage. New York: \nPenguin. \n \nCott, Nancy F. 2000. Public Vows: A History of Marriage and the Nation. Cambridge: Harvard \nUniversity Press. \n \nEdin, Kathryn, and Maria Kefalas. 2007. Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood \nBefore Marriage. Berkeley: University of California Press. \n \n\nVersion: September 4, 2024 \n17 \n \nGoody, Jack. 2000. The European Family: An Historico-Anthropological Essay. Oxford: Blackwell. \n \nHochschild, Arlie R. 1989. The Second Shift. London: Penguin. \n \nKearney, Melissa S. 2024. The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married \nand Started Falling Behind. University of Chicago Press. \n \nLareau, Annette. 2003. Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life. University of California \nPress. \n \nLaumann, Edward O. et al (eds.). 1994. The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in \nthe United States. Chicago: Chicago University Press. \n \nRisman, Barbara, J (Ed.). 2010. Families as They Really Are. New York: Norton. (Various \nChapters) \n \nRomano, Renee C. 2006. Race Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar America. Cambridge: \nHarvard University Press. \n \nWade, Lisa. 2017. American Hookup: The New Culture of Sex on Campus. 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