Honors Scholars Program

HON 110-304:

Honors Freshman Seminar:

The University Experience and the Life of the Mind 

Section Theme:  The Internet as a Community
Ms. Sue Cody

FALL 2006

Course Evaluation & Grading

 

Class Participation & Attendance	10%
Reading Responses & Assignments	25%
Powerpoint on You	5%
Discussion Leading	15%
Journal	15%
Dream Job Project	20%
Service Projects & Reactions (2)	4% (2% each reaction)
Cultural Activities & Reactions (3)	6% (2% each reaction)

Your grade for this course is entirely performance-driven based on the quality of your work and participation in this course. This means that you are not in direct competition with each other for grades. Instead, you are in competition with yourself in terms of how well you learn and apply the material from the course. Participation, Class Attendance, Class Citizenship     Regular class attendance is essential for this course. Over half of your final grade in the course will be based on your class participation, and your thoughtful reactions to class readings. In short, you are expected to attend class, actively participate in class discussions and in-class projects, and complete assignments when they are due. Much of this course has a seminar format which means that the course is discussion-intensive. In-class exercises and small group discussion can not be made-up out of class so consistent attendance is absolutely critical to getting the most out of this course.  Thus, both attendance and the quality and quantity of your participation in the seminar figure in as part of your class participation grade. Instead of tests on the readings, you will show your knowledge of the assigned reading material based on your contributions to class discussions on the readings and on your written reactions. Any in-class written assignments or exercises will also be considered as part of your class participation grade.      If health or personal problems arise that necessitate your missing class, please contact me prior to the missed class or as soon as possible afterwards.  You are responsible for finding out from me or a classmate any assignments, announcements, instructions, etc., that were discussed in class. More than three (3) absences for whatever reason will adversely affect your grade.     Feel free to offer questions, honest reactions, and opposing viewpoints, always respecting the different opinions expressed by your classmates.   Be sure to come to class on time and stay until the end.  Remember that this class (well, any of your classes!) is not the place to sleep, read the newspaper, talk on your cell phone, or work on homework unrelated to this class. Journal:   Your journal will be evaluated on quantity (both frequency and length), quality, depth of content, and discussion of all topics by the final due date.

 

Dream Life Project:  

 

The evaluation criteria and points value for each criterion:

 

Career Description: What is work like, what is required in terms of skills and education	5 points
Education Plan: What will you do to make yourself qualified?	2 points
Interview: Conducted 2 interviews, included analysis of what you learned	2 points
Personal Balance: Analysis of family, social, service life	3 points
Presentation: Organization of content, speaking skills, PowerPoint	4 points
Use of print/electronic sources	2 points
Form of paper: length, readibility, grammar, spelling, citations	2 points

 

Service & Cultural Reactions:

These will be evaluated on the same basis as the reading reactions, with a maximum of 2 points per reaction.

 

Final Grading Scale:

GRADE           TOTAL POINTS

A                     100-93

A-                    92-90

B+                   89-87

B                      86-83

B-                    82-80

C+                   79-77

C                     76-73

C-                    72-60

D                     59-50

F                      49 or less

 

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