Office: 213 Bradley Building, USC Lancaster
Office Address: Post Office Box 889
Lancaster, SC 29721
Office phone: 803-313-7044
Email: lrashley@gwm.sc.edu
Web address: http://www.sc.edu/lancaster/faculty/rashley
Women’s Studies J111: Women in Culture
Course Policy, Fall 2000
Instructor: Dr.
Lisa Rashley
Office:
213 Bradley Building, USC Lancaster
Office Address: Post Office Box 889
Lancaster, SC 29721
Office phone: 803-313-7044
Email:
lrashley@gwm.sc.edu
Web address: http://www.sc.edu/lancaster/faculty/rashley
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Fall 2000 Teaching Schedule
| English 101-102 Composition | MW 9:20-10:35, Hubbard Hall 206, USCL |
| English 101-103 Composition | MW 10:40-11:55, Hubbard Hall 206, USCL |
| Women’s Studies
J111 Women in Culture |
This class meets online at
http://blackboard.sc.edu
Online Office Hours: MW 1:30-3:30 & by appointment |
Course description, goals, and expectations
This course is a humanistic perspective of the images, roles and contributions
of women in historical, literary, religious, social, political, philosophical,
and artistic contexts, including contemporary issues. The mission
of the Women’s Studies program in teaching is to help students learn to
think critically, to communicate effectively orally and in writing, to
solve problems, and to interpret human experience. Specifically we
will study the societal effects of gender on our lives and in our communities.
Students are expected to participate actively in all aspects of the class.
Your final grade breaks down into the following distribution:
200 points (25%) 8 Reading ResponsesIndividual point totals at the end of the semester will be divided by the total points possible to yield a percentage score, which will fall into the following scale:
100 points (12.5%) 2 Representations Presentations/Reports
200 points (25%) Research Project
200 points (25%) Participation in discussion forums and chat
100 points (12.5%) Short Paper
800 points Total possible for the class
Reading responses
You will write eight one- to two-page responses to our readings over
the course of the semester. A reading response is not a summary of
your reading, but an analysis of it. A detailed description of this
assignment is posted in the Assignments section of our course on Blackboard.
Representations presentations/reports
You will make two representation presentations this semester.
In the week of your presentation, you will post a URL which displays a
cultural representation of gender, female, male, or both genders represented
together. You will give an online presentation to the class analyzing
how gender expectations and images function in the representation you’ve
chosen. You will also turn in a written report offering your interpretation
and analysis. You will receive a more detailed description of this
assignment.
Research project
You will complete a research project this semester, which may take
the form of a traditional paper of about 1250 to 2000 words (five to eight
pages), or which may be a web site of equivalent substance. You will
be given a wide range of topics to choose from for this assignment.
Your project will demonstrate critical thinking on topics related to our
course issues, and will not simply be reporting on the ideas of others.
Participation
To earn an A participation grade, you must attend fully (see attendance
policy), prepare fully, and demonstrate that preparation by contributing
ideas to the class discussion. You may not fully participate in this
course by saving up all your work for the day or week before it is due,
but must regularly visit and participate in the course site. Your
discussion and chat should demonstrate not only that you have read
the course texts fully and carefully, but also that you are thinking critically
about them and responding to them in depth. Excellent discussion
will make strive to make connections between different texts and themes
of the course. Your responses other student ideas are regular, insightful,
and constructive. Not only do you post regularly, but your comments
are substantive and substantial.
Short paper
You will be given a full description of this formal writing assignment
at least two weeks before the due date. This paper will be approximately
750-1250 words, or about three to five typewritten pages.
Late and missed work, and course deadlines
No late papers or work will be accepted, and I also do not allow missed
work to be made up. Due dates for all assignments will be posted
on the syllabus at least a week before they occur. Usually deadlines
for discussion will fall on the Tuesday following the beginning of the
discussion. Due dates will include a time by which all work is to
be completed. Notify me in advance if you foresee any difficulties.
Attendance
While I can’t take roll in an online course, you as a student must
nevertheless regularly attend. Your attendance in the course will
be measured in two ways: first, by your accessing information and assignments
in Blackboard as assigned by the syllabus (Blackboard allows me to track
your access to posted materials within the course), and second, by your
active participation in the discussion and chat component of the course.
I may specify a particular number of posts required to fully participate
in a given discussion.
Frequent failure to access course materials or to participate in discussion
as assigned will be considered an “absence” from the course and will result
in a penalty to your final grade. Failure to participate for two
weeks will result in a drop of the final course grade by a full letter
grade (i.e., from a B+ to a C+). Each additional week of non-participation
will lower the final course grade another full letter grade.
Plagiarism is using anyone else’s work as if it were your own. If a student improperly uses someone’s intellectual property, that act constitutes theft and is treated seriously. Students should see the University-wide Code of Student Academic Responsibility for more details about possible penalties <http://www.sa.sc.edu/cc2000/judicial.htm#Academic Responsibility>. Plagiarism is present when a writer copies word for word or paraphrases from an author without quotation marks or without naming the source of the text of the paper in a footnote, bibliography, or works cited, or when the writer turns in an assignment which has been written wholly or in part by someone else.
In an online course, it is academic dishonesty if any person other than
yourself presents any work or discussion on your behalf. If you have
any questions about what constitutes academic dishonesty, ask me.
Exceptions to any of these policies may be made only for University-sponsored
professional activities or in extremely well-documented cases of medical
hardship and then only at the discretion of the instructor. Provide
photocopies of any materials you expect to have a bearing on your case.
Discuss this with me in advance if at all possible—if not, immediately
upon your return to classes—if you expect any consideration in this matter.