The student's grade will be earned based on three
examinations, homework assignments and article write-ups. The
final is cumulative. All students are required to take the three
exams when scheduled. Any changes in the schedule will be
announced in class. If the student is unable to take the exam at
the scheduled time, permission must be secured BEFORE the
scheduled exam time. If this condition is not met, a zero will be
given for the missed exam. The
final will be optional to all students who have a “B” or an
“A” as of the last day of regular class.
Students with a “B” who wish to take the final are
encouraged to do so in order to increase their grade to an
“A”. The student
with a “B” who takes the final faces the possibility of
receiving a lower grade if their performance on the final is lower
than a “B”. (Any outstanding homework or article write-up assignments
must also be turned in and must receive at least a “B” grade
to be eligible to skip the final.)
Attendance and class participation are strongly encouraged.
The student not understanding a topic presented in class should
make every attempt to grasp the material immediately since the
material presented in class is cumulative in nature. The student
is expected to read the appropriate section of the book covering
the material to be presented in class before the lecture day. The
student is responsible for all material covered in lectures, the
text and other assignments. There will be approximately three
short homework assignments and five article write ups. The due
date for the homework will be announced in class. No late homework
will be accepted. All assigned problems and questions should be
attempted.
Article
Write-up
In order to facilitate class discussion the articles must
come from a recent U.S. News & World Report or Wall Street
Journal. The typed article write-ups should be one page in length,
and are graded on how well you relate the article to the topics
covered in this class. Staple
the article (or copy of the article) to the back of your write-up.
Spend the majority of the write-up discussing how it fits
in to this class not summarizing the article.
At the top of each write-up provide a list of the key
topics covered in class that you have related to this article and
provide citation of the article (the date and pages). In each
write-up the student can include any topics covered over the
entire course (For example, the first write-up is not limited to
the topics covered in the first chapters).
Since EC201 is a Writing Across the Curriculum course,
article write-ups ups, as well as the essay portion of the tests,
will be graded for content form style, and overall writing
proficiency. The due dates for these write-ups are indicated on
the course schedule. Sample article write-ups and the first test
are on reserve in the library and on-line (select
“Cavanaugh, Joseph” at http://eres.wright.edu/courseindex.asp
the password is ec201).
