Our Syllabus

Class Meets Monday/Wednesday/Friday over Zoom

from 5pm to 6:30pm

Attendance Policy​

In order for students to receive attendance credit, evidence of class participation in learning activities and assignments through CANVAS is mandatory. This remote-learning engagement through Canvas will be documented weekly.  For documentation purposes, the engagement period for each week begins at 8:00 a.m. on Mondays and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sundays.

Drop Policy​

Anyone enrolled in the course on the first day of class will be dropped if they do not participate in the designated online class activities and assignments by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, July 21.

·       Beginning the second week of class, Monday, July 26, students who do not participate in any designated online class activities during any seven-day period (from Monday at 08:00 a.m. to Sunday at 11:59 p.m.) will be considered inactive and dropped from the class.

·       If, however, you are still interested in the course but have been dropped, it is possible to be re-enrolled after communicating with myself about the reason(s) for not participating.  If there is a waiting list for the class, dropped students who would like to re-enroll will be added to the waiting list and would need to wait their turn to be re-enrolled.

How will my grades be determined?

Students on the active class roster of this repeatable noncredit course at the end of the term will earn grades of P (Passing), SP (Satisfactory Progress), or NP (Not Passing).  These grades will be transcripted but will not affect your GPA. Because you will have until 11:59pm on August 20 to complete all requirements, no extra credit assignments will be offered.  Students' final class grades will be determined as outlined below.

Passing (P)

·       Participate in all five (5) discussions in Canvas. AND

·       Submit five (5) completed quizzes available week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in Canvas. AND

·       Submit four (4) completed essays available every other week between week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in Canvas. AND

·       Maintain an average score of at least 50% on class assignments including discussions, essays and quizzes. AND

·       Score at least 50% on the cumulative final exam on week 8.

Satisfactory Progress (SP)

·       Participate in at least five (2) discussions in Canvas. AND

·       Submit at least four (2) completed quizzes available week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in Canvas. AND

·       Submit at least two (2) completed essay available every other week between week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in Canvas. AND

·       Maintain an average score of at least 20% on class assignments including discussions, essays, and quizzes. And/or

·       Take the cumulative final exam on week 5.

Not Passing (NP)

·       Participate in fewer than one (1) discussions in Canvas. OR

·       Submit fewer than two (1) completed quizzes available week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in Canvas. OR

·       Submit one (1) or no essays at all that are available every other week between week 1 thru week 5 within the modules in CANVAS. OR

·       Maintain an average score of below 19% on class assignments including discussions and practice quizzes. OR

·       Fail to take the cumulative final exam on week 5.

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