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What is the name of your professor?
Reima Abobaker
What is the day and time of our class?
It is held everyday (Monday to Thursday) from 8:00 p.m to 10:30 p.m.
How can students contact the professor and speak with her in private?
Students can contact the professor via this email rabobake@scad.edu or in person by visiting her office during the office hours T/W from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. or by appointment at Norris Hall, second floor (room 206).
Where is our class?
It's in Norris Hall, third floor (room 313).
Which day will we visit the Jen Library for the 2nd time?
It will be on Thu, Jan 30, 2020.
What is the percentage of In-class Assignments?
It takes 15% of the total grade.
What is the percentage of Midterm & Final Exams?
They take 35% of the total grade (Midterm 15%, Final 20%).
What is the percentage of participation?
It takes 10% of the total grade.
How many extended learning opportunities are students required to arrange?
They are required to arrange for at least two different activities.
What is the percentage of Multi-draft Research Paper?
It takes 30% of the total grade.
Where are we going for our field trip?
1. We will attend the How to SCAD Career Fair: A guide to the SCAD Career Fair. Savannah Student Center in January 31, 11 a.m & 2 p.m.
2. We will also visit the Jen Library in 1/29 and 1/30 to conduct research and find sources related to students' research topics.
3. We will attend one of the SCAD deFINE Art events (Feb. 18-20)
How many extra help sessions will the professor offer? When will they be?
Total of 3.
We will have an extra help session on Friday, 1/31 at 12:00 a.m for the Midterm Preparation.
Individual Appointments on Friday, 2/28 and 3/6 will be available for writing your drafts.
Other sessions will be arranged as needed.
What does "In-class Assignments" mean?
It means the writing process of this assignment starts, completed, and submitting in class.
Name the options suggested for ELOs in the syllabus.
They are:
1. January 28, 7 p.m., A Midsummer Night's Dream by the National Theatre of Britain.
2. February 13-16. Savannah Book Festival. Telfair Square.
3. February 18-20. SCAD deFINE Art.
4. February 21. SCAD Career Fair: More than 150 employers will be in Savannah Civic Center Savannah to recruit SCAD's finest and talented students for job, freelance and internship opportunities.
5. Weekly Writing Workouts. Every Friday from 11:00-12:00 in the Writers’ Studio. Session details can be found on the Writers’ Studio MySCAD page.
6. Library Workshops - check the Jen library calendar
7. Writer's Studio Workshops - check the WS calendar
8. Special lectures or events related to your major - check your dept. calendar.
True or False (and correct if false)
Once students decide on ELO, they can start working on it without the professor's permission?
False. It depends.
If students need to inform the professor of the event’s details for approval before attending.
When are the ELO due?
One ELO must be uploaded by Friday of Week Five of the quarter, and another by Friday of Week Nine. There is a link on Blackboard to upload your responses. It is called Extended Learning Opportunities.
What are the activities and actions that are rewarded participation points?
They are:
- meaningful contribution in class discussions,
- engaging in class activities each week,
- arriving on time,
- doing homework on time,
- conducting own work.
- speaking English at all times.
What does cheating include?
Cheating, includes, but is not limited to,
(a) the giving or receiving of any unauthorized assistance in producing assignments or taking quizzes, tests or examinations;
(b) dependence on the aid of sources including technology beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems or carrying out other assignments;
(c) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff; or
(d) the use of unauthorized assistance in the preparation of works of art.
What are the activities and actions that result in deduction of participation points?
They are:
- using cell phone in class,
- sending late work,
- arriving to class at 08:00 a.m. or after,
- not bringing their own copies of the textbooks to every class,
- not participating and engaging in in-class activities and discussions as well as outside tasks and assignments,
- speaking other languages,
- not doing homework assignments,
- getting outside help,
- sleeping in class.
What does plagiarism include?
Plagiarism, which includes, but is not limited to,
a) the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment,
b) the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.