Course Overview
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Requirements Summary

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Final evaluations and grades will be made on a combination of class participation, the midsemester and final exams, and on the written assignments.

• Credits / Prerequisites
  
  
  • 3 credits / Grading = A - F
    
    
  • prereq: Anth 1604, 60 cr or grad student or #

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• Class Participation

• This class is a small lecture course dealing with selective aspects of culture and personality within a cross-cultural perspective. It also includes . . .
  
  
  • Forum
    
    
    • Points for Forum Posts
      
      
    • Compare Forum Points with Official UMD Grading Policies
      
      
    • Forums, Sample Answers / Responses w / Grades
      
      
      • Anth 3618 Ancient Middle America Forum Response Samples
        
        
      • Anth 3635 Peoples and Cultures of Europe Forum Response Samples
        
        
    • Discussion Guidelines -- UMD Information Technology Systems & Services (adapted from Kim Riordan)
      
      
    • About two weeks before the midterm and final exams you will be asked to make up a question and post it on the Forum. These questions will serve, in part, as study questions for the exams.
      
      
    • At the end of the semester you will also be asked to evaluate the course on the Forum, indicating the three things you liked best and the three things you liked least about the course.
      
      
    • end-of-the-semester postings must be completed by the scheduled final exam time
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    • Other timely topics may be added during the semester as appropriate
      
      

    AVISO: Unexcused late assignments receive no credit

    
    
  • presentation
    
    
    • short class presentation on your term research project and term paper (see below)
      
      
    • presentations schedule
      
      
    • 30 points (2% of final grade)

• Exams
  • midsemester exam
    • 4 questions (self-chosen from 7)
    • up to 400 points (27.4% of final grade)
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  • final exam
    • 6 questions (self-chosen from 11)
    • up to 600 points (41.1% of final grade)
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  • You may make up exams during any of the weekly scheduled makeup times. Makeups are usually given in Cina 214 at times which will be announced in class.
    (Please note: it usually takes several days for makeup exams to be returned to you.)

  • Please see me if you need to arrange for a makeup exam

• Review of Project for the Semester
  
  

  Focus: Culture and Personality Term Project: Research Paper and Class Presentation
  
  

  • Topic: Personally selected topic relevant to culture and personality studies
    
    
  • Term Paper and Class Presentation
    • 10-12 well-written pages
    • paper: up to 400 points (27.4% of final grade)
    • presentation: 30 points (2% of final grade)
    • Picking a Topic
      • Other WebSites Related to Culture and Personality
    • Problem Statement / Proposal
    • presentations schedule

Focus: Research Paper and Class Presentation

• Papers must follow a college writing handbook such as Lunsford, A., & Connors, R. (1999). The New St. Martin's Handbook. New York: St. Martin's. (ISBN 0-312-18927-3)

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  Useful Information    Writing Essays for Exams Special Facilities / Arrangements Extra Help

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• Reading Assignments
  
  
  • Read assignments following the course outline. Do not get behind in your readings. Please read the assigned material by the date listed on the schedule, and be prepared to discuss it (and / or write about it) in class. Some of the assigned readings we will discuss in class, others we will not. Whether or not we discuss the assignments you should read them carefully and think about the exercises following each reading.

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• Schedule: Topics, Required Readings, and Writing Assignments
  
  
  • The assignments and class topics are schedule by week during the semester. See your Moodle Home for details.

     

• Schedule / Assignment Changes
  
  
  • The course materials schedule may be changed to meet the particular needs of this group, and to adjust to unforeseen circumstances (earthquakes, snowstorms, floods, deaths, and other "acts of god"). You are responsible for any amendments to the schedule that are announced in class or on E-mail.