Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 1
EASTERN FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE TITUSVILLE CAMPUS Spring 2017 WHERE AND WHEN
Class Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives Credits: 3 Semester: Begins 1/09/16 Ends 5/5/16
Course Day(s) and Time Building /Room HUM 2390 72T Th 6:00 pm—8:40 pm T-1, 130
COMMUNICATING WITH ME
Instructor Dr. Warren Jones
Office Service Learning Office Pod
Advisement Hours Feel free to stop in anytime; however, those who have appointments have precedence.
Monday 1:30 – 4:30 Tuesday 3:30 – 6:00 Wednesday 1:30 – 4:30 Thursday 3:30 – 6:00
Telephone Number The telephone is not a substitute for seeing me during office hours Only call if you need to set an appointment. 433-5077
Email Email is not a substitute for coming to see me during office hours; you can use email to set an office appointment, but that appointment is not set until I have responded to you. Email is NOT for policy, grades, or assignment discussion. If you email me concerning any item that concerns policy or assignments, I will respond with the following: "Message not read; see me during office hours" and that means I DID NOT receive your email.
ABOUT THE COURSE
Course Description An interdisciplinary introduction to the humanities, representing one or more chosen themes, problems, or aspects of human existence. Course themes will be explored through the visual arts, performing arts, music, literature, philosophy, drama, and/or religion.
Course Objective This course centers on researching and forming an original thesis, writing and submitting an abstract to the PCA/ACA (Popular Culture Association/ American Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 2
Culture Association), and preparing to write a conference level paper by exploring themes of community, identity, and epistemology of doing (as well as other theories) that analyze narratives (from religion, films, and novels) that concern the ideas of Dystopia, End of times, and Apocalypse.
Each week will be a combination of 1) assigned readings of academic papers and 2) other readings or films.
Format of class: Part Lecture, Part seminar–style. Without fulfilling the assignments before coming to class, this class cannot achieve its goals.
This is NOT a class where students read, listen to lectures, write papers, and take tests. RATHER, the objective of each class meeting is that each student is bringing in information and ideas gleaned from the readings, as well as analytical connections to other readings and films.
In order to write a fresh new idea into an abstract (the point of the whole course) each person will need to be able to comfortably handle a variety of theories and the application of those theories to texts and films.
Text Online readings
POLICIES
Plagiarism As per the Student handbook, plagiarists will fail the entire course.
Late/ Absences Maximum Absences before grade of "F" given. Night Classes: 2 days (Three absences constitutes an F grade) See Official BCC policy on BCC website.
Late/Leave Early: Being Late constitutes one-half absence. Leaving class early is equal to being late. If you are not present at the beginning of class, you will be marked absent. Immediately after the class is over, YOU MUST INFORM ME that you were late so that you are not logged as absent. You cannot wait until the next class session or even later in the day.
Electronic devices: No Phone/Pad/etc use in class; if you get a call, take it outside. No Recording devices without prior approval; unauthorized use of recording devices will result in expulsion from the course and student conduct charges with the administration.
Grading Scale: A standard letter grade/percentage score is applied: A = 900-1000, B = 800-899 C = 700-799 D = 600-699 F = 599 or below.
Withdrawal Policy Students may withdraw without academic penalty from any course by the established deadline. This will result in a grade of 'W' for the course and will not count against the student's GPA. Students will be permitted a maximum of two withdrawals per course. Upon the third attempt, the student WILL NOT be permitted to withdraw and will receive an earned grade for that course. Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 3
Extra Credit Extra Credit, even if completed, only counts toward a grade that has a raw score of 700 or above for the course. Those with raw scores of 699 or less will not receive any EC points, regardless of the EC work done.
Incompletes Incompletes are ONLY given for those who have passed with a grade of 70% or higher on a minimum of 75% of the assignments. If you cannot verify these conditions, do not ask for an Incomplete as a grade.
Late Papers No Late papers accepted for Hum 2390. If you will be missing a day, email the paper as a Word document attached to the email before the start of the class time you will miss or have someone else turn it in; the paper will not be considered late. You must still bring in a hard copy to the next class meeting as I do not print off emailed papers. There are no make up quizzes or tests. I will decide which quiz or test to roll those points over into.
Changes Syllabus and schedule is subject to change
Re-write Criteria In order to Re-write papers, the original must fit certain criteria and the re- write must fit certain criteria. (See InverseIntuition for more details)
Weekly Schedule Download your Class Time's appropriate weekly schedule from InverseIntuition
Grade/Work See Schedule on InverseIntuition for due dates Distribution
The following information is mandated by the college to be in all syllabi
RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES When the observance of a student's religious holiday(s) interferes with attendance in class, class work assignments, examinations, or class activities, the student must notify the instructor in writing within the first week of class. Students are held responsible for material covered during their absence. The instructor should provide alternative arrangements for students to complete the work for the missed session. Students excused for religious observances will be expected to meet the class requirements for those days without undue delay. Students who believe they have been unreasonably denied educational benefits due to their religious beliefs or practices may seek redress through the student appeal procedure. [FS 1001.64, 1002.21, 1006.53] Nationally recognized religious holidays shall be acknowledged plus any significant day of religious observance as recognized by the highest governing body of that particular religious faith. Students may be required to provide information or proof the religious holiday if such holiday is not generally known. Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 4
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY EFSC Policy: Any form of academic dishonesty is subject to the disciplinary actions set forth in the Student Code of Conduct. Cheating, plagiarism and any other misrepresentation of work are prohibited. Students who are found to be in violation of this standard may receive severe sanctions, including a failing grade in their respective course and depending on the circumstances, possible expulsion from Eastern Florida State College.
In general terms, plagiarism is the adoption or incorporation of another’s ideas without proper attribution of the source. It is more simply defined as taking the writings of another person or people and representing them to be one’s own. Please note that access to or obtaining information/copying assignments provided from sources like CHEGG, Course Hero, Accounting Tutor, or any other online applications that purport to offer the answers to exercises or instructor materials for courses, may be considered CHEATING, and any instances that can be substantiated will be treated as such.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding plagiarism, you need to ask your instructor or Associate Provost for assistance before a plagiarism problem arises.
To avoid plagiarism, you should always credit the sources used when writing as essay, research paper, or other assignment in accordance with the appropriate style manual or format required in your course. Confirm with your instructor the appropriate format to use. If you are directed to use the MLA or APA format, please review the following URL for more information: http://libguides.easternflorida.edu/melbournewritingcenter
Types of actions defined as plagiarism include but may not be limited to:
1. Cutting and pasting to create a written document from a single or various sources.
2. Citing a source with false or inaccurate information. (Bibliographical or URL).
3. Quoting less than all the words copied or paraphrasing a source without proper citation or notation the document has been altered.
4. Submitting papers, assignments, exams, or forums that were completed by someone other than yourself.
5. Working in a group or otherwise colluding with other students to prepare and submit work without prior acknowledgment and approval from the instructor.
6. Receiving or giving outside help without prior written faculty consent, this includes assistance from tutors, websites, or other online resources.
7. Sharing assignments, exams, or discussions with other students. Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 5
8. Selling or purchasing (or copying) papers, assignments, or exams from any website that buys or sells them and submitting them as your work in whole or in part.
9. Using a quotation without proper quotation marks and citation.
10. Preparing a draft for final paper for another student.
11. Submitting a paper, assignment, quiz or exam that you submitted in a previous and/or concurrent class without requesting and receiving in writing prior permission from your instructor(s). This could also apply to “revising” papers, assignments, quizzes or exams that were previously submitted in any course.
12. Copying a non-text material such as: image, audio, video, spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, etc., without proper citation and reference.
13. Altering any information on forms, electronic attachments or emails after the original has been submitted.
14. Presenting statistics, facts, or ideas that are not your own, or is not common factual knowledge either by the general population, or commonly known within the particular discipline, without citation, even if you view them as common knowledge in your own educational background.
Plagiarism Detection For some courses, you should submit all of your writing assignments through a resource called Turnitin.com. Turnitin is an online tool available to EFSC instructors as an integrated service available in all EFSC Canvas classrooms. The OriginalityCheck detects and prevents plagiarism by checking submitted student papers. Grademark enables instructors to provide rich feedback as well as online grading directly on the student's paper. PeerMark enables students to evaluate each other’s work.
In Canvas you can create an assignment by using the external tool option (under the submission type setting select 'External Tool' instead of 'Online') to integrate all Turnitin features. This option will allow you to enter a grade in GradeMark which will transfer to the Canvas gradebook as well. For more information on Plagiarism and information on proper citation please see: http://lgdata.s3-website-us-east- 1.amazonaws.com/docs/625/1324096/Plagiarism.pdf
For more information on EFSC Service Learning visit: http://www.easternflorida.edu/student-life/center-for-service- learning/courses.cfm
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT Humanities Special Topics: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives syllabus 6
Eastern Florida State College is committed to providing a safe and productive learning environment. Title IX and our school policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
Sexual Misconduct — in any form, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking — is prohibited at EFSC.
Our school encourages anyone experiencing Sexual Misconduct to talk to someone about what happened, so they can get the support they need and our school can respond appropriately. For more information about your options, please visit: http://www.easternflorida.edu/our-campuses/campus-security/titleix- sexual-misconduct/
Our school is legally obligated to investigate reports of Sexual Misconduct, and therefore it cannot guarantee the confidentiality of a report, but it will consider a request for confidentiality and respect it to the extent possible.
As an instructor, I am also required by our school to report incidents of Sexual Misconduct and thus cannot guarantee confidentiality. I must provide other EFSC officials with any relevant information reported to me.
SAIL Faculty at EFSC are innovative and may utilize additional resources and technology (including recording devices) above and beyond the required course materials to enhance the instructional experience. EFSC strives to provide equitable access at the same academic and instructional level for all students and is committed to ensuring access for students with documented disabilities. A person with a disability may qualify for reasonable accommodations. SAIL (Student Access for Improved Learning) ensures that reasonable accommodations are provided for students with documented disabilities that significantly impact major life functions While personal services and personal aides cannot be provided, reasonable accommodations will be arranged to assist a student with a disability based on documentation provided by the student. For more information about accommodations and the resources available to students with disabilities, students are encouraged to go to the website or visit a SAIL office on any campus.