Anatomies
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Winter Quarter 2004-05
Grades for the course will be based on papers and the final exam as well as on attendance and on performance in the weekly seminars. Incompletes will not be given except for documented medical reasons or in exceptional circumstances such as family emergencies. The final examination will be held on Monday, March 14 from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and can not be taken early. Please notify your seminar leaders at least 72 hours in advance of any necessary authorized accommodations such as those arranged through the DRC (see policies). Section syllabi contain additional policies and requirements.
Seminars
Seminars are designed to give you time outside of lecture to talk at length
about the texts we will read for the course and the lectures. Seminars will
be geared toward learning and experimenting with different techniques for
critical thinking and textual analysis, and will require your active participation.
Depending on your section leader, your seminar grade may involve the following:
1) showing up to seminar regularly with the text of the day, prepared to discuss it or engage in whatever activity we have planned
2) treating your fellow classmates with respect and responding to their comments and ideas
3) serving as a discussion leader for 15-20 minutes once during the quarter.
Your section participation grade additionally may include unannounced pop quizzes on lectures and/or reading materials, peer editing assignments, essay drafts, discussion questions, and other writing assignments depending on your individual section.
Section Leader syllabi:
Joel's
Mark's
Policies:
Provost's Statement concerning Students with Disabilities:
Students who have a disability that may necessitate an academic accommodation or the use of auxiliary aids and services in a class must initiate the request with the Disability Resource Center (DRC). The DRC will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend appropriate accommodations, and prepare a verification letter dated in the current academic term in which the request is being made. Please contact the DRC as soon as possible; timely notice is needed to arrange for appropriate accommodations (phone 723-1066; TDD 725-1067).
The Honor Code:
Violating the Honor Code is a serious offense, even when the violation is unintentional. The Honor Code is available at: www.stanford.edu/dept/vpsa/judicialaffairs/honor_code.htm. You are responsible for understanding the University rules regarding academic integrity; you should familiarize yourself with the code if you have not already done so. In brief, conduct prohibited by the Honor Code includes all forms of academic dishonesty, among them copying from another's exam, unpermitted collaboration and representing as one's own work the work of another. If you have any questions about these matters, see your teaching fellow during office hours.