|
CLAS230 Classical Mythology
Department of Classics
Monmouth College
Goals and Requirements:
Your final grade will be determined in the following way:
I. Quizzes
and Papers 40%
II. Website
Summaries and Evaluations
20%
III.
Individualized Project 25%
IV.
Poster
Presentation 15%
I.
Quizzes and Papers
There
will be no major exams in this course. Instead SIX (6) quizzes,
including
Map/Geography
Quizzes (You have to pass the map portion to pass the course)
and three unit quizzes based upon material covered in class and in
course readings. Types of questions may include multiple choice, true/false, fill-in the blank, and short
essays. The map quiz can be retaken until passed, but
the highest possible grade on a retake is 60.
Other quizzes, both announced and unannounced, may be given at the discretion of
the instructor. No make-ups for quizzes will be given (except the map quiz), but at least one
of these quiz grades will be dropped.
In addition to these quizzes there will be a number of short
written assignments, the average of which will be equivalent to one quiz grade.
One of these written assignments will be a mid-course
evaluation.
All of this work will count 50% of the final
grade.
II. Website
Summaries and Evaluations
Each student is required to find, describe, and evaluate
twowebsites which
deal in a significant ways with (1) classical mythology
and (2) world mythology. Since no two students can evaluate the same websites, it is in
everyone's best interest to do this assignment as early in the semester as
possible. As soon as you have identified a site you want to evaluate, you should
reserve it by sending an e-mail message to the instructor with the URL. The
information on each website should include the title, author, and URL
of the website as top matter along with a
600-word description/evaluation which contains the following: 1.) a description
of the overall website, including both internal and
external hyperlinks; 2.) an explanation of the specific mythological features
of the site; 3.) some observation about the way(s) that the myth is used
and interpreted on this website; 4.) reference to any significant mythological
pictures on the site; 5.) information on the author/designer of this website and
this person's qualifications and the author’s
reasons/motives for creating this website; 6.) description of the audience for
which this website is intended; 7.) evaluation of the
accuracy of the information provided on this website; 8.) your overall
evaluation of the website and the reasons why you evaluated it in this manner.
These evaluations will be
shared with the entire class (by
sending an e-mail to CLAS2301@monm.edu)
and can be used for work
on individualized projects.
Each of these evaluations count 10% of the final
course grade.
Note: Generally you should choose a website rather than a single webpage for
review. For example, you would review http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Images.html#free
as part of http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/,
not on its own.
III.
Individualized Project
IV.
Poster
Presentation
This webpage was prepared by Professor Thomas J. Sienkewicz. If
you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.
Return to Monmouth College Department of Classics
Homepage
|