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ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 8
Posted 4/27/2021 Folks, please note:
1) Test 6 began yesterday, and it will end today at 11:00 pm
2) Please carefully go through, right away, the Homework/Test schedule for the remaining weeks available here.
3) If you need to request an incomplete, click here.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 7 Posted 4/14/2021 People, please note:
1) To give
you a big break, I am making the term paper optional. That is, you do
not have to do it, if you don't wish to. However, if you would still
like to do the paper then after you have carefully read the instructions
for it, send me an e-mail with this statement: "I have diligently read,
understood, and agree to abide by all the instructions for the term
paper." If you do not send me an e-mail with this statement, your paper
will be rejected. The instructions for the term paper are available here.
2)
If you have to resign from this class, then the deadline is in a day or
two. (Check your HUB portal or registrar's page.)
3) As indicated before, although we don't have a final exam in this course, we will have a regular test during exam week.
4) Before you send me e-mails, ALWAYS make sure you go through the Course Clarifications page (link on the left) to see if your question has been dealt with.
5) Homework for weeks 11 and 12:
Week Eleven (beginning April 12). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two items: 6) Test date for Test No. 6, which will cover all homework for Weeks 11 and 12: Monday, April 26 (usual time frame 2:00 to 11:00 pm).
7) Important: Although we don't have a final exam in this course, we will have a regular test during exam week.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 6 Posted 4/1/2021 [UPDATE: 4/12/2021] Folks, please note:
1) Test 5 coming up will be worth 20% of your final grade. <---IMPORTANT
2) As indicated before, although we don't have a final exam in this course, we will have a regular test during exam week.
3) Before you send me e-mails, ALWAYS make sure you go through the Course Clarifications page (link on the left) to see if your question has been dealt with.
4) Homework for weeks 9 and 10 (do not screw up on this homework):
Week Nine (beginning March 29). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two items: 5) Test date for Test No. 5, which will cover all homework for Weeks 9 and 10: Monday, April 12 (usual time frame 2:00 to 11:00 pm). UPDATE: Test 5 (worth 20%) is now available.
6) Important: Although we don't have a final exam in this course, we will have a regular test during exam week.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 5
Posted 3/18/2021 [UPDATED: 3/31/2021] People:
1) Before you send me e-mails make sure you also go through the Course Clarifications page (link on the left).
2) Homework for weeks 7 and 8:
Week Seven (beginning March 15). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two items: 3) Test date for Test No. 4, which will cover all homework for Weeks 7 and 8: Wednesday, March 31 (usual time frame 2:00 to 11:00 pm). UPDATE: Guys,
Test 4 is now available. Reminder: The preliminary score you will see
in the grade center is NOT your final score for this test. The final
(adjusted) score for this test will be posted on your class home page,
not here.
4)
Mid-term grades have been posted via your HUB portal.
5) Important: Although we don't have a final exam in this course, we will have a regular test during exam week.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 4 Posted 3/2/2021 [UPDATED 3/15/2021] Guys:
1) Before you send me e-mails make sure you also go through the Course Clarifications page (link on the left).
2) Homework for weeks 5 and 6:
Week Five (beginning March 1). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two items: 3)
Mid-term grades will be posted as satisfactory (MS) or unsatisfactory
(MU) based on Test 2 scores only to help motivate some of you to change
the trajectory of your test grades--if necessary.
4) Test 2 scores from yesterday--together with an indication of who downloaded the homework--have been posted (link on the left). 5) Test 1 retake scores have been posted. (Yes, the retake only was optional as per announcements).
6)
It is your responsibility, as an adult--see the slide image above--to
be on top of all announcements for this course (you will not always get
reminders like this one) via the class home page.
7) This is an intellectually simple course, but you have to put in the time to do your homework--which is not that much compared to your other classes--however, some of you are not doing it. 8) This course is not just about grades. As those of you who are doing the homework know, the issues we are covering in this course are relevant to all of us. 9) Question for you to think about: What if I prevented you from downloading or streaming the homework on test day? (At the moment this is just a thought--but you are being warned.) ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 3 Posted 2/22/2021 [UPDATED 3/1/2021] People: 2. Homework for Week Four (this week):
Week Four (beginning February 22). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two AV items: 3. Test 2 will be next week on Monday, March 1 during the usual time frame: 2:00 to 11:00 pm. Test 2 will cover homework for Week 3 (see below) and Week 4 (see above).
UPDATE: Test
2 is now available on Blackboard. Reminder: The preliminary score you
will see in the grade center on Blackboard is NOT your final score for
this test. The final (adjusted) score for this test will be posted here
via the link in the left margin after the test is over for everyone.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 2 Posted 2/8/2021 [UPDATE 2/15/2021, 2/17/2021] People, Folks, Guys: 2. While the dates are the same, the time frame for the tests have now changed: you will be sitting for the tests within this time frame: 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Yes, everything else remains the same.
3.
Please go through the Test Instructions carefully available via the
link in the left margin. <--This is also part of homework for this week.
4. Homework for Week Three:
Week Three (beginning February 15). Please DOWNLOAD, view and study (without any kind of distractions) this AV item: UPDATE: Test 1, Part 1 is now available on Blackboard (UBLearns). Test scores will be posted via link in the left column.
UPDATE: Test 1, Part 2 is now available on Blackboard (UBLearns). Test scores will be posted via link in the left column.
ANNOUNCEMENT NO. 1
Posted 1/31/2021 / UPDATED 2/1/2021 People, Folks, Guys: Welcome to your class home page, which you are required to visit regularly (at least once a week).
From this page you will be able to access everything related to this
class, except tests/quizzes (which you will take on Blackboard--aka
UBLearns). <-- Read this sentence again.
Please go through the following announcements carefully:
1) This page will be redesigned slightly in the next few days.
2) The class schedule will be available soon (via this page); in the mean time, please do the following homework:
(a) Week One (beginning February 1); and next week (Week Two, Beginning February 8), DOWNLOAD, and view and study (without any kind of distractions) these two AV items:3) The course syllabus is available via the link in the left margin of this page. Please go through it carefully, so you do not face any surprises. Films/documentaries and readings will, for the most part, be accessible via links on this page, as well as PART A of the Homework Materials Depository (link in the left margin).
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