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THIS IS THE CLASS HOME PAGE FOR ONLINE 293 SPRING 2023  CLASS


ANNOUNCEMENTS (SCROLL DOWN BELOW)
 are in reverse chronological order--You should go through all announcements since your last visit, as simple common sense would suggest! NOTE: excuses such as "I did not know this was available via the class homepage," or "I did not have time to go to the class home page," and so on, will not be tolerated. In this class, intellectual laziness has its price: a poor grade.
 
IMPORTANT LINKS
[[]] Syllabus
[[]] Preparing for Quizzes/Tests/Exams--Instructions
[[]] Office of Academic Integrity (Discouraging Cheating at UB)
[[]] Template for Budgeting Your Time
[[]] Test/Quiz Scores
[[]] A Sample of Types of Questions on Tests
[[]] Homework/Test Schedule

ANNOUNCEMENT 1
  Posted 1/30/2023

Dear All:
  Course Requirements and Homework

Welcome, welcome to this Spring 2023, 293 Race and Law class. The complete syllabus will be available in a few days.

Meanwhile below is (a) a quick summary of the basic course requirements from the syllabus, (b) homework assignments for the first several weeks, (c) the test schedule, and (d) a note about emails.

(A) Basic Course Requirements

     •    This an online course, but no classes on Zoom. (You must have access to a reliable internet and a computer.)
    •    No required textbooks.
    •    Tests/quizzes will be online. (Test/quizzes will not be proctored.)
    •    Tests/quizzes approximately every two weeks, always on Blackboard (UBLearns).
    •    Tests/quizzes will usually take place per your UB course schedule for this class; that is, on Wednesdays, between 2:00 pm and 4:40 pm--exact time for each test will be specified. NOTE: This day/time cannot be changed.
  • Tests/Quizzes will be available only for the time allocated for the test after it becomes available at the specified time; not before and not after. (Example: Supposing the test is 55 minutes long and it starts at 3:00 pm. It will close at 3:55 pm.)
    •    Tests/quizzes altogether will be worth 60% of final course grade.
         There will be a final exam (final exam will be during exam week), it will be worth 20% of your final course grade.
    •    There will be a two-part test-based term paper project, it will be worth 20% of your final course grade. 
  • Letter grade equivalents of percentage points:   A =97-100   A- =93-96    B+ =90-92  B =85-89   B- =80-84    C+ =73-79    C =66-72    C- =60-65    D+ =55-59   D =51-54   F =0-50
  • All homework materials (films, documentaries, videos, readings, etc.) will be available online. However, for copyright reasons they will be available via a different web page--meaning this page. Do not use your phone to access homework materials and doing tests.
  • Homework, on average, will require about an hour per day of your time (which equals to about 7-8 hours per week--this is similar to doing 3 hours of class time, plus about 4 hours of homework for an in-person class).
  • If you claim that you cannot see a link for an item (or some other assigned material) on your screen, send me a clear picture of the entire screen, end to end, as an email attachment. Reminder: IF there is a missing link (or test or some other assigned material) it will affect the entire class, not just an individual. (In other words, don't run a scam that you cant see the assigned item.)
    •    This course is designed for those taking no more than 15 credit hours total, and do not have a full-time job.
    •    Tests/quizzes will be very demanding IF you don’t do your homework at all, or you don’t do it on on time, or if you do it SWD (studying while distracted). NOTE: Since tests will be every two weeks, attempting to cram about 14-15 hours of homework into about 3-4 hours at the very last minute on test day, will NOT allow you to do well on the tests--in fact, you won't pass them.
    •    You must know how to navigate the internet, including accessing Blackboard (UBLearns). You must know how read text on a computer screen. You must take notes on the homework material, but your notes must be very, very brief (about two or three words per page or scene, as you go through the material--taking detailed notes means you are not digesting the material).
  • Most communications about the course will be via emails as it progresses. You must read your emails from the instructor regularly AND save them in an email folder you must create in your email account. IMPORTANT: See also note below about emails format.
    •    You will be asked to submit a disclaimer that you read the syllabus diligently and will fully abide with all course requirements.

(B) Homework
See link toward the top of this page.

(C) Test Schedule
See link toward the top of this page.

 (D) Updated Test Scores
See link toward the top of this page.

 (E) Emails
To foster professionalism, when you send me e-mails, they must be in a professional format; otherwise, you may not get a response.
Emails must be sent only via UB mail and they will usually be read and answered on the days this course is scheduled. Example of professional format: Begin with “Dear Instructor”;… and end with “Sincerely”, …. Plus, your name as it appears in school records. Again, all e-mails must be sent via regular UB e-mail (and not UBLearns).



 



     


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