ENGLISH 1B: Reading and Composition: Advanced.  Summer 2008, Section 9585

Online Course Using Blackboard Software (formerly known as WebCT)

Course Syllabus: Policies and Schedule of Assignments

                             

This Syllabus is divided into THREE parts:

A.  nuts and bolts: Contact information, ADA, COURSE objectives, CLASS PREPARATION, AND COURSE DESCRIPTION

B. TEXTS, COURSE REQUIREMENTS, COURSE ORGANIZATION AND POLICIES (including Grading and information about Assignments)

C. GENERAL COURSE SCHEDULE: preliminary list of assignments and due dates

 

A.  Contact information, objectives AND COURSE DESCRIPTION

  

INSTRUCTOR: Ms. Joan Canty

OFFICE: Tamarack Room 209A (2nd floor above library/LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER)

Office hours:

Virtual real-time: Wednesdays 2-3 p.m. and by appointment

Face to face: Wednesdays 1-3 p.m. and by appointment   

 

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME:

E-mail: I check my Blackboard and campus email accounts twice a day, Monday through Thursday, and sometimes on weekends.  Here is my campus email:  cantyj@yosemite.edu

Web site: Go to college home page:

http://gocolumbia.edu

Click on Faculty, Staff and Department directory.  Choose Part-time/Adjunct faculty.  Then type in either my first or last name; when the new window appears, click on my name and my home page will appear.  The following is a direct link to my college home page, which is NOT included in Blackboard, the software program that you will be using to access this course. http://columbia.yosemite.cc.ca.us/cantyj/

You may also email me from my college home page.)

PHONE: VOICEMAIL: 588-5100, press 4, ext. 8404.  Leave a message.

MAILBOX: Go into Instruction Office in Manzanita (near Admissions & Records) and locate mailroom; my mailbox is on the left-hand side.  My mailbox is above my name label

 

Blackboard (interactive class site): Go to Columbia College home page; in upper left corner click on Blackboard; then follow directions.  You can also access this site from my home page.  This site is where you should submit all the discussion, communication, quizzes, and writing for this course. 

 

 

Welcome to English 1B, Advanced Reading and Composition!  You have enrolled in a course that aims to engage you in reading, thinking about, writing about, and exploring literature.  Literature is a reflection of not only society but also of the individual--you--from now and in the past, and literature can also speculate about the future.  Literary analysis is not about coming up with the “right” answer to a puzzle, as you might in a math class.  It is a subjective response to a piece of writing that also includes elements of analysis, and is supported by reference to the text itself.

 

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT: If you have a disability that may affect your performance in this class, please notify me and/or the Disabled Student Services office (588-5130) within the first two weeks of the semester, if possible.  Your notification will remain confidential.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

I hope you take away from this class a greater appreciation and understanding of literature.  You will be thinking more deeply about what you read and will make connections between literature and your life as well as how literature arises from a social and historical context.  Formal objectives for this course require you to produce clear and concise essays of 600-1,250 words that demonstrate appreciation of and a thoughtful interpretation of literature.  You will be able to read and analyze a variety of literary forms of writing, and will be able to use rhetorical strategies to produce narrative and expository writing.  You will participate in weekly discussions of what we have read and will be testing your interpretations on quizzes, short weekly assignments and longer projects.  As this is advanced reading and composition, I will expect your work to show the effective essay skills you learned in English 1A, and expect that you will use your writing handbook for suggestions on proofreading your homework, discussions, and formal papers.

 

CLASS PREPARATION involves three skills: reading, writing, and good time management.  This compressed three-unit class requires 12-14 hours weekly for reading, writing, and discussion components, about the same as for a traditional face-to-face class.  Three hours of class attendance is replaced in this online class with discussion, writing assignments, and quizzes; “homework” includes reading assignments and longer writing assignments, as well as reading Web links and doing research.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

English 1B is a course that further develops your skills in reading and composition based on critical study of poetry, drama and fiction.  To be eligible for this course, you must have passed English 1A with a grade of C or better.  Upon completion of this course you should be able to write longer documented essays and use critical thinking in reading and interpreting poetry, short stories, novels, and plays.  Because this summer class is compressed from 15 weeks to 12, the pace will be a little faster than in my Fall or Spring semester online courses.

  

TEXTS, COURSE REQUIREMENTS, COURSE ORGANIZATION & POLICIES

 

Required Texts:

 

  • Anderson, Daniel.  Writing about Literature in the Media Age.  WITH CD!!  New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005.
  • Strongly suggested: Lunsford, Andrea.  Easy Writer.  3rd ed.  New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006; OR your English 1A writing handbook
  • A novel of your choice: either House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus or Regeneration by Pat Barker
  • Strongly suggested but not required: A college-level dictionary and thesaurus 

Other Required Materials:

Floppy disks, flash drives, or CDs; access to computer and printer and Internet

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

 

There are 1,000 maximum possible points for the course, divided as follows:

1. a. REQUIRED MAJOR WRITING PROJECTS (5)--worth 500 points, divided as follows: 

#1: Character analysis, 500-750 words: 50 points

#2: Short story assignment, 1,250-1,500 words: 150 points

#3: Novel responses (4), 500 words each: 200 points (4@50)

#4: Choice: Poetry analysis or Drama paper: 1,000-1,250 words: 100 points

IN ORDER TO PASS THE CLASS, ALL PROJECTS MUST BE HANDED IN.

2. WEEKLY WRITING ASSIGNMENTS: WORTH 200 POINTS TOTAL

ASSIGNED WRITING HOMEWORK.  Writing is graded using essay grading standards. 

3. WEEKLY ONLINE DISCUSSION POSTINGS: worth about 150 POINTS; about 15 points each week (7 for initial response, 4 each for responses to two other students' postings)

4. QUIZZES: worth 150 points.

5. There will be two optional extra credit projects

I will drop from your final grade 15 points, the equivalent of the lowest or missing weekly assignment, discussion, or quiz.

 

COURSE ORGANIZATION AND POLICIES

 

Accessing the class: log into Blackboard and the class at least three times a week to make sure you are current with course information or changes.  I will contact you by class email or by announcement.  In certain situations I may try to reach you using the email address you have on file with Admissions and Records.

 

Announcements and Other Information:

You may click on the Announcements icon either from the My Blackboard page or from the Course Tools menu to find important information and/or changes.  Also, check the Homepage for information on assignments. It is the first page you see each time you enter the class. You can click Homepage from the Course Tools to get to this page at anytime.  If you click on another icon from the Blackboard page, such as email, you will bypass the Homepage, but be sure to access it afterward. 

 

Course "Attendance."  I expect you to log into the course three times a week to complete assignments, quizzes, and discussions, and to check announcements and course email.  If you have not logged in for two consecutive weeks, and I have not heard from you otherwise, I will assume that you are no longer attending the online class and I will drop you from the class roster for nonattendance.

 

MAKING SURE YOUR COMPUTER AND BROWSER WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH Blackboard:

When accessing Blackboard, you will get a window that will check your Internet browser and Java version for compatibility.  If you get error messages, you may have to update or change your browser and Java version, or use another computer.  You will also have to disable the pop-up blocker on your computer to access Blackboard.  NOTE: If you plan on using a computer at your place of employment, please be sure that the security settings are such that accessing all the Blackboard components is possible.  Many businesses have firewalls and other security measures that prevent full Blackboard access.

In case of computer or browser foul-ups, make sure you have access to a backup computer that is compatible with the course software.   

To become proficient in the course software, take advantage of the many tutorials available; I have put hot links to some of them in the "Read This First" Orientation on the course Homepage, and on my college web site (under "English 1A and English 1B students read this first before you start the class").

 

Discussions:  Each week except the last week you will be assigned a discussion topic.  The discussions are worth about 15% of your course grade, so it is important to participate weekly.  The discussions are a partial substitute for classroom discussion, and will be based on readings for the week or topics that are related.  For most discussions, you must post one substantial initial response to JC's posting (200-300 words) and two less lengthy responses (100-200 words) to other students' postings.  Click on the "Read this first" icon on the Homepage for discussion guidelines within.  Each week’s new topic will appear on Thursday, and you have nine days (a week from that Monday) to post your responses.  The initial response is due a week from the release date Thursday, and the final response is due Monday.  So if the topic is released Thursday 5/8, your initial response is due Friday 5/16 and your final response is due Monday 5/19.

When posting your initial response to my weekly discussion thread, put in the subject area: yourfirstname yourlastname’s initial posting.  Use the Compose feature to post your initial response rather than hitting "reply" to my initial posting.  If responding to another student’s initial posting, use the "reply" button; put in the subject area: yourfirstname lastname’s response to otherfirstname otherlastname’s initial posting, and address the student by name in the body of the message.

 

Learning Modules: (See Icon on Homepage and also listing in Course Tools)

On Thursday morning of each week, the Learning Module for the upcoming week will be released. I usually release only one week at a time because there are assignments that I prefer we work on together as a class. However, there will also be opportunities to work ahead on some assignments, especially at the start and the end of the semester.  Occasionally, I find a need to change a due date. All changes are announced via the Announcement tool in Blackboard.  IF THE SYLLABUS INFORMATION CONFLICTS WITH THE LEARNING MODULE INFORMATION, THE LEARNING MODULE INFORMATION TAKES PRECEDENCE.

 

The Learning Modules include the following components, each of which will be fully explained when you access the Learning Module for each week.

  • Reading Assignments from the textbooks
  • Lessons: something I give you to read in addition to the texts; this may be a Web link or a typed page in the Learning Module
  • Writing assignments (short homework and Projects); each has its own drop box under Assignments
  • Discussions: each week will have a separate topic under the Discussions icon
  • Quizzes (under Assessments): except for the Practice Quiz, you may take each quiz only once, and the quizzes have a time limit.  The quizzes are based on readings assigned for that week.      

The Course Calendar (see icon on Course Menu) is meant to facilitate your planning. However, I rely mainly on the syllabus and the weekly Learning Modules to show what is due.  If you wish to add your own dates to the Course Calendar for your convenience, please do so.

 

PROJECTS:

• FORMAT OF FINAL DRAFTS: The final draft of all your projects must be in Modern Language Association (MLA) format: typed, double-spaced, with one-inch borders and a Works Cited page.  Use correct citation format to avoid plagiarism.  In Writing About Literature in the Media Age (WALMA) on pp. 209-214 and pp. 232-238 you will see a sample paper in MLA format; also, check the Appendix in WALMA pp. 935-947 for MLA citation format, as well as Easy Writer or another writing handbook.  Give your document a title like this: proj#lastnamefirstname.  If I were to submit Project 3, my document would be titled: proj3cantyjoan.  Save your document in Rich Text Format.  Submit electronically in the assignment drop box by the due date.

Release dates and questions: The project assignment boxes will be available for you to read several weeks before the projects are due.  In the Assignment Drop Box, click on the project number and you will see a printed instruction sheet for that assignment.  Questions about the assignment may be posted to me via Blackboard email or you may post it under a general discussion topic (probably other students will have the same questions, so it’s good for the entire class to see your question.  Who knows—another student may answer your question before I have a chance to!)  You will have one optional late submission of Project 1-3 and one optional revision of Project 1-3 (the late submission and revision can be on the same or different projects).

 

Quizzes: Quizzes are online; they are open book and open note, but the quiz is timed, so prior to taking the quiz for that week you should have finished the reading, writing, and discussion assignments for the week.  You will need to have on hand before taking the quiz the textbook and possibly the Web pages inside or out of Blackboard that I have assigned you to read.  Apart from the practice quiz, quizzes will be based on the reading assignments for each week; they are worth about 15% of your grade.  If you open a quiz to take a peek at it, the quiz clock will start running, so please do not open the quiz until you are ready to take it.  You will have only one chance to take each quiz.  If you have a power or computer failure while taking the quiz, email me and I will reset the quiz for you.  Be sure to SAVE your quiz answers and to exit the quiz when done.  Quiz grades are available AFTER the quiz closing date and time, as I must grade some of the questions by hand.  You will not be able to see the correct quiz answers until I have graded all the quizzes.

  

 

Grading and Assignments, including information about due dates, late work, and plagiarism

 

Grading:

  • This course is offered for a letter grade.
  • You can keep track of your assignment completions and grades in the section designated My Grades.  You may also calculate your own progress by adding up your assignment scores to date and dividing by the total number of possible points in those assignments.
  • Everything—writing assignments, quizzes, discussions and other activities—will be evaluated on a point scale. A formula is used to calculate a percent score: total points earned divided by total points possible. Your grade will be based on that percent as follows:

                                              100 - 90% - A

                                                89 - 80% - B

                                                79 - 70% - C

                                                69 - 60% - D

                                                59 – 0%  - F

 

GRADING CRITERIA: You will receive comments and grades on the projects you hand in.  Your grades will be posted on Blackboard and you can view these at any time by clicking “grades”.  I will post midterm and final grade calculations.  You may also calculate your own grade.  Simply add up your scores for assignments, then divide that by the total scores possible for the assignments in question to obtain a percentage.  I reserve the right to enhance the final grade for students whose hard work has resulted in considerable improvement in their writing from the first part of the course to the last, and to students who have demonstrated excellent participation in discussions. 

 

Assignments: Assignments are listed under the Assignments icon under Course Tools, and each assignment has instructions and a drop box.  Assignments include the weekly writing assignments and the essays and novel responses.  There are different views you can choose to view outstanding assignments, submitted assignments, and graded assignments.  Save your work in Rich Text Format (RTF) and upload to the assignment drop box before the due date. Quizzes are under the Assessments icon; weekly discussions are under the Discussions icon.

 

Late Assignments:

I expect your work promptly on the due dates. I realize that life is full of unexpected twists, and technology can fail or be faulty at times. For this reason, I have devised a policy regarding late assignments that I believe is fair to both you and me. Do not BEGIN your posting and uploading at 11:59 p.m. as you will not have time to upload.  Quizzes, discussion topics, and weekly writing assignments may not be made up.  I do not accept late work except for the one late project option.

  • I will subtract 15 points from your final grade calculation, in lieu of dropping a low or missing grade (this action will raise your final grade).
  • You must complete the formal writing: four projects and four novel response assignments.  If difficulties arise with any of these assignments, please contact me as soon as possible by email or phone. 
  • You will have ONE "free" late project option for any of the first THREE formal writing assignments.  Project 4 is not eligible for either free revision or late option. You may submit Project 1-3 one week later than the posted due date; it will show up as "Late" in the assignment drop box.  If the project is submitted later than one week after the due date, I will not accept it.  You have only one chance to use this option. 
  • You will have also a "free" revision of one of Projects 1-3.  Proj. 4 is not eligible for either revision or late option.  The revision must be substantial and must be submitted to me, electronically or otherwise, no later than the posted Free Revision deadline in the assignment drop box.  The revised grade for the project will be the average of the original and the revised project grades.  IF for some reason you have failed to hand in one of the Projects, 1, 2, or 3, you may use this free revision to submit the project for 50% of the earned grade.  For Project 3, which is in four parts, you may hand in only one of the four novel responses late.
  • Recap:
  • 1st time you submit a project late: full earned grade if handed in one week from due date
  • 2nd time you submit a project late: 50% of earned grade in lieu of free revision
  • 3rd and 4th time you submit a project late: grade of zero
  • Failure to contact me in a timely manner will be inexcusable. (See CONTACTING INSTRUCTOR)

 

 

Due Date Emergencies:  Part of what is needed for an online course are good time-management skills.  I give you ample time to complete the weekly assignments, quizzes, and discussions, and you should not wait until the last minute to complete and submit your work.  Also, you should save your work often, and to an external source such as a floppy disk or a flash drive.  Sometimes, however, your browser or computer will time out when you are working on an assignment or quiz; at times Blackboard itself, the class software, will not work.  If you cannot submit an assignment or discussion or quiz by the due date and time because of technical difficulties, here is what you should do:

1) Leave me a voice mail explaining the difficulty, and 2) send the assignment to me as a Rich Text Format attachment in a message to my college email address: cantyj@yosemite.cc.ca.us   If you are unable to use email, then leave me a voice mail with a callback number and I will contact you. 

 

 

Plagiarism.

Plagiarism means copying the writing of others without putting quotation marks around the words and telling your reader who originally wrote them. It also includes writing the ideas of others in your own words (paraphrasing) without telling where you located those ideas. Plagiarism has become more of a gray area since the Internet has become so popular, but "borrowing" ideas from Internet sources without citing them properly is still plagiarism.  We use Modern Language Association (MLA) format in this class, and we will have some lessons on how to properly use this format.  If you have any doubts about whether you might be plagiarizing or citing sources incorrectly, please consult with me. 

 

I also consider it plagiarism when you get someone else to write your work for you or correct your writing errors. It is all right to use a tutor to help you with your writing, but you must use your own words. I expect your written assignments to be your original thoughts as well as ideas you’ve found in others' writing, but I expect you ALWAYS to give credit to others when you borrow their ideas.

 

Columbia College allows an instructor to fail a student if the student commits plagiarism. I have a software program that identifies plagiarized work. If I believe you have committed plagiarism, I will ask you for an explanation. If you do not give me a reasonable explanation, I will fail you, either for the assignment or for the course.  Last fall I failed from the course two students who had plagiarized.

I use a very effective anti-plagiarism program called Turnitin.  

Do not jeopardize your academic career.  If you are unclear whether you might be plagiarizing, consult Writing About Literature in the Media Age or your writing handbook, or ask me.  Here is a link to a Web site that gives excellent, detailed descriptions of plagiarism. http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html

  

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C.  English 1B, Summer 2008, Section 9585: General Course Schedule (subject to change)

 

Please Note:  The schedule is subject to change, and you are responsible for keeping informed of any alterations.  Reading selections are from Writing About Literature in the Media Age (WALMA), unless otherwise noted.  The novel reading schedule is posted on the course homepage.  This course schedule is meant only as a general guideline; the online weekly assignments in the weekly learning modules are the most current assignments, and there will be supplemental readings, such as Lessons, links, or background information, assigned in the weekly learning modules assignments that do not appear on this syllabus.  

 

Overview of writing project due dates:

Proj. 1, Character analysis                    5/26

Proj. 3, Novel: 1st response                   6/2

Proj. 3, Novel: 2nd response                  6/9

Proj. 2, Short Story Comparison             6/16

Proj. 3, Novel: 3rd response                  6/23

Proj. 3, Novel: 4th response                  6/30

Proj. 4, Drama or Poetry                       7/14

 

Week 1

         Released 5/1, due Monday 5/12/08

Reading: ALL information under "Introduction/Read Me First" icon on Blackboard course Home Page.

Reading: Week 1 weekly learning module for ALL work this week.

Reading: Introduction in Writing About Literature in the Media Age (WALMA) through p. 14; Chapter 1 to p. 23   

Writing:  introductory letter (25 points), due 5/12.  See Assignment Drop box for Introductory letter for instructions.  Save in Rich Text Format and upload to drop box.  This may take some practice; you can retrieve and re-upload more than once into the drop box. 

Discussion Week 1: See instructions; post personal information as discussion topic to class and JC (initial due 5/31, responses due 6/3); two responses to others' postings necessary. 

Watch on CD “The Story of an Hour” video clip;

Other: Decide on novel you will read for Project #3; email me the title by 5/19/08 but begin reading right now.  The novel reading schedule is on the course Home Page and in Week 1 learning module.

Assign Project 1: Character Analysis (due 5/26)

Assign Project 2: Short Fiction Comparison (due 6/16).  Hint: get started on this early!  Due dates are compressed because the course is compressed.

Practice quiz

 

Week 2

        Released Thurs. 5/8; due Monday 5/19

Read Week 2 learning module

Read figurative language lesson in week 2 learning module

Read Chapter 1, WALMA, p. 23 to end

Read Fiction goals in Week 2 content module

Begin reading novel (see Novel reading and responses schedule on course Home Page and in Week 1 learning module)

Email novel choice to JC

Writing: Figurative Language exercise; instructions in Assignment Drop Box (due 5/19)   

Discussion question: respond to online posting regarding “Hands”; initial response due 5/16, final response due 5/19

Quiz Week 2

Writing: Project #1, Character Analysis, due 5/26

Project 2, Short Fiction Comparison, due 6/16.

 

Week 3

         Released Thurs. 5/15; due Monday 5/26

Read Week 3 learning module

Reading: Chapter 2, WALMA

Read the Fiction Goals page and the Theme link in the Week 3 learning module

Novel groups assigned

Writing assignment: WALMA Ex. 2.5 p. 49, due 5/26 (see complete instructions in assignment drop box)

Writing: Project #1, Character Analysis, Due 5/26

Discussion question #3: respond to online posting. Initial 5/23, final 5/26

Quiz Week 3

 

Week 4:

Released Thurs. 5/22; due Monday 6/2

         Read Week 4 learning module  

Reading: WALMA Ch. 3 to p. 79. 

         Reading: link on Week 4 learning module for Raymond Carver as well as the narrative structure link.

Read comparison/contrast schema on course Home Page and also in Proj. 2 assignment drop box

Writing: Project #2 due 6/16  (comparison/contrast)

Writing: Project 3/1: Novel response #1 (due 6/2)

Writing: analyze the plot structure of a movie or fairy tale using the narrative plot structure grid found on the narrative structure link--complete instructions in the assignment drop box for Narrative Structure

Discussion question 4: Respond to online posting (initial due 6/21, final 6/24)

Quiz 4                      

 

Week 5

         Released Thurs. 5/29; due Monday 6/9

Read Week 5 learning module

Read Point of View pages in Week 5 learning module

         Read WALMA Chap. 9 through p. 242. 

Supplemental online reading—see Week 5 learning module links to “The Pied Piper of Tucson” and the student essay (discussion question based on this).  I will cover point of view more thoroughly next week.

CD: Listen to Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" on WALMA CD 

Discussion 5: Respond to online posting (initial due 6/6, final 6/9).

Writing:  Project 3/2: Novel Response #2 due 6/9

Writing: Ex. 9.1, p. 229-230 in WALMA

Quiz 5

 

Week 6

        Released Thurs. 6/5; due Monday 6/16

          Read Week 6 learning module

Reading: Chapter 10, WALMA (poetry) (pp. 251-258 are optional reading).  You can skip “Di Great Insohreckshan”

Read poetry lessons in week 6 learning module

         Read WALMA, Boyle, “The Love of My Life” p. 742-753; also, go to Boyle's web page (link in Week 6 learning module)

Writing: Project 3/3: Novel response #3 due 6/23

Discussion 6: respond to online posting (initial due 6/13, final 6/16).

         Quiz 6

 

Week 7

         Released Thurs. 6/12; due Monday 6/23

Read Week 7 learning module

Read Drama information under Week 7 learning module

Reading: Chapter 6, WALMA; supplemental info on poetry

         *View video on CD “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

         Writing:  WALMA Ex. 6.1 on p. 156

          Writing: Project 2, Short Story comparison, due 6/23 Discussion 7: respond to online posting (initial due 6/20, final 6/23). 

Quiz 7

 

Week 8

         Released Thurs. 6/19; due Monday 6/30

Read Week 8 learning module

Read WALMA “A Doll’s House” pp. 667-715

          Read WALMA Ch. 11 Drama to p. 295

Writing: Project 3/4: Novel Response #4, due 6/30

Discussion 8: respond to online posting for your novel (initial due 6/27, final 6/30)

         Quiz 8

 

Week 9

         Released Thurs. 6/26; due Monday 7/7

          Read Week 9 learning module

Read “Antigone” p. 789-814 WALMA

Writing: Response to “Antigone”

Discussion 9: respond to online posting (initial due 7/4, final 7/7)

Quiz 9

 

Week 10

         Released Thurs. 7/3; due Monday 7/14

          Read Week 10 learning module

          Reading: “Trifles” p. 625-635 WALMA

Writing: Proj. 4 due 7/14

No Quiz 10 this week

Discussion 10: respond to online posting (initial due 7/11, final 7/14)

 

Week 11

         Released Thurs. 7/10; due Monday 7/21

          Read Week 11 learning module

Read WALMA Ch. 11 Drama p. 295 to top of p. 304 “Los Vendidos”

Writing: Ch. 11 WALMA p. 304 (top); answer Questions 1, 2, and 3 under “Inquiring Further.”

ALL FREE REVISIONS DUE

Extra credit assignment due (optional)

Discussion 11: Last one.  Post discussion response (initial due 7/18, final 7/21)  

Quiz 11

           

Week 12

         Released Thurs. 7/10; due Thursday 7/24

Please complete Course Evaluation in Assessments section by 7/24.  Final grades will be posted by 7/24.