Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts, or information.
• Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Assignments (writing responses to assigned readings and/or texts)	500 points cumulative point total available

Grades will be calculated on a cumulative basis. In other words, how much of the total points available did you earn?

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
450-500 points	A- to A
400-449 points	B- to B
350-399 points	C- to C
300-349 points	D- to D
299 or below	F (failing)

Attendance/Participation:

This is an asynchronous, online course so there is no attendance policy. Students can schedule meetings (i.e. zoom or phone calls) to review the reading and/or media materials assigned for homework. There may be times when I will pre-record a lecture via zoom. I will post those to Canvas for students to engage. You will be responsible for engaging all material and assignments posted online and completing them by the stated deadlines.

It is not a guarantee that I will grade late work, but you should submit work even if you missed the initial deadline to give yourself the best opportunity to earn credit. There is no need to ask me if you can submit late work; please just submit it. Understand however, that it is not a guarantee that I will grade late work. Just because I graded some late assignments, does not guarantee that I will grade all late assignments so govern yourself accordingly.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.