Sex & Death

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Develop academic skills and demonstrate the ability to identify and use campus services and resources.

• Develop goals and plans related to personal purpose, interests, or values between self and community.

• Build connections between self and peers, faculty, and staff.

• Critically evaluate information and media sources in a variety of formats.

• Incorporate and cite sources accurately and correctly.

Course Grading Information:

Below is the breakdown for grades in this class. If you have any questions, please contact us. There are no make-up assignments or extra credit opportunities for this class. Only the Midterm and Final exam may be turned in late; however, each day late is another 10 percent deducted from the total for up to seven days. After that time, these assignments will not be accepted. 

The grading scale to be used in this course severely penalizes failure to submit an assignment, so students who utterly fail to submit assignments will jeopardize their overall course grade to a much greater extent than students who submit assignments that are of poor quality.

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Discussion Posts	13 points
Foundations Workshops	9 points
Foundations Assignments	8 points
Participation	20 points
Midterms	30 points
Final Exam	20 points

(The instructor reserves the right to change this weighting as necessary in order to fulfill the educational mission of the course.)

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93-100%	A
90-92%	A-
87-89%	B+
83-86%	B
80-82%	B-
77-79%	C+
73-76%	C
70-72%	C-
67-69%	D+
60-66%	D
Below 60%	F

Assignments:

Class Participation: Participating in class discussions is a required and necessary part of this class. You are not only expected to involve yourself while in class/on zoom. Below is my official policy for participation. It is as follows:

• Contribute 10 times this semester for full credit (worth 20% of grade)

Credited activities toward participation. Because there are many of us and we have a limited time in class, I include a variety of ways to earn participation. They are as follows:

1. In class questions (once per class)

2. Office hours

3. After/Before class

4. Email (once per week)

5. Send me an article, with a paragraph long summary, that is related to what we are working on for that week. (once this semester)

 

Discussion Posts (on Canvas): In order to earn full credit, you must create one original post in response to the prompt (between 150-250 words—not a limit, just a suggestion) AND respond to AT LEAST one other student’s post. These should be thoughtful, respectful, and engaging (e.g. not just responding “I agree!” or “I disagree!” but explain WHY)

Foundations Workshop: During the first seven weeks, you will explore strategies on how to succeed in college. This will involve discussions with me and your peers. The main goal of each workshop is to help you and your peers build the necessary skills to succeed at college. This will often take the form of class/group discussions with the goal of filling out worksheets that will be turned in by the end of class.

Foundations Assignment: During the first eight weeks, you will complete these short assignments for credit/no-credit.

Midterms: Each will either be an exam OR a short paper (submitted online). More details to come.

Final: Either will be an exam OR a short paper. More details to come.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.

Additional information and support:

• university policies: https://go.uncg.edu/universitypolicy

• campus and support resources: https://go.uncg.edu/academicresources