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* Multiple choice
'op scan' sheets are used. Each Student must use a lead pencil 'to
fill in the dots' and code their Student Number correctly. Each
Student is responsible for the legibility of their opscan sheet.
Fresh sheets will be issued any time during an exam. No
additional time is allowed to copy a sheet or make corrections after the testing
period. Failure to correctly code Student
Number will result in delay of results and possible demerit.
The weight of a missed
midterm (10%) may or may not be transferred to the final exam (35 to 45%)
depending on the reason -
sickness, family emergency, jury duty, etc. Documentation
will be required for any absence.
Approximately 75% of testable material
will be from the text and/or posted on this website as lecture notes. 25% will be identified in Class.
** Pop Quiz: analytic geometry & symbolic
equations: name the lines; in words, name and verbalize (read it out) the symbolic
equation. Time - any time during any Class but not necessarily
each and every Class. 15 minutes.
*** Class Presentation will be a five to 7
minute Argument (making a point). Presentations may take the form
of oral delivery of a written work (2 1/2 to 3 letter pages -
double spaced - 12 pt), or a video, graphic or multi-media Presentation.
It is subject to 'peer review' by the entire Class - Instructor and
Students - with time called by the Instructor. The subject is to
be a Topic or Theme drawn from the Course Outline below. The
Argument may be 'theoretical' or 'real world', for example, What
causes the Aggregate Demand curve to shift? Or, What causes
the exchange value of the Canadian dollar to change? A Class Grading Rubric with be
co-constructed by Students and the Instructor. The same
'Form' will be completed by each Student for each Presentation
excepting one's own.
Rhetoric - in any media - matters! The
Art of Argument. What's your point?
Team play, with appropriate time adjustment, is possible subject to strict rules of honourable
conduct. After initial approval the Team will be subject to
ongoing counseling by the Instructor who may summarily disband the Team
setting new assignments for each student.
Cross-Section Team Presentations will be
considered but presented only once.
Individual Students & Teams must submit a
written Plan: Objective, Strategy, Tactics & Logistics **** for
approval by the Instructor on or before the first class after the
1st Midterm exam. The Instructor will counsel Students &
Teams on progress towards their Presentation during office hours and by
email.
Presentations will begin immediately
after the 2nd Midterm.
The student making the best presentation
will earn extra 10% on the assignment..
**** Standard military planning model; terms
to be defined in Class.
NOTICE
1. All
testing except Pop Quiz & Class Presentation is multiple choice.
2.
No electronic devices are allowed during midterms and the final exam.
Paper dictionaries are permitted for both.
3. Plagiarism
& Academic Dishonesty will not be tolerated. |