English 251:  Introduction to Literature

Spring 2000 -- L. Baker's sections

Changes in Course Requirements

Certain course requirements have been changed, to adjust to the time constraits we are now under owing to the postponement of Exam #2 from its originally scheduled date.  These are:

• There will be no 60-point paper due between Exam #2 and the Final Exam, as originally required.

• Students will have the option of submitting up to two essays for substitute credit, to improve scores on either Writing Assignment #1 or Writing Assignment #2 or both.  (Originally, there was to be an opportunity for improving only one score.)  Of course, students may elect not to submit any additional essay.

Topics and deadlines for these options are described here.

• There are a couple of additional extra-credit opportunities that have arisen since Exam #2.  Each is worth 5 points.  They are described in detail on the Class Schedule (Part 3) at
  • 13-14 April -- attendance at one of the two performances by Shenandoah Shakespeare Express.
  • 18 April -- attendance at presentation on the uncovering of the Terror Archive in Paraguay.

• Originally it had been planned to set an Exam #3 on the Friday before Dead Week, and to reserve the officially scheduled final examination session (during Finals Week) for a special exam eligible to students who were falling just short of a given grade to which they aspired.  This will no longer be possible.  Accordingly, the Final Examination for the course will take place for all students during Finals Week. 

This Final Exam will cover only the works read since Exam #2, but in the light of all of the critical concepts we have take in the course of the semester.  Consult the prep sheet for details.

Schedule for the Final Exam. 

• There is a session officially scheduled for each of the three sections I teach of this course. 
• Students may, however, elect to attend any session they please.
• If we run short of desks (so that some of those who appear for the exam end up having to sit upon the floor), students in attendance from the section officially scheduled for that particular session will have priority for desks.  Students present from other sections will be bumped starting with the first row, and moving down that row from the desk next to the wall with the door towards the outside wall; thence to the second row, and so on.
• Please note that if you attend a session other than the one officially scheduled for your section, the exam may take place in a room different from the one in which your class met.

 

date	time	where	[officially for]
Tuesday, May 9	4:10 pm to 6:00 pm	Eisenhower 225	MWF 2:30 section
Wednesday, May 10	11:50 am to 1:40 pm	Eisenhower 012	MWF 10:30 section
Thursday, May 12	11:50 am to 1:40 pm	Eisenhower 012	MWF 11:30 section

  Return to Part 3 of the Course Schedule.