Exam Information

Requirements:

1)      Midterm examination (30 percent of total grade).

2)      Final examination (50 percent of total grade).

3)      Section participation (20 percent of total grade).

Exam details:

The Midterm Exam is composed of two equally weighted parts: Part I: Short-Answer Identifications, and Part II: Essay Question.

Part I: The IDs on Part I will be drawn from a longer list of potential IDs that will be distributed before each exam.  On the exams, you should define the ID and discuss its significance to the course.  Answers should be 1-2 paragraphs in length.  You will write on 5 IDs that you select from a  list of 10.  

Part II: The essay question will incorporate material from readings and lectures up to the day of the exam.

The Final Exam is composed of three equally weighted parts: Part I: Short-Answer Identifications, Part II: Essay question from the second half of the course, and Part III: Essay question from the entire course.

Part I: Short-answer identification. Identify and discuss the significance of 8 IDs that you select from a list of 16. The IDs will be terms, concepts, or events drawn from the second half of the course.

 

Part II: Essay covering the second half of the course.  This essay question will cover material from the midterm to the end of the course. Expect to draw upon the readings and lectures to reach conclusions, and to use historical examples to illustrate your points.

 

Part III: Essay encompassing the whole course. This essay question will incorporate material from the entire course. Expect to draw upon the readings and lectures to reach conclusions, and to use historical examples to illustrate your points.

Regrading Procedure: If you feel an error was made in the grading of your examination, please follow this procedure:

1. Prepare a written statement detailing the reasons why you think you received the wrong grade.

2. Submit the statement to your teaching assistant and schedule an appointment to discuss your exam.

3. If you are still unsatisfied with your grade after meeting with your teaching assitant, bring your exam to the professor.

4. The professor  will read your exam and give it a new grade (which might be higher or lower than your original grade). This is the grade you will receive on the exam.

Exam Study Guides:

Midterm Study Guide (cumulative list of IDs)

Final Examination Study Guide (with the list of IDs from the second half of the course)