-RU101-

Beginning Russian

Fall Semester, 2003

Course Requirements:

Attendance - You must attend all classes.

• If you are well prepared, have done the assignment conscientiously, and participate enthusiastically you will receive a 5.
• If one of those qualities is missing you will receive a 4.
• A 3 is given if you are not well prepared or do not particpate enthusiastically.
• A 2 is given for a complete failure to prepare.
• If you fail to prepare and do not participate you will receive a 1.
• Even if you haven't done the assignment it is to your advantage to attend class, for an absence is given a 0.
• You will be permitted to drop the lowest three grades for class participation. Beyond those three only medical excuses can be considered.

Late Work is not an option in this course. You must keep pace!

Homework should be exemplary, written in a script any Russian could be proud of.

• Neat work with five or fewer errors is a 5.
• Fewer than 10 errors is a 4.
• More than 10 is a 3.
• A homework that fails to indicate sufficient effort or care to detail will be given a 1 and must be rewritten.

Tests and Exams - Regular exams will be given at the end of each section. The final counts as one exam. In addition, if it is better than your average grade, it can count as an additional grade in place of your worst exam.

Makeup - permitted only for medical reasons or personal emergencies

Cheating - Plagiarism - Much of the work of the course depends on group efforts and interactions. Asking someone for assistance is an intelligent way to do good work. However, representing someone else's work as your own is academically dishonest and is not tolerated at Middlebury. When in doubt, give credit to others involved in your work, and cite that assistance at the bottom of the assignment. Ex. "Olya helped me with numbers two and three," or "Sasha and I worked together on this assignment."

Student Evaluation:

Grades are based on active and consistent participation, regular and on time completion of asssignments, and oral and written evaluations during quizzes and exams.

Composition of Grades: