Please be prepared to read with rigor, allowing yourself plenty of time to grapple with difficult “primary” texts and complicated historical perspectives on those texts, so that you can give and take maximally. While you are in class, do what you must and whatever is in your power to make our discussion space safe, accessible, productive and useful to everyone. This takes a great deal of energy, I realize.
Attendance and Timeliness
All work must be submitted by its due date without exception, so please plan ahead to get things done on time. Much of your work will consist of building intellectual community through discussion, debate, presentations, and collective knowledge-making, and this will absolutely factor into my evaluation of your work. Thus, although you don’t need me to tell you that regular attendance is absolutely necessary, it bears repeating so that you know this is my expectation. You should not miss any class, excepting the rare occasion of a conference presentation or illness. On that rare occasion—should it arise—I expect you to contact me ahead of time with appropriate written documentation of the reason you may be away so that I can determine what action to take, if action is warranted.
Distribution of Assignments
50% Collaborative Traces
15% Article Assessments (History + Historiography)
5% Ong Study
20% Research Network Forum Project (Critical Nugget + Presentation)
10% Final Exam (Written, Take-Home)
Academic Integrity
It may seem redundant for me to articulate a statement on academic integrity for savvy scholars of information and text, but you should know that I expect you to maintain this, without fail. For this course, you are responsible for reading and abiding by the FSU Academic Honor Policy, and for living up to your pledge to “… be honest and truthful and … [to] strive for personal and institutional integrity” in all things (http://academichonor.fsu.edu/policy/policy.html). Unless otherwise specified, all of your work for this class should be authentic, original, individually authored, and specific to the tasks I have assigned, rather than written for another class. Cheating and all forms of misrepresentation – including plagiarism – can result in automatic failure of the course.
Support Services
The Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) can arrange for assistance, auxiliary aids, or related services if you think a temporary or permanent disability will prevent you from fully participating in class, or if you need our course materials in an alternative format. Contact them at (850) 644-9566 (voice), (850) 644-8504 (TDD), or http://www.disabilitycenter.fsu.edu with individual concerns. You must be registered with the SDRC before classroom accommodations can be provided, and you should bring a letter to me requesting accommodations in the first week of class.
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