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Introduction
Intensification
Science
American Injustice
Global Injustice
The Future
EXAMS
1st Exam, Due Jan 23
2nd Exam, Due Feb 13
3rd Exam, Due Mar 15
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ANTHROPOLOGY 210
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGY
GRADING POLICY FOR ANTH 210
Take-home examinations
There will be three take-home examinations, posted and due on the following dates: FormatEach examination consists of two pairs or triads of questions (four to six questions total). You must answer one question from each pair or triad. Failure to answer all the questions will mean failing the exam and thus failing the class, no matter how well you do on the questions you do answer. Each answer must be 600 or fewer words.
Grading
The instructor and the teaching assistant will each grade half of the students' answers to each pair or triad of questions on each exam. We will evaluate your answers according to the organization of your argument, the degree to which you support your answer by evidence from class lectures and readings, and the quality of your English prose. If you are not a native English speaker, please indicate this at the top of each of your answers. Each answer will be graded on a scale from 0 to 100 points, in order to facilitate converting your grades to the UW 4-point scale. Equivalents to final class grades are indicated in the following table; this grade scale is available in detail on Canvas.
| Question Points | Grade Equivalent |
| >96 | 4.0 |
| 86 | 3.0 |
| 76 | 2.0 |
| 66 | 1.0 |
| 60 | 0.7 |
| <60 | 0.0 |
Exams will be turned in electronically through Canvas. The links to submit will be opened on Canvas one day after each exam is posted.
Section Projects. There is a project assigned for each of the ten section meetings. You must complete at least eight of these projects satisfactorily in order to pass the course. They will be marked satisfactory or unsatisfactory (if you don't do one, it's obviously unsatisfactory); they will not be given grades. If you do not complete at least eight section projects, you will fail the course, no matter how well you do on the other assignments.
In-class writing
There will be in-class writing assignments about half the time; some of those are announced on the web pages and some will be surprises. They will test your understanding of the assigned readings for the day of the writing assignment. You must complete all but two of the in-class writing assignments in order to pass the class. They will be marked satisfactory or unsatisfactory (if you don't do one, it's obviously unsatisfactory); they will not be given grades. If you do not complete at least all but two of the in-class writing assignments, you will fail the course, no matter how well you do on the other assignments.
Late work.
- Exams: An exam answer turned in late on the date it is due (between noon and midnight) will be graded down five points. That means that if you turn in the whole exam late on the due date, it will be graded down a total of ten points. An exam answer turned in one day late will be graded down ten points. Exams will not be accepted more than one day late. The instructor may, at his discretion, accept a late exam without penalty by prior arrangement (made before the exam is posted) if you have what the instructor judges to be a legitimate reason. Otherwise, exams turned in late on the due date or on the next day will incur the above penalties, and exams will not be accepted more than one day late, unless you have a true emergency and written evidence to back it up.
- Section projects: Section projects are intended to be posted before the section meeting, and to be discussed or worked on during the section.
- In-class writing assignments: In-class writing assignments are indented to be written in class. The class instructor may, at his own discretion, accept them remotely by prior arrangement. They will otherwise not be accepted late or remotely except with a medical or other written evidence that you were not able to attend class.