Your grade will be based on:

1. Mid-term  Quiz, Feb. 29th ; 33.3%

2. Mid-term Essay Exam due, Apr.4; 33.3%. Choose any one of the articles in Best American Political Writing and write an 3-4 page typed analytic essay. Turn in at Discussion section. Check out the following for tips on how to write an analytic essay. http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~tlsweb/TWC/AnalyticEssay.pdf

4. Final Exam, May 23;  33.3%

5. Extra credit. 15% of grade. Choose any one of the articles in Best American Political Writing not chosen for the mid-term and write an 3-4 page typed analytic essay. Due NO LATER than MAY 16. No extra credit paper will be accepted after this date.

Instructions for the essay will be posted on this page during 2nd week of class.

Class Attendance: You are strongly encouraged to attend the lectures because the exams will be taken from both the lectures as well as from the texts.

Make -up Exams: Students are expected to take the exams at regularly scheduled times. Prior permission from your TA is necessary in order for a make-up to be given.

Credit/No-Credit: For those taking course pass-fail, a (C-) must be achieved to receive a passing grade.  Majors may not take the course for cr/nc.

Department Policy on Plagiarism

 Plagiarism, defined broadly, is the presentation of another's words and/or ideas as one's own without attributing the proper source. It is grounds not only for failure of a given piece of work, which could result in failure for the entire course, it could also result in being reported to the administrative body responsible for student conduct violations and being subject to disciplinary action, which includes expulsion, suspension, and/or probation.

The faculty of the Department of Political Science regard any form of cheating including plagiarism as a serious matter of academic dishonesty which threatens the integrity of the assessment process and award of grades and/or the degree, to the detriment of all other students and graduates of the University.

The Department has a unified plagiarism policy adopted on October 22, 2004, which is posted as the full plagiarism policy. A hard copy can also be obtained from the department office.