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Instructor
Prof. Megan Williams (contact: mhw at sfsu dot edu)
Office: SCI 267B; office hours: Tu 3-5 pm and by appointment
Primary sources in transtlation:
Beowulf. Tr. Seamus Heaney. W. W. Norton & Company, repr., 2001. ISBN: 0393320979
Einhard and Notker the Stammerer. Two Lives of Charlemagne. Tr. Lewis Thorpe. Penguin Books, 1969. ISBN: 0140442138
Gregory of Tours. History of the Franks. Tr. Lewis Thorpe. Penguin Books, repr., 1976. ISBN: 0140442952
Textbook:
Rosenwein, Barbara H. A Short History of the Middle Ages, second edition. Volume I: From c.300 to c.1150. Broadview Press, 2004. ISBN: 1551116677 [Abbrev. Rosenwein]
NOTE: You will also need to print and bring to class about 350 pages of further readings provided online. Include printing costs in your budget for taking this course.
Policies
Missed exams, late papers, attendance and excuses
Written assignments are to be submitted in class by 7:05 pm on the due date. Late papers will be penalized one full grade for every 24 hours late or fraction thereof, beginning at 7:06 pm on the due date. Papers submitted four or more days after the deadline will receive a grade of F.
One missed quiz may be made up with a 5-page paper summarizing the readings covered by that quiz, due no more than one week after the quiz. All other exceptions will be made only for emergencies documented in writing.
Behavior in the classroom
Do not come to class late or leave early: it is distracting to the instructor and your fellow students.
Students who engage in disruptive behavior (e.g., talking or making noise during lecture, leaving cell phones on during class, interrupting the instructor or other students, speaking at great length during discussions, viewing inappropriate material on laptops, etc.) will be asked to leave the room for the remainder of the class meeting.
Dishonesty in the form of cheating or plagiarism is unfair to your fellow students and is prohibited by the San Francisco State University Student Code of Conduct. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, copying other students’ work and helping other students to cheat. All exams in this course will be closed-book; you may have only blank blue books and pens or pencils during the exam.
YOU MUST BRING A BLANK BLUE BOOK TO EACH QUIZ.
Plagiarism means using someone else’s work without proper acknowledgment (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism for further discussion of the concept, and more resources).
Penalties for cheating and plagiarism range from a failing grade on the specific assignment to expulsion from the University. All cases of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Department Chair and College Dean. Students are responsible for knowing the SFSU regulations on cheating and plagiarism: see http://www.sfsu.edu/~helpdesk/docs/rules/conduct.htm.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation
The Disability Programs and Resources Center (DPRC) provides academic support services and specialized assistance to students with disabilities. In order to receive accommodation through the ADA, you must make a formal request through the DPRC in SSB 110 (415-338-2472). If you are registered with the DPRC, please let me know immediately so that I can be prepared to accommodate you.
Graduate students
Graduate students must complete all in-class assignments (discussions, quizzes) and write a 5000-word research paper based on primary sources (not a historiography paper) instead of the two short papers. An abstract is due by March 1 either in class or by e-mail. The research paper will be due the last class meeting. Graduate students enrolled in HIST 799 will complete a 7500-word research paper including a historiography section of approximately 2500 words, thus satisfying requirements for both HIST 330 and HIST 799.
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