NCSU Rules and Regulations

Courses for:

M. Fosque
Office: Withers 418
Phone: 513-7034
email: mgfosque@ncsu.edu (best contact)
Class schedule: see individual semester
Office hours: MWF before10:30 and 1:00 to 4:00

NC State University Policies, Regulations and Rules

Students are responsible for reviewing the PRRs which pertain to their course rights and responsibilities. These include: http://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-04-25-05 (Equal Opportunity and Non-discrimination Policy Statement)

 
http://oied.ncsu.edu/home/ (Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity),
http://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-11-35-01 (Code of Student Conduct),
http://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-50-03 (Grades and Grade Point Average),
https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-15 (Credit-Only Courses),
https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-04 (Audits), and
https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-50-03 (Incompletes).

Accommodations for Disabilities
Reasonable accommodations will be made for students with verifiable disabilities. In order to take advantage of available accommodations, students must register with the Disability Resource Office on the third floor of University College Commons (Suite 304). For more information on NC State’s policy on working with students with disabilities, please see the Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities Regulation (REG02.20.01)

Academic Integrity
Regardless of discipline, honest and rigorous scholarship is at the foundation of a Research I institution. Students are bound by the academic integrity policy as stated in NCSU Code of Student Conduct: http://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-11-35-01. Students are required to uphold the university pledge of honor and exercise honesty in completing every assignment. Instructors may require students to write the Pack Pledge on every exam and assignment and to sign or type their name after the pledge. (“I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this test or assignment.”) Violations of academic integrity will result in referral to the Office of Student Conduct with a recommendation of a failing grade for the assignment, and they will be reported to the department head.
 
Writing and Speaking Tutorial Services
If writing is difficult for you, please visit the Writing and Speaking Tutorial Services to review drafts of assignments before they are due.  The Service offers free one-on-one consultation with experienced tutors who can help with all levels and stages of writing.  There are six locations around campus that offer drop-in services.  For more information go to: https://tutorial.dasa.ncsu.edu/wsts-overview-programs/

Career Services for Humanities and Social Sciences Majors
Career Services https://www.ncsu.edu/students/career-services/ are available through the Career Development Center, 2100 Pullen Hall. https://careers.ncsu.edu/ Make appointments through ePACK https://ncsu-csm.symplicity.com/students/
 
Incomplete and Late Assignments
Late assignments will only be accepted in the case of verified/documented emergencies. See the University Attendance Policy: https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-03.
 
Attendance and Absence Policy
Attendance is mandatory and required for a successful completion of the course. Unexcused absences will affect your grade directly. Three unexcused absences will result in a reduction of your final grade by 3 points (e.g., from A+ to A), four unexcused absences by 6 points. Five unexcused absences will result in failing the course. Leaving class early without permission of the instructor will also count as an unexcused absence.
Per University regulations, excused absences must fall into one of two categories: sanctioned anticipated situations and documented emergency situations. Anticipated situations (e.g., participation in official University functions, court attendance, religious observances, or military duty) must be submitted in writing at the beginning of the semester or one week prior to the anticipated absence. Emergency absences (e.g., student illness, injury or death of immediate family member, must be documented by the Student Organization Resource Center 515-3323) within one week of returning to class. Late work will be accepted only in situations where absences were excused. Please consult the following website for further information on University attendance regulations: https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-03.
 
Electronically-hosted Course Components
Students may be required to disclose personally identifiable information to other students in the course, via electronic tools like email or web postings, where relevant to the course. Examples include online discussions of class topics, and posting of student coursework. All students are expected to respect the privacy of each other by not sharing or using such information outside the course. http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/informationtechnology/pdf/REG08.00.11.doc

 
Course Components and Grading: see Syllabus for each course

 
Grade Scale (standard rounding practices followed):
            98-100 = A+    87-89 = B+      78-79 = C+      68-69 = D+      below 60 = F
            93-97 = A        83-87 = B        73-77 = C        63-67 = D
            90-92 = A-       80-82 = B-       70-72 = C-       60-62 = D-

Grading Scale University model:

 
Non-discrimination Policy
NC State University provides equality of opportunity in education and employment for all students and employees. Accordingly, NC State affirms its commitment to maintain a work environment for all employees and an academic environment for all students that is free from all forms of discrimination. Discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation is a violation of state and federal law and/or NC State University policy and will not be tolerated. Harassment of any person (either in the form of quid pro quo or creation of a hostile environment) based on race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation also is a violation of state and federal law and/or NC State University policy and will not be tolerated. Retaliation against any person who complains about discrimination is also prohibited. NC State's policies and regulations covering discrimination, harassment, and retaliation may be accessed at https://policies.ncsu.edu/category/campus-environment/ or https://policies.ncsu.edu/policy/pol-04-25-05/. Any person who feels that he or she has been the subject of prohibited discrimination, harassment, or retaliation should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 515-3148.

 

 

GER Humanities Objectives, Outcomes, and Assessments:

Objective: "Understand and engage in the human experience through interpretation of literature." Outcome: Students will be able to use the literature to find human cominalities and relevance to their own situations. Assessment: Through 6 or 10 required Responses in which students can, without grading but with loss of points if not completed, discuss readings freely with written feed back from instructor. Two exams and two quizzes will also address the extent of attention given to each text. For example: Using an example from the text we read, how does the text reflect the culture from which it came?

Objective: "Become aware of the act of interpretation itself as a critical form of knowing in the study of literature". Outcome: Students will be able to examine their own interpretations of the readings (and films), and their implications in relation to those of other students. Assessment: Using extensive Study Guide questions, students will work in groups to examine the texts (and films) we cover. As there is no one right answer, the process will evolve through discussions which will demonstrate students' abilities to reflect and express their interpretations. For example: Discuss at least two competing interpretations of the text; show with examples which seems the better argument.

Objective: "Make scholarly arguments about literature using reasons and ways of supporting those reasons that are appropriate to the field of study." Outcome: Students will write two papers on the texts we have covered, on topics of their choosing with the approval of the teacher. While there is a broad range of perspectives from which texts can be addressed, papers must confront the text and show engagement in the context of reasoned inquiry. Assessment: Two Papers will measure students' abilities to make arguments about literature using appropriate sources. A sample promt might be from Chinese Popular Lit: Using the essays Red Cliff I and II and the article on Chinese composition, compare the critical approaches of Chinese literary criticism compared to that of the English speaking West. The rubric used is the Freshmen Writing Standards as developed and adopted by NCSU Freshmen Composition faculty.

Global Knowledge Objectives, Outcomes, and Assessments:

Objective: "Compare systematically the ideas, values, issues, cultural artifacts, economic situations, technological developments or attitudes of people from different societies." Outcome: Students will use the literary texts and other materials of the course to compare societies from different areas of the world and flourishing in different eras. Assessment: Two Papers and required Responses will ask students to look closely at the cultures and societies encountered and make connections both among them and between the cultures presented and their own cultural experiences. These observations can be based in a number of disciplines: historical, anthropological, literary, sociological, artistic, environmental, among others. For example from Traditional Non Western LIt: Using examples from the text, how does the West African Mandan culture as depicted in Sunjata deal with strife within the family and between clans; how are these two related?  

Objective: "Identify the historical context of ideas and cultural practices and their dynamic relations to other historical contexts." Outcome: Students will analyze the interactions among cultures and the forces of history that produce the ideas and practices of those cultures. Assessment: In addition to Papers and Responses where these ideas are developed, students will be tested on the vital components of the cultures studied so that understanding comes from real knowledge. In addition, in some classes students will have the opportunity, through oral Presentations, to synthesize what they have learned into an individualized view that gives an immediate, living example of a cultural encounter. For example from Great Works of Western Lit: Using examples from the texts, how are the heroes of the Odyssey and the Aeneid embodiments of the Greek and Roman cultures from which they arose?

Interdisciplinary Perspectives Objectives, Outcomes and Assessments:

Objective: "Distinguish between the distinct approach of two or more disciplines" Outcomes: Students will be able to approach the subject from the perspectives of Literature, History, and Technological evolution using the texts and other materials of the course. Assessment: This first step toward understanding will be measured through two Papers and required Responses where students will be asked to address, though guided Study Questions and Paper Topic suggestions, the intersection of at least the literary, historical and technological aspects of events as a first, analytical, step toward synthesis; observations can also be made from other disciplines such as the visual arts, sociology, psychology or political science. For example from Literature and War: Using the article on PTSD and the play by Sophocles, show how the characters' experience of war illustrates modern assesments.

 

Objective: "Identify and apply authentic connections between two or more disciplines" Outcomes: By looking at the subject simultaneously from these different stances, students will learn how to translate back and forth among them by applying the same questions to each and comparing the modes in which the answers are returned. Assessment: Student will be expected to discuss the events we cover in class from as many approaches as possible, working in smaller groups that will then present their findings to the class as a whole. This will encourage the active step of making these connections. For example from Literature and War: Using the article on PTSD and the play by Sophocles, discuss how the play is used in treatment of PTSD for returning veterans.

 

Objective: "Explore and synthesize the approaches or views for the two or more disciplines" Outcomes: Students should be able to produce their own contributions to the ongoing human discussion of the subject and a variety of modes will be encouraged to this end. Assessment: In addition to Papers, Responses, and Group discussions, each student will have the opportunity to make an oral Presentation on a particular aspect of the subject that emphasizes the complex, multifaceted nature of the events studied. Creativity will be encouraged and the effectiveness of the assignment will be based on how deeply the exploration goes and how convincingly the synthesis is conveyed. For example from Literature and War: Anthropological concepts of the Other can be discussed in conjunction with Japanese oral histories of WW II or with treatment of Japanese American citizans during WW II.

 

Career Center Information

Explore career options related to your major, make decisions about your major or minor, build resumes and cover letters, prepare for interviews, develop internship/ job search strategies, maximize career fairs, and more. Use ePACK to make an appointment with your career counselor -- Jane Matthews or Woody Catoe -- through ePACK at ncsu.edu/epack.  Career Development Center – careers.ncsu.edu.
 

Global Perspectives Certificate

These courses are a part of the Global Perspectives Certificate (GPC) course list and fulfill a portion of the required academic course work. The Global Perspectives Certificate was created to recognize students for their international studies and activities, and to encourage students to continue their global interests both overseas and within the United States. If you would like to learn more about the GPC please check out the website: http://gpc.dasa.ncsu.edu/ or email the GPC Coordinator at global-perspectives@ncsu.edu.

Computing Information about email accounts, printing, using electronic reserves, and other campus computing matters can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials.

 

Incompletes Policy in detail:
As stated by the university grading policy, "An IN must not be used...as a substitute for an F when the student's performance in the course is deserving of failing. An IN is only appropriate when the student's record in the course is such that the successful completion of particular assignments, projects, or tests missed as a result of a documented serious event would enable that student to pass the course." In this class, a grade of "IN" will only be given (1) in response to a written student request [e-mail is fine] submitted to me before 4:00 on the last day of classes; (2) at my discretion; and (3) because of a serious interruption a student's work not caused by his/her own negligence. The university's policy on incompletes can be found at https://policies.ncsu.edu/regulation/reg-02-20-03.

Credit Only (S/U Grading):
In order to receive a grade of S, students are required to take all exams, quizzes, complete all assignments, and earn a grade of C- or better.  Conversion from letter grading to credit only (S/U) grading is subject to university deadlines.  Refer to the Registration and Records calendar for deadlines related to grading.  For more details refer to http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/ courses_undergrad/REG02.20.15.php

Audit:
To receive credit for auditing the course, students must complete both exams and complete major written assignments. For more details on auditing a course refer to  http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/academic_affairs/pols_regs/REG205.00.5.php

 

Note about content:

Literature often deals with difficult subjects. Words can paint pictures that are disturbing in content and graphic in expression. At the same time, reading provides us with a safe place from which to examine such ideas and situations, and our reactions to them. Following the steps outlined in the Study Guide on the course website will allow you to familiarize yourselves with the texts before coming to class; this will prepare you to then discuss what you have found there.

Honor pledge:1 Honor Pledge:
"I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this test or assignment." The syllabus may specify that the Honor Pledge be signed on each test or assignment or that it is the understanding and expectation of faculty that the student's signature on any test or assignment means that the student neither gave nor received unauthorized aid.

The NC State OIED Bias Impact Response Team (BIRT)
envisions NC State as a proactive, restorative, equitable, and inclusive community that equips students, faculty and staff to
engage across differences in dignifying and meaningful ways. BIRT serves the campus community by:

● Offering a restorative system for documenting and responding to the impacts of bias-related events, behaviors, policies, and practices and for supporting affected students, faculty and staff;
● Providing trainings and consultation focused on building transformative and restorative communities of practice on campus; and
● Supporting interdisciplinary, practitioner-researcher led study and integration of restorative practices in the NC
State community.

Submit a Report or Learn More
● http://bias-impact.ncsu.edu
● bias_impact@ncsu.edu
● Register for “Introduction to BIRT” in Reporter

 

Attendance policies in time of Pandemic:

You are expected to attend fully each class session (see the NCSU Attendance Policy) during the semester and actively participate in the language learning process. Regardless of course modality (F2F or OL-SYNC) you should arrive to class early, having already dressed, eaten, gone to the bathroom, and be ready to work. For F2F, we will maintain social distancing, wear masks the entire time, wash our hands with the sanitizer and participate in all of our small group work carefully. Ensure that your attire (including your mask) does not incite negative reactions/emotions. For OL-SYNC, you will need access to a computer connected to a consistent, broadband internet connection, with a functioning microphone, and a webcam that will need to be on the entire class period, every day. Inform others of your schedule so that you are not interrupted and be sure that anything in your Zoom presence will not materially impact the Zoom session/experience. Use your NCSU preferred name as your Zoom name.

(Review https://dasa.ncsu.edu/support-and-advocacy/find-help/absence-verification/ as you prep this section of your syllabus; absence verification process should not be overused) … COVID 19-related absences will be considered excusable; documentation need only involve communication with your instructor. Documentation for other types of excusable absences must be provided within two days of the student's return to class in order for the documented absence to be considered for designation as an excusable absence. (See the "Make-up work" section below, and sections 3.1 and 3.2 of the NCSU Attendance Policy). Absences involving complicated/confidential situations (funerals, etc.) may need to be managed by your contacting (absence-verification@ncsu.edu).