Hi Everyone! Okay, this is your schedule for the course. You do not ever get to say to me "hey I didn't know we had homework due" or whatever cause its all here for you from day one.
Please Note: Online classes take a serious amount of commitment from a student. You need to be aware of what is going on, you need to contact the teacher, and YOU need to know when things are due. I make a schedule like this so you can PLAN AHEAD. But I am not your mommy and I do not live in your house so YOU will need to be responsible for following the schedule, asking for help you when you need it and keeping up with your work. Make a schedule and stick to it!! You need to treat this like a job. Do we sometimes not feel like going to work? Yes. Do we go anyway? Yes. Make a day for reading, days for posting, days for writing your answers, days for working on your short papers, etc. and just stick to it. You can do it!! I try to catch students who seem like they are in trouble but please note YOU are responsible for keeping up, and YOU are responsible for deciding if you are going to do the work, and YOU are responsible for dropping the class if you do not do anything. Please know that I can drop you for misconduct etc., but if you choose not to participate you are just going to get an F.
Remember I am FIRM on due dates unless there is a TRUE emergency. A true emergency consists of things like a relative died (and I mean like a grandma or an uncle, not my mother's third cousins' fourth ex husband whom I never met and am using the funeral as an excuse not to turn in my homework I didn't do). OR I was in a horrific car accident and my leg fell off and I am currently in surgery as the quiz is happening, but I sent Maia an emergency email as I was being wheeled into surgery. Please do not assume I will give you a make up and email me two days later with the homework and say "oh here it is cause so and so died". You email me BEFORE something is due and ask if you can turn it in late with the reason why. Telling me after is rude and I will know very likely not the truth. Do NOT assume I will say yes either.
Telling me things like "I forgot" I had a paper due, or "I had to work" is NOT an emergency and do not even bother trying to get me to accept an assignment. What am I saying? WORK AHEAD AND PAY ATTENTION TO DUE DATES! If there is a true emergency please email me BEFORE something is due and I will decide on a case by case basis if I will accept something late.
Please ASK QUESTIONS early. Telling me in the email that you did not understand question #4 when you turn in your homework will not get you an extension. But if you work ahead you are welcome to post questions or email me. And hey if you all want to discuss stuff on the message board before homework is due who am I to stop you! (hint hint).
Please do not give each other the answers, but you are more than welcome to gang together and help each other and plot on how to overthrow the evil overlord professor that is Maia...wait don't do that, but the other stuff you can do.
Also, as an FYI, I normally do not work weekends, as this is when I work on my Ph.D. So while I will respond to your homework submissions with a "got it" reply if you send it after noon on Friday, you will not get a response until Monday morning. If however you do not hear from me during the week within 24-48 business hours, please feel free to email me again.
Your grades will be emailed to you. Please BE SURE to password your email to ensure privacy. If you share an email or an apartment or whatever it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to password your email so that no one but you can see the results of your grades. I do not use blackboard for grades so that I can give you comments etc. to help you improve!
GOOD LUCK WITH THE CLASS EVERYONE!!
Section One
Week One: Aug 30-Sept 5
- Email the Professor at the BEGINNING of the week to say hi and provide her with your email address to be used in class mcunningham@citruscollege.edu
- Log on to the message boards and introduce yourself in the introduce yourself folder on the message boards(please carefully read the directions in the student interaction section to learn how to do this)
- Sign up for tapped in (again see the student interaction button for specific instructions) Chats are held randomly I'll post about it
- Read Chapter One and Two in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Read the article at the following website: http://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html
- Participate on the message boards
Week Two: Sept 6-12
- Read Chapter Three in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #1 by 11:00 p.m. Sunday Sept 12
Week Three: Sept 13-19
- Read Chapter Four in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #2 by 11:00 p.m. Sunday Sept 19
Week Four: Sept 20-26
- Read the article Forms of Address: How Their Social Functions May Vary
- Read the article Language and Social Identity (all articles are found in the ebook reader bottom button on the main page of myanthrolab OR in the smaller book if you got the hard copies)
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Four that relate to the articles
- Participate on the message boards. Remember you need to be posting at least 2-3 times per week every week to get full credit. Its week four you should have at least 8-12 posts by now. If you do not get a moving!
- Turn in Discussion Questions #3 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Sept 26
Section Two
Week Five: Sept 27-Oct 3
- Read Chapter SIX in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Read the article Nomads on Notice from the ebook reader or smaller hard copy book
- Pick out terms and concepts from the chapter that relate to the article
- Participate in class discussion using the message boards
- FIRST SHORT PAPER IS DUE NO LATER THAN 11:00 pm Sunday Oct 3 (REMEMBER PICK EITHER LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL IDENTIY or FORMS OF ADDRESS. IF YOU READ LANGUAGE RACE AND WHITE PUBLIC SPACE YOU CAN PICK THAT ONE TOO IF YOU WANT PLEASE EMAIL ME WITH QUESTIONS)
Week Six: Oct 4-10
- Read Chapter SEVEN in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Read the article Office Work and the Crack Alternative
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #4 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Oct 10
- NO QUIZ YET I'LL GET A REVIEW SHEET OUT FOR YOU AND HAVE THE QUIZ NEXT WEEK!
- There is no chat during midterm week, but you may continue on the message board. You should have approximately 15 posts at this point which is half the posts for full credit and bonus. Remember, if you cram all your posts into the last week of the semester, you will not received credit; you must interact the ENTIRE SEMESTER.
Section Three
Week Seven: Oct 11-17
- Read Chapter EIGHT AND NINE in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Turn in Short Paper #2 by 11:00 pm Sunday Oct 17 You can choose either Nomads on Notice OR Crack and the Work Alternative. BOTH are available in your reader book either the ereader or the smaller hard copy book (this is also on reserve in the library)
- I didn't get your review sheet out to you on time I'll get it posted so I'll give you time to study so the midterm will be next week!!
Week Eight: Oct 18-24
- Read the article Arranged Marriage in India
- Read the article Land of the Walking Marriage
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Take the midterm I'll post days and times on blackboard so watch for them!
Week Nine: Oct 26-Oct 31
- Read Chapter TEN in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
Week Ten: Nov 1-7
- Read the article Ladies Behind Bars
- Read Chapter Twelve in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Understand the terms in the chapter summaries
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #5 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Nov 7
Week Eleven: Nov 8-14 (please note Nov 11 and 12 are a school holiday)
- Read the article The Modern State: Nation Builder or Nation Killer
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #6 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Nov 14
- Third Short Paper is due no later than 11:00 p.m. Sun Nov 14 You can choose either Ladies Behind Bars OR Land of the Walking Marriage OR Arranged Marriage in India
weekly schedule good til here, section four coming soon
Section Four
Week Twelve: Nov 15-21
- Read Chapter Fourteen in the Bonvillian Textbook
- Read the article Witchcraft in an Anthropological Perspective
- Read the article Baseball Magic
- Pick out terms and concepts from Chapter Fourteen that relate to the articles
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
Week Thirteen: Nov 22-Nov 28 (hey isn’t this thanksgiving, why yes it is, so if you support the holiday have a good time, if you don’t hey free vacation!)
- Turn in Discussion Questions #7 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Nov 28 (yes this is a holiday so feel free to send your work early and please note I will be unavailable after wed AM since I am on holiday) If this really stresses you out and you need more time you can turn #7 in late you can have until Tues Nov 30 just remind me I said it was ok when you send them in!
- Read Chapter Fifteen Bonvillian Textbook
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
Week Fourteen: Nov 29-Dec 5
- Skim Chapter 16 in the Bonvillian textbook
- Read Chapter 17 in the Bonvillian textbook
- Read the article Career Advice for the Anthropology Undergraduates
- Read the article Shuar Migrants and Shrunken Heads
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
Week Fifteen: Dec 6-12
- Participate in class discussions using the message boards
- Turn in Discussion Questions #8 by 11:00 p.m. Sun Dec 12
- Get ready to take your final quiz
Week Sixteen: Dec 13-17 (finals week…eeee!!!)
- FOURTH SHORT PAPER IS DUE NO LATER THAN 11:00 pm Tuesday Dec 14 (note the strange day because of finals week)
- Finish up with class discussion on message boards, the boards will be shut down for grading 11:00 pm Tuesday Dec 14
- Take QUIZ TWO I will post days and times on blackboard
TA DA! You are done! Final grades will be emailed to you within 48 hours of completing the course. I have no control over when they get posted in admissions but they should appear as final grades somewhere midweek after our last week. Email me with questions and have a happy winter break and Happy whatever holiday you like to celebrate!