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Course Rules
Reeves Medaglia-Miller, Ph.D. email: rmedagli@georgebrown.ca Please do not use my telephone to contact me concerning any course issues, including assignments, emergencies, or medical absences. I reserve my telephone for College administrative issues. Contact me by email. Dates There is one section of GHUM 1180 that is taught in the Winter of 2010 by Reeves Medaglia-Miller It occurs on Thursdays, from 12 to 3, in room 227A of the SJA (main) building. The
required readings for this course may be
accessed through the course's website (<http://liad.georgebrown.ca/popculture/
>). There is no physical
textbook required for "Pop Culture." While
we may not specifically refer, in class, to many ideas addressed by the readings,
students are responsible for demonstrating, through the quality of their written
work, in essays and on tests, that they have covered the readings
and incorporated the ideas into their presentations.
On test responses, students must refer specifically to ideas and
citations from readings. Conduct "Pop
Culture" is a course in which many controversial ideas and social issues
are addressed. Students are required
to be orderly, polite, and attentive to the views of their classmates. Although
natural "crowd responses" (eg. laughter, etc, when appropriate) are
encouraged, students should not talk when their classmates or professor are
speaking or making a point. When the
person who is speaking at a given time is finished, please feel free to respond,
or to make a new point. Those
who talk repeatedly during lectures or during the showing of films will be asked
to leave and will lose marks, without notice, at the discretion of the
professor. Enter
the room quietly while a presentation or lecture is being given, or while a film
is being shown; close the door gently.
Noise can be very distracting, both to the professor and to the audience;
wait until there is a natural break between class events / enter very quietly. Participation "Pop
Culture" can be a very enjoyable and worthwhile experience.
The class provides immeasurable rewards in many other aspects of
students' professional and personal lives. The
most important thing that we ask you to do, though, is to ATTEND.
It is impossible, theoretically, to participate fully if you do not
attend. Watching the weekly films or listening/responding to your classmates'
views are extremely valuable parts of this learning experience, and will be
evaluated. There
are 14 classes (7 before Intersession Week and 7 after IW).
Students will be required to sign in for the class in the first
half hour and to sign out of the class during the last 15 minutes, at
specific times designated by the professor. Signing
in and signing out are very important responsibilities.
It is not the professor's responsibility to see that you are there, and
to record your attendance. It is your
responsibility to record your own attendance, when the sheet is passed
around. If you forget to sign
in/sign out, even on a day when you are present, you may be considered to be
absent. In the end, your attendance mark out of 14 will be calculated as a mark out of 10. Students who have missed MORE THAN FOUR classes out of 14 will relinquish/lose their entire mark (10%) for participation. Thus, a mark of less than 10 out of 14, will be not be considered, and will be deleted from the student's evaluation.
Contract The professor will conclude that all students who have received these course materials have read them and, thus, agreed to abide by them. Students' later/subsequent claims of "lack of knowledge," with respect to the expectations of this course, will not be deemed valid.
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