ENL 3251 VICTORIAN LITERATURE
Dr. C. Snodgrass, 4336 Turlington,
376-8362, snod@english.ufl.edu
COURSE RULES AND POLICY
I. ATTENDANCE: Mandatory. You also need to be on time for
those class periods. Being late for class more than once will count as an
absence, in addition to any actual absences. If you take more than three hours of unexcused cuts
(i.e., the equivalent of one week's
classes), your final grade will be reduced one-half of a letter grade
for each class period cut over the three-hour limit. PLEASE
DON'T MISS CLASS!
IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING THAT IS SAID IN CLASS, PLEASE ASK !!
II. CLASS PARTICIPATION: I prefer that you speak up and be wrong rather than not
to speak at all (within reason). THERE IS NO PENALTY IN THIS
COURSE FOR WRONG ANSWERS DURING CLASS SESSIONS. And
if you don’t understand something said in class, ask immediately for
clarification!!!
III.WRITTEN WORK: If not otherwise instructed, you will be
expected to have read the entire assigned reading for the week by the first
class session dealing with that new material. Also, since this is an upper-level
English course, you are naturally expected to produce written work that is
relatively free of grammatical/punctuation errors. Please proofread, because any paper containing
several basic-grammar or punctuation errors will suffer a substantial reduction
in the grade it might have received on content alone.
IV. DEADLINES: All work must be
turned in on time.
A paper will be considered late if it is not
turned in during the class session it is due. NO
LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. If late, you will receive a zero for that
assignment.
V. "DEATH PENALTY" FOR CHEATING:
My job is, among other
things, to teach you how to reason clearly and precisely. Dishonest shortcuts
defeat that purpose and ultimately corrupt potentially disciplined
minds. So my approach to cheating is brutally simple: The first time you
are caught cheating in any form, you fail the course. No second chances.
No excuses.
One of the most common and most misunderstood ways of cheating is plagiarism, which is broader than just copying someone else’s thoughts word for word. You should certainly take advantage of the expertise of gifted scholars, but that does not mean that you can steal their ideas, which is what you are doing if you pass off someone else’s points as your own — no matter how much you may have reworded, reworked, or otherwise disguised the source.
VI. SEEK HELP AND ADVICE: I hope you
will FEEL FREE TO SPEAK WITH ME AT ANY TIME before class, after class,
during my office hours, or by appointment — PARTICULARLY (AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE) IF YOU ARE
HAVING ANY PROBLEM.
My office is in 4336 Turlington
Hall. My scheduled OFFICE
HOURS this term will be during 10th period (5:10 PM—6:00
pm) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you
find that you cannot see me during my office hours and aren’t able to talk to
me shortly before or after class,
please telephone (best) or e-mail me. And, of
course, as a last resort, we can try to set up an appointment for a mutually
agreeable time to meet other than my normal office hours.
I am happy to make
accommodations for students with disabilities. However, please note that
University of Florida policy mandates the following procedure: “Students requesting
classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students
Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the
student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when
requesting accommodation.”
When all else
fails, take a deep breath, concentrate, and don't forget that real learning is
fun. So work hard, but also BE SURE TO MAKE IT FUN FOR YOURSELF!
Syllabus: Reading Schedule
Possible Secondary Readings