Earning Your Grade

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I realize that if you are like most community college students, you also have other commitments in your life that may interfere with your ability to be successful in my class. However, in order to demonstrate that you have achieved the student learning outcomes & objectives, each the following activities and assessments will be assigned:

• watch roughly 1.5 hours of video lecture online in Canvas

• bring completed tutorial worksheets to class each week.

• complete activities during each in-person class session.

• independently take notes, review, and study lecture and/or textbook content each week.

• complete a weekly chapter quiz.

• submit 1 to 2 assignments in Canvas per week.

• complete an in-person final exam during finals week.

How much time it will take you to complete these activities depends on personal factors such as reading speed, reading fluency, note taking ability, learning strategies, analysis and writing skills. In addition there are external factors such as your ability to find a distraction free environment, setting aside time to work on learning, complexity of reading material, and family or work demands. 

In other words, it is impossible for me to tell you exactly how much time it will take to do all of that, but I would estimate 6 hours a week, which includes our in-person time (roughly 3 hours) in addition to your online assignments (roughly 3 hours). This is more than just a "show up and you'll be fine" type of class—it is much more than that. But I promise that I have done my best to make every minute you invest into my class an important and helpful one - in other words, I do not prescribe "busy work" because I know you are already busy! 

If at any time something comes up that is interfering with your ability to meet these course expectations, please reach out to me as early as possible so that we can work together to keep you on your academic journey and moving toward your academic goals in my class.

Below is a summary of what you need to do in order to earn your final grade...