Mon, Wed 9:30 - 10:50am PST
Zoom link and password in Canvas
We are trying to doing right by you all - both by staying connected, delivering you useful and interesting content and assignments - and recognizing how much change and stress you are all experiencing. We recently heard of job offers being rescinded, people struggling to pay tuition this quarter. We recognize that makes it hard to engage in course material right now.
Trying to be productive right now
Please feel free to be in touch with ideas about how this course can be adapted for your current situation. For example, if your job offer was rescinded and you want your research project to detail your experiences looking for a job right now, we can explore how to adapt.
There are no formal prerequisites. Your final project may take different forms based on the skills and experiences that you bring to the class.
Per Stanford policy, during Spring 2020 this course will be graded S/NC
Grade breakdown
In class deliverables: 30%
Fact responses: 10%
Research responses: 10%
One or more speaker Q&A: 10%
Final exam: 30%
Final research project: 40%
The final exam will handed out at start of class on May 27. It will be a not-timed "take (at?) home" exam. It will cover the "facts" and "research" portions of class. The length and structure of the exam should allow you to complete it within the 90-minute class period, if you like. Your exam will not be officially due until June 3 at 11:59pm PST, giving you the flexibility to take it another time.
Given this flexibility, we do not anticipate a need for alternative exam dates. Of course, given the extraordinary situation please get in touch if you have extenuating circumstances.
The deadline for the final paper is June 10 at 11:59pm PST.
Submission Procedure
You will submit in-class deliverables through google form links posted in the zoom channel during class.
You will submit your final exam and final paper through canvas.stanford.edu
Regrades
If you believe there is an error in your assignment or exam grading, please submit an explanation in writing to the staff within seven days of receiving the grade.
It's possible for even well-intended students to accidentally alienate your peers. Comments can make unwelcome assumptions that don't fit some lives, and it's also possible for critiques and conversations to constitute harassment. Harassment means unwelcome or even hostile behavior, including speech, that intimidates, creates discomfort, or interferes with a person's participation or opportunity for participation. That behavior will shut the person down in class, and that is simply not fair and not something we want. Harassment can involve nationality, age, color, creed, disability, gender, sexual orientation or any other protected status. It also extends to unwelcome sexual advances. A response that the participant was “just joking,” or “teasing,” or being “playful,” is not acceptable. If you have witnessed or experienced any harassment, please let an instructor know privately and promptly.
For other questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to the teaching staff. TA Office hours are by appointment and we encourage you to talk to them if there is something that has not been covered here or explained in the first week of classes.