Food consumption or talking during a lecture interferes with your attentiveness and distracts your neighbors. Since lectures focus on the ideas underlying individual myths or figures, students must familiarize themselves with stories and plots on their own. After a particular topic has been covered, students should go over their class notes and the chapter in the textbook once again, to solidify their knowledge and understanding of the material. Students are responsible for all materials dealt with in class and for the readings assigned. There will be three tests of 30 minutes each and the Final exam.
All tests have to be taken at their scheduled times.
Students with learning disabilities who want to take exams at the Disabilities Support Service Office must provide me with a copy of the Faculty Contact Sheet, available from Disability Support Services, by the end of the second week of the semester, and with the Test Form no later than five working days before an exam. No term paper is required. All tests are based on class lectures and assignments and will include identifications of names, terms, concepts, etc. Since grades in all Classics courses are exclusively based on students' performances, you are yourself solely responsible for your grade in this course. For the sake of fair treatment of all students, graduating seniors and those who must maintain a certain grade point average, e.g. to keep a scholarship or to be admitted to an advanced degree program, should not expect special consideration from the instructor but should work particularly conscientiously instead.