Grading All drafts of formal essays will receive letter grades. There will also be a letter grade for class participation. In other words, a bad grade on one paper is not the end of the world. Furthermore, you need to get used to this grading system, as it is the one you will face in most college classrooms. Extensions will be given only in cases of real emergency.
Due dates appear in boldface on the schedule.
Familiarize yourself with them now and manage your time wisely. The work you submit in this class is expected to be your own. If you submit work that has been copied without attribution from some published or unpublished source, or that has been prepared by someone other than you, or that in any way misrepresents somebody else's work as your own, you will face severe discipline by the university. For more detailed information, see the College of Arts and Sciences' pages on academic integrity . Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Margaret Atwood, The Edible Woman Don DeLillo, White Noise Diana Hacker, Rules for Writing Additional readings will be collected in a bulkpack, available from Wharton Reprographics, in the basement of Steinberg-Dietrich Hall on Locust Walk.