Instructor |
Peter Taylor, Critical & Creative Thinking Program |
Email: |
peter.taylor@umb.edu Subject line includes 694; File names start with 694xx, where xx = your initials |
Phone |
617-287-7636 |
Office |
Wheatley 4th floor, room 170 |
Office hours | www.faculty.umb.edu/pjt/PTOfficeHours.html, or by arrangement (in office or by zoom at bit.ly/pjtzoom) |
Class time & location |
Tues 7-9.45pm, W-4-170 (Online students join all course sessions by zoom at bit.ly/694zoom) |
Writing Support Group |
Meet during class in zoom breakout rooms or at any time in the class zoom space |
Report glitches |
in online materials using this form (especially important as we transition off wikispaces) |
Syllabus | www.faculty.umb.edu/pjt/694-19.html BOOKMARK THIS! |
Daily writing log | bit.ly/DailyWr (for weekly reports) BOOKMARK THIS! |
1 point for each Weekly update with 5-7 Daily writing sessions of 15-20 minutes each session
1 point for each Weekly writing meeting for support and feedback in groups of 3
1 point for each Submission of an installment every three weeks
1 point for each Weekly writing workshop attended
1 point for each One-on-one conference with the instructor, at least every three weeks.
1 point for each work-in-progress or practice presentation in front of peers
1 point for keeping track of these points and submitting the record during the last session
Sum * 9/8, up to a maximum of 50 points
Overall points are converted to letter grades as follows: The minimum grade for A is 93 points, for A- is 87, for B+ is 80, for B is 72.5; for B- is 65; for C+ is 57.5; and for C is 50 points.