This course is a hybrid course, which runs from Wednesday, July 20 through Tuesday, August 22nd. “Hybrid” means that there are 3.3 hours of in-person instruction and an additional 5.75 hours of online instruction. This equals the required 45 hours of instruction. Be aware that you will be completing the […]
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Even in an online course, lively discussions are at the heart of an interesting class. These are the main forums for interaction in an online course and are also the primary means of showing your presence in the class. The weekly discussions can be accessed through the main menu (above) […]
Class participation via the discussion board makes up a significant percentage of your overall grade (20%). How to receive full credit (100%) for each weekly discussion board. Submit your first post by Friday of each week at the latest. This is worth 80% of the weekly grade. Respond to the […]
The High Cost of Plagiarism Plagiarism will be dealt with firmly. A student who plagiarizes will receive a permanent grade of zero (0) for the essay or discussion in question. All essays will be submitted through Turnitin, which features plagiarism detection capability. Suspected plagiarism, even if it passes the Turnitin […]
Essay Due Dates Essay Introduction due: Sunday, July 24 (See Week 1 for details). Essay First Draft: Sunday, July 31 (See Week 2 for details ). Research Summary due: Sunday, August 7 (See Week 3 for details and submission link). Essay Final Draft due: Sunday, August 14 (See Week 4 for […]
How to View Instructor Comments on Written Work It is very important that you review instructor comments on your graded essays. This way you can correct errors and do better on future essays. To see your grades, navigate back to your Blackboard course and follow these steps: Navigate to Essay […]
BMCC Grading System A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- F 93 – 100 90 – 92 87 – 89 83 – 86 80 – 82 77 – 79 73 – 76 70 – 72 67 – 69 63 – 66 60 – 62
All quizzes (except for final) must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on Sunday of each week. Quiz 1: Thesis Statements – Due 7/24 Quiz 2: Literary Terms – Due 7/31 Quiz 3: Format – Due 8/7 Quiz 4: Ancient Greek Theater – Due 8/14 Final Quiz: Due Tuesday 8/22 […]
A Message from the Writing Center The Writing Center supports writing across the curriculum by working with students and faculty to maximize the effectiveness of writing projects and student awareness of best practices. We work with all students who have writing projects, including those from the Social Sciences, Critical Thinking […]
Help with Sentence Structure Run-on sentences, comma splices, and sentence fragments are the most common errors in essays. Please review the quick guide below for correcting these mistakes in sentence structure. For correcting run-on sentences and comma splices, review this PDF file. For correcting sentence fragments, click this link for a short video. Sentence […]
