Syllabus
Summer 2000

Instructor J. E. Seibert

    E-mail: jseibert
    Phone: 3302

Class meetings

Course preview

• Two hundred years ago, Native Americans lived on the land we now call Oregon. Now, in the year 2000, there are over 3 million Oregonians. Who came to Oregon, from where, and why? What happened to the original people of Oregon? In this course, discover the answers to these questions as you improve your English.
• A variety of in-class and out-of-class activities will enable students to work on their listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Students will also take field trips to communities founded and populated by immigrant groups.
• Students in this course will be required to participate in two or three late-afternoon activities and two or three early-morning activities (8:00 to 10:15 a.m.). Class time will be exchanged.

Requirements and Grades

• Requirements
  • Demonstrable improvement in your English listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
  • Active participation in all classes and field trips
  • Satisfactory completion of all in-class and homework assignments
  • Satisfactory grades on quizzes and exams
• Grades
  • A point system will be used. Each assignment carries a certain number of points. Your final grade will depend on the percentage of points you earned of the total number possible.

    • A+ 97-100%; A 93-96%; A- 90-92%; B+ 87-89%; B 83-86%; B- 80-82%; C+ 77-79%; C 73-76%; C- 70-72%; F 69% and below
    • You will also receive an end of the term participation grade worth about 15% of the total points available

TIUA Attendance Policy (See the "TIUA American Studies Program Catalog", page 14)

• If you miss "more than 20%" of the classes (4), you will receive an "F".
• Three late arrivals count as an absence.

Note: In classes in the U. S. at all levels you are always responsible for both in-class work and homework, regardless of the reason for the absence.