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<\/a><\/h3>\nVERY QUICK NAVIGATION<\/p>\n
Ask me.<\/p>\n
QUICK NAVIGATION<\/p>\n
\u2192 I. Aims and objectives<\/a> I. THE CAVEAT<\/p>\n There is a lot of information here below. That is because it is intended to be as comprehensive as possible, in the interest of helping you<\/strong>. There are also links to selected parts of UBC’s rules and regulations (carefully gleaned for pertinence) and to further information sources of and associated with the University: all in all, there is a lot to read. (There may also be Easter Eggs.<\/a>)<\/p>\n The \u00ab\u00a0search\u00a0\u00bb button and the standard \u00ab\u00a0find\u00a0\u00bb \/ \u00ab\u00a0spotlight\u00a0\u00bb functionality may be helpful \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n You are reminded that students are expected to be cognisant with University rules and regulations: this is part of the contractual agreement every student enters into with the University when they register. The same goes for any course and programme.<\/p>\n \u201ctl;dr\u201d is not a defence, nor an excuse, nor generally acceptable at the university level. This is a good and positive thing because of…<\/p>\n II. THE FIRST RULE: WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY<\/p>\n You are responsible intelligent adults. I (O’Brien) expect you to think, act, and communicate accordingly. You should expect me and everyone else you deal with at the University to do so too: this gives parity and mutuality to our academic work and intellectual relations and interactions.<\/p>\n UBC’s motto, tuum est<\/i>—\u00ab\u00a0it is yours\u00a0\u00bb—is a reminder of what a university is and what universities have been for their long history: a unified scholarly community, with scholars of various sorts–from first-year undergraduate students to senior professors–united in the adventure of scholarship. You are as much a part of that as anyone else, with the same obligations of good scholarly citizenship. We all reap the benefits: individually and immediately, and as a larger entity over a longer time.<\/p>\n See further: the Golden Rule<\/a> (via the Wikipedia).<\/p>\n See also: specifics for this course, in the syllabus.<\/p>\n It\/we also hope to provide you with, as a bonus,<\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n What you should expect from this course:<\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n (In proper 18th-century social-contract style.)<\/p>\n You will be expected to:<\/p>\n AND IN RETURN…<\/strong> AND ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n There are \u00ab\u00a0Golden Rule \/ good behaviour\u00a0\u00bb rules that apply to all UBC employees. If you are a teaching assistant, research assistant, or other student worker, this includes you. WorkSafeBC also applies to UBC employees, and indeed to all <\/em>workers in all <\/em>workplaces throughout British Columbia, so it’s worth knowing about, for everyone:<\/p>\n \u2192 UBC information on preventing bullying and harrassment<\/a> back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n A note on marking (for everyone, students and instructors alike). Marking scales should be used fully (0-100%): not \u00ab\u00a0relative to perfection,\u00a0\u00bb nor \u00ab\u00a0in comparison with a native Francophone,\u00a0\u00bb nor \u00ab\u00a0hazing \u00e0 la fran\u00e7aise\u00a0\u00bb ; but also not \u00ab\u00a0being nice to encourage you and because you work so hard and you’re such a decent, pleasant, intelligent human being.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n It is human nature to vary, and so some classes\/sections—and indeed whole courses, from year to year—will vary, naturally, in their mean, median, mode, and range; but classes tend to produce a standard normal curve or a Poisson, and a mean somewhere between 67 and 78%. As in all UBC courses, grades may be adjusted\/calibrated (including specific assignments: ex. if a test is too hard\/easy), but there is no obligation to \u00ab\u00a0curve the grades\u00a0\u00bb (= grade to a bell curve with a predetermined average). (Instructors generally\u00a0apply common sense, and if in doubt consult colleagues.)<\/p>\n For compositions \/ written work with an individual, subjective, and critical and creative component:<\/p>\n Language (\u00ab\u00a0le fond\u00a0\u00bb) :<\/p>\n Content (\u00ab\u00a0la forme\u00a0\u00bb) :<\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n Plagiarism robs you of what you think and what you can learn. Avoid it. Please be reminded that your education includes academic integrity. Unattributed use of someone’s else work (book, journal article, newspaper clip, online material, etc) and other demonstrated incidences of plagiarism will result in penalties ranging from an F course grade to expulsion from the university when the incident is reported to the President’s Advisory Committee on Student Discipline.<\/p>\n This is a part of your formal relationship with the University. See further:<\/p>\n Proper citation is of course permitted, actively encouraged, and a vital part of academic work and indeed any intellectual engagement. It is a different beast from plagiarism. Do consult University policies further on this point; if in doubt, contact your professor and discuss with them directly. Here is O’Brien’s full definition, for practical purposes, of what is not <\/em>plagiarism<\/a>.<\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n On tests (if applicable, ex. this is the case for FREN 101 & 102) and final examinations:<\/p>\n What counts as an acceptable reason for missing and rescheduling a test or exam?<\/p>\n Supporting documentation: what counts?<\/p>\n <\/a> back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n back to the top<\/a><\/p>\n Congratulations: you made it to the end of nearly 3,000 words’ worth of pernicketiness.<\/p>\n It could all have been simpler… yet so very much worse … There is one very last thing, last but not least, the one rule that rules them all and in the darkness binds them. Remember that your instructors love you. We love everything and everyone that’s part of the great scholarly adventure that is university, and that includes teaching and includes you<\/em><\/b>. We are here because we are curious and constantly marvelling; we find students wonderful and we care about you, about your intellectual development and about you as fellow human beings. (en appendice au programme \/ syllabus, pour tous mes cours) LAST UPDATED: 2017-01-02 VERY QUICK NAVIGATION Ask me. QUICK NAVIGATION \u2192 I. Aims and objectives \u2192 II. Expectations \u2192 III. Responsibilities \u2192 IV. Grading criteria \u2192 V. Plagiarism \u2192 VI. Late work, extensions, and making up for missed work \u2192 VII. 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\n\u2192 II. Expectations<\/a>
\n\u2192 III. Responsibilities<\/a>
\n\u2192 IV. Grading criteria<\/a>
\n\u2192 V. Plagiarism<\/a>
\n\u2192 VI. Late work, extensions, and making up for missed work<\/a>
\n\u2192 VII. Missing or rescheduling tests and examinations<\/a>
\n\u2192 VIII.Quick links to UBC rules, policies, and procedures<\/a>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nCAVEAT AND PREAMBULATORY FIRST RULE<\/h2>\n
I. AIMS & OBJECTIVES<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2014reading, rereading, thinking while reading, making notes, rerereading, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014most of this will be short; in a variety of forms; intended to be non-traumatic but intensive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014through a combination of lectures, discussion with peers, and your own independent initiative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014(especially via linguistic geekery)
\n\u2014for this is what \u00ab\u00a0education\u00a0\u00bb is
\n\u2014and a major step towards becoming, in the longer term, \u00ab\u00a0educated\u00a0\u00bb and a philologist <\/em>and\/or philosopher<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
III. RESPONSIBILITIES<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2014regular attendance is expected<\/strong> of all students
\n\u2014unexcused absences and late arrivals will drastically affect your final grade
\n\u2014attendance is one of your obligations as a UBC student: UBC Policies and Regulations > Attendance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014generally behave in a decent civil adult human way
\n\u2014know and act in accordance with University, Faculty, and other applicable rules; and be familiar with principles of equit, justice, and fairness<\/strong>, and their application to everyday life
\n\u2014before speaking or acting, consider the consequences and think of your fellow students (and their possible reactions and sensitivities)
\n\u2014think, similarly, of other fellow human beings such as faculty and staff: remember that your instructor is a person too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014An instructor can only do for one student what they can also do for every other student in the class\/course; and they cannot do something for one student that they could not also do for every other student (ex. individual tutoring). This may mean making decisions that go against a student’s individual self-interest, when acting in the interests of the greater good.
\n\u2014There are some times when your instructor will not be accessible and available. Faculty are not customer-service-bots. They will be unable to read and answer emails while doing other work that requires concentration: ex. while teaching you, preparing your classes, and marking your work.
\n\u2014Instructors are humans and need to rest (evenings, nights, weekends), the better to work with you. Respecting your instructor as a human is therefore also in your own interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014attend class in an active<\/strong>, attentive<\/strong> manner
\n\u2014switch off electronic devices in class at certain times<\/strong>, when asked to do so in the interests of an attentive working environment for the common good (= for you, your fellow students, and your instructor).
\nReasons why: Anne Curzan, \u00ab\u00a0Why I’m Asking You Not to Use Laptops<\/a>.\u00a0\u00bb Lingua Franca: Language and Writing in Academe. (<\/em>The Chronicle of Higher Education <\/em><\/a>, 2014-08-25).
\nIndividual instructors’ policies on the use of electronic devices in the classroom will vary.
\n\u2014think <\/strong>and ask questions<\/strong>
\n\u2014be interactive<\/strong>:
\nparticipate and contribute, this contributes to part of your final grade (ex. quizzes in FREN 101)
\n\u2014prepare for class:
\nhave the requisite texts, and have read (and in most cases reread) them in advance
\n\u2014complete the required assignments
\n\u2014do so without cheating<\/a> or other low, disreputable, underhand, unethical, or illegal means
\n\u2014do so in a timely manner:
\nlate work will be penalized, and will not be accepted at all once it is a week late; individual instructors’ policies may be stricter still. Late work covered by medical or other acceptable official certification is another matter and discussed further in VII. Late work, extensions, and making up for missed work<\/a> (further down).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014check your email frequently, and check this site regularly
\n\u2014keep your email contact information up to date with UBC IT;
\nthis is also one of your obligations as a UBC student, as per Student Declaration and Responsibility <\/a>
\n\u2014courteously:
\nEx. 1: Debrett\u2019s on email etiquette<\/a> and on the conventions of written correspondence<\/a>.
\nRemember that email is closer in form to the traditional letter than it is to the text message: be that personal, professional, academic, or in any other area of communicative interactivity.
\nEx. 2: the Emily Post Institute: Email etiquette Dos & Don\u2019ts<\/a> and Further advice on email and texting<\/a>
\n\u2014communicate in a timely fashion
\nwith your instructor if you are absent, ill, suffer a mishap, and\/or\u2014especially\u2014if this will impact on the due handing in of work or sitting of examinations
\n\u2014exercise consideration and common sense:
\nbear in mind that your instructor will not be reading or able to respond to emails received while they are teaching; nor immediately before it starts because they will be doing pre-class preparation, walking to class, and setting up; and not while conducting quizzes, tests, and examinations.
\n\u2014NB: PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR COURSE + SECTION IN YOUR EMAIL SUBJECT LINE <\/strong><\/span>
\n(otherwise your email will go into a general inbox and be read later; it may even land and malinger in spam)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\n\u2014(as above, the same rules for all of us)
\n\u2014be fair and just and humane, to all students
\n\u2014apply principles of justice and fairness:
\nAn instructor can only do for one student what they can also do for every other student in the class\/course; and not do something for one student that they could not also do for every other student. This may mean making decisions that go against a student’s individual self-interest, when acting in the interests of the greater good.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014listen
\n\u2014be open to questions and requests for further explanations
\n\u2014be patient, non-judgmental, encouraging, kind, and sympathetic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014in class: to participate and be prepared
\n\u2014comment on, mark, grade, and return your work in a timely manner (usually around 1-2 weeks after that work’s submission; times may vary depending on your instructor\u2019s other work, about which your instructor should keep you informed as necessary)
\n\u2014mark justly and fairly, in the same way for all students
\n\u2014include useful and constructive comments as needed
\n\u2014hold weekly office hours (usually one hour per course)
\n\u2014make time to go through corrected work with students, in office hours or by appointment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2014in a timely fashion on any matters pertaining to the course:
\nfor example, composition topics will be emailed between one and two weeks before their due date
\n\u2014read email regularly in usual working hours:
\nMonday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (except when incompatible with work, ex. while preparing classes, teaching, and marking)
\n\u2014respond to your emails as soon as possible; usually within a couple of days (but if you email between Friday evening and Sunday evening or on public holidays: then on Monday or the next working day), sooner depending on the urgency of the matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n\u2192 UBC Respectful Environment Statement<\/a>
\n\u2192 other pertinent UBC policy documents<\/a> and links to WorkSafeBC resources<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n![\"z\u00e9ro](\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/fren101\/files\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-06-05-at-10.39.30-AM-225x300.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nIV. GRADING CRITERIA<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2192 stick your neck out: be brave! be bold! be beautiful!<\/li>\n
\n\u2192 let your hair down: be witty! be wild! be wise!<\/li>\n\n
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\nThis next bit IS IMPORTANT AND APPLIES TO ALL FRENCH\u2014AND INDEED ALL UBC\u2014COURSES!<\/em><\/p>\nV. ON PLAGIARISM: IMPORTANT:<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nVIII. MISSING OR RESCHEDULING TESTS & EXAMINATIONS<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nVIII. SOME QUICK LINKS FOR UBC RULES, POLICIES, & PROCEDURES<\/h2>\n
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\n\u2192 their overview
\n<\/a>\u2192 fairness info sheet<\/a>, fairness toolkits & other resources<\/a>
\n\u2192 their FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n
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<\/a>Source: Ask the Past<\/a>
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\nJane E. Dmochowski, \u00ab\u00a010 Things This Instructor Loves\u00a0\u00bb (The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/i>, 2015-08-19): click here to read on, including full details of these \u00ab\u00a010 Things\u00a0\u00bb … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"