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COURSE EVALUATION CRITERIA

SYNOPSIS OF COURSE REQUIRMENTS: 

• Completion of a series of five quiz questions on the content of the course (10% each, 50% of course grade);

 
• Two essays, one on either The Confessions of Lady Nijo or Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu; the second, on either Natsume Soseki's Kokoro or Nagatsuka Takashi's The Soil: A Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji Japan. (25% each, 50% of course grade)

The grades earned on the above assignments will be multiplied by the total number of points generated from the following table of possibilities [131 points available]:

• Regular attendance at lectures. (10 points with five points deducted for each absence);
  
• On-time submission of required assignments: (2 points for each Journal Assignment [12 points total]); 2 points for each other assignment as noted in the course schedule [14 points total]; 5 points for each quiz [25 points total]; 10 points for each essay [20 points total]);
  
• Completion of the entire six part Journal Assignment series (5 points each for an evaluation of "check" or better for a total of 30 points);
  
• Submission of an initial draft (5 points each [10 points total]) earning an evaluation of "check" or better for each assigned essay submitted a minimum of two class periods prior to the essay due date;
  
• Completion of an evaluative essay (see the assignment guidelines) earning an evaluation of "check" or better on a Japanese film chosen from the list of titles supplied for this project. (10 points).