Instructor |
Robert Ricketts, Critical & Creative Thinking Program |
Email: |
(UMass Boston) robert.ricketts001@umb.edu (Preferred) bobby@bobbyricketts.com Subject line includes 694; File names start with 694xx, where xx = your initials |
Phone |
(Via Whatsapp) +45-29-800-439 |
Office |
https://bit.ly/BobbyZoom |
Office hours | Sign up at https://CCT694-bobbyricketts.as.me/ |
Class time & location |
Mon. 7-9.45pm, join all course sessions by zoom at bit.ly/BobbyZoom |
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 | CCT 694 Spring 2020 Syllabus BOOKMARK THIS! |
Daily writing log | bit.ly/694-DailyWritingLog (for weekly reports) BOOKMARK THIS! |
Given the teaching and advising load of faculty members, you should not rely on your advisor or reader(s) to do detailed copy-editing of your writing. Moreover, a copy-editing relationship between student and teacher usually gets in the way of dialogue around the content and overall organization of your synthesis. Assistance from some outside party, skilled in manuscript editing, should be arranged by each student. This is well worth the expense.
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.