Col. Rose Mary Sheldon
Department of History
Virginia Military Institute

 

HI 452W-01 Ancient Greece Professor R.M. Sheldon

Spring 2002

SCHEDULE OF WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

Please note that all these assignments are required to be handed in on time. Assignments due by February 27th must be completed to receive a passing grade at mid-term. Please refer to the assignment sheets on the web for a detailed description of what is required to fulfil the assignment.

The assignments must be re-written until the professor deems the work acceptable. At that time you will receive a check mark on the paper and the professor will initial the assignment sheet to show it has been completed successfully. If you fail to do all the assignments by May 1st, you will have five points deducted from the final grade of the paper for each missing signature. The sheet with all signatures must be attached to the final paper when it is handed in. Five points will be deducted if you hand in the paper without the completed signature sheet.

 

January 23 Choosing a term paper topic _________

 

January 30 Choosing General Reference Works _________

 

February 6 Choosing Books. Constructing a Bibliography ________

 

February 13 Choosing Articles - Using Internet Indexes ___________

 

February 20 Identifying Primary Sources ____________

 

February 27 All above assignments and rewrites due. NO EXTENSIONS

 

MIDTERM

 

March 4 Meeting with the Professor ________   Must be done before Spring Furlough

                No topic changes will be allowed after this point

 

March 20 Writing the thesis paragraph __________

March 27 Outline /Draft __________

April 3 Footnote/Bibliography Check __________

April 17 Writing the Conclusion _________

April 24 Complete draft. Final footnote check. Conclusion check.  _____________

April 30 Final Paper due ______________

 

There is a late penalty of ten points for each day of lateness including weekends.

 

Last updated on 26 December 2002 by Col. Sheldon

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