Policies:
Incomplete Policy: Students who believe their situation justifies it may apply for an incomplete following the process outlined in the Masters Student Handbook.
Writing Lab: The Writing Center in Iliff’s Taylor Library is a great resource. They will help you clarify and develop your argument and provide feedback on a draft. If you have concerns about your writing or have been out of school for some time we particularly encourage you to consider taking advantage of this resource.
Inclusive Language: It is expected that all course participants will use inclusive language in speaking and writing, and will use terms that do not create barriers to classroom community.
Pass/Fail: Masters students wishing to take the class pass/fail should discuss this with the instructor by the second class session.
Notification of Academic Integrity Standards: (from the Master’s Student Handbook)
Academic integrity lies at the foundation of academic progress. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, acts of fraud and deception on an examination or class assignment, acts of forgery or unauthorized alteration of any official academic record or document and attempt to gain credit for work that one has plagiarized from the work of another person. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated in this course or any other at Iliff School of Theology and there are serious consequences to students who engage in it.
For more information on these and other rules regarding academic progress at Iliff consult the Master’s Student Handbook available on My Iliff.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs. Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations. The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146.
Degree Learning Goals: Please take some time to look over the Professional Degree Learning Goals (MDiv, MASC, MAPSC) and the Academic Degree Learning Goals (MTS, MA).
Requirements and assignments:
Participation: This course includes experiential elements that make your consistent presence necessary. To be fully present you need to have done the assigned reading identified in the syllabus and come prepared to participate in the class discussion. (25% of final grade)
Readings: Essays and book chapters are listed below under the week they are due. Readings will be posted in Canvas with one exception. You need to purchase Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel, Maus for session three. It is available from Amazon at the link below or from other sources.
http://www.amazon.com/Maus-Survivors-Father-Bleeds-History/dp/0394747232/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1432225912&sr=8-2&keywords=maus
Assignments:
You will be graded for participation and on three additional assignments. To focus your assignments we ask you to choose one of the three foci or themes of the course (image, spaces and material objects, or practices) and to build your assignments around this theme or foci.
A note about Writing: An Iliff paper should typically be double spaced and in a readable 12 point type. Its language should be more formal than casual discourse. You should footnote your sources (whether directly quoted or not) and carefully set quotations off from your own work. There a variety of styles for academic style and notation. We are happy for you to use any of them as long as you are consistent. If you would like a useful guide you might use Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers.
The Writing Center in Iliff’s Taylor Library is a great resource. They will help you clarify and develop your argument and provide feedback on a draft. If you have concerns about your writing or have been out of school for some time we particularly encourage you to consider taking advantage of this resource.
Grades: There are 100 total points available for this course, 25 for participation, and 25 for each of the three assignments described above. The grading scale is as follows:
A: 25
A-: 23
B+: 22
B: 21
B-: 20
C+:19
C: 18
C-: 17
D: 15
Date | Day | Details | |
Sep 14, 2015 | Mon | Week 1: Introductions; Review of Syllabus; Images, Spaces, and Objects | due by 06:59PM |
Sep 21, 2015 | Mon | Week 2: Forms and Functions of Religion and Knowledge | due by 06:59PM |
Sep 28, 2015 | Mon | Week 3: Image and Its Power | due by 06:59PM |
Oct 05, 2015 | Mon | Week 4: Creed, Practice, and Syncretism | due by 06:59PM |
Oct 12, 2015 | Mon | Week 5: Space and Material | due by 06:59PM |
Oct 19, 2015 | Mon | Week 6: Pilgrimage and Ritual | due by 06:59PM |
Oct 26, 2015 | Mon | Week 7: Space, Image, Practice | due by 06:59PM |
Nov 02, 2015 | Mon | Week 8: Spaces, Images, and Practices of the Dead | due by 07:59PM |
Nov 09, 2015 | Mon | Week 9: Iliff Past, Present, and Future | due by 07:59PM |
Nov 16, 2015 | Mon | Week 10: Closing and Student Presentations | due by 07:59PM |