QUIZZES |
Weeks
1-10: Due before Sunday 11:59pm |
10% of
grade |
FORUM
POSTS |
Weeks 1-10: Due before
Sunday 11:59pm |
10%
of grade |
FIRST MIDTERM EXAM | Opens: Monday of Week 4 at 12am Closes: Tuesday of Week 5 at 11:59pm |
20% of grade |
SECOND
MIDTERM EXAM |
Opens:
Monday of Week 7 at 12am Closes: Tuesday of Week 8 11:59pm |
20% of grade |
COMPREHENSIVE
MIDTERM |
Opens:
Wednesday of Week 8 at 12am Closes: Wednesday of Week 10 at 11:59pm |
20%
of grade |
FINAL EXAM | Opens: Thursday of
Week 10 at 12am Closes: Thursday of Final Exam Week at 11:59pm |
20% of grade |
PHILOSOPHY
TUTOR VISITS |
Max 1
hr/week extra credit up to10 hrs |
+10%
E.C. |
GRADING: There is no curve. At the end of the term, the class will be graded on the following absolute scale, with course totals rounded up to the nearest whole number:
A+ 97% -100% | A 93% - 96% |
A- 90% - 92% |
B+ 87% - 89% | B 83% - 86% | B- 80% - 82% |
C+ 77% - 79% | C 73% - 76% | C- 70% - 72% |
D+ 67% - 69% | D 63% - 66% | D- 60% - 62% |
F 0% - 59% |
PHILOSOPHY TUTORING: If you are having
difficulties with the class, please see the philosophy
tutor as soon as possible. The
philosophy tutor hours and contact information may be found
at Academic and Tutoring
Services. The tutor can go over your exam with you and
help you to improve your grade on the next one as well as on
the Comprehensive Midterm Exam. If you have questions about
basic concepts or the study questions, please see the tutor
before seeing the instructor. You can earn extra credit
for each tutor visit, a maximum of one hour per week
for each week of the term, for a possible total of 10%
added to your course grade at the end of the term.
Visits are rounded to the nearest half hour. If you see the
tutor, these points will appear as a number between 0.5 and
10 in the "Tutoring" column (housed in the "Forum Posts"
category for ease of calculation) near the end of the term.
Do not try to get a handle on class topics by reading
Wikipedia or looking for videos on YouTube.
If you are confused, more information
is probably not going to help you. Dictionary definitions of
technical terms or information from less than scholarly
sources may be misleading or inaccurate. You need to focus
in on the information provided in the course and
master it. If you have trouble, get help from the philosophy
tutor at Academic and Tutoring
Services or see the instructor in office hours.
EARLY OUTREACH AND REFERRAL (EOR) PROGRAM: At Lane Community College, we want every student to be successful. The Early Outreach and Referral (EOR) Program is a campus-wide effort to support students early in the term when they first begin experiencing difficulty in a class. If I see you are having difficulty in this class (ex. missing classes, missing assignments, and/or receiving low test or assignment scores) I may refer you to our Early Outreach Specialist. Once referred, the Early Outreach Specialist will follow up with you by phone or email to find out how to best support you by connecting you with necessary resources and helping you develop and implement a success plan, which may include individual tutoring or other services. Please respond to these messages. Outreach specialists have helped many struggling students succeed. Let them help you.
ADVANCED QUESTIONS: If you have a particular issue
from the readings or lectures which you would like to
explore, discuss or perhaps debate in more depth than is
practical in Moodle messages, please visit me during my
office hours. I am also happy to help clear up any questions
you may still have after seeing the tutor first. No extra
credit is available for attending office hours, but the
information you glean there will make it worth your while.
TECHNOLOGY
USE AND HELP: This is an online course.
It requires you to use (but not necessarily own) a
computer, laptop, netbook or tablet or smart phone with access to the
internet. Laptop
and Chromebook loans are available through the Student
Help Desk (SHeD). The
syllabus, schedule, announcements, supplementary
material and resources, quizzes, exams and grades
are all distributed via Moodle. Contact
the Student
Help Desk (SHeD) or call them at 463-3333 for
assistance with all of your technology-related
questions.
WEEK 1: Basic Ethical Theories (Ch. 1), Moral Relativism (Ch.
2)
Take the Syllabus Quiz by Thursday 11:59pm
Take the weekly quiz before Sunday 11:59pm (and every week
thereafter, through Week 10).
Post to the weekly forum before Sunday 11:59pm (and every week
thereafter through Week 10).
WEEK 2: Moral Skepticism (Ch. 3)
WEEK 3: Divine Command Theory (Ch. 4)
WEEK 4: Egoism & Social Contract Theory (Ch. 5)
First Midterm Exam on Weeks 1-3, Ch. 1-4, opens Monday at 12am
WEEK 5: Utilitarianism (Ch. 6)
First Midterm Exam closes Tuesday 11:59pm
WEEK 6: Utilitarianism (Ch. 6)
WEEK 7: Deontology (Ch. 7)
Second Midterm Exam on Weeks 4-6, Ch. 5-6, opens Monday at 12am
WEEK 8: Virtue Ethics (Ch. 8)
Second Midterm closes Tuesday
11:59pm
Comprehensive Midterm Exam on Weeks 1-6, Ch. 1-6, opens
Wednesday at 12am
Grade Option/Drop Deadline Friday 11:59pm (students
wishing to make changes must do so at http://mylane.lanecc.edu)
WEEK 9: Nietzsche (Ch. 9)
WEEK 10: Moral Knowledge, Morality and Controversial Social
Issues (Ch. 10)
Comprehensive Midterm Exam closes Wednesday 11:59pm
"Ignore empty grades" turned off for 'Midterms" category
Thursday; missing midterms recalculated as zeros
Final Exam opens Thursday at 12am
Extra credit added to "Tutoring" column in "Forum Posts"
category by Sunday night
FINAL EXAM WEEK
"Ignore empty grades" turned off for "Quizzes" and "Forum Posts"
categories Monday; missing quizzes and posts recalculated as
zeros
Final Exam closes THURSDAY 11:59pm
"Ignore empty grades" turned
off for "Final Exam" category Friday; missing exams recalculated
as zeros
Final grades determined and submitted Friday
Lane Community College (LCC) is dedicated to
providing inclusive learning environments. The Center for
Accessible Resources (CAR) coordinates all academic
accommodations for students at LCC. If you anticipate or
experience academic barriers due to a disability, to request
assistance or accommodations, contact the Center for
Accessible Resources (541) 463-5150 or accessibleresources@lanecc.edu.