This will be our Arts & Humanities 4 (AH 4) or "Adventures in Fiction, Poetry, and Drama" class blog.
AH 4 is a three-unit course that explores "recurrent themes in fiction, poetry, and drama as reflections of individual and universal concerns" (UP Mindanao Catalog). We'll meet twice a week, for one and half hours per session, over a 16-week period.
By the end of the semester, we would be able to appreciate how literary works function as a form of knowledge production in the arts and humanities domain. Specifically, we are expected to have:
We'll start each class session with a short quiz based on assigned readings from these sources. That will facilitate our class discussions and activities, and will be one basis for your final grade. (No make-up test will be given for short quizzes since topics covered will be discussed during class sessions.)
Aside from active participation in class discussions, we'll also do quizzes and weekly intertextual responses to selected literary pieces. Cumulative scores from quizzes and weekly intertextual activities will make up 30% and 40%, respectively, of our final grade.
Grades for short quizzes and class participation as well as intertextual responses will be computed using the following formula: Student’s score (50) / highest possible score + 50 = Grade
To arrive at a particular rating, you may get your individual raw score and multiply it by 50 (the transmutation base). You then divide the product by the highest possible score, and add 50 to the quotient. The grade arrived at is equivalent to the University’s rating scale as shown below:
We'll use a rubric for evaluating intertextual responses. The rubric will be based on the following criteria:
However, grades of papers submitted beyond the deadline may be deducted points for each calendar day the paper is late.
You are also encouraged to work on your writing exercises ahead of time so you won't be tempted to plagiarize in a rush to meet due dates.
Students commit plagiarism when they present as their own someone else’s work or ideas. Such action may result, depending on the gravity of the offense, in a failing mark for the particular activity or course. In serious or repeated offenses, students may face possible expulsion from the university (please refer to the Student Manual for your guidance).
Your rating for class participation and writing exercises will be for nothing though if you miss a certain percentage of class sessions. You may refer to the university’s Student Manual regarding policies on absences and their corresponding penalties. However, attendance also means active participation in classroom discussions and activities. As such, you are expected to take responsibility in examining, exploring, critiquing, and challenging ideas, concepts, and methods and techniques. You are also expected to have completed reading assignments before the scheduled discussion.
And for our next discussion topic, we'll take up Kathryn Morton's "The Story-telling Species" and discuss how writing and literature can broaden our understanding of the world.
Here's to an exciting semester ahead of us!
AH 4 is a three-unit course that explores "recurrent themes in fiction, poetry, and drama as reflections of individual and universal concerns" (UP Mindanao Catalog). We'll meet twice a week, for one and half hours per session, over a 16-week period.
By the end of the semester, we would be able to appreciate how literary works function as a form of knowledge production in the arts and humanities domain. Specifically, we are expected to have:
- Differentiated various forms of knowledge production in the domains of arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
- Conveyed during class discussions and writing exercises an understanding of the processes involved in literary production
- Distinguished literary pieces according to genre, and the literary elements and devices used in their production
- Identified recurrent themes in literary texts
- Analyzed the dialogic relation between the thematic concerns of literary texts and the individual or society
- Articulated during class discussions and writing exercises the approaches and techniques used in reading or responding to literary texts
- Exhibited skills in reading or responding to various literary texts
- Displayed creativity in responding to various literary texts
- Demonstrated an understanding of other cultures in the light of Philippine culture and realities
We'll start each class session with a short quiz based on assigned readings from these sources. That will facilitate our class discussions and activities, and will be one basis for your final grade. (No make-up test will be given for short quizzes since topics covered will be discussed during class sessions.)
Aside from active participation in class discussions, we'll also do quizzes and weekly intertextual responses to selected literary pieces. Cumulative scores from quizzes and weekly intertextual activities will make up 30% and 40%, respectively, of our final grade.
Grades for short quizzes and class participation as well as intertextual responses will be computed using the following formula: Student’s score (50) / highest possible score + 50 = Grade
To arrive at a particular rating, you may get your individual raw score and multiply it by 50 (the transmutation base). You then divide the product by the highest possible score, and add 50 to the quotient. The grade arrived at is equivalent to the University’s rating scale as shown below:
- 98-100 → 1.0 (Excellent)
- 95-97 → 1.25
- 92-94 → 1.50 (Very Good)
- 89-91 → 1.75
- 86-88 → 2.0 (Good)
- 83-85 → 2.25
- 80-82 → 2.50 (Satisfactory)
- 77-79 → 2.75
- 74-76 → 3.0 (Passing)
- 71-73 → 4.0 (Conditional Failure)
- 00-70 → 5.0 (Failure)
We'll use a rubric for evaluating intertextual responses. The rubric will be based on the following criteria:
- Original insight, incisive and comprehensive understanding, and detailed analysis of text (40 pts.)
- Creative use of literary genre, literary elements and devices (30 pts.)
- Creative and correct use of language (30 pts.)
However, grades of papers submitted beyond the deadline may be deducted points for each calendar day the paper is late.
You are also encouraged to work on your writing exercises ahead of time so you won't be tempted to plagiarize in a rush to meet due dates.
Students commit plagiarism when they present as their own someone else’s work or ideas. Such action may result, depending on the gravity of the offense, in a failing mark for the particular activity or course. In serious or repeated offenses, students may face possible expulsion from the university (please refer to the Student Manual for your guidance).
Your rating for class participation and writing exercises will be for nothing though if you miss a certain percentage of class sessions. You may refer to the university’s Student Manual regarding policies on absences and their corresponding penalties. However, attendance also means active participation in classroom discussions and activities. As such, you are expected to take responsibility in examining, exploring, critiquing, and challenging ideas, concepts, and methods and techniques. You are also expected to have completed reading assignments before the scheduled discussion.
And for our next discussion topic, we'll take up Kathryn Morton's "The Story-telling Species" and discuss how writing and literature can broaden our understanding of the world.
Here's to an exciting semester ahead of us!
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