Instructor Engie Toson
Class time Thursdays 6:30 PM – 9:15 PM
Classroom: Boylan 3412
Office: Boylan 4400 H
Office hours Thursdays 5:00-6:00 PM or by appointment
E-mail engie.toson@brooklyn.cuny.edu
All COVID-19-related information is available on the Brooklyn College (BC) website under Returning Safely Together.
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/about/initiatives/initiatives/return/resources/case-collection-form.php
engie.toson@brooklyn.cuny.edu
within 24 hours of class time.This course does not allow for students to Zoom in. If you are sick please obtain the notes from a classmate or see me during my office hours.
All assignments must be completed and turned in at 11:59pm on the day they are due.
EXCEPTION: The case study presentation which will be due 11:59pm the day before you are assigned to present. Assignments handed in late will be marked down 5 points for each late day.
Attendance (5%):
Attendance is expected and necessary for optimal comprehension of the material.
Sending me an email does not constitute receiving verbal permission unless I have responded to you.
Case Discussions (15%):
Blackboard Discussions (10%):
Case Study Project (20%):
For the final project, groups of students will be creating a case study project of their own.
Students will have to choose a topic from the list below (or any other desired and related topics - upon approval from the professor).
Topics must be approved by the instructor by October 20th, 2022.
Students will discuss the following in their PowerPoint Presentations:
PowerPoints should be submitted on Blackboard by 11:59 pm on the day before your presentation (5-6 slides)
Topic Suggestions:
Midterm Exam (25%):
The exam will cover everything we have discussed in class up to that point. In studying, focus on the lectures (what I said plus what is on the lecture notes). Reading the assigned readings will help students prepare for the exams. It will have multiple choices, matching, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions. Missing a test without receiving explicit verbal permission from me personally beforehand automatically drops your grade 10%, and makeup will be given only at my discretion and convenience, provided that there is a good and compelling reason for your absence. Sending me an email does not constitute receiving verbal permission unless I have responded to you.
Final Exam (25%):
The final exam will be TAKE HOME. It will be due Friday, December 17th at 11:59 pm. Any exam submitted later than that will NOT be accepted unless I have provided verbal permission. The exam will focus more on the materials we covered after the midterm. It will have multiple choices, matching, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and short essay questions.
Review sheets will be given to students before each examination.
Course Element | Grade Percentage |
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Attendance | 5% |
3 Case Discussions | 15% |
2 Blackboard Discussions | 10% |
Case Study Project + Presentations | 20% |
Midterm exam | 25% |
Final exam | 25% |
Numerical grade | Letter Grade |
---|---|
93-100 | A |
90-92 | A- |
87-89 | B+ |
83-86 | B |
80-82 | B- |
77-79 | C+ |
73-76 | C |
70-72 | C- |
67-69 | D+ |
65-66 | D |
Below 65 | F |
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The Brooklyn College Center for Student Disability Services is back to working in-person on campus, though you can still reach out via email and phone. Please email them at testingcsds@brooklyn.cuny.edu for assistance.
Location: 138 Roosevelt Hall
Phone: 718.951.5538
FAX: 718.951.4442
Department Office Hours:
Note: Office hours during summer and winter intersession breaks varies.
Students should inform the professor if they have a disability or any other situation that may require Section 504/ADA accommodations. The faculty and staff will attempt to work out whatever arrangements are necessary.
Please provide your professor with your course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with your professor as soon as possible to ensure accommodations are met in a timely fashion.
In order to receive academic accommodations students must first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or who suspect that they might have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell or the Assistant Director, Josephine Patterson or their general email testingcsds@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Center for Student Disability Services (CSDS) Mission:
It is the mission of the Center for Student Disability Services (CSDS) to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access to all campus facilities, curricula, and activities. The program’s objective focuses on providing students with reasonable disability-related accommodations and the opportunity to maximize their academic success at Brooklyn College. The goal is to ensure an inclusive environment while maintaining and enhancing the college’s academic excellence by providing students with disabilities the opportunity to achieve their highest possible academic potential.
Academic dishonesty of any type, including cheating and plagiarism, is unacceptable at Brooklyn College. Cheating is any misrepresentation in academic work. Plagiarism is the representation of another person’s work, words, or ideas as your own. Students should consult the Brooklyn College Student Handbook for a fuller, more specific discussion of related academic integrity standards.
Academic dishonesty is punishable by failure of the “…test, examination, term paper or other assignment on which cheating occurred” (Faculty Council, May 18, 1954).
In addition, disciplinary proceedings in cases of academic dishonesty may result in penalties of admonition, warning, censure, disciplinary probation, restitution, suspension, expulsion, complaint to civil authorities, or ejection (Adopted by Policy Council, May 8, 1991).
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