You will need to telephone me when you have problems relating to examinations or prolonged class absence. Please place the call to NVCC during any of my scheduled office hours (703-845-6357). If an emergency should develop, I do not mind you calling me at home-- (202-546-7510). NVCC will not give you my home telephone number.  My e-mail address is jebraden@nvcc.edu

LIBRARY
The NVCC Library of the Alexandria Campus is located on the second floor of the Bisdorf Building. Annandale Campus Library is located in the Goodwin Building. Required reading material will be sent to other participating campuses. Check at your library circulation desk for library hours. Assigned reading material not found in the text will be placed on Closed Reserve and kept at the Library Circulation Desk. Closed Reserve permits maximum student accessibility to limited material. Closed Reserve audio-visual material must be used in the Library.
The NVCC Library Catalog and many other indexes and databases are available on the NVCC Libraries Home Page  There is also an online library tutorial on the Home Page which provides instruction and practice in the use of library resources. Librarians are available to assist you at the Reference Desk. An NVCC student Id/library card is required to borrow materials.

EXAMINATIONS
During the semester you will be expected to complete three examinations. The first examination will be taken during the fifth  week of the semester and will cover all class lectures, discussions, library assignments, handouts, and textbook material dealing with material covered during the first four weeks. The second examination covers the next several weeks of study and will be taken during the tenth  week of the semester.   The third examination is scheduled on your syllabus.
Each examination contains at least three sections (multiple choice questions, identification items, essays, short answer questions, etc.). All grades received are equal when calculating the final grade. For example, the grade of "B" on the essay is equal to the grade of "B" received on multiple choice or identification items. At the end of the semester all grades will be converted to their mathematical equivalents and divided by the number of grades received.

RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION

1.  No notes

2.  No books

3.  No helpful friends

EXAMINATION BOOK
You will need three examination books, three Scantron Sheets, and one No. 2 lead pencil. which can be purchased,   These items can be purchased at the  Campus Bookstore.

Do not place your name on the Examination Book. You will not use the Examination Book that you purchased--it will be exchanged for another.

ABOUT THE EXAMINATIONS--REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE THREE EXAMS, ONE PAPER, AND TWO PROJECTS. IF YOU DO NOT ACHIEVE THE DESIRED MARK ON YOUR FIRST EXAM, YOU STILL HAVE STILL HAVE MORE THAN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN AN EXCELLENT GRADE.

RESEARCH PAPER
If you elected to complete a paper an individual consultation with your instructor should be scheduled before the end of the THIRD week. The paper must be turned in to your instructor the TWELFTH week of the semester.
Papers not conforming to approved form will lose points. Style will follow the proposed procedures for footnoting and bibliography suggested in Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations or any other acceptable college style manual.    Information on how to document material from electronic sources may be found at "Best of the Web" on the NVCC Libraries Home Page; select "Citing Electronic Sources" Also, Jud Sage (NVCC, Alexandria Campus) has an excellent Web page.   You will find his information on writing a formal paper with information on citing books, pamphlets, interviews, and material taken from the "Net."  Once you have a rought draft of your paper, it would be a good idea to take it to the Campus Writing Center for suggestions.
All papers must be computer generated or typewritten with reasonably dark print, a heavier weight paper, double-spaced, no less than six pages nor more than ten pages, proof-read without a disfiguring number of corrections on any given page.
Content of the paper must reveal evidence of analytical and critical consideration of the topic and sources. Your sources must include books, periodical articles, and Internet sources.

BOOK REVIEWS
A student may choose to write two book reviews rather than a research paper. Any book considered for review by a student must have the prior approval by the instructor. Generally, the form of the book review is as follows:

I.    Who the author is or was (consult standard biographical reference works in the library). This is to be answered in a few comprehensive sentences. For example:

Jonathan Spence is a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1965. Professor Spence has written many books on China including such works as The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, The Gate of Heavenly Peach, The Death of Woman Wang, and The Search for Modern China .

II. What was the author's objective in writing the volume? This information is usually found in the Forward or Preface of the book.

III. What materials did the author used in writing the book? Check the Bibliography for Primary and Secondary Source works. Do you know the difference between primary and secondary sources?

All book reviews must be computer-generated or typewritten with reasonably dark print on heavier paper, double-spaced, no less than six pages, proof-read without a disfiguring number of corrections on any given page.

All book reviews must be turned in to the instructor by the fourteenth week of the semester.

GRADING CRITERIA, IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, FOR BOOK REVIEWS AND PAPERS

1.  Command of material

2.  Ability to think originally

3.  Clarity (if you can't say it, you don't know it.

4.  Interest

5.  Ability to write English

The written project is 25 points of the final grade.

FINAL GRADE REPORT TO A&R
The final grade will be calculated from three activities--the three examinations points), the cultural projects, and the written project .  All students are required to complete the three examinations and the projects in order to receive a grade.  It is not possible to earn an "A" without completing a paper!

A student, given extenuating circumstances, can be given an "I." Please note that an "I" must be completed prior to the end of the next semester. For example, an "I" received at the end of the Fall Semester must be completed prior to the end of the Spring Semester. There is a college form that must be signed by both the teacher and the student before the letter "I" can be given.