Fall 2013 Courses Evaluation-Breakdown
FINAL GRADES
History of Venice
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class discussions
40% Research paper
Italian Contemporary History
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class
40% Final research paper
Italian for Foreigners
Evaluation
30% Class performance (participation and attendance). Class will involve much student-student and student-instructor interaction in more open-ended conversation.
The quality of interaction will have a significant effect on the course grade.
20% Homework. Effort and enthusiasm will count as much as accuracy in preparation.
20% Mid-term exam;
20% Final exam (oral and written);
10% Final working paper
During classes, students will produce some written documents concerning their own experience in Venice as a foreign student (e.g. small Venice guide for foreign students).
Art and Architecture in Renaissance Venice
Evaluation
10% in-class participation
50% written submission and seminar presentation
40% final paper
Globalization and Cultural Heritage
Evaluation
50% Team project: themes analyzed during classes
50% Paper
Training in UNESCO World Heritage Studies
Evaluation
20% Participation
30% General preparation concerning Modules 1-2
50% Student written contribution to the “Venice Nomination exercise”
Architectural and Urban Heritage. Venice before and after the collapse of the Republic
Evaluation
40% Writing a paper on a subject included in one of the four modules
40% Speaking on all the themes and readings treated in the class work
20% Attendance of classes and guided visits
Digital Tools for Humanities
Evaluation
60% Oral presentations and participation in class
40% Final applicative presentation
New Technologies, Cultural Heritage and the Urban Experience
Evaluation
30% One presentation
20% One essay on observation and research
10% One essay on group work and discussion
40% Final research essay
Managing Heritage Cities in the Era of Global Tourism
Evaluation
30% One presentation
20% One essay on observations and research
10% One essay on group work and discussion
40% Final research essay
Drama and Dramaturgy in the Age of Globalization: The German and British Paradigms
Evaluation
30% Full attendance, and thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and/or criticism)
70% Final exam
Re-contextualizing Dramas in Different Cultures. The case of Ibsen
Evaluation
25% Full attendance, thorough acquaintance with the weekly prescribed texts (play and criticism), participation
25% Short mid-term paper (up to 7 double-spaced pages) presented in class or submitted in writing
50% Final paper (a developed version of the short paper – up to 15 double-spaced pages, including notes and bibliography)
Visual Representation and the Cultural Other
Evaluation
Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:
1)write the minutes of a single session
2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom
3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic
4)presentation of the group reportage
Eating and Drinking from a (trans-)Cultural Point of View
Evaluation
Each students has to fulfill three tasks once in the semester:
1)write the minutes of a single session
2)read an addition text on a specific theme and make a 10-minute presentation in the classroom
3)write a 12-15 page paper on a chosen topic
4)power point presentation of the group research project
Mask and Masquerade in Venice and Beyond
Evaluation
20% Two short papers
30% Class participation
10% Final Exam
40% Research project
Travelling Cultures: The Ethnographic Gaze in the Eighteenth Century and Now
Evaluation
60% Three short papers averaged or two longer papers averaged
25% Class participation
15% Final Exam
Beauty and Ugliness in Western Art through the Centuries
Evaluation
30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class
30% Performance and individual activities in class
40% Oral presentation
Everyday Life through Modern Western Literature and the Japanese Haiku
Evaluation
30% Short critical summary and analysis of what we studied for the next class
30% Performance and individual activities in class
40% Oral presentation
Digital Cities and the Cartographic Imagination
Evaluation
10% Class Facilitation
30% Participation and in-class labs
25% First project (critical paper)
35% Final project (paper+digital project)
Foundations of Web-Based Multimedia Communications
Course Evaluation
30% Semester Project
13% Project Proposal
30% Home Work Assignements
10% In-Class Application Exercises
12% Individual Readiness Assessments
5% team Maintenance (Peer Evaluation)
Multimedia Project
25% Creativity of Design/Quality
15% Usability and Web Standards Validation
20% Utilization of Multimedia/Technology
20% Communications Effectiveness
20% Presentation and Feedback
Italy and Venice in Russian Art and Architecture
Evaluation
40% Class attendance
60% Midterm colloquium and final essay
Art and Communication
Evaluation
Participation in the seminars and discussions and regular class attendance
Midterm colloquium and final paper