Participation. Students are expected to attend lecture, to do the weekly readings, and to actively participate in class discussion and study groups.
Commune Participation: Women in Art and The Long March Project. 20%. ART TO THE PEOPLE!
At the end of the third week you will be assigned to a COMMUNE or study group of 7-9 students. This commune will function like a seminar within the larger lecture course. You will work with other commune members during class time to develop the skills of art historical and cultural analysis. Full participation in these activities is expected, attendance will be taken, and unexcused absences and/or failure to contribute to commune projects will result in low marks for the Long March Project. The communes will be reformed at any point the professor feels it necessary. At that point students with weak attendance and participation records will be grouped together.During the second half of the term you and your commune members together will design a pop-up exhibition, bringing the Long March to the University of Alberta campus. The project will unfold in a series of stages to be laid out in March by Professor Claypool. This assignment will require your group to meet outside of class meeting times in order to be completed. As noted above, full participation in this and any other commune activity is expected, and unexcused absences and/or failure to contribute to the Long March project will result in low marks. ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PRINTING AND CREATION OF POSTERS AND OTHER MEDIA FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE SHARED BY STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP. Each student should plan to contribute $20-$30 to this project. The final grade for your contributions to the Long March Project will be assessed in part on the day of the pop up and through the final exam.
Midterm Exam. 30%. There will be one midterm exam covering material from weeks 1-6. It is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26. The midterm exam will consist of 4 short essay question, 2 of which will be selected from a study guide that will be handed out to you the previous week. It is designed to test critical thinking and skills of visual analysis, as well as historical and topical knowledge. It will draw heavily from lecture content and assigned readings. When a student is absent from the midterm examination for a legitimate reason, he or she will be asked to take a modified midterm examination at a time to be agreed upon by the student and professor. Requests for an extraordinary midterm examination must be submitted before the scheduled exam.
As noted in the Calendar (23.5.1(1)):
"Students writing exams are required to confirm their identities by providing their student ID numbers and signatures and by presenting their student ID cards (ONEcard) or other acceptable photo identification. Students who are unable to present satisfactory identification at the time of the exam will be permitted to write the exam, but will be required to present themselves with acceptable photo identification to the instructor of the course within two working days of the exam and may be required to provide a sample of their handwriting."
Final Exam. 35%. This is not a cumulative exam, but instead will cover the materials introduced in lectures since the midterm exam (i.e. weeks 8-14). Like the midterm, it will draw heavily from lecture content. The final exam will consist of five short essay questions, two of which will be drawn from a study guide handed out on April 2. It will It is designed to test critical thinking and skills of visual analysis, as well as historical and topical knowledge. It will draw heavily from lecture content. and from the images uploaded to eClass/Moodle (please note that some of these objects are not discussed in your texts). The date and time of the final exam will be determined by the University of Alberta administration, and shared with you when that information is given to the professor. NB: The date of the final exam is Tuesday, April 23, 2:00-4:00, FAB 2-20.
Visual analysis. 15%. You will practice art history by writing an exploratory on an object/visual work/performance of your choice dating from 1976-2019. Do not choose an object/visual work/performance covered in lecture. 400 words, maximum. Due Thursday, February 7, before class.
The purpose of the exploratory is to give you an opportunity to PRACTICE ARTS WRITING. Your paper should include a visual analysis of the work under consideration as well as a thoughtful question for further research developed from that visual analysis. Avoid generalizations. Please keep in mind that any sentence that begins with the words, "The Chinese people are..." or "Chinese people think..." is not one you are going to be able to finish without being wrong. Generalizations will result in low marks. This is not a research paper, and thus there should not be any reference to external sources, which also will result in low marks.
Please email it to the GTA as a word document entitiled SURNAME-FIRST NAME.docx. Please do not send PDFs or any other format of document, as that restricts the professor's and the GTA's ability to comment on your work.
If writing is not one of your strengths, please make an appointment at the University of Alberta Centre for Writers to review your assignment before you turn it in to me. Please also be sure to spell-check it before you turn it in. Sloppy visual analyses that are littered with grammatical and spelling errors will receive low marks.
Late assignment policy: Late assignments (i.e. the visual analysiswill be accepted, but will be reduced two marks and will not receive any comments. The final date to submit late exploratory is the final day that the class meets, before 2:00. Exploratories submitted after the beginning of the class on that date will not receive credit and a grade.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
It is critical for all of us who are involved in academic and intellectual endeavour to abide by standards of academic integrity. This means that students must inform themselves of what academic honesty and integrity entails, and how it is defined at the University of Alberta. Click here for the statement about plagiarism provided by the Office of Judicial Affairs. Please read it and the University's policy about plagiarism detailed in this contract, inform yourself of what your responsibilites are in any writing and/or creative project, and then fill out the contract, sign the contract, and turn it in to Lisa Claypool by January 27. Failure to do so will result in a reduced exploratory grade and no comments on the paper.
All students should consult the information provided by the Office of Judicial Affairs regarding avoiding cheating and plagiarism in particular and academic dishonesty in general (see the Academic Integrity Undergraduate Handbook and Information for Students). If in doubt about what is permitted in this class, ask the instructor.
Students should be aware that on-line “translation engines” produce very dubious and unreliable “translations.” Students should be aware that, while seeking the advice of native or expert speakers is often helpful, excessive editorial and creative help in assignments is considered a form of “cheating” that violates the code of student conduct with dire consequences.
An instructor or coordinator who is convinced that a student has handed in work that he or she could not possibly reproduce without outside assistance is obliged, out of consideration of fairness to other students, to report the case to the Associate Dean of the Faculty. See the Academic Discipline Process. Any evidence of attempts to plagiarize or cheat likewise will be forwarded to the Associate Dean of the Faculty.
ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance is essential for optimal performance in this course. In cases of potentially excusable absences due to illness or domestic affliction, notify your instructor by e-mail within two days. Regarding absences that may be excusable and procedures for addressing course components missed as a result, consult sections 23.3(1) and 23.5.6 of the University Calendar. Be aware that unexcused absences will result in partial or total loss of the grade for the “attendance and participation” component(s) of a course, as well as for any assignments that are not handed-in or completed as a result.
Unless a final exam deferrment is requested per the instructions in the University of Alberta calendar section 23.3.2, an exam submitted after the time it is due on the due date will earn a failing grade. Addendum: "Deferred Final Exams are approved by the student’s faculty even if the course is an Arts course. Instructors and department staff do not have the jurisdiction to approve a Deferred Final Exam."
FOOD & DRINKS
No food or chewing gum in lecture room, please (unless you bring enough to share with everyone else). Drinks are fine.
GRADING
Effective September 1, 2003, the University of Alberta uses a letter grading system with a four-point scale of numerical equivalents for calculating grade point averages. To view guidelines concerning this system please see the Office of the Registrar's web page. Below is the scale used in this course as a guideline in determining letter grades. This course is graded on an absolute scale. Professor Claypool does not negotiate grades.
Grading scale: A+=98-100, A=94-97, A-=90-93; B+=87-89, B=83-86, B-=80-82; C+=77-79, C=73-76, C-=70-72; D+= 67-69; D=65-66; F=64 and lower.
Please see the description of the course projects and exams above:
Exploratory 15%
Midterm exam 30%
Long March Project 20%
Final exam 35%
LAPTOP/ELECTRONIC DEVICE POLICY
Please note the following LAPTOP/ELECTRONIC DEVICE POLICY: You may use your laptop or iPad to take notes and if the discussions call for it, to search for facts and evidence online. However, any non course-unrelated usage (you know what it is!) of any electronic device during class is strictly prohibited. USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES OTHER THAN COMPUTERS OR DEVICES USED TO TAKE NOTES CAUSES DISRUPTION AND DISTRACTION. PLEASE TURN THEM OFF AND PUT THEM AWAY BEFORE THE CLASS BEGINS.Be part of the new cultural revolution: participate for the full 80 minutes on Mondays and Wednesdays. If you need to make a phone call, play a video game, or check Weibo/Twitter, or catch up on email and social media, and cannot wait to do so until after the 80-minute class session is over, please feel free to leave the lecture hall. Students who do not respect the professor and fellow students by using cell phones and mobile devices in class will be asked to leave the lecture hall. Any instance when you are asked to leave the room will bring your participation grade down. You can also drop the course if you find these expectations unreasonable. The official drop dates are listed in the online university calendar.
LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY
Late assignments (i.e. the exploratory) will be accepted, but will be reduced two marks and will not receive any comments. The final date to submit late exploratories is the final date that class meets (submit it before the lecture begins). Exploratories submitted after that time will not receive credit and a grade.
If you are not in class the day any assignments or exams are returned, it is your responsibility to pick them up from the envelope posted on the dorr of the professor's office, FAB 2-89B.
LECTURE NOTES
Do not ask the professor or the teaching assistant to supply you with class notes (or copies of texts, assignments, etc., handed out in lecture). You are responsible for coming to class or arranging to have another student provide you with copies of notes. Professor Claypool does not share lecture notes.
If you elect to add this course in the second or third week of the term, it is your responsibility to catch up in the readings and to borrow notes on the missed lectures from friends in class. Professor Claypool and the teaching assistant do not offer tutorials to students who add this class of their own choice after the term has started. They do not share lecture notes.Please keep in mind that the course typically is offered each year, and that you can take it another term.
MOODLE/eCLASS
Each week you will be asked to read 15-30 pages of articles and excerpts from books. These texts are written by some of the most innovative art critics and historians of the visual arts in China. Many of the texts are available online -- either through artists' websites or through the University of Alberta Library website. If there is the notation of (PDF) after the reading assignment, please consult the course MOODLE/eCLASS site for access to it.
Please do not upload any assignments to MOODLE or try to communicate with the professor or with the teaching assistant through MOODLE.
OFFICE HOURS
Professor Lisa Claypool (click here to email at claylisa@ualberta.ca) office hours after class and by appointment FAB 3-89B
Please note: The professor and GTA are always happy to meet with you to discuss performance on assignments and exams. We only ask that you bring your lecture notes with you. If you do not have lecture notes, then there is no point in asking for a meeting to discuss poor performance on assignments and exams. That is easily remedied. To improve your performance in class please pay attention to lecture and take notes.
RESPECTING OTHERS
Please do not annoy other students by talking incessantly during class time. Respect the rights of other students. If you find that you cannot restrain yourself from talking for a full 80 minutes, please leave. If the professor or GTA find that your talking is disrupting the lecture, the professor or GTA will ask you to leave the classroom. You can also drop the course if you find these expectations unreasonable. The official drop dates are listed in the online university calendar.
STUDENT ACCESSIBILTY SERVICES
If you have special needs that could affect your performance in this class, please let the professor know during the first week of the term so that appropriate arrangements can be made. If you are not already registered with Specialized Support & Disability Services, contact their office immediately ( 2-800 SUB; Email sasrec@ualberta.ca; Email; phone 780-492-3381; WEB www.ssds.ualberta.ca ).
For a list of resources that might help you to write your exploratory assignment and to study for the course, please click here. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE IMAGES YOU WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE ABOUT IN THE EXAMS ARE LINKED TO THE SYLLABUS.
Inappropriate Academic Behaviour (from section 30.3.2 of the Code of Student Behaviour)
30.3.2(1) Plagiarism
No Student shall submit the words, ideas, images or data of another person as the Student?s own in any academic writing, essay, thesis, project, assignment, presentation or poster in a course or program of study.
30.3.2(2) Cheating
30.3.2(2) a No Student shall in the course of an examination or other similar activity, obtain or attempt to obtain information from another Student or other unauthorized source, give or attempt to give information to another Student, or use, attempt to use or possess for the purposes of use any unauthorized material.
30.3.2(2) b No Student shall represent or attempt to represent him or herself as another or have or attempt to have himself or herself represented by another in the taking of an examination, preparation of a paper or other similar activity. See also misrepresentation in 30.3.6 (4).
30.3.2(2)c No student shall represent another's substantial editorial or compositional assistance on an assignment as the Student's own work.
30.3.2(2) d No Student shall submit in any course or program of study, without the written approval of the course Instructor, all or a substantial portion of any academic writing, essay, thesis, research report, project, assignment, presentation or poster for which credit has previously been obtained by the Student or which has been or is being submitted by the Student in another course or program of study in the University or elsewhere.
30.3.2(2) e No Student shall submit in any course or program of study any academic writing, essay, thesis, report, project, assignment, presentation or poster containing a statement of fact known by the Student to be false or a reference to a source the Student knows to contain fabricated claims (unless acknowledged by the Student), or a fabricated reference to a source.
30.3.2(3) Misuse of Confidential Materials
No Student shall procure, distribute, or receive any confidential academic material such as pending examinations, laboratory results or the contents thereof from any source without prior and express consent of the Instructor.
30.3.2(4) Research and Scholarship Misconduct
30.3.2(4) a No Student shall violate the University of Alberta Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy, as set out in the Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy in UAPPOL or any other University regulation concerning academic matters. (CLRC 24 MAY 2012)
30.3.2(4) b Where a Student is charged with the academic offence of research and scholarship misconduct, the special requirements for communication and documentation imposed by Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy in UAPPOL shall constitute part of the procedures outlined below.(CLRC 24 MAY 2012)
Per Section 23.4:
"The University of Alberta is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and honesty. Students are expected to be familiar with these standards regarding academic honesty and to uphold the policies of the University in this respect. Students are particularly urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour (online at www.ualberta.ca/secretariat/appeals.htm) and avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University". (GFC 29 SEP 2003)
Audio or video recording of lectures, labs, seminars or any other teaching environment by students is allowed only with the prior written consent of the instructor or as a part of an approved accommodation plan. Recorded material is to be used solely for personal study, and is not to be used or distributed for any other purpose without prior written consent from the instructor.
Per Section 22.1.3: Reregistration in Courses
Students may not repeat any University course passed or courses for which they have received transfer credit except for reasons deemed sufficient, and verified in writing, by the Dean (or designate) of the Faculty in which they are enrolled.
Students may not reregister for credit or audit more than once in any failed University course, except for reasons deemed sufficient by the Dean (or designate) of the Faculty in which they are enrolled.
Students may not reregister for credit or audit more than once in any University course in which they have received a final grade of W, except for reasons deemed sufficient by the Dean (or designate) of the Faculty in which they are enrolled.
In cases where a student contravenes regulations 1, 2, or 3 above, the Dean (or designate) may withhold credit or indicate the course as extra to the degree, on the course registration that contravenes the regulation.
Students may not register for audit more than once in any University course in which they have received a final grade of AU (Audit) or AW (Audit Withdrawal) except for reasons deemed sufficient by the Dean (or designate) of the Faculty in which they are enrolled.
Students may repeat a Fall Term course in the Winter Term if it is offered in the Winter Term as long as the student complies with regulations 1, 2, and 3 above.
An undergraduate student who, because of unsatisfactory academic performance, is either required to withdraw, and/or required to repeat a year, and/or put on probation, will retain credit for courses in which grades of D or higher have been attained during the period for which the student’s performance was evaluated as unsatisfactory.