Required Materials

Milton's Poetry and Prose. You can get Milton's works online at a variety of sites. Among the best are the John Milton Reading Room, Luminarium, and Michael Bryson's Milton Web. You should explore these sites to get a sense of what resources are available on each of them. Should you decide to rely exclusively on the online resources for the texts of Milton's poems, it will be essential that you consult them and print out assigned portions well ahead of the time they are assigned for class discussion (to allow for the vagaries of the Web). There are also a number of fine editions of Milton's prose and poetry which you can find in local new and used book stores. I have ordered The Complete Poetry of John Milton, ed. John Shawcross, through ASUA Bookstore. The prose selections we will be reading together are available online; or you may use a print copy, if you like.

Electronic Reserve readings available online. You will need a user name and password to access these readings.

Writer's Handbook. Though I provide links here to online sources (developed by the University of Wisconsin), you may prefer to use a print version such as the MLA Handbook or Turabian's Manual for Writers of Term Papers. Handbooks are widely available in new and used book stores, including the ASUA Bookstore. (Make sure you have the most recent version.) You may use MLA or Chicago (Turabian) style for your class writings.
 

Policies and Assignments

Regular attendance and preparation are expected. I will take attendance regularly and will count it towards your Participation credit. Non-attenders and non-participatants may be dropped from the course.

Assignments are due on the date listed in the syllabus. Do not ask for an extension on an assignment until/unless you have developed a track record in this course of responsible and timely scholarship.

You may not make up a quiz that you have missed.

You are expected to check your email at least once a week and more often if assigned. The syllabus may change during the semester. Expect to review and/or update your printed version as changes are announced.

Plagiarism will result in a grade of E.

Grades will be calculated on the following scale: 90-100%=A, 80-90%=B, etc. I do not curve. You may be required to revise some assignments. Revised work will be graded by the same standards as first versions.

You must complete all assignments to receive credit for the course. Assigned work for this course consists of:

Participation:                 10%
Quizzes:                         25%
Bibliography Entry:      10%
Term Paper:                   30%
Final Exam:                    25%