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A LA PAGINA DE MARCELO MEJIA PEREZ
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Lower Division Course Description:
Spanish 1-3
Required Texts: Puntos de Partida, 6th edition. (Text and Workbook)
Course Description:
The first year Spanish program at UCSB is designed to introduce students
to linguistic and cultural structures necessary for basic communication
in Spanish. The course is taught entirely in Spanish while the textbook
contains explanations and instructions in English.
Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory in all Spanish classes at UCSB. After
the third absence, the student's grade will be dropped 1% for each absence.
Student Performance:
The student performance portion of the final grade is based upon attendance,
oral participation in class, and homework.
Cheating and Plagiarism:
All instructors in the language program for Spanish and Portuguese
will follow University policy concerning cheating and plagiarism, including
when evaluating compositions. If you are unsure of the University's
definition of plagiarism please check with your instructor.
Exams:
All of the exam dates are included in the syllabus. There are NO makeup
exams except under extraordinary circumstances, and those must be approved
by the Lower Division Coordinator. There are four official quizzes
in each class, of which the lowest grade will be dropped.
Grading:
The grading policy follows. It is important to remember that
no grade is "given". Instead the student earns points which will
be objectively calculated on a 100 point scale. There is no extra
credit. The following are the cutoff points for each grade:
A+ 98
B+ 88
C+ 78
D+ 68
A 93
B 83
C 73
D 63
A- 90.0
B- 80.0
C- 70.0
D- 60.0
Grade Breakdown:
Midterm - 25%
Quizzes - 25%
Student Performance - 10%
Compositions - 10%
Final Exam - 30%
Pass/No Pass Option:
Students fulfilling the language requirement are strongly discouraged
from taking Spanish 1-3 Pass/No Pass. A grade of C or better is required
to pass with this option and no student with a final percentage lower than
73 will be assigned grade of Pass.