Political Science 136, Religion and Politics
Winter 2016
Professor Victor Magagna
General Gui
d
el
ines
You
will be fully responsible for
hand
ing
in a hard copy o
f your midterm essay and
submitting
an electronic version via the Turnitin link on T
ed
by 1pm on Friday, February
12, 2016
in the Price Center Theat
er
(
by 1pm
)
.
The Turnitin link will be available once the prompt is posted. You can upload your
midterm essay whenever you are ready. It will remain available even after the deadline
has pa
ssed. Your essay will
not
be assigned a grade unless you upload the electronic
version of the hard copy you hand in
to the Turnitin.com via Ted and pass the check for
plagiarism.
The deadline for turning in your exam will be stri
ctly enforced. The TAs wi
ll be in the
P
rice Center Theater to collect your hard copy
until the last second of
the deadline.
Unless you get a pre
–
arranged
e
xe
mption from Professor Magana and send a notice to the
collective TA email address listed on the syllabus
prior
the deadline,
or you have a
documented
medical emergency
as required
by the university rule,
you will
not
be given
the e
xception for the late exam.
The late exam will be
penalized at the rate of 1/3 letter grade per class since the deadline.
Once you miss the deadlin
e, you will
b
e able to give Professor Magana or the TAs a hard
copy of your late essay in any of the subsequent classes.
You cannot make any request of
using your electronic version to substitute for the hard copy that you fail to bring to the
class by the deadline.
Plagiarism
You must write your own exam, and it must be new. You may not use text that you have
written
for a previous assignment or for another class. You may not use text from the
Internet or other sources without quoting and citing appropriately.
Students who tu
rn in plagiarized exams will not be given a final course grade and
additional disciplinary s
anctions
may be pursued
through the Academic Integrity Office
.
If you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism please ask the TAs and we will
be happy to clarify.
Exam Guide
lines
Responses should be
6
–
9
pages in length
. This is a minimum length and will be strictly
enforced. It refers to FULL pages of text and does not count pages with large amounts of
white space, title pages (which are not necessary), bibliographies, large block quotes, or
anything else that is not th
e body or your original text. You may write more than this page
minimum, but you will not receive extra credit for
doing so.
Please use Times New Roman (or similar), size 12 font, double spaced, 1 inch margins on
all sides. DO indent at the beginning of e
very paragraph. DO NOT skip lines between
paragraphs.
Be sure that your name and ID number are at the top of the first page of your exam
Be
sure to include a bibliography. There is no specific format required, but we must be able
to find the source to whi
ch you are referring. Only include sources that you have cited in
the text.
Use parenthetical in
–
text citations where appropriate (author name, year).
Please cite a minimum of three sources. Two must be from class, and one of these two
must
be
assigned r
eading
.

Political Science 136, Religion and Politics
Winter 2016
Professor Victor Magagna
General Gui
d
el
ines
You
will be fully responsible for
hand
ing
in a hard copy o
f your midterm essay and
submitting
an electronic version via the Turnitin link on T
ed
by 1pm on Friday, February
12, 2016
in the Price Center Theat
er
(
by 1pm
)
.
The Turnitin link will be available once the prompt is posted. You can upload your
midterm essay whenever you are ready. It will remain available even after the deadline
has pa
ssed. Your essay will
not
be assigned a grade unless you upload the electronic
version of the hard copy you hand in
to the Turnitin.com via Ted and pass the check for
plagiarism.
The deadline for turning in your exam will be stri
ctly enforced. The TAs wi
ll be in the
P
rice Center Theater to collect your hard copy
until the last second of
the deadline.
Unless you get a pre
–
arranged
e
xe
mption from Professor Magana and send a notice to the
collective TA email address listed on the syllabus
prior
the deadline,
or you have a
documented
medical emergency
as required
by the university rule,
you will
not
be given
the e
xception for the late exam.
The late exam will be
penalized at the rate of 1/3 letter grade per class since the deadline.
Once you miss the deadlin
e, you will
b
e able to give Professor Magana or the TAs a hard
copy of your late essay in any of the subsequent classes.
You cannot make any request of
using your electronic version to substitute for the hard copy that you fail to bring to the
class by the deadline.
Plagiarism
You must write your own exam, and it must be new. You may not use text that you have
written
for a previous assignment or for another class. You may not use text from the
Internet or other sources without quoting and citing appropriately.
Students who tu
rn in plagiarized exams will not be given a final course grade and
additional disciplinary s
anctions
may be pursued
through the Academic Integrity Office
.
If you have questions about what constitutes plagiarism please ask the TAs and we will
be happy to clarify.
Exam Guide
lines
Responses should be
6
–
9
pages in length
. This is a minimum length and will be strictly
enforced. It refers to FULL pages of text and does not count pages with large amounts of
white space, title pages (which are not necessary), bibliographies, large block quotes, or
anything else that is not th
e body or your original text. You may write more than this page
minimum, but you will not receive extra credit for
doing so.
Please use Times New Roman (or similar), size 12 font, double spaced, 1 inch margins on
all sides. DO indent at the beginning of e
very paragraph. DO NOT skip lines between
paragraphs.
Be sure that your name and ID number are at the top of the first page of your exam
Be
sure to include a bibliography. There is no specific format required, but we must be able
to find the source to whi
ch you are referring. Only include sources that you have cited in
the text.
Use parenthetical in
–
text citations where appropriate (author name, year).
Please cite a minimum of three sources. Two must be from class, and one of these two
must
be
assigned r
eading
.