Grading for HumSocCmplx07

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2007 calendar printable

1. 10 points Thur Oct 4 - Wiki writing assignment: Standard Cross-Cultural Sample Index Also do one reading and write 2 pages on what you could learn on one of your societies
2. 20 points Thur Oct 18 - Factor analytic study, paper with Spss tables from SCCS (8 pages)
3. 25 points Tues Nov 6 - Hypothesis testing for a pair of topics (multiple SCCS variables for each), including 5% on HOW YOU POST TO THE WIKI (Alternately: Present in class as a powerpoint), but due also as a paper with Spss tables, and 5% on your selection and use of <SCCS comparative topical articles on-line in pdf (or books in library)>. That is, you should make use of these links to on-line articles that use the SCCS, or to be more explicit, select some of these articles relevant to your topic, download and review the ones you select, and cite their findings or discussions where relevant to your paper.
4. 25 points Tues Nov 20 -Sustainability essay for one of your cases in #1 compared to one of Diamond's ethnographic cases and a cross-cultural test for variables that affect sustainability or the converse (including 4% on how you analyze each case and compare them and 4% for use of the SCCS database to test hypotheses - HINT: check the <SCCS index of variables> to find possible SUSTAINABILITY-relevant variables!) - slight change here on weights in grading, not that everyone is up to par on cross-cultural tests.
5. RATHER THAN A FIFTH PAPER THE NEW CHOICE IS TO DO EITHER TOPIC 4 OR 5, each counting 25 POINTS, for 80 points total. ---> Tues Dec 4 -25 points (was 20%) Comparative historical essay (and how cities, urban civilizations, and conflicts in and among states affect the prestate societies, and 3% extra credit for use of the SCCS database to test hypotheses). As time allows, compare and contrast prestate societies (SCCS or individual cases) and their dynamics with the dynamics of historical states. For background reading on effects on subsistence change see A Cross-Cultural Historical Analysis of Subsistence Change 1990 Candice Bradley; Carmella C. Moore; Michael L. Burton; Douglas R. White American Anthropologist 92(2): 447-457.

We need course evaluations, but there is no extra credit for turning them in.

We will discuss the essays and analyses in class, and expand the wiki pages accordingly

The UCI grading system converts numeric scores to grades as follows, as best I can make out

Percentages
96.5    A+
93.5    A
90.0    A-
86.5    B+
83.5    B
80.0    B-
76.5    C+
73.5    C
70.0    C-
66.5    D+
63.5    D
60.0    D-