Take-home Examinations (Midterm and Final)
Prior to submitting your assignment, please ensure you have read the Essay Assignment, Midterm Take-home Examination, and Final Examination Guidelines.
Description of Midterm Take-home Examination
The Midterm Examination has a "take-home" format, which means that you can work on it at your own pace from the time it becomes available until the due date. The Midterm will be posted on the availability date listed in the Course Schedule. The Midterm will include a section containing “analysis questions”—i.e. questions asking you to explain, in your own words, ideas, relationships, and/or arguments from the readings—and a critical essay section (topic to be provided). The expected page length of the exam is approximately 5 double-spaced pages (1500-1600 words) in total.
The Midterm must be accessed from the Midterm Take-home Examination Dropbox. Dropboxes can be accessed from the Course Home page by clicking Submit and then Dropbox on the course navigation bar.
Late Policy for the Midterm Take-home Examination: Late submissions will ordinarily not be accepted.
Description of Take-home Final Examination
The Final Examination has a "take-home" format, which means that you can work on it at your own pace from the time it becomes available until the due date. The exam is cumulative, so you may be called upon to express your knowledge of readings and concepts from any part of the course. The exam will involve approximately 5 double-spaced pages of written work (1500-1600) words by computer word count). Your instructor will provide further information about the exam's format in Week 12 of the term.
The exam will be posted on the availability date listed in the Course Schedule
The Final Exam must be accessed from the Take-home Final Examination Dropbox. Dropboxes can be accessed from the Course Home page by clicking Submit and then Dropbox on the course navigation bar.
Late Policy for the Take-home Final Examination: Late submissions will ordinarily not be accepted.
How To Submit Your Assignment
Please note that the following instructions pertain to this specific assignment. Instructions for other assignments may differ.
Your exam must be submitted online to the relevant folder in the Dropbox by the deadline specified in the Course Schedule. Dropboxes can be accessed from the Course Home page by clicking Submit and then Dropbox on the course navigation bar.
Your assignment must be submitted in one of the following file types:
- Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX)
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
Please refer to the Submitting to a LEARN Dropbox page for general guidelines and how to submit to a dropbox.