Course Policies

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MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM
We may meet occasionally in the Special Collections Reading Room; these meetings will be announced in advance. Make sure to note where to meet and to pay attention to announcements in class regarding meeting locations.

STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:
Any student who because of a disability may require some special arrangements in order to meet course requirements should contact me as soon as possible to make necessary accommodations. Students should present appropriate verification from AccessTech. No requirement exists that accommodations be made prior to completion of this approved university procedure.

CONFERENCES:
Please do not hesitate to schedule conferences; I am happy to discuss your work with you.

PREPARATION TIME
The Texas Tech Catalogue for undergraduate students states that students should spend two hours in preparation for each hour of class meetings. A three-hour undergraduate course then would require at least 6 hours of out-of-class preparation. For a graduate class, then, you should expect a minimum of 6 hours out-of-class preparation each week, though you will likely find that graduate seminars require more of a time commitment, depending on your prior skills and knowledge.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STREAMS:
Some of the research exercises focus on what might seem like stand-alone skills in the context of this course (though in 'real-life' textual research, you will find that you draw on all of them to some extent or another).

However other components of the course build directly on earlier work, often reshaping the earlier exercise into a new (or more developed) form. Below you can see an overview of those components:

Scholarly Edition Stream (approximately 30% of final grade)

  • Essential Research Practices
  • Paper I: Review of a Scholarly Web Project
  • Textual Criticism I: Transcription/Annotation
  • Scholarly Edition for the Web, using TEI-Coding

Textual History Stream (approximately 30% of final grade)

  • Essential Research Practices
  • Enumerative Bibliography
  • Annotative Bibliography
  • Paper II: Textual History

Cumulative Stream

  • All work
  • Paper III: Reflective Essay, incorporating bibliographic theory



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Last revised 08.31.09
Questions: contact Dr. Ann R. Hawkins