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150072 UE 3rd Book Club Popular Culture: Visual Novel (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Tu 20.09.2022 10:00 to Tu 04.10.2022 10:00
- Deregistration possible until Fr 28.10.2022 18:00
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: German, English, Japanese
Lecturers
Classes
The default slot for (online) meets is Monday, 18:30–20:00. Please make sure you‘re available!
There’s an orientation & introduction on 10 October, which begins at 18:30 as well. Attendance is mandatory!Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment happens continuously throughout the semester, based on:* regular assignments re. the weekly reading, e.g. summary, comprehension questions, partial translation, research (re. content or language), …
* active participation in the course, especially asking and answering questions on the forum, contributing to discussions, …
* any extra assignments, e.g. research and presentation of the results to the class.The lecturer reserves the option, especially with regard to the regular assignments, to mark only a sample, selected in such a way as too guarantee each participant gets about the same number of turns.Most contributions are to be made asynchronously on Moodle, though some may require participants to be virtually or physically present, depending, for example oral discussions, presentations, ...
Where it is possible and makes sense, students’ contributions will be shared with the class at large (similar to contributions made during conventional lessons).Plagiarism, including using ghostwriters and blindly and/or secretly relying on machine translations, is strictly prohibited (expulsion from the course and the annotation “unerlaubte Hilfsmittel” [‘cheating’] on the transcript). Otherwise anything goes. In particular, participants are encouraged cooperate (outside solo assignments).
* active participation in the course, especially asking and answering questions on the forum, contributing to discussions, …
* any extra assignments, e.g. research and presentation of the results to the class.The lecturer reserves the option, especially with regard to the regular assignments, to mark only a sample, selected in such a way as too guarantee each participant gets about the same number of turns.Most contributions are to be made asynchronously on Moodle, though some may require participants to be virtually or physically present, depending, for example oral discussions, presentations, ...
Where it is possible and makes sense, students’ contributions will be shared with the class at large (similar to contributions made during conventional lessons).Plagiarism, including using ghostwriters and blindly and/or secretly relying on machine translations, is strictly prohibited (expulsion from the course and the annotation “unerlaubte Hilfsmittel” [‘cheating’] on the transcript). Otherwise anything goes. In particular, participants are encouraged cooperate (outside solo assignments).
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
* More than 50 % of the point total is required to pass the course: > 50 % → 4/D; > 62,5 % → 3/C; > 75 % → 2/B; → 87,5 % → 1/A.
They comprise regular assignments pertaining to the reading (1st item above), ⅔; and active participation (2nd item above), ⅓. Extra assignments (3rd item above) generally go in the second category, except when they’re similar in kind and function to the regular assignments.* The regular assignments re. the text receive a mark of 0 points if they’re not submitted, though if only a sample is marked, this only applies to participants who are actually selected. At the end of the semester the worst marks in the category are struck (20 % relative to the median number of marks) and the remainder averaged. I reserve the right to weight the individual assignments according to the amount of text covered / effort required, if there are significant differences, e.g. due to holidays.* Active participation in the forum, in discussions, etc. is marked relative to the median of all participants.* Extra assignments may be mandatory, no submission → 0 points, or optional, meaning it’s only considered if something has been submitted. Students are not entitled to do optional extra assignments.Late submissions may not be accepted at the discretion of the lecturer.Not least because this is an experimental course, the yardstick for a pass is making an honest effort, and progress is deemed as important as absolute skill, if not more so.* No-shows for the orientation/introductory session may be de-registered (like they would be from a conventional course).
* Students who are inactive on Moodle for more than two weeks, or who fail to submit three mandatory assignments in a row, without a good reason, receive a failing grade and are excluded from further participation (the online version of the usual attendance minimum).
* Otherwise attendance is not mandatory, though you may miss out on important information and opportunities to contribute to the course and your grade.
They comprise regular assignments pertaining to the reading (1st item above), ⅔; and active participation (2nd item above), ⅓. Extra assignments (3rd item above) generally go in the second category, except when they’re similar in kind and function to the regular assignments.* The regular assignments re. the text receive a mark of 0 points if they’re not submitted, though if only a sample is marked, this only applies to participants who are actually selected. At the end of the semester the worst marks in the category are struck (20 % relative to the median number of marks) and the remainder averaged. I reserve the right to weight the individual assignments according to the amount of text covered / effort required, if there are significant differences, e.g. due to holidays.* Active participation in the forum, in discussions, etc. is marked relative to the median of all participants.* Extra assignments may be mandatory, no submission → 0 points, or optional, meaning it’s only considered if something has been submitted. Students are not entitled to do optional extra assignments.Late submissions may not be accepted at the discretion of the lecturer.Not least because this is an experimental course, the yardstick for a pass is making an honest effort, and progress is deemed as important as absolute skill, if not more so.* No-shows for the orientation/introductory session may be de-registered (like they would be from a conventional course).
* Students who are inactive on Moodle for more than two weeks, or who fail to submit three mandatory assignments in a row, without a good reason, receive a failing grade and are excluded from further participation (the online version of the usual attendance minimum).
* Otherwise attendance is not mandatory, though you may miss out on important information and opportunities to contribute to the course and your grade.
Examination topics
All course content, in particular the work we’re reading and everything we generate in the course of reading it, including forum discussions etc., plus the materials provided on Moodle.
Reading list
All required material will be provided via Moodle. The enrolment key for self-enrolment [is no longer needed].
Association in the course directory
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* decent grounding in Japanese. Something like an A in Theorie and Praxis 1 and 2, plus plenty of experience in the self-study of Japanese as well as with various adjacent Japanese pop culture media would probably be the minimum; a B in Theorie 4 is more realistic, provided you’ve at least tried to read something that wasn’t from a textbook.
* high motivation. Any shortcomings may be overcome provided you bring enough motivation and invest enough time – whether it’s possible in the time-frame specified by the ECTS rating is another matter.
* some German. You should be able to understand it at least. Some or all announcements and assignments may be in German, and other participants may prefer to communicate primarily in German; but it’s perfectly acceptable to write assignments / reply in English.
* Computer running Windows or Linux (maybe MacOS, if you have a lot of experience running games for Windows), stable internet connection, microphone for teleconferencing (camera optional).See Moodle for more on the estimated difficulty and time investment required (u:space has a character limit).