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GC Midterm Exam Overview

The Midterm Exam will be an open-book / open-notes essay exam made up of FOUR questions selected from your GC Wk5 MIDTERM QUESTION RECOMMENDATIONS (also referred to as "The Annotated Study Guide") which covers all materials from Module 1- 6.

 Canvas Quiz Questions

We will be using Canvas Quizzes for this Exam. Please note:

• Canvas will assign each student FOUR questions at random from the annotated study questions, so it's unlikely you will receive the same set of question as other students.
  
  
• Canvas will allow you to see all questions at once and you can move back and forth among questions, if you would like. 
  
  

• • Important!
    
    
    • Save your work before leaving the question you are on.
      
      
    • If you don't see all questions at once, be sure to let me know.
      
      

 Materials Covered

Modules 1- 6

The Midterm will encompass all class materials up to and including the end of Module 6, including readings, lectures slides, videos, Canvas Discussions and all other materials found in these Modules (except the items labelled "optional")

Note: When studying for the Midterm Exam, some students find it helpful to review a comprehensive listing off all Global Cultures readings, videos, or slides:

• • GC SEMESTER TEXT ASSIGNMENT LIST (Useful for Reviewing for Exams)
    
    
  • GC SEMESTER SLIDES ASSIGNMENT LIST (Useful for Reviewing for Exams)
    
    
  • GC SEMESTER VIDEO ASSIGNMENT LIST (Useful for Reviewing for Exams)
    
    

Annotated Questions Study Guide (Midterm Question Recommendation Dropbox)

As a class, you contributed questions to the GC Wk5 MIDTERM QUESTION RECOMMENDATIONS (which you can find in Module 5). These questions have been edited and annotated, and will serve as the comprehensive study guide for the Midterm Exam.

Please note:

• Since your original contribution, I will have edited and annotated the questions to make it easier to respond to the question within a (roughly) 20 minute time frame.
  
  
• Note:
  
  
  • Not all of the questions on the GC Wk5 MIDTERM QUESTION RECOMMENDATIONS will be in the pool for the exam. 
    
    
  • There will be only one question in the pool on any given central topic.
    
    

 Essay Exam Writing Tips

1. Keep the following guidance in mind when answering exam essay questions:

• Your answer should include a beginning, a middle, and an end (sometimes also known as introduction, body, conclusion).
  
  
• Answer the question(s) asked, and if there are two, three, or more parts to a question, be sure to answer all of them.
  
  
• Give specific examples when you make a statement.
  
  
  • Note: Citing a category of things is not giving a specific example. See GC Discussions/Exams -- Specific Examples vs. Categories.
    
    
• Refer to the Canvas Quiz rubric to ensure you write with the grading criteria in mind. (See below.)
  

2. Review Writing Essays for Exams Links to an external site.to write a well focused, well organized, well supported, and well package essay.

• • Using this guidance, most answers could be written in about a page and a half to two "normal" pages (double-spaced, one-inch margins, #11 or #12 font)—which is about 375-500 words.
    
    

 Criteria and Grading

Rubric

Refer to the Canvas rubric to access grading criteria for this exam. In summary, your responses will be graded upon: 

1. GC Exams: Essay Answer Rubric 2.0.1.
   
   
   • Quality of essay Exam Answer: Relevance of answer to the question; Thoroughness of answer; Organization and logic of answer.
     
     
   • Organization, Clarity, Tone/Style, Mechanics of writing (spelling, punctuation, grammar), & Proofreading.
     
     

 Midterm Makeup Exam

1. Please e-mail troufs@d.umn.edu to make up an exam
   
   
2. It usually takes several days for makeup exams to be returned to you
   
   
3. Makeup Exam scores will be posted as soon as they are ready in your Gradebook
   
   
4. Use GC Grading for Exams (400 points) to figure out your letter grade