Students are expected to read the assigned texts, listen to lecture, take online quizzes, post regularly to the bulletin board, and complete one or more essay exams.  The syllabus contains the course schedule, including deadlines for quizzes and exams.

Although online courses allow for a certain flexibility, the quiz and exam deadlines are absolute.  To succeed in the course, it is recommended that students work steadily and do not leave the readings and lectures until just before immanent deadlines. 

Credits

Lit Trans 275:
All students should be taking the course for 3 credits.
Scan 375:
All students should be taking the course for 3 credits. Students should contact the instructor about receiving course materials in the Scandinavian languages.

Quizzes

The online quizzes are geared to the content of the lectures.  It is rather like taking attendance in a conventional class.  You must take all the quizzes in order to pass the course.  You are expected to get more right than you get wrong.

Bulletin Board

Students earn participation points by posting regularly to the course bulletin board.  During the semester, students are expected to post a minimum of 4 points per week.  During the summer, students are expected to post a minimum of 10 points per week.  Points are calculated as follows:

1 point: Student makes a statement or asks a question.
2 points: Student responds to a statement made by another student.
3 points: Student integrates statements by two other students in their response.

High-quality, active participation in discussions can raise your grade one letter (AB becomes A).  Minimal participation means that the grade you receive on the final exam is the grade you get.  No participation means that your grade is lowered one letter (A becomes AB).

Exams

The exams in this course are essay exams, which are open book and open note.  The exams are emailed to students and returned within 48 hours.  See the syllabus for the exam schedule.  If you are curious, let me tell you how I grade essay exams.

Required Course Materials

1. Hans Christian Andersen: The Complete Fairy Tales Stories, Trans. Erik Christian Haugaard

2. Danish Folk Tales, Collected by M. Winther

If you are taking the course as Scan 375, texts are available online in the Supplementary Materials section of the course.

Technology Requirements

Technology Component	Requirement	Notes
Learn@UW tools (Quiz, Bulletin Board, Grades, Classlist, Email)	See "Student Resources" on the course homepage for browser requirements	If you have problems using Learn@UW, contact the HelpDesk (264-4357, help@doit.wisc.edu )
Lectures There are 3 ways you can view the course lectures	1. Online as a streaming video file using the Windows Media player. Windows users: Download version 10. If you are a Macintosh user, you will need to use version 9 of the Windows Media player, available for free download. NOTE: Another application called Flip4Mac can be used with Windows Media video; however, we DO NOT recommend using this player, as it is known to have issues. If you already have this player installed on your Macintosh computer, you will need to uninstall it. Contact the HelpDesk (264-4357, help@doit.wisc.edu) if you have questions. 2. As a video podcast. You'll need iTunes version 7.0 Download 3. If you have a PC and an inadequate internet connection, you may want to consider purchasing the lectures on DVD, for the sake of convenience.
Audio interviews with scholars (includes more footage than seen in course lectures.)	You'll need iTunes or other podcast receiver software. Download	You can listen on your computer, an iPod or other mp3 player.