Ars Americana: American Popular Arts: czerwca 2020

niedziela, 28 czerwca 2020

More exam information....

If you have taken the written exam already then within the next day or so you will receive an email with the results and a request to respond.

If you’re satisfied with the result then congratulations! You’re done! I will enter the grades in USOS as soon as you’re in the system (you’re responsible for getting yourself into the system....).

If you would like to raise the grade by up to 1.0 then you will have to do an oral exam (to take place sometime after July 6 in groups of 3 to 5 students at a time).

Here are the topics for the oral exam (note that you will prepare for a reduced list of about ten topics announced a week before the exam). The first exam will take place some time between July 6-10.

If you have not taken the written exam yet then please get in touch with me unless you have already (if you know someone who hasn’t taken it yet then also please tell them to contact me by email).

piątek, 19 czerwca 2020

Written Final Exam - Here it is!

Okay, here are the instructions for the written final exam.

There are two [2] documents.

The questions are in a pdf, you might want to print it (probably easier than the alternative). Don't do anything else with the questions document.

The answers are to be given in the answer sheet document (in Word).

Here were the questions.

Here was the answer sheet.

The questions are numbered and placed in parentheses as in the following

Examples:

xxx

You are free to use your notes (obviously). Note that at least two questions have more than one possible answer (just choose one of the possibilities).

Also, Make sure you put your last and first names in the answer sheet as well as your student number if that's easy (if you don't know it and/or can't find it then don't worry, leave that space blank).

You have until two o'clock (14.00) to send your completed answer sheet to my university address (the one ending in amu.edu.pl). Do not send the test questions back....

In case of absolute emergency then see below the fold (click where it says 'czytaj więcej).

Also, I haven't put up the questions for the oral yet because I decided to wait until the first group finished the written part.

Good luck!

Czytaj więcej »

poniedziałek, 15 czerwca 2020

First sitting of written Final, this Friday at 12.00!

Okay, the first sitting of the written part of the Final Exam (the final exam and zaliczenie grades will be the same, because....what else can we do?) will be this Friday at 12.00.

On Friday, I will post the test here. It will be between 40 and 50 questions (short answer format) and you will have at least 90 minutes to answer the questions and send them to me (at my amu.edu.pl address).

If you can't take the test then, then don't worry there will be other chances (with different questions, of course).

After that I'll think of how to go about the oral section.

On Wednesday I'll post a list or oral questions, you won't need to think about those for the written exam though - all the info for the test Friday is in the notes posted over the semester or in the comprehensive notes I posted on Sunday, June 14.

Good luck, let's hope we survive!

niedziela, 14 czerwca 2020

All notes for this semester...

As mentioned before here a document.

You can either use this or the individual postings of notes to study for and take the final exam.

I'll have more info on the exam (first sitting) on Monday (at 14.00 more or less).

piątek, 12 czerwca 2020

Last notes and final exam/zaliczenie notice

Here are the final two section notes....

Here are the political notes.

Here are the rap notes.

I'll probably put all the notes into a single document as well and post that by Monday.

On the final exam/zaliczenie....

There will be two parts (you have to do both but not at the same time).

Part one: written (this will probably be limited to 15-20 at a time). A short answer test without about 30-40 questions. I'll post it and then you'll have 90 minutes to send it back to me with the answers. You may use your notes.

Part two: oral (this will probably be limited to no more than 5 at a time maybe just three for the first session or two). You sign up for a section and receive a list of questions a day or so ahead of time. Then we'll all meet on line (oh goody!) and you'll have to speak for a few minutes on a random question you receive.

Enjoy your summer! (let's hope it won't suck as bad as the last few months....)

czwartek, 11 czerwca 2020

Final listening list Rap (from roots of rap to the 1980s and early 1990s)

Here's the final listening list (very long) the notes for political songs and rap will be put up early Friday June 12 along with some info on the final....

Enjoy....

Spoken traditions

The Dozens

(from In Living Color)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn5pbHxvChU

Signifying Monkey

(from Dolemite!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Voxp3ckwJZ0

Double Dutch (early 1980s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRdwTxMeTL8

Funk

I feel good