Freshman Seminar

in the College of
Arts & Sciences
Fall 2021
Tuesday 6:10-7pm
Wednesday 12:10-1pm
Grade Distribution
All make up work must be submitted as a single file via
email to the Freshman Seminar gmail. Include your name in
the subject line, e.g.
Dana A. Williams Make-up work for Tuesday Class
All submissions are due by due date listed. No submissions will be
accepted after the due date.

• Lecture mbongis (5) 30%

Make up due date: December 1 (sent via email)

• Co-Curricular activities mbongis (6) 30%

Due date: December 1 (post to Bb)

• Quizzes (5) 20%

• Bb/Syllabus
• HU, You Know!
• Quality Education 1, 2, 3
Make up due date: December 1 (sent via email)

• Final Project20%
Due Date: November 21 (post to Bb)
 Mbongis for Lectures
& Class Discussion
• “Learning, Wisdom and African(a) World
Experiences”
• “Something Torn and New”
• “Omoluabi”
• “Memory, Restoration, and African Renaissance”
• “‘The Eloquence of the Scribes’: Inscription as
Liberating Practice”

• Write a 250-word summary of the lecture you

missed. Add the title of the lecture and word
count at the top of the submission. Due date:
December 1.
Use the mbongi questions to guide your response,
but offer specific commentary for each question.
Co-Curricular
Activities
• All co-curriculars must be
posted by December 1.
• All co-curriculars are
posted.
• Every student can do one
”free for all.”
 Make-up Quizzes
• Over the course of the semester, there have been five (5)
quizzes posted in Blackboard.
• Make-up for quizzes require written responses instead of a
quiz. Include the assignment title and the word count at the top
of the page.
• Syllabus/Bb Quiz: In 300 words, respond to this prompt.
• Submit a self-reflection essay about your engagement of this class over the semester. How
often did you participate? What could you have done better? What aspects helped you to learn?
What did you find challenging? How did you use the syllabus of Bb as your guide? If you
didn’t, why didn’t you? What did you learn about yourself as a student from the way you
participated (or didn’t’ participate) in this class?

• HU, You Know! Quiz: In 300 words, respond to this prompt.

• Review the video. In 300 words, discuss the lecture in 3 paragraphs. In the first paragraph,
summarize the lecture. In the second paragraph, consider at least one historical figure Dr.
Jones mentioned and tell us more (from your own research) about that figure. In the third
paragraph, contextualize the lecture amid your scholarly goals as a student at Howard.

• Quality of Education Quiz 1: 300 words, write a summary to part 1 of the

book. Be sure to write at least one paragraph on each essay. Add at least one
question you thought of after reading each essay.
• Quality of Education Quiz 2: 300 words, write a summary of part 2 of the
book. Be sure to write at least one paragraph on each essay. Add at least one
question you thought of after reading each essay.
• Quality of Education Quiz 3: 300 words, write a summary of part 3 of the
book. Be sure to write at least one paragraph on each essay. Add at least one
question you thought of after reading each essay.
 The Group Project
• Any student who is still without a group
must connect with a group by Wednesday
at 1pm.

• The project is still due by November 21.

• Make it happen!
 Summary
• 1. Group Project | Sunday, November 21 | 11:59pm EST 
• 2. Review of Posted Scores | November 11 - November 21 
• 3. All make up work (mbongis and quizzes) must be
submitted as instructed | Wednesday, December 1 |
11:59pm EST
• 4. All co-curriculars posted | Wednesday, December 1 |
11:59pm EST
• Remember: you can do 1 "free for all" (any event of your
choosing) and 1 "anytime video."
• Please note that no late submissions will be accepted after
the posted deadlines, so be sure not to wait until the
deadline to submit.
• If you need assistance or have questions, email the
Teaching Assistant (TA) this week. We are here to help!