Withdrawals

You are responsible for dropping yourself from this course. I do not automatically drop students. The last day to drop the course with a W is October 20, 1999.

Incompletes

Incompletes are given only in special circumstances. To receive an incomplete, you must have successfully passed the first half of the course and must be precluded from successful completion of the second half of the course by either a docum ented illness or a family crisis which I believe genuinely precludes you from successfully completing the course at the end of the semester. To be considered to have successfully passed the first half of the course, you must have a C average or higher after the midterm exam is graded.

Multiple Submissions

I do not accept resubmissions of work done for other courses for your final paper or for any other assignments. The general topic of your final paper may be similar to that researched for another course; however, the content, organization and focus of the final paper for this course is so different that a resubmitted paper will be instantly recognized and will receive a failing grade.

Extra Credit

You will have several opportunities during the semester to earn extra credit by completing extra assignments.

Due dates for extra credit assignments are final. No make up work is possible for extra credit assignments

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

The minimum standard for an S grade is a C.

Academic Misconduct

Anyone who willfully damages, steals, or makes inaccessible to others library materials or computer resources will be dropped from the course.

Reading or sending e-mail, surfing the web, printing or using other applications on the computer workstations during lectures or presentations is not only rude it is unacceptable. Your screens can be viewed by others. (see below)

Plaigarism is unacceptable and will result in a failing grade. Cite all your sources. Paraphrase material used and cite that material.

Classroom Computers and Privacy

Your computer workstations are not private. Do not use class time for recreation or conversation.

The instructor workstation in this classroom is equipped to view and display to the class, or to any individual in the class each and every computer monitor the instructor wishes to display.

In addition, the instructor has the ability to blank all or individual computer screens as well as take over control of individual keyboards and mice.

Use caution in sending e-mail from classroom PCs. Nothing is private. You will be held responsible for what you do with and on the machines.

Posting of Grades

By the middle of October and after the first examination, I will post midterm grades on the course web page. With your consent, grades will be sorted and then posted by the last four digits of your SSN. Final grades will be posted in the same fashion. I will also post final grades outside my office door.

Students with Disabilities

If you have or believe you have a disability, you may wish to self-identify. You can do so by providing documentation to the Office for Services for Students with Disabilities, located at Garcia Annex (phone: 646-6840). Appropriate accommodations may then be provided for you.

If you have a condition which may affect your ability to exit safely form the premises in an emergency of which may cause an emergency during class, you are encouraged to discuss this in confidence with the instructor and/or the Director of Disabled Stude nts Programs. If you have general questions about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), call 646-3635.

 

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