UNIVERSITY DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWING FROM CLASSES
The deadline for dropping a course without my permission is Friday, September 22. The University does not permit withdrawals after Friday, September 29.
POLICY ON LATE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS
Reading responses submitted after 2:00 on the due date will not be accepted. Late essays will usually not be accepted unless prior permission for a later deadline has been granted. If you wish to submit an essay that is late because of verifiable circumstances beyond your control, you must notify me (either directly by phone or email or through the Department office) before the next class meeting following the missed deadline. I will be under no obligation to accept any work that is more than one week late.
POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY AND WORKING WITH OTHERS
The University's policies on academic honesty will be strictly enforced. The written assignments will not require you to consult any materials that were not specifically assigned for the course or for that assignment, but you may use any sources that you find helpful. If you do consult other sources - including web sources, other students, friends, etc. - you must explicitly document them and clearly indicate the extent of your dependence on them. (If you are unsure about how to do this, ask me.) Submitting any other person's work as if it were your own constitutes plagiarism. Detected plagiarism or cheating will result in a grade of zero on the work involved, and further penalties (including suspension or expulsion) may be levied by the University.
On both the reading responses and the essays, I encourage you to work with your classmates for the purpose of collaborative learning. However, any work you ultimately submit for grading must be yours alone.
CAVEAT
The course information and the schedule of topics and assignments are subject to change when justified by circumstances or pedagogical considerations. Unless due to factors beyond my control, any changes in the schedule will be announced in class and by email at least one week in advance. All changes will be posted on the WebCT course website.