Participation
Students are expected to participate in all online activities as listed on the course calendar.
Attendance/Assignments
Students are expected to be present for all course lectures and labs. Attendance will be tied to Grades.
All assignments for this course will be submitted electronically through Canvas unless otherwise instructed. Assignments must be submitted by the given deadline or special permission must be requested from the instructor before the due date. Extensions will not be given beyond the next assignment except under extreme circumstances.
All discussion assignments must be completed by the assignment due date and time. Late or missing discussion assignments will lower your grade.
Cell Phone Policy
Students are expected to maintain a level of professionalism in the classroom. Cell phones are not permitted during class hours. If a student needs to answer a phone call they must get permission from the instructor to be excused. Continued cell phone usage is a violation of the course policies and if a student continues to use their cell phone during class hours the student will be excused from class with an unexcused absence.
Build Rapport
If you find that you have any trouble keeping up with assignments or other aspects of the course, make sure you let your instructor know as early as possible. As you will find, building rapport and effective relationships are key to becoming an effective professional. Make sure that you are proactive in informing your instructor when difficulties arise during the semester so that we can help you find a solution.
Understand When You May Drop This Course
It is the student’s responsibility to understand when they need to consider disenrolling from a course. Refer to the Course Schedule for dates and deadlines for registration. After this period, a serious and compelling reason is required to drop from the course. Serious and compelling reasons includes: (1) documented and significant change in work hours, leaving student unable to attend class, or (2) documented and severe physical/mental illness/injury to the student or student’s family.
Academic Honesty Policy & Procedures
Plagiarism
It is important for students to acknowledge sources that are used for completing classroom assignments. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty.
Plagiarism may be any one of the following:
- Verbatim copying without proper documentation of the source(s).
- Paraphrasing without proper documentation of the source(s).
- Unacknowledged appropriation of information or ideas from someone else.
If students have any questions about these forms of plagiarism or about an assignment they are preparing, they should ask their instructor for clarification rather than risk unintentional plagiarism.
Cheating
It is important for students to act in an honest and trustworthy manner. Work performed on examinations or other forms of evaluation must represent an individual’s own work, knowledge and experience of the subject matter. Students are expected to follow the classroom rules established by the instructor.
Cheating may be any one of the following:
- Unauthorized looking at or procuring information from any unauthorized sources or from another student’s work during an examination or from any work that will be graded or given points.
- Unauthorized acquiring, reading or learning of test questions prior to the testing date and time.
- Changing any portion of a returned graded test or report and resubmitting it as an original work to be regraded.
- Presenting the work of another as one’s own for a grade or points.
- Knowingly assisting another student in cheating.
This list is not all-inclusive and the list itself is not meant to limit the definition of cheating to just these items mentioned.
Consequences of Academic Dishonesty
The disciplinary action for cheating or plagiarism is up to the discretion of the instructor. The instructor may select one or more of the following options:
- Issue an oral or written notification and warn the student that further acts of this sort will result in additional disciplinary action.
- Issue an “NP” or a failing grade (“F”) or “0” for the assignment in question.
- Refer the student to the Vice President for Student Services for disciplinary action.