Policies

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:______________________

Attendance:

Attending class regularly shows respect not only for your professor, but for your peers and for the very mission of the course.  Perhaps more importantly, if you do not attend class regularly, you will not do well.  Participation–which includes commenting on the blog, engaging in class conversations, and being on time and fully engaged in class–counts for 20% of your overall grade.

After three absences–unexcused or excused, unless there is a documented reason for extended absence–your grade will go down by a single increment (B to a B-, for example). I note attendance at the start of class and will maintain an attendance register in OAKS.

Technology in the Classroom: Please be respectful of me and those around you by only conducting class business on your laptops. Most often, class will unfold as a series of conversations and close engagements with the material at hand, so laptop use will be limited.

Assignments and Grades:

Your grade in this course will reflect your performance in four broad categories as described below.  You can earn a maximum of 1000 points in this course:

  • Presence—200 points / 20%: measured by your performance on  20 Reflective Engagements (5 points each) and 20 blog comments (5 points each) that you will have an opportunity to complete across the semester.

Note that your comments, in order to count, should substantially respond to the post in question and should clock in at 100-200 words (though you can go on as long as you’d like). Additionally, I expect active participation in class conversations even if I don’t assign a specific point value to this category. If you are simply a quieter person, one way to signal your interest in class discussion would be to comment on your peers’ blog posts. In situations where a student is just a few points shy of earning a higher grade, I take in-class and / or online participation into serious consideration. I will always comment on each post both publicly and via the grading rubric.

  • The W.W. Blog—8 posts @ 50 points each = 400 points / 40%: Over the course of the semester, students will compose 8 blog posts of 700-800 words each.
  • Final Project–400 points
    • As a Senior Seminar, the final project is the most important assignment in the course, and one that we will dedicate significant time to in the final weeks of the semester. The best final projects will meld the interests that you’ve formed over the past few years at CofC with the more focused course material.

Figuring your Grade: I will add up all the points you’ve earned in the course and assign grades based on the following table:

  • A-Range: 970-1000 = A+, 930-969 = A, 900-929 = A-
  • B-Range: 870-899 = B+, 830-869 = B, 800-829 = B-
  • C-Range: 770-799 = C+, 730-769 = C, 700-729 = C-
  • D-Range: 670-699 = D+, 630-669 = D, 600-629 = D-
  • <600 = F

COURCE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES:

Dual Submission Policy:

The same paper may not be submitted for a grade in more than one class.

Plagiarism and the Honor Code—What follows is quoted verbatim, and reflects official CofC policy:

Lying, cheating, attempted cheating, and plagiarism are violations of our Honor Code that, when identified, are investigated.  Each incident will be examined to determine the degree of deception involved.

Incidents where the instructor determines the student’s actions are related more to a misunderstanding will handled by the instructor.  A written intervention designed to help prevent the student from repeating the error will be given to the student.  The intervention, submitted by form and signed both by the instructor and the student, will be forwarded to the Dean of Students and placed in the student’s file.

Cases of suspected academic dishonesty will be reported directly by the instructor and/or others having knowledge of the incident to the Dean of Students.  A student found responsible by the Honor Board for academic dishonesty will receive a XF in the course, indicating failure of the course due to academic dishonesty.  This grade will appear on the student’s transcript for two years after which the student may petition for the X to be expunged.  The student may also be placed on disciplinary probation, suspended (temporary removal) or expelled (permanent removal) from the College by the Honor Board.

Students should be aware that unauthorized collaboration–working together without permission– is a form of cheating.  Unless the instructor specifies that students can work together on an assignment, quiz and/or test, no collaboration during the completion of the assignment is permitted.   Other forms of cheating include possessing or using an unauthorized study aid (which could include accessing information via a cell phone or computer), copying from others’ exams, fabricating data, and giving unauthorized assistance.

Research conducted and/or papers written for other classes cannot be used in whole or in part for any assignment in this class without obtaining prior permission from the instructor.

Students can find the complete Honor Code and all related processes in the Student Handbook.

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