Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

6. PLAGIARISM is academic dishonesty and may be defined as submitting another’s work as your own. It includes failure to use quotation marks or other conventional marking around material quoted from any printed or electronic source. Plagiarism shall also include paraphrasing a specific source without indicating accurately what the source is. Plagiarism shall further include downloading essays or letting another person compose or rewrite a student's written assignment. Plagiarism will result in a zero (0) for the assignment. NOTE: At any time during the semester, the instructor may ask a student to meet with him or her and rewrite any submitted work suspected to be plagiarized. 7. Each instructor is responsible for conducting class in an orderly, efficient, professional manner and following this syllabus. All of each class period will be composed of a recognizable part of the subject matter of the course and syllabus, relating to one or more of the above objectives. The instructor is expected to be the expert, the authority, on the content of the course and is further expected to assist the student in mastering this content. In order to do this, the instructor will discuss the assigned reading and will carefully evaluate all written or oral work used in determining grades as specified in the syllabus. COURSE REQUIREMENTS Course requirements include rough drafts and peer reviews of major papers, edited major papers for posted grades, short assignments to check reading comprehension and to check documentation skills, group work, discussions, mid-term and final papers and presentations. RELATIONSHIP TO CAMPUS THEME Students will read and discuss many essays in Sticks and Stones as it relates to nature, technology, and humanity. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY All assignments, tests, and quizzes will meet the standards of accepted Academic Integrity. GRADING POLICY All graded work is percentage based, and the lowest passing percentage for the semester is “70%.” All major papers must be submitted. Final calculations will be the following: 1/3 edited essays 1/3 mid-term and final (in class) 1/3 all other assignments