Really, my policies are simple: be respectful and work hard.
If you do the both of these you will be sure to succeed. In case you want to
know what I consider respect and hard work, I’ve outlined some of the high
points below:
Assignments
• All assignments should be submitted on time. Late major
assignments will be downgraded a letter grade per day late including weekend
days (but not holidays).
• Specific criteria for each major assignment will be
explained and developed in class. However, all writing you produce in this
class should meet the following general criteria: (a) The writing meets the
requirements and parameters for the assignment; (b) the writing is intelligent,
well-informed, respectful of others, grammatically competent and stylistically
fluent, well organized, and, most importantly, rhetorically effective for its
purpose, audience, and context.
Attendance
Much of the learning in this class happens through “engaged
learning” in class: via online inquiry activities, blogging assignments, online
group discussion, etc. Class time will be highly interactive — requiring
frequent participation, discussion, team work, blog writing, and responding to blogs.
For this reason, attendance at all class sessions is expected. Life does happen
and for that do have four absences. Each subsequent absence will lead to one
full letter grade reduction. Six absences equals an F. Consult Section 1.9.A of
the Student Handbook (2009-2010 edition) <http://www.units.muohio.edu/secretary/policies_guidelines/student_handbook/index.php>
for detailed policies regarding attendance.
Academic Integrity/Plagiarism
Two key features of academic integrity are honesty and
truthful representation of self. The assumption in all college classes is that
the writing you submit is your own original writing — that is, produced
originally for this class. The expectation is that you will appropriately
identify that portion of your work which is collaborative with others, or which
is borrowed from others, or which is your own work from other contexts. In
other words, you should credit others’ contributions to your work. You should not
claim, as your own, writing that is not your own. To do so is considered plagiarism, a serious
violation of the principle of academic integrity.
To copy someone else’s writing without acknowledging that
use is an act of academic as well as professional dishonesty, whether you
borrow an entire report or a single sentence. The most serious forms of
academic dishonesty are to “buy” an entire paper; or to have someone else write
an assignment for you; or to turn in someone else’s entire paper (or
significant portions of an existing piece of writing) and call it your own.
These forms of dishonesty constitute serious breaches of academic integrity. If
you have doubts about whether or not you are using your own or others’ writing
ethically, ask the instructor.
For further details about Academic Integrity at Miami
University — including a detailed list of examples of academic dishonesty and
procedures and penalties for dealing with instances of academic dishonesty —
see http://www.muohio.edu/integrity/undergrads.cfm.
Backing Up Your Work/File Formats
You are responsible for keeping copies of your written
course work — at least two copies in two different locations — so that if you
should have an MSF (massive system failure), you can recover your work. I
recommend storing your work on Dropbox or Google docs so they can be accessed
from a computer at your public library, local Kinko’s or a friend’s house. Platform
compatibility, file transfer, and e-mail attachments are sometimes irritating,
though rarely unsolvable, problems. In short, “My computer broke” is the 21st
century equivalent to “My dog ate my homework.” It is not a valid excuse. It is
your responsibility as sender/writer to submit files to your instructor and to
your classmates in an accessible, readable format.
Grading Scale
A 100-94%
A- 93-90%
B+ 89-87%
B 86-84%
B- 83-80%
C+ 79-77%
C 76-74%
C- 73-70%
D+ 69-67%
D 66-64%
D- 63-60%
F 59% and
below
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