1. Office hours are when I engage you regarding individual concerns. (Not the five minutes before; not during class; not five minutes after.)
2. All course business and work outside of the classroom is conducted on CampusWeb. So, make a routine of being on our course site daily, particularly to check
Assignments and
Announcements
3. Assume that there is a new
assignment every class day. If I give you a day off from coursework, then I'll notify you via our course site and email.
4. Attendance and punctuality are mandatory for all class sessions. However, my policy (See below.) is fair and reasonable.
5. Computer/tablet use is not only welcomed but encouraged in the classroom. Proper use of technology is expected. (See below.) Cell phones off.
6. Tardy research-project stages, will be penalized as follows. Weekends are included in the calculation of overdue time: One minute after deadline up to 24 hours, you receive 6/7 credit; over 24 hours up to 48 hours, you receive 5/7 credit; after 48 hours past deadline, you receive 2/3 credit. So it always pays to get work in no matter how late. Tardiness on regular, daily work is not permitted. The due date is a deadline.
7. Academic dishonesty (Plagiarism, Cheating). Ignorance is no excuse for plagiarism and cheating. It’s either academic dishonesty or it’s not. A single instance of academic dishonesty will result in a FAILURE for the entire course. In addition, a report will be immediately forwarded to the Office of Academic Affairs so that the University may take action. The Franklin Pierce Academic Catalogue provides a precise definition of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is the act of stealing or passing as one’s own the ideas or words of another. Diana Hacker identifies three specific acts that constitute plagiarism: “(1) failing to cite quotations and borrowed ideas, (2) failing to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks and(3) failing to put summaries and paraphrases in your own words” (359 and 418). Specifically, this includes: copying the words of another student from examinations, themes, term papers, or theses; copying the printed words or ideas of a writer without giving credit to the author; using, borrowing, stealing, presenting or downloading another student’s ideas or writing and submitting such material as one’s own work; or resubmitting work in whole or in part that has previously been submitted in another course, without permission of the current instructor.
Hacker, Diana. A Writer’s Reference. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s Press.
For a more detailed explanation and specific examples, please refer to sections MLA-2, APA-2, and CMS-2 in Diana Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference.