Course Policies

Attendance is required. 
A strongly worded attendance policy is recommended.  Be sure to stress that lateness is unacceptable and that absences include those granted or sanctioned by the Dean's Office. Students who miss four meetings, for any reason, are "in danger of failing the course." 

Cellphones should be set on vibrate or turned off during class.
Increasingly, teachers are finding it necessary to include a formal policy regulating the use of cellphones in the classroom. Especially during the oral presentation period, cellphones are an intolerable distraction.

Students must submit two copies of the final paper. 
In order to discourage plagiarism, the course coordinator will collect one copy of each final paper to be maintained in a centralized file.  This also makes it possible to accumulate student examples.

Final grades are subject to departmental review. 
The department reserves the right to alter grades in order to maintain class standards.