Course Expectations
You’ve probably heard the saying “You get out of it what you put into it” well, with this course, it’s no different. Your instructor(s) have several basic expectations of all students who are taking this course. Additional expectations will be discussed on your syllabus and in class.
- Full participation in class activities, meaning that students must come to class prepared to participate in group work, contribute to discussions, give assigned presentations, etc. Class participation is desired to make this an enjoyable educational experience.
- Attendance is essential to fully participate and benefit from this course and therefore it is heavily factored into your final grade. Excessive absences may result in the student earning an “E” in this course. Students with 3 absences or more in the first 8 weeks of the semester will risk being administratively dropped from the class. Please notify your instructor in advance regarding attendance issues.
- This course is designed to encourage discussion through open and supportive communication; therefore, respect of opinions and ideas will be observed and disruptive classroom behavior will not be tolerated.
- All writing assignments must be typewritten and double-spaced with a 1-inch margin, using Times 12 point font. Specific criteria and a grading rubric for each paper will be distributed with each assignment.
- A maximum partial credit of 70% will be given for late papers/assignments—credit may be lower depending on the quality of the work submitted. Late assignments will not be accepted at all after one week past the due date.
