Attendance is not part of the grade but it is indirectly measured by everything else listed above. While I reserve the right to drop a student who has missed four or more classes, if you choose to stop attending, it is your responsibility to drop the class! Key to avoiding attendance issues is communication.
To attend in-person classes, you agree to follow all current college policies regarding vaccination clearance, testing requirements, and mask policies. This link also describes the process to follow if you test positive or are exposed to someone who has tested positive. Again, communication...
The reason I have due dates is because I want you to succeed in this class. First, the dues dates are intended to spread out the workload and build in some studying/processing time. Second, each topic covers different material and each topic builds on the last. Finally, this class covers A LOT of material so it is tough to succeed if you ignore it for a few weeks and then try to complete multiple assignments at one time. That said, I understand that life happens so see my assignment specific late work policies below.
Only illness (yours or a family member) or a death in the family is a valid reason to be allowed to an exam late or for being excused from a lab activity write-up and daily cards. If you know in advance that you need to miss an exam date, please make arrangements with me BEFORE the exam. You can drop one exam so if you miss an exam, that will become your drop. There are two "free misses" for the lab activity write-ups and for the daily cards.
These can be turned in late for up to 90% credit up until the Friday before the class final exam.
The ability to work together is an essential skill and I encourage it in this class. Working together means that you help each member of a team so that you all produce a product that is even better than if you simply combined the work that you did individually.
Academic dishonesty, on the other hand, is when you short circuit the learning process and mislead, deceive or act dishonestly on purpose. Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to:
Using notes, phone or copying off another student during exams
Plagiarizing information from another student, the textbook, notes or other websites in work that should be yours
Plagiarism is representing someone else’s work as your own. Plagiarism includes directly copying sentences from another source (e.g., textbook, websites, or another student’s work) without quotations as well as presenting slightly altered text as your own. To clarify, for the homework questions, we all know you are generally getting those answers from the textbook. It is a best learning practice to try to paraphrase or put the information in your own words; however, if you are directly copying an answer for the homework, just make sure you put it in quotes. Please ask me if you need any clarification about this topic.
If any academic dishonesty is discovered, you will:
receive zero points on that assignment or exam
be held accountable for your actions as described in the ARC Guide to Student Rights and Responsibilities and
be reported to the Dean of Science and Dean of Student Services