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Disability Access (ADA)
Rhode Island College is required by law to ensure that students with documented disabilities are provided with the reasonable accommodations necessary to effectively address their individual educational needs. Students seeking course accommodations for a disability must first register with the Center for Disability Access (CDA). The Center for Disability Access will notify me about approved accommodations. Accommodations are not retroactive. Please submit requests to the CDA as soon as you think that you will need to utilize accommodations in this course. Once you have made your request to have your accommodations sent to faculty, the CDA will process your request and send your accommodation letter out to faculty.
College Policies Prohibiting Discrimination and Sexual Harassment
Rhode Island College and its faculty are committed to creating a safe and open learning environment for all students. The College prohibits all forms of discrimination, harassment, and sexual harassment, including sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. RIC encourages all members of the community to seek support from, and report to, the Office of Institutional Equity. You may contact the Office at 401-456-8218, or learn more about college policies by visiting the Office of Institutional Equity’s website. If you have experienced, witnessed, and/or received information about a potential violation, you may submit an incident report. Incident reports are routed to the Director of Institutional Equity / Title IX Coordinator, and will initiate outreach from the Director to the individual(s) who have experienced harm.
Pregnancy Modifications
Rhode Island College prohibits differential treatment or discrimination against students based on their current, potential, or past parental, family, marital status, or pregnancy or related condition. Students experiencing pregnancy or related conditions may meet with the Title IX Coordinator to discuss reasonable modifications by initiating a request. The College’s Pregnancy Policy is available at https://www.ric.edu/pregnancy. College policy requires all employees, upon receipt of a disclosure of pregnancy or related condition from a student, to refer that student to the Title IX Coordinator.
Basic Wellness Needs
To learn effectively, you must have basic security: a roof over your head along with a reliable place to sleep and enough food to eat. If you’re having trouble with any of those things, please contact Learning for Life (l4linfo@ric.edu, or phone 401-456-6320). Students dealing with heightened feelings of sadness or hopelessness, thoughts of harm or suicide, or increased anxiety may schedule an appointment at the Counseling Center (401-456-8094). Also, students in distress can call 401-456-4673 (HOPE) to confidentially speak with licensed clinician. This service is available to students 24 hours a day/7 days a week. Together we can work to meet all of these needs.
Respect for Diversity
It is my intent that students from all diverse backgrounds and perspectives be well-served by this course, that students' learning needs be addressed both in and out of class, and that the diversity that students bring to this class be viewed as a resource, strength and benefit. It is my intent to present materials and activities that are respectful of diversity: students of color, ethnicity, culture, gender identity, sexuality, disability, age, socioeconomic status, and neurodiversity. Your suggestions are encouraged and appreciated. Please let me know ways to improve the effectiveness of the course for you personally or for other students or student groups. In addition, if any of our class meetings conflict with your religious events, please let me know so that we can make arrangements for you.
Plagiarism
The College community is committed to the principles of academic integrity. A student who commits an academic integrity violation is subject to consequences ranging from an effect on a grade to dismissal, depending on the seriousness of the act. Academic integrity violations are adjudicated under the procedures developed by the Academic Integrity Board. The Board is composed of students, faculty, and administrators.
General Classroom Etiquette
In our structured and unstructured discussions and dialogues, we also will have many opportunities to explore some challenging issues and increase our understandings of different perspectives. Our conversations may not always be easy; we sometimes will make mistakes in our speaking and our listening; sometimes we will need patience or courage or imagination or any number of qualities in combination to engage our texts, our classmates, and our own ideas and experiences. Always we will need respect for others. Thus, an additional aim of our course necessarily will be for us to increase our facility with the sometimes difficult conversations that arise as we deepen our understandings of multiple perspectives – whatever our backgrounds, experiences, or positions.