## Professional Behaviors:

- 1) Punctuality and Attendance: Students are expected to arrive/connect to Blackboard Collaboration Ultra meeting promptly (5-10 minutes prior to beginning of class) and to attend every class.
- a. Tardiness without prior approval from instructor will result in 1 point off the computed final grade percentage per incident up to 5% of final grade. A text message, voice message, or email to the instructor can be left for approval.
- b. Any excused/unexcused absence will result in an automatic deduction of 5% in the final grade calculation for the course as determined by the instructor. You are expected to make up missed work and get information and materials missed from your classmates and the instructor.
- 2) Time Management: Late assignments will be deducted 10 points off the grade, per day they are late. If assignments are due at the beginning of class and turned in after class has begun, 5 points will be deducted.
- 3) Acceptance of and participation in giving and receiving constructive criticism: Students will be responsible for assessing fellow students’ performance and modifying performance based on feedback.
- 4) Attendance and participation in service learning: Students will be provided with online activities to enhance their understanding of ethical dilemmas within the occupational therapy profession.
- 5) Disruptive Behavior: Behaviors which detract from students learning will not be tolerated. These behaviors include but are not limited to: talking during class when an instructor or other student has the floor, attire that distracts from students learning, entering and exiting during instruction, and incoming messages on electronic devices.
- 6) Electronic Devices: Cell phones and any other electronic device should be turned off during class
- 7) Computer use: Class will take place though online meetings through Blackboard Collaboration Ultra and any other platform as indicated by your instructor. Make sure that you have a strong internet connection and have the required technological equipment to actively participate in class. In the event that you face connection or technical difficulties contact UTEP Help Desk, your internet provider and communicate with instructor.
- 8) Clinical observations: it is recommended students wear polo or button up shirts, pants and closed-toe, non-skid shoes.

Academic Integrity: Integrity: Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the university. “Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and the submission of credit of any work or materials that are attributed in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts.” Regents Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3.22. Since scholastic dishonesty hard the individual, all students and the integrity of the university, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced.