Because class participation is an essential part of this course, attendance is required. Class participation means having materials prepared for class, having something pertinent to say in online discussion, and participating in the collaborative projects. Class participation is not simply sitting in class absorbing everything. After that, each absence counts as five points off your final course average. An absence is missing half or more of a class.
Attendance is taken on a signup sheet.
It is your responsibility to make sure you sign this sheet at the beginning of each class. I am unwilling to spend time giving individual help to students who do not assume the responsibility of attending class regularly. All major assignments must be completed or you will receive an F. No document that is seriously deficient in organization, style, spelling, punctuation, or grammatical conventions will be given a passing grade. Major documents will be submitted on disk and as hardcopy. All academic documents that are submitted as hardcopy should be double spaced.