Absences will affect the final course grade. Please see above for grade grid. Tardiness will be treated as an absence unless an article review is accepted for the tardiness. Please note that in order for the article review to be accepted that it must score 37 points as shown on the grading criteria. Absences will be recorded strictly from the attendance sheet.
Attendance signatures on the sheet are the student's responsibility.
All students are expected to participate in classroom activities and discussions. It is assumed that each student will read the assigned materials prior to class and will refer to this information when answering questions or participating in discussion. Unless students ask for clarification of the assigned readings, it is assumed that students understand the content of the assigned readings. Fifty points will be deducted from all assignments if they are late. There are no exceptions to this rule.