Students who miss one of the tests for a legitimate reason may write a comprehensive final exam as a substitute. Points will be assigned at the end of the term proportionate to the grades earned on the other assignments. The same values will apply to the Persuasive Speech and the Symposium. To calculate your course grade, multiply each assignment grade by the value of the assignment, and at the end of the term add the products to give a course total. Thus, a grade of 80 on the informative speech assignment would be worth 19.2 points in calculating the course grade.
All assignments are to be the original work of the student presenting the work.
Sources used in preparation are to be cited, and direct quotations are to be identified as such. Presentation of materials prepared by another person as your own work is cause for failure in the course. Also, see the University's recent statement on plagiarism . With an absence on the day an assignment is due, the student will receive an automatic F on the assignment. A student who arrives after attendance has been recorded will be regarded as absent for the entire class period.