If you do not consult with the instructor and follow up at Student Support Services, as provided above, you will thereby waive any claim to a disability and the right to any accommodation pertaining thereto. The Honor System imposes on each student the responsibility for his or her own honest deportment and assumes the corollary responsibility that each one will report any violations of the Honor Code about which he or she has information. A violation of the Honor Code involves cheating, plagiarism, academic negligence, or other acts of dishonesty in the area of academics. This is not a lecture course. Accordingly, the evaluation of students will be based primarily on participation and research.
Attendance is naturally a prerequisite for class participation.
I do expect everyone to read and digest the assigned readings. It goes without saying that regular attendance is mandatory and expected of all students. By attending you are expected to be attentive to and involved in class discussions. I mean that seriously, because for each time you fall asleep during the class period you will lose 5 points assessed against the overall term average, with no upper limit set on the number of points applied towards this penalty. A similar penalty will also be assessed for those who leave before the class period ends without advance notice or are tardy in arriving to class.