Attendance is important and does figure in the final grade.
Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. Students guilty of academic misconduct either directly or indirectly through participation or assistance are immediately responsible to the instructor of the class. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct and subsequent to the due process hearing, if requested by the student, the instructor has the authority to assign an F or a zero for the exercise or examination, or to assign an F in the course. Lecture and discussion will be the primary learning method as this is a survey course. In addition some audio-visual aids will be used as appropriate and available.