If students expect to miss a class session, it is expected they will notify the faculty member prior to the class session, preferably via e-mail. Students are responsible for all course content covered, even when they miss a class session. In order to stay current on the class content, students who need to miss a class session may ask one or two other students for copies of their notes from the missed class. Just as it is expected on a job that the employee will come to work, it is expected in courses that students will come to class. Repeated and frequent absence will have a negative effect on the student's learning and course grade.
All papers are to be typed, unless the faculty member explicitly states otherwise.
In order to apply evaluation standards equally to all students, all assignments are to be turned in on time. A paper is defined as late if it is turned in after the instructor collects the papers. Each instructor, in the course syllabus, specifies the specific policy regarding late papers, and this policy will be applied to all students in that course. It is the student's responsibility to allow enough time to prepare a paper, so computer problems do not prevent the student from turning in a completed paper on time. Having computer problems late at night before a paper is due the next morning is an indication the student has not allowed sufficient time to complete the project.