In case of extenuating circumstances, the student may request and extension of the incomplete grade for an additional semester. A written agreement between the student and course instructor is required to extend an incomplete grade. Students are responsible for collecting assignments upon the completion of the course. The instructor will kept assignments on file for one semester following the conclusion of the course, and then they will be discarded. Textbook and research article reading assignments are to be completed prior to class.
All assignments are to be submitted in a scholarly portfolio.
A preliminary portfolio is due at mid-semester and a final portfolio will be submitted at the end of the semester. A dialogue is an informal, written communication between the student and the instructor. The purpose of a dialogue is to provide students with the opportunity to reflect upon and consider the things they are learning in class. Four dialogues are required, and they must be submitted electronically to receive credit. Copies of the dialogues may be included in the portfolio.