Homework will be assigned regularly, but will not be collected. While attendance per se is not a component of your final grade, regular attendance is absolutely essential to the successful completion of this course. I expect students to be fully prepared for each lecture. This means that I do not schedule any quizzes or examinations during the last week of the semester. It is my view that the last week of classes should be devoted to preparing for one s remaining lectures and studying for the final examinations.
Intellectual honesty is critical to the very life of the scholarly community.
Academic dishonesty means cheating of any kind associated with scholarship and study. All graded assignments in this course are individual unless I specifically identify an assignment as a group project. In any case, a second offense results in an automatic F for the course. Failure to have read this policy does not excuse or forgive any violations of the policy. The correct response is to ask me for help with the material.