Your grade will be affected by your punctuality and attendance. You will want to exchange phone numbers with group members in case you do have to miss class for some unforeseen reason and need to find out what assignments you missed. Please avoid absences, late arrivals to and early departures from class, incomplete or late work, beepers, cellular phones, pagers, etc., which disrupt teaching and learning. Return to the top of the page Respect for Diversity Diversity encompasses age, life experiences, profession, race, region, nation, lifestyle, social class, learning style, philosophy of life, orientations, religion, personality, mental and physical challenges, customs, values, and gender. Diversity is about difference, and different doesn't mean wrong.
Diversity is to be respected.
The instructors are committed to fostering a respect for others' right to think, feel or act in their own manner. Return to the top of the page Academic Integrity Academic integrity is striving to succeed in your studies through honest methods. Honesty involves relying on one's own thought process to complete assignments, essays, and exams. Furthermore, honesty involves realizing at times that difficulty is inherent in learning. Realization leads one to make choices of whether to devote more time to an assignment or to seek help.