Attendance is taken daily. You are expected to take extensive notes and to participate in class discussions. Readings must be completed by the beginning of the assigned class periods. You are expected to come to class prepared with reading notes. Absence on exam days or on the day the paper is due will result in a lower grade.
Plagiarism is defined as the presentation of the ideas or the writing of someone else as one's own.
Allowing another person to substantially alter or revise your work and submitting it as your own. Using another's written ideas or words without properly acknowledging the source. If a student uses the words of someone else, he or she must put quotation marks around the passage and add indication of its origin, such as a footnote. Simply changing a word or two while leaving the organization and content substantially intact and failing to cite the source is plagiarism. Students should also take note that failure to acknowledge study aids such as Cliff's Notes or common reference sources constitutes plagiarism.