If you are more than fifteen minutes late for class, I will count you as absent. The only exceptions to this policy are students who must travel to a university-sponsored event, such as athletes who will play an away game. In those cases the student is responsible for providing me, in advance, documentation noting the dates of these events. After three unexcused absences, students will be referred to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Excused absences are those incurred because of illness, death of an immediate family member, or other valid and verifiable reasons.
Plagiarism is a serious offense.
The Bowie State University Student Handbook and The 1999-2001 Bowie State University Undergraduate Catalog for further discussion of plagiarism. Plagiarized research paper will automatically receive a failing grade. After completing ENGL 101 and 102, students must take and pass successfully the Bowie State University English Proficiency Examination. Transfer students who completed their English composition requirements at another university should take the English Proficiency examination during their first semester of enrollment at the university. Students are required to read all assigned selections before coming to class on the day those selections are to be discussed.