Depending upon the seriousness of the violation, students guilty of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating on exams and plagiarism, are subject to failure on an assignment, or dismissal from the course with a grade of F. Please see the Policy on Academic Honesty, pp. You will have access to all the resources you need to write first-rate papers, so I expect they will be excellent. Topics must be cleared with me before writing the papers. Your failure to clarify questions about the requirements of the assignments will be reflected in the paper grade, both in terms of content and format. Late papers lower the letter grade one full step for each late day.
Papers are due at the beginning of each class period on the day they are assigned.
Computer disk and printer mishaps are not acceptable excuses for late papers. You might choose to look at the life of the Buddha, or Mohammed, or Moses, or Jesus, or any figure associated with the major world religions introduced in class. Be sure to clear the religious figure with me before writing the paper. Edwards uses those three terms interchangeably. Your paper's topic must be different from the first paper if you chose a figure associated with Christianity.