The course grade will be computed by adding all lab, paper, and lecture scores listed above. DSS will review your concerns and determine with you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation of disability are confidential. Any effort to circumvent the evaluation mechanisms of the course to improve a grade for yourself or another student is academic dishonesty. Plagiarism is representation of the published or unpublished work of another person, whether it is the entire work, a paragraph, or even a fragment of a sentence, as your own writing.
Plagiarism is theft of the real author's work and provides an unfair advantage to the plagiarist.
Similarly, theft of laboratory materials gives the thief an unfair advantage on lab quizzes and imposes a significant, unnecessary cost on the University. You are strongly encouraged to report any form of academic dishonesty, and anonymity will be protected if requested. Innocence is easily verified if students with similar incorrect answers sit far apart during the test. I sometimes misspeak, I am sometimes unclear, and sometimes I present information that is simply difficult or too compressed. Do not hesitate to ask for clarification during a lecture.