Students with unexcused absences who do not turn in a paper on time will receive a 0 . Failure to be present or to have a completed rough draft for response group work will result in a 5 point deduction on the final grade of that paper. All students will have one and only one drop grade for the daily assignments. All of the daily grades will average together to constitute a regular paper grade. Each major grammatical error results in a 10-point deduction in the grade of a paper.
Students are on their honor to do their own work unless they have been instructed to work in groups.
Plagiarism or other evidence of cheating will result in severe penalties as specified by university academic misconduct guidelines. Students are expected to be attentive and responsive in class. That means no sleeping, reading newspapers, or chatting with friends. Students are also expected to contribute to class discussions and group activities but to do so in a polite, respectful manner. They should give the professor their undivided attention during lecture or explanation.