Attendance will be checked at each class meeting. Three unexcused absences will result in a failing grade being entered for the course. This course may be dropped for no credit with the approval of the instructor before 5 p.m. April 7. All work must be presented by the end of the class period in which it is due. No work will be accepted late.
Students are responsible for keeping current with local, national and international news events.
Questions about these events will be asked in quizzes and examinations. Crude, discourteous or profane languages has no place in a college classroom or in college work. Such language will be permitted only with prior written approval of the instructor and only for the most serious academic purposes. Stealing is stealing, and the theft of intellectual property is a high crime. So if you cite opinions of another person or facts presented elsewhere, you must footnote or otherwise indicate that the opinions or statements of facts are not original with you.