The course is specifically designed to encourage the development of communication skills through frequent student interaction. Class attendance is extremely important in a course of this nature. The only excused absences are those for serious illness, participation in a university-approved activity, or family emergencies. Each unexcused absence over two will cause your final grade to drop by one point. Only those absences documented by the infirmary, your personal physician or the Dean's office will be excused.
Students are fully responsible for work covered during their absence from class.
All work is due at the beginning of the class hour for which it is assigned. No work will be accepted late. As a general rule, make-up work will be accepted only in the case of an excused absence. Written answers to questions in the textbook will be assigned periodically. Scoring will emphasize correctness of content and grammar and regular completion of assignments.