Participation/Attendance:

While assigned readings, browsings, and viewings, contain a great deal of important information, this is ultimately a “lecture- and discussion-driven” course; the critical concepts and themes necessary to mastering the material will be addressed in depth during regular course meetings. Attendance is vital to one’s success during the semester. Attendance, however, is not a component of one’s semester grade; students do not receive credit or “points” for showing-up to class. Consider this is a rope.

Make-up Assignments, Quizzes and Exams:

Students will be granted an opportunity to make-up any and all in-class assignments (i.e. scheduled quizzes and the mid-term exam) missed for any reason during the course of the semester. All make-up assignments, however, must be completed on the lone designated “Make-up Day” scheduled during the last week of semester. [The precise day/times will be announced and posted by the end of the third week of instruction.] Any/all missed assignments not completed on “Make-up Day” will be recorded as a zero (“0”). By contrast, students will not be allowed to “make-up” or turn-in required “Reading Response” essays & quizzes beyond the established deadlines of those individual assignments. No exceptions or accommodations will be made to this policy.

For a description of Prof. Palmer’s grading scale click here.

Note on Academic Dishonesty:

The institutional Policy on Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty may be found by clicking here.

Please be advised that if you are found to have committed an act of academic dishonesty while enrolled in this class you will receive an ‘F’ for the semester and the incident will be brought to the attention of the University’s Council on Admission, Graduation, and Academic Standards (CAGAS) for further disciplinary action.

In accordance with institutional policy and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), academic accommodations may be made for any student who notifies the instructor of the need for an accommodation. For more information, click here.

Disclaimer:

As is true of all courses, this is a “work-in-progress.” Your instructor reserve the right to revise, alter, and/or supplement course content, assignments, and requirements as they deem necessary.

This syllabus is a guide, not a contract.