All mobile phones, pagers and other electronic devices must be turned off during class time – no texting during class, please. Remember to always be respectful of others, to arrive on time, and to not talk when others (including myself) are talking or presenting their work.
Assignment Deadlines: Unless you have a valid excuse verified by appropriate official documentation, late assignments will be penalized. I will not accept emailed submissions of any assignments unless otherwise specified. Make sure to save your work frequently and in multiple formats to ensure that you do not lose your work.
Email: Feel free to email me if you wish to schedule an appointment if you cannot make office hours, or to ask brief questions. Please allow at least 24 hours for me to respond to your message (48 hours on weekends). In order to discuss lengthier questions about drafts of your paper or your presentation, please stop by my office hours or arrange an appointment with me.
Disabilities: If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Resource Center, 146 Hahn Student Services, (831) 459-2089, drc@ucsc.edu. They will determine with you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. If your physical, psychological, medical, or learning disability requires special consideration, you need to inform me (and provide proper documentation) at the beginning of the course. I am committed to helping you benefit from the lectures and assignments in any way that I can. All information and documentation is confidential. For procedures and information go to the following web site: http://www2.ucsc.edu/drc/current_students/
Plagiarism: The University does not tolerate plagiarism or any form of cheating during in-class exams (see http://nettrail.ucsc.edu/ – Section XI, Info Ethics). Be aware that plagiarism is academic theft, and I will report you accordingly. When writing papers, students need to document sources properly. Never use an author’s words/ideas without giving the author proper credit through citation. You must cite your sources not only for direct quotations, but also for paraphrasing and summarizing another work in your own words, as well as for information or knowledge that is not considered to be common knowledge. Please refer to the University policy on academic honesty for more information.
*Style guides such as the MLA guide for proper citation methods are available through the UCSC Library’s Citation Style Guides: http://library.ucsc.edu/science/instruction/CitingSources.pdf http://library.ucsc.edu/science/sciref.html http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/mla_citations.html
If you have any questions about this issue (and particularly if you are new to UCSC), please come and see me before you hand in a paper.
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