(for course requirements and a breakdown of each assignment's worth in your semester grade, see here)

GENERAL POLICIES

1)  LATENESS. Get to class on time.  A late arrival of five or more minutes counts as "late"; and three "lates" constitute an absence.  A late arrival of 15 minutes or more will also count as an absence

2)  ATTENDANCE You are allowed two absences in the class before receiving a failing grade. Given the generosity of that number since we meet less than half as often as a face-to-face class, I will make no exceptions.

If you miss class, you must send your assignment to me by the start of class time.

3) Check your e-mail regularly.  I use e-mail to get announcements pertaining to the class out to everyone.  Accordingly, it is your responsibility to read any class related e-mail I distribute within twenty-four hours of my having sent the e-mail. Weekends, however,you will have forty-eight hours to do so.

Paper Revising Policies

Any student in the writing-intensive track may rewrite a paper that grade on which will wipe out the grade on the first version. You must, however, meet with a writing mentor at the writing center to go over my comments and turn the new draft in within two weeks of receiving my comments.

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Reschedules

Every student has the option once during the semester to reschedule the due date of an assignment with the following conditions: (A) you must notify me 7 days in advance of the original due date of the assignment (B) you must do some portion of the assignment. This required portion of a rescheduled assignment and the new due date will vary by individual case. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THESE CONDITIONS, EXCEPT AS NOTED ON THE SYLLABUS.

Students on the writing-intensive track can reschedule TWO assignments (with the same conditions above).

The following items, however, can NOT be rescheduled: all quizzes, homework 1, homework 9, and the final paper.

NO EXCEPTIONS

LATE PAPERS

Do not tell me how the computer erased your paper. It is your responsibility to set aside enough time to compensate for unforeseen events with printing (and there often are), and to make back-up copies of your work (NOTE: if you don't have a good strategy for backing up your work, please come to me and I will help you out)   If your paper is late, I will deduct from your essay's grade according to the following schedule:

HERE IS NO PRIVATE WRITING IN THIS CLASS. You can expect that portions of your essays will be used in class.  In general, the students of this class will act as coaches and editors for each other

 CLASS ETTIQUETE

Use of cell-phones—including texting— in class shows disrespect for your classmates
and professor. YOU WILL INSTANTLY FAIL THIS COURSE IF YOU
USE YOUR CELL PHONE OR OTHER DEVICE DURING CLASS. NO
EXCEPTIONS.

YOU MAY NOT USE COMPUTERS, IPADS, OR OTHER DIGITAL DEVICES
IN CLASS WITHOUT PERMISSION; I encourage you to take notes on paper instead

Eating and drinking are permitted in class unless doing so proves to be disturbing to
your fellow students—and so I reserve the right to ban eating and drinking either
temporarily or permanently at any time.

Private conversation and the exchanging of notes during class interfere with your peers’
right to learn and so will result in a 1% penalty from your semester grade for each
occurrence. If I need to remind you more than once in a class of this policy, you will
also be considered absent for that day (which, accordingly, might trigger associated
penalties. See attendance policies)