Course Requirements
Academic Integrity
While you are a student at this college, you will be treated as an adult. You are expected to know and abide by the rules of the institution as described in the Scot’s Key. Particular attention should be directed to the appropriate use of materials available on-line through the Internet. It is important that you read and understand the ethical use of information. Whether intentional or not, improper use of materials can be considered a violation of academic honesty.
Cheating in any of your academic work is a serious breach of the Wooster Ethic and the Code of Academic Integrity and is grounds for an F for the entire course. In addition, I am required to forward a record of the incident to the Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement. You will be held responsible for your actions. If you are unsure as to what is permissible, always consult me first.
You should be aware of the following guidelines regarding plagiarism:
- Any idea or argument taken from a work that is not your own – whether it is from a printed source, the internet, or another student – must be properly cited. You must incorporate an acknowledgment of the source of the idea in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- All quotations must be clearly marked with quotation marks in the text and the source identified in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- Any group of three or more words taken directly from a work that is not your own must appear in quotation marks and the source identified in a footnote. If not, your work will be considered plagiarism.
- The borrowing of any complete sentence, sentence fragment, or sequence of three words or more from a work that is not your own (whether taken from printed works, the internet, or the work of another student) without quotation marks and without proper citation is considered plagiarism. This includes words taken from reference works, online book reviews, or student essay posting sites.
- In this course, my expectation is that you will not use any artificial intelligence (AI)-powered programs such as ChatGPT or DALL-E to help you with your assignments. Any use of AI-generated work to outline, write, create, or edit your assignments will be considered an academic integrity violation. These programs may provide inaccurate or biased information, but more importantly, they do not serve your development as a student. In this course you will learn valuable skills from outlining, generating, and editing your own work. If you have any questions about this policy or are not sure if a resource you have found will violate this policy, please ask.
The Writing Center
The Writing Center provides professional tutors who work with you to help clarify your thinking and improve the communication of your ideas. They can help at all stages of writing, from planning to drafting to revision. I encourage you all to take advantage of this wonderful, free resource for any of your writing assignments. Please contact Alicia Brazeau for help during the remote summer session (abrazeau@wooster.edu) if needed.
The Academic Resource Center
All necessary accommodations will be made for students in this course with learning disabilities. Please register with Amber Larson, Director of the Academic Resource Center (alarson@wooster.edu) and let me know as soon as possible so we can discuss how to shape the class requirements to best fit your needs. All discussions will remain confidential.
Recording Classroom Activities
Please do not record the meeting unless I give you permission to do so. I will record sessions as needed and with student agreement. It is possible we will run in to technical difficulties in the remote classroom, and I ask for your patience, understanding, and flexibility should “pivots” in class meetings occur.
Absences
If you are unable to attend one of our meetings, please contact me well in advance for alternative assignments.
Late Work
Because of the short time we will be together, I expect you to hand in work on time. If you fall behind for any reasons, communicate with me so that we can find an arrangement for making work up.
Electronic Submissions
All work will be submitted through our Moodle course site.