CLASS GROUND RULES

1. ELECTRONIC DEVICES Students may not operate personal electronic devices in class. This includes but is not limited to:

• cell phones and other personal communication devices
• I pods, CD players, tape players, radios
• Laptop Computers
• Headphones and earplugs
• Calculators

Some devices may be used for group activities and class presentations. Check with the instructor if you are uncertain about such

usage.

2. EXCUSED ABSENCES UCF permits excused absences for the following reasons:

A. Officially sanctioned school events with advance written notification to faculty

B. Officially recognized religious holidays

C. Other than university excused absences, there are no excused absences in this class.

3. ATTENDANCE Students always have the choice of attending class. However, attendance is an essential element of engaging the class

and accounts for a portion of the participation grade:

• Attendance begins to be taken on the first class after add/drop.

• TWO ABSENCE GRACE PERIOD: Students may miss two class sessions without affecting their participation grade. All emergencies, family obligations, deaths of friends and/or family members, illness, injuries, court dates, car problems, etc. fall into this category.

· Roll will be taken most classes by a circulated sign-in sheet. To get full credit for attendance, students must be in their seat when the sign-in sheet arrives. The roll sheet will be considered the final word on attendance data which will be entered into the grade sheet immediately after all class sessions. Students may not request changes in attendance data after the class is adjourned.

· While non-university recognized absences may not be excused after the two absence grace period, circumstances requiring absences may be considered as mitigating factors at the time of final grade assignment. Students have the obligation of making the instructor aware of any such circumstances they wish to have considered at that time. All final decisions on considering mitigating factors lies with the instructor

4. GRADES Students will be provided a blank grade sheet in MS Excel format at the beginning of the term on which they may keep track

of writing and exam scores as well as participation credit (including attendance).

· All grade inquiries must be made in person during scheduled office hours or by appointment.

5. REQUIRED COMPUTE ACCESS In addition to the course text, students will be required to have access to the following programs

for course materials:

A. MS WORD - All written assignments must be submitted in Word.

B. MS EXCEL - All group presentations will be made with Excel. Students who do not have Excel on their computer may use any of

the computers on campus to submit evaluations.

C. POWERPOINT - Students will need access to Powerpoint to prepare presentations. Students may download the Powerpoint

reader for any notes which may be offered by the instructor for download.

D. INTERNET - All students must maintain a working email account registered with the university.

· This account will be connected to http://eccommunity.ucf.edu and should be checked daily during the semester.

· Students may need access to high speed modems since some files may be large.

6. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS All written assignments prepared outside the class room must meet these requirements:

A. Typewritten/MS Word file

B. Skipping every other line, writing on one side of the paper only

C. Title Page included

D. All multi-page assignments must be stapled.

E. All of these requirements are designed to make grading as uniform and expeditious as possible. Thus, papers which fail to meet

these parameters will be returned for resubmission and late points will be deducted.

7. PLAGIARISM Any use of material which is not original to you must be cited. This includes your text and other assigned readings as well

as class and film notes. Any other use is plagiarism. Failure to cite sources will result in one or more of the following results:

A. Papers returned for citation, loss of full credit for on-time submission

B. Failure on that assignment

C. Referral to the Office of Student Conduct for possible disciplinary action

D. Referral to the Academic Honesty course as a condition for graduation.

E. Failure of the Course in cases of repeated violations (in addition to C and D)

8. DEADLINES All assignments have deadlines.

A. Assignments will be collected in the classroom on the day it is due only unless instructed otherwise. Some work including

group presentation evaluations will be submitted via WebCT Assignments or Quiz functions as noted in the instructions.

B. Students may NOT submit work to office mailbox, under the office door or by email.

C. Only work submitted by the deadline will receive full credit.

· Assignments not submitted by the deadline will have an additional 48 hours for submission with 10% (one letter grade) penalty.

· After the late deadline, the assignment may not be submitted for credit.

9. CHANGES The above ground rules are applicable for the current semester.

• Any changes in the ground rules will be at the discretion of the instructor with notice to students by email.
• Students are encouraged to suggest changes, additions or deletions which might serve the best interest of the class