Policies
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Attendance
Attendance is expected. If you skip classes you will find homework and exams more dificult. You are responsible for all material covered in class regardless of absences. No make-up quizzes will be given.
Academic Integrity
Each student is expected to maintain the highest standards of honesty and integrity in academic and professional manners. The University reserves the right to take disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, against any student who is found guilty of academic dishonesty or otherwise fails to meet these standards.
Access to Education
Qualified students with disabilities needing appropriate academic adjustments should contact the instructor as soon as possible to ensure your needs are met in a timely manner. For information on assistive technology available for student use and additional information on services available through Student Accessibility Services.
Audit
A student may register for a course as an auditor, providing permission of the instructor is obtained. A student has the first four weeks of the semester to change a course to audit status. No changes in audit status will be processed after the fourth week of class. Students are charged the normal tuition rate for auditing a course.
Collaboration
Collaborative work, such as studying or discussing course materials, with other class members is highly encouraged. Students are encouraged to collaborate with each other using the WebCT email discussion area tools. The discussion area is one place to share ideas with others in the class.
Copyright
All materials in this course fall under copyright laws and should not be downloaded, distributed, or used by students for any purposes outside of this course.
Contacting the Instructor
You may call me at (505) 277-4125, during normal Monday-Friday, 9-5 hours or send me an email through WebCT email. You can expect to receive an initial reply within 24 hours. Where appropriate, students are encouraged to post their questions to the discussion areas so that other students can benefit, and/or another student may be able to answer your question.
Privacy and WebCT
WebCT or the course Web site automatically records all students' activities, including, your first and last access to the course, the pages you have accessed, the number of conferencing messages you have read and sent, chat rooms discussions, and posted discussion topics. This data is accessed by the instructor to evaluate class participation and to identify students having dificulty using WebCT features.
Incompletes Withdrawals and Drops
I give out incompletes only under extreme circumstances. If you are running into problems with the course, please contact me as early as possible so you do not fall behind. This course falls under all UNM policies for last day to drop courses, etc. Please see http://www.unm.edu/studentinfo.html or the UNM Course Catalog for information on UNM services and policies. Please see the UNM academic calendar for course dates, the last day to drop courses without penalty, and for Financial Disenrollment dates.
