1. Attendance Policy I expect you to attend every online seminar meeting.  If you do have to miss class, please let me know in advance. Missing more than one seminar meeting will lower your grade in this course as follows: 2-3 classes will result in a 1/3 grade deduction (A- to B+, for instance), 4-5 classes will result in a full grade deduction, 6 or more classes will result in a failing grade for the semester.
2. Late Work All work must be submitted on the day it is due. I will grant you one extension during the semester if you have a legitimate reason for asking (an overwhelmingly busy week, personal or family crisis, or a medical emergency), but you must contact me at least 48 hours before the deadline.
3. Completion of the Course You must complete all of the work for the course in order to receive a passing grade. Also, it is the College’s policy on incomplete grades that I may not grant an incomplete unless you have completed 75% of the work for the class.
4. Technology I assume that students will have a basic-to-intermediate level of experience with electronic communications and resources for this class. I will periodically send out announcements via e-mail, so it is important that you frequently check your newpaltz.edu e-mail account for important messages about the class. If any of the technologies we are using present a problem for you, please do not hesitate to speak to me as I am happy to help you with these resources.

6. Plagiarism and Academic IntegrityPlagiarism, according to the College’s advising handbook, is “the representation, intentional or unintentional, of someone else’s words or ideas as one’s own.” You must, therefore, put in quotation marks the words of others and properly cite, using MLA guidelines, where those words come from. If you are paraphrasing someone else’s ideas, you must also give proper citation and credit to the author of those ideas. I will strictly follow the College guidelines in reporting incidents of plagiarism:

Faculty members must report in writing cases of cheating, plagiarism or forgery to their department chair, academic Dean and Associate Dean for Student Affairs. Faculty members are also responsible for making the initial determination of the academic penalty to be imposed in cases of cheating, plagiarism, or forgery and for informing in writing the department chair, the academic Dean, and the student of the alleged violation and the proposed penalty. The academic penalty may range, for instance, from failure of a specific piece of work in a course to failure of the course itself. Cases requiring disciplinary and/or grade appeal action will be adjudicated in accordance with Procedures for Resolving Academic Integrity Cases, a copy of which is available in the office of the Vice President for Students Affairs, the office of the Provost for Academic Affairs, and in the academic Deans’ offices.

At a minimum, I will give a paper that contains plagiarism a failing grade and will report the incident as described above. If you have any questions or doubts about what constitutes plagiarism, please talk to me about anything you are unsure of before you turn it in. When in doubt, it is always best to give credit to a source.

7. Reasonable Accommodation of Individuals with Disabilities: Students needing classroom and/or testing accommodations related to a disability should contact the Disability Resource Center (Haggerty Administration Building, Room 205, 845-257-3020) as close as possible to the beginning of the semester. The DRC will then provide students’ instructors with Accommodation Notifications verifying the need for accommodations. Specific questions about services and accommodations may be directed to Deanna Knapp, Assistant Director (knappd@newpaltz.edu) or Jean Vizvary, Director (vizvaryj@newpaltz.edu).
8. Veteran & Military Services: New Paltz’s Office of Veteran & Military Services (OVMS) is committed to serving the needs of veterans, service members and their dependents during their transition from military life to student life. Student veterans, service members or their dependents who need assistance while attending SUNY New Paltz may refer to OVMS’s website; call 845-257-3120, -3124 or -3074; e-mail np-vms@newpaltz.edu; or stop by the Student Union, Room 100 South.
9. Computer and Network Policies: Users of New Paltz’s computer resources and network facilities are required to comply with the institutional policies outlined in the Acceptable Uses and Privacy Policy and other technology policies, available at www.newpaltz.edu/itpolicy.
10. Title IX: Gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalking, and power-imbalanced sexual/romantic relationships between faculty and students are strictly prohibited within the SUNY New Paltz community. We encourage students to report, confidentially discuss, or raise questions and concerns regarding potential violations. Reports can be made to the Title IX Office, the department chair and/or the dean of your school. For information on Title IX reporting and support, visit www.newpaltz.edu/titleix/. The College’s Consensual Relationship Policy can be found at www.newpaltz.edu/hr/policies.html.