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English 111 G/H Rhetoric
and Composition
Department of English Writing Program
Policies
Attendance
Regular attendance is essential for success in a writing
course. The Department of English has established the following
policy governing attendance and punctuality:
Instructors may recommend that the deans drop students who,
for any reason, miss two (2) consecutive class meetings
or three (3) class meetings before the last day to withdraw.
However, if a student wants to withdraw from the course with
a W (not a letter grade), he or she
is responsible for initiating the appropriate paperwork by the
date the University specifies. The instructor is not responsible
for ensuring that students who simply stop attending class are
withdrawn, and the English Department is not responsible for
initiating withdrawals for students with attendance problems.
Attendance will be considered in final evaluation; a poor
attendance record will adversely affect your grade. Although
the university does not recognize "excused" absences,
if you anticipate being absent from class, notify your instructor.
You are responsible for making up work missed due to absence.
Instructors are not required to accept work missed due to absence.
Instructors will announce specific penalties for missing class,
coming unprepared, or failing to participate.
Punctuality
Late arrival at class meetings is discourteous to both students
and instructors, and it disrupts the progress of the class. Late
arrival may be counted as an absence.
Peer critiquing and drafts
Most writing courses involve peer critiquing, with students
exchanging drafts of their papers with their peer revision groups.
Drafts are not complete essays and reflect potential more than
actual accomplishments. Workshopping can be effective only in
an environment of trust and mutual respect. Students are reminded
to treat each other’s draft work with respect, making constructive
comments that will help the writers of the papers revise. More
importantly, the content and style of draft work and the finished
draft are the intellectual property of the writer; students should
not discuss classmates’ essays outside of class without
the writers’ permission. Failure to secure permission from
the writer will be treated as academic misconduct.
Meeting assignment deadlines
Failure to turn in assigned work when it is due disrupts
course planning and hampers the instructor’s evaluation
of your work. If you will be unable to submit an assignment on
time, contact your instructor before the assignment is due. Instructors
are not required to accept or evaluate late work.
Portfolios and Outcomes Assessment
For purposes of Writing Program Outcomes Assessment, the
department will select, review, and keep on file a sample of
student portfolios. Near the end of the semester, students will
be randomly selected and notified that their portfolios will
be used for Outcomes Assessment. These portfolios will not be
returned to students.
Outcomes Assessment represents an effort by the English department
and university to determine whether and to what degree our writing
courses are accomplishing the objectives announced in the syllabus.
Selected portfolios will be reviewed anonymously; neither the
student nor instructor will be identified. Results of the assessment
will be reported for the entire program, not individual
students or sections. Outcomes Assessment results will be used
for curricular revision to assure that our courses are effectively
accomplishing their objectives and meeting student and university
needs.
The department appreciates your cooperation and participation
in this project. However, if you do not want your work to be
considered for random selection, you must notify the Writing
Program Administrator in writing before the fifth week (or fifth
class in the summer sessions) of class.
Americans with Disabilities Act
If you have a disability that affects you as a student in
this class, you are invited to notify the course instructor and/or
to call the Disabled Student Programs Office at 646-6840. Your
notification will remain confidential.
Incompletes
For the policy on incompletes (I), refer to the University
policy announced in the bulletin.
ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT POLICIES
Plagiarism and academic dishonesty
It is academically dishonest, and often illegal, to present someone
else’s ideas or writing as your own. You cannot use even
short phrases or parts of sentences obtained from other sources
unless you properly document those sources. Documentation includes
marking quotations, as well as providing notes, citations, and
a reference list. If you receive assistance from a source other
than your instructor, your colleagues in the class, or The Writing
Center, then you must acknowledge that assistance. Identify the
source and the nature of the assistance in an acknowledgments
note at the end of the assignment. Failure to acknowledge constitutes
academic misconduct.
In addition, it is academically dishonest to submit your own
previously written work for a current assignment or to submit
an assignment in more than one class without the prior permission
of the instructors.
You will be held responsible for furnishing upon request all
the sources and preliminary work (notes, rough drafts, etc.)
that you use preparing written assignments. If you cannot produce
that material upon request, the assignment will be considered
unsatisfactory and given a failing grade.
Plagiarism and academic misconduct of any kind may constitute
grounds for failing the course and may result in further disciplinary
action according to university policy. Consult the NMSU
Student Handbook regarding your responsibilities and
rights concerning plagiarism and academic dishonesty. In addition,
writing textbooks contain useful discussions of plagiarism.
Students are responsible for protecting their own work. It
is your responsibility to ensure that other students do not copy
your work or submit your work as their own. Allowing your work
to be used inappropriately makes you guilty of academic misconduct
and subject to sanctions.
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