Course Policies
Attendance, participation, an attitude of fortitude, and making the effort in this class is critical to your success. You will fall behind very quickly if you don’t attend class and your proficiency and final grade will suffer. You can’t learn and apply what you’re learning if you aren’t present physically and mentally.
NEW University Attendance & Makeup Work Policies
The undergraduate/health science professional attendance policy specifies the role of the student, the instructor and university administrators in cases when students are absent from one or more classes.
Withdrawal From A Course Due To Poor Attendance
Students are responsible for attending all class meetings for courses in which they are registered.* Any absence, regardless of the reason, prevents students from getting the full benefit of the course and, as such, no distinction is made between excused and unexcused absences for purposes of recording attendance.
1. For courses in which attendance is regularly taken, an instructor or college office may withdraw a student from a course due to excessive absences and assign a grade of WA (Withdrawn-Excessive Absences). In these cases, instructors must document the dates of absenteeism.
2. For those courses in which attendance is not taken on a regular basis, an instructor or college office may withdraw a student when it becomes apparent through missed assignments that the student has excessive absences.
In such cases, a student’s last date of attendance is determined by the last date of participation in an academically-related activity for the course including, but not limited to: an exam or quiz, a submitted assignment, participation in a lab activity, or in computer-assisted instruction.
Students assume all consequences that ensue as a result of receiving a WA grade. These consequences include, but are not limited to: a delay in graduation, loss of eligibility for certain scholarships or financial aid, loss of full-time student status.
Additional Attendance Policies
The above two sections represent university attendance standards. Each undergraduate college may enforce additional attendance policies for certain courses; consult your college handbook, college section of the current bulletin, or the individual course syllabus/attendance policy for more information.
Extended Absences
In the event that the student will be gone for an extended period, where two weeks or more classes will be missed, the student or a family member, if the student is unable, should communicate with the college office as soon as possible. The student may explore options, such as incomplete grades, withdrawing from the class, or seeking a medical withdrawal. These options may not be available in every case, and should be pursued before the student is withdrawn for excessive absences. Once a WA is entered for a course, these options are no longer available. The University deadline for withdrawal is published in the Academic Calendar.
Making Up Work From A Missed Class
In the case of missed assignments, the University does make a distinction between reasons for absences.
In the case of absences due to legal obligations, religious observance, or participation in Division 1 athletics and other university sanctioned events, if documented in advance, students should be given the opportunity to make up class examinations or other graded assignments that are missed, where possible.
Students should consult faculty and the respective syllabus for their policies regarding makeup work. Faculty may allow students to make up the missed work, where possible, if the absence is due to officially sponsored university activities (e.g., band or presenting a paper at a conference), hospitalization, the death or acute illness of an immediate family member (e.g., parent or caregiver, sibling, spouse, or child), mandatory admission interviews for professional or graduate school, or post-graduate employment interviews that cannot be rescheduled, required participation in military duties including required ROTC training and medical examinations or similar serious reason. Faculty may require documentation.
The manner in which the work will be made up is left to the discretion of each individual faculty member. The opportunity to make up work is considered a privilege, not a right.
It is recognized that sometimes an exam or graded assignment is impossible to make up. Some faculty may assign collaborative projects that depend on other classmates, or oral presentations that incorporate questioning by the entire class, or may use evaluative methods that cannot easily be replicated by the instructor. This policy does not prohibit any member of the faculty from making the determination that certain course work cannot be made up. Faculty who intend to deny the opportunity to make up certain exams or projects because of absences resulting from legal obligations, religious observance or university sanctioned activities and related travel, must inform the student of these consequences (reduced grade or otherwise) in writing, at the beginning of the class (preferably in the course syllabus).
In the event that a student is absent for reasons specified above (e.g., representing the university) and the instructor issues some portion of the grade on the basis of participation or, more directly, attendance, it is impossible for the student to directly “make up” the work. In these cases, faculty should recognize that the student’s grade should not be penalized for the absence. Except in cases of field experience, practicums, student teaching, clinicals, or clinical internships, the student should be given the opportunity to achieve the same grade based on a smaller number of classes or some alternative means of making up the points missed.
Student Responsibilities Regarding Attendance and Makeup Work
The following responsibilities are outlined in order to minimize the difficulties for students caused by absences due to legal obligations, religious observance or university sanctioned activities and related travel:
NEW University Attendance & Makeup Work Policies
The undergraduate/health science professional attendance policy specifies the role of the student, the instructor and university administrators in cases when students are absent from one or more classes.
Withdrawal From A Course Due To Poor Attendance
Students are responsible for attending all class meetings for courses in which they are registered.* Any absence, regardless of the reason, prevents students from getting the full benefit of the course and, as such, no distinction is made between excused and unexcused absences for purposes of recording attendance.
1. For courses in which attendance is regularly taken, an instructor or college office may withdraw a student from a course due to excessive absences and assign a grade of WA (Withdrawn-Excessive Absences). In these cases, instructors must document the dates of absenteeism.
- Such action may be initiated, for example, in a 16-week course when the number of class hours missed exceeds twice the number of course credits. As such, a student may be assigned the grade of WA when more than 6 classes have been missed in a 3 credit course, when more than 8 classes have been missed in a 4 credit course and when more than 10 classes have been missed in a 5 credit course.
- As examples: students who miss more than 6 classes in a 3 credit course that meets 50 minutes, 3 times per week, will be considered to have excessive absences and may be assigned a WA. Likewise, students who miss more than 4 classes in a 3-credit course that meets 75 minutes, 2 times per week, will be considered to have excessive absences and may be assigned a WA.
2. For those courses in which attendance is not taken on a regular basis, an instructor or college office may withdraw a student when it becomes apparent through missed assignments that the student has excessive absences.
In such cases, a student’s last date of attendance is determined by the last date of participation in an academically-related activity for the course including, but not limited to: an exam or quiz, a submitted assignment, participation in a lab activity, or in computer-assisted instruction.
Students assume all consequences that ensue as a result of receiving a WA grade. These consequences include, but are not limited to: a delay in graduation, loss of eligibility for certain scholarships or financial aid, loss of full-time student status.
Additional Attendance Policies
The above two sections represent university attendance standards. Each undergraduate college may enforce additional attendance policies for certain courses; consult your college handbook, college section of the current bulletin, or the individual course syllabus/attendance policy for more information.
Extended Absences
In the event that the student will be gone for an extended period, where two weeks or more classes will be missed, the student or a family member, if the student is unable, should communicate with the college office as soon as possible. The student may explore options, such as incomplete grades, withdrawing from the class, or seeking a medical withdrawal. These options may not be available in every case, and should be pursued before the student is withdrawn for excessive absences. Once a WA is entered for a course, these options are no longer available. The University deadline for withdrawal is published in the Academic Calendar.
Making Up Work From A Missed Class
In the case of missed assignments, the University does make a distinction between reasons for absences.
In the case of absences due to legal obligations, religious observance, or participation in Division 1 athletics and other university sanctioned events, if documented in advance, students should be given the opportunity to make up class examinations or other graded assignments that are missed, where possible.
Students should consult faculty and the respective syllabus for their policies regarding makeup work. Faculty may allow students to make up the missed work, where possible, if the absence is due to officially sponsored university activities (e.g., band or presenting a paper at a conference), hospitalization, the death or acute illness of an immediate family member (e.g., parent or caregiver, sibling, spouse, or child), mandatory admission interviews for professional or graduate school, or post-graduate employment interviews that cannot be rescheduled, required participation in military duties including required ROTC training and medical examinations or similar serious reason. Faculty may require documentation.
The manner in which the work will be made up is left to the discretion of each individual faculty member. The opportunity to make up work is considered a privilege, not a right.
It is recognized that sometimes an exam or graded assignment is impossible to make up. Some faculty may assign collaborative projects that depend on other classmates, or oral presentations that incorporate questioning by the entire class, or may use evaluative methods that cannot easily be replicated by the instructor. This policy does not prohibit any member of the faculty from making the determination that certain course work cannot be made up. Faculty who intend to deny the opportunity to make up certain exams or projects because of absences resulting from legal obligations, religious observance or university sanctioned activities and related travel, must inform the student of these consequences (reduced grade or otherwise) in writing, at the beginning of the class (preferably in the course syllabus).
In the event that a student is absent for reasons specified above (e.g., representing the university) and the instructor issues some portion of the grade on the basis of participation or, more directly, attendance, it is impossible for the student to directly “make up” the work. In these cases, faculty should recognize that the student’s grade should not be penalized for the absence. Except in cases of field experience, practicums, student teaching, clinicals, or clinical internships, the student should be given the opportunity to achieve the same grade based on a smaller number of classes or some alternative means of making up the points missed.
Student Responsibilities Regarding Attendance and Makeup Work
The following responsibilities are outlined in order to minimize the difficulties for students caused by absences due to legal obligations, religious observance or university sanctioned activities and related travel:
- Students are responsible for attending all class meetings for courses in which they are registered.
- Students should make every effort to schedule classes that will minimize conflicts caused by foreseeable activities and related travel.
- Since it is up to each student to understand and abide by each instructor’s policy on issues related to attendance, students should consult the instructor if any portion is not understood.
- Students should provide written notification of all scheduled events (e.g., dates of religious observance or scheduled travel for intercollegiate athletics), including a schedule of all activities and related travel to all their instructors within the first two weeks of each semester.
- Students should provide written notification of all other absences as soon as possible for events not foreseen at the beginning of the semester. (e.g., extended athletic seasons, hospitalization). If the student wishes to make up work, documentation may be required by the professor and should be turned in to the professor for absences less than a week and to the college office for absences of a week or longer.
- Students should obtain any class notes or other course material missed due to these absences, prior to taking any subsequent examinations or submitting any subsequent graded assignments.
- Students should make arrangements with the instructor to make up any missed work that can be made up, prior to any foreseeable absences and as soon as possible for any unforeseeable absences.
- Regardless of the reason for the absence, students are responsible for learning what happened in class. Students who anticipate missing one or more class periods should contact the instructor ahead of time, just as they should contact their instructor as soon as possible after an absence.
- Students are responsible for monitoring their absences during the term.
Inclement Weather
During the semester class may be cancelled or delayed due to inclement weather or other reasons. Please pay attention to emails or news posts on D2L notifying you of cancellations or delays.
Technology
Back Up Your Work
Dedicated cloud storage, (dropbox is gr8) a flash drive or an external hard drive is required for this course. Bring it with you or have access during every class meeting. It is a prudent to frequently back up your course work. Data loss of any type is not an excuse for missed deadlines. It is each individual student’s responsibility to ensure that they have current copies of their digital data.
Desire2Learn | D2L
This course will utilize the Desire2Learn program. On this course site, you will find course information, class related announcements, and supplemental information. You are responsible for checking this web site on a regular basis and will be held accountable for all information on this web page. You can access D2L at: http://d2l.mu.edu – your user name and password will be the same as your Checkmarq user name and password.
Dedicated cloud storage, (dropbox is gr8) a flash drive or an external hard drive is required for this course. Bring it with you or have access during every class meeting. It is a prudent to frequently back up your course work. Data loss of any type is not an excuse for missed deadlines. It is each individual student’s responsibility to ensure that they have current copies of their digital data.
Desire2Learn | D2L
This course will utilize the Desire2Learn program. On this course site, you will find course information, class related announcements, and supplemental information. You are responsible for checking this web site on a regular basis and will be held accountable for all information on this web page. You can access D2L at: http://d2l.mu.edu – your user name and password will be the same as your Checkmarq user name and password.
University Policy On Academic Dishonesty
Marquette
University is committed to developing the whole person, spiritually,
mentally, physically, socially, and ethically. As an institution of
higher education, love of truth is at the center of the university’s
enterprise, and academic honesty, in all its forms, is an explicit value
of the university.
The development and practice of academic honesty and integrity, both inside and outside the classroom, are expectations for all members of the university community. In order to cultivateacademic honesty in its students, instructors take every opportunity to help students appreciate both the process and the principles of academic integrity.
Academic honesty can be best understood by academic ethical standards guiding faculty in their work. That is to say, an individual’s contributions, in terms of words and scholarly findings, belong to him or her alone. Furthermore, the integrity of that which one claims to be scholarly knowledge rests on the accurate demonstration of the assumptions and reasoning that produced it.
These standards are used as the implicit basis for teaching and learning in the university. In order for instructors to fairly assess the quality and quantity of a student’s learning as determined by work that students represent as their own, a relationship of trust between instructor and student is essential. Because violations of academic integrity most often involve, but are not limited to, efforts to deceive instructors, they represent a breach of the trust relationship between instructor and student, and undermine the core values of the university.
Please review the full University policy regarding academic honesty, available online at www.marquette.edu/mucentral/registrar/policy_honesty.shtml. Copyright violations and plagiarism result in serious consequences, both in college and in the professional environment.
Do your own original work and cite all sources when conducting research projects. The penalty for turning in work that is not your own will result in an "F" grade for the course and possible academic expulsion.
The development and practice of academic honesty and integrity, both inside and outside the classroom, are expectations for all members of the university community. In order to cultivateacademic honesty in its students, instructors take every opportunity to help students appreciate both the process and the principles of academic integrity.
Academic honesty can be best understood by academic ethical standards guiding faculty in their work. That is to say, an individual’s contributions, in terms of words and scholarly findings, belong to him or her alone. Furthermore, the integrity of that which one claims to be scholarly knowledge rests on the accurate demonstration of the assumptions and reasoning that produced it.
These standards are used as the implicit basis for teaching and learning in the university. In order for instructors to fairly assess the quality and quantity of a student’s learning as determined by work that students represent as their own, a relationship of trust between instructor and student is essential. Because violations of academic integrity most often involve, but are not limited to, efforts to deceive instructors, they represent a breach of the trust relationship between instructor and student, and undermine the core values of the university.
Please review the full University policy regarding academic honesty, available online at www.marquette.edu/mucentral/registrar/policy_honesty.shtml. Copyright violations and plagiarism result in serious consequences, both in college and in the professional environment.
Do your own original work and cite all sources when conducting research projects. The penalty for turning in work that is not your own will result in an "F" grade for the course and possible academic expulsion.
Additional Information
email
You should note Marquette University’s policy on e-mail: “Email is an appropriate and preferred method for official communication by Marquette with students unless otherwise prohibited by law. The university has the right to send official communication to students by email with the assumption that students will receive, read and, if necessary, act in a timely manner based upon these emails.” If I need to contact you outside of class, I will use your Marquette University e-mail address. I will expect that you will read and respond to this communication.
Special Needs
Please inform me during the first week of class if you have any conditions that may limit or affect your ability to participate in this course so that we can make necessary arrangements. You may also contact the Office of Disability Services, located in the 707 Building, 5th Floor or call 288-1645. For additional information visit www.marquette.edu/disability-services/.
Academic Integrity
We, the scholars of Marquette University, recognize the importance of personal integrity in all aspects of life and work. We commit ourselves to truthfulness, honor, and responsibility by which we earn the respect of others. We support the development of good character in our academic community, and commit to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity as an important aspect of personal integrity. Our commitment obliges us as students, faculty, and staff to conduct ourselves according to the Marquette University Honor Code set forth below. We do this in pursuit of Marquette University’s mission, which is the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. For more information visit: http://www.marquette.edu/provost/integrity-index.php
Honor Pledge
I recognize the importance of personal integrity in all aspects of life and work. I commit myself to truthfulness, honor and responsibility, by which I earn the respect of others. I support the development of good character and commit myself to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity as an important aspect of personal integrity. My commitment obliges me to conduct myself according to the Marquette University Honor Code.
Expectations in Writing and Presentation
Faculty in the Diederich College of Communication recognize the value of strong writing and presentation skills among students as they make their mark in the world, especially as they pursue upper division courses, apply for internships, and seek jobs in communication after graduation. To that end, faculty expect students to apply the writing and presentation skills they have learned in COMM 1100 (or its equivalent) to all classes in communication. Thus, all work in this class will be graded not only for content but also for the ability to express ideas following the general conventions for writing and presentation. Students can expect to lose up to 20 percent of their grade for writing/presentation errors.
Counseling Center
Sometimes personal issues or health issues, such as depression, anxiety, stress, career uncertainty, and/or relationships, can interfere with your ability to function as a student. If you feel that this is happening to you, please contact the Counseling Center. The Counseling Center offers free, confidential counseling services for all full time students. For more information or to make an appointment, call 414-288-7172, or visit their website at www.marquette.edu/counseling.
Emergency Plans
Every Marquette University campus building has emergency shelter and evacuation plans. Please familiarize yourself with the plans of each building in which you take classes or attend meetings. Make sure to note the routes to the lowest level of the buildings for shelter during inclement weather, as well as exits from the buildings in the event of fire or other emergency.
You should note Marquette University’s policy on e-mail: “Email is an appropriate and preferred method for official communication by Marquette with students unless otherwise prohibited by law. The university has the right to send official communication to students by email with the assumption that students will receive, read and, if necessary, act in a timely manner based upon these emails.” If I need to contact you outside of class, I will use your Marquette University e-mail address. I will expect that you will read and respond to this communication.
Special Needs
Please inform me during the first week of class if you have any conditions that may limit or affect your ability to participate in this course so that we can make necessary arrangements. You may also contact the Office of Disability Services, located in the 707 Building, 5th Floor or call 288-1645. For additional information visit www.marquette.edu/disability-services/.
Academic Integrity
We, the scholars of Marquette University, recognize the importance of personal integrity in all aspects of life and work. We commit ourselves to truthfulness, honor, and responsibility by which we earn the respect of others. We support the development of good character in our academic community, and commit to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity as an important aspect of personal integrity. Our commitment obliges us as students, faculty, and staff to conduct ourselves according to the Marquette University Honor Code set forth below. We do this in pursuit of Marquette University’s mission, which is the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith, and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. For more information visit: http://www.marquette.edu/provost/integrity-index.php
Honor Pledge
I recognize the importance of personal integrity in all aspects of life and work. I commit myself to truthfulness, honor and responsibility, by which I earn the respect of others. I support the development of good character and commit myself to uphold the highest standards of academic integrity as an important aspect of personal integrity. My commitment obliges me to conduct myself according to the Marquette University Honor Code.
Expectations in Writing and Presentation
Faculty in the Diederich College of Communication recognize the value of strong writing and presentation skills among students as they make their mark in the world, especially as they pursue upper division courses, apply for internships, and seek jobs in communication after graduation. To that end, faculty expect students to apply the writing and presentation skills they have learned in COMM 1100 (or its equivalent) to all classes in communication. Thus, all work in this class will be graded not only for content but also for the ability to express ideas following the general conventions for writing and presentation. Students can expect to lose up to 20 percent of their grade for writing/presentation errors.
Counseling Center
Sometimes personal issues or health issues, such as depression, anxiety, stress, career uncertainty, and/or relationships, can interfere with your ability to function as a student. If you feel that this is happening to you, please contact the Counseling Center. The Counseling Center offers free, confidential counseling services for all full time students. For more information or to make an appointment, call 414-288-7172, or visit their website at www.marquette.edu/counseling.
Emergency Plans
Every Marquette University campus building has emergency shelter and evacuation plans. Please familiarize yourself with the plans of each building in which you take classes or attend meetings. Make sure to note the routes to the lowest level of the buildings for shelter during inclement weather, as well as exits from the buildings in the event of fire or other emergency.