The main thing you should try to do in this class is, to the best of your ability, act professionally. This does not mean dressing a certain way or acting like someone you’ve seen on TV. Rather, it means doing your absolute best to be reliable and effective in a way that treats others around you with respect. It’s not easy, but it’s worth doing your best to develop the habit. It means things like meeting deadlines, but also showing your instructor and the others around you that you are doing your best to do your part, and thinking about the good of the whole group. For example, if find that a link to a reading doesn’t work, contact me to let me know; don’t try to use it as an excuse not to do the reading. I and everyone else in the class will be grateful you took a little bit of time to help us all out.
Expectations
- All assignments must be completed to pass the course, regardless of your accumulated score on previous assignments (that means: skip one major assignment, and you flunk).
- You will receive more details about assignments in class during the course, and this online syllabus will be updated from time to time. If you miss a class for some reason, be sure to either contact another student or me to make sure you didn't miss any assignments or changes in the syllabus, course readings, etc. It's your responsibility to keep on top of what's going on in the course.
- Sharing class notes with fellow students in the course is allowed. Selling them or putting them online is not. (Click here for more details.)
- Religious Holidays: It is UVM policy that students have the right to practice the religion of their choice. Each semester students should submit in writing to their instructors by the end of the second full week of classes their documented religious holiday schedule for the semester. Faculty must permit students who miss work for the purpose of religious observance to make up this work.