Electronics: This is a laptop/phone/iPad/iPadmini (and any other electronic device) free course. Let me know if you have a documented disability that makes it necessary for you to use a computer. Otherwise: Turn it off, pack it up, and put it away. Turn mobile phones off, not to vibrate, not to silent mode, just off.

Missing classes: If you miss one week of classes, your final grade is going to be affected. If you miss two weeks of classes, you will fail this class. If you miss two discussion sections, you are out as well.

On Plagiarism, or the not-so-nice part of writing: In written assignments, as in examinations, there will be zero tolerance for academic dishonesty. Any student caught cheating or plagiarizing will be penalized to the fullest extent allowed by University regulations. Evidence of the consequences of academic dishonesty is published by UCI. The University forbids plagiarism in any student work. Plagiarism is the unacknowledged use of another’s work as if it were one’s own e.g.:

(i)  inclusion of more than a single phrase from another’s work without the use of quotation marks and acknowledgement of source, summarizing another’s work by changing a few words or altering the order of presentation without acknowledgement, (ii) copying another’s work, (iii) use of another’s ideas without acknowledgement, or the presentation of work as if it were one’s own which is substantially the ideas of another, (iv) resubmission of work previously submitted for a past course to a current course.

If you are a freshmen (and if you are not too), please see this very short clip on Academic Honesty :

This will help to disentangle when and how to properly cite primary and secondary sources. Failing to do so will involve plagiarizing.

Assistance: If you need help with the work for this class, please see me at my office hours or schedule an appointment. For help with written work, you may also consult the Learning and Academic Resource Center, the Campus Writing Coordinator in MKH 550D or Peer Academic Advising. If you have difficulty with written or spoken expressions of English please see me, especially if you are not a native speaker of English. Support services are available to students with documented disabilities through the UCI Disability Services Center (949-824-7494) Students are encouraged to contact the office before the beginning of the quarter to arrange for assistance.