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English Composition is offered through Jacksonville State University.  This course provides a foundation in the organizational structures of essay writing, literary analysis, and research.  Students must possess strong written and oral skills, an excellent vocabulary, and a willingness to read.  Students who successfully complete the courses will receive up to six hours of freshman composition credit.

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Tardy Policy:

Because students who arrive late are marked absent, they must notify the teacher of their attendance at the end of class. Tardies are unexcused. Two tardies equal one absence.

 

Late and Make-up Policy:

A student may make up missed assignments or turn in late assignments ONLY if the absence is excused BY THE INSTRUCTOR with verifiable documentation. It is the student’s responsibility to plan with the instructor for making up the missed work.

 

Civility Statement:

All students are expected to be respectful of others’ opinions, ideas, time, work, and wellbeing, and to treat their classmates, instructor, and their work with the respect they would want in turn – both in the physical classroom and in the online setting. All students are expected to attend class fully prepared with appropriate materials. Any student behavior deemed disruptive by the instructor will result in expulsion from the classroom, with an absence for the day and possible disciplinary action.

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Academic Honesty Policy:

In a university community, true knowledge can be gained only through honest means. All academic dishonesty is expressly prohibited. This policy is applicable for campus and distance learning activities. Students who violate this Academic Honesty Policy will be subject to disciplinary actions which could range from a zero on an assignment to failure of the course; repeated offenses can result in dismissal from the university. Violations include, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, the following:

1. The use of unauthorized materials or the receipt of unauthorized assistance during an examination or in the completion of any other assignment, exercise, experiment, or project for academic credit. Unauthorized materials may include, but are not limited to, notes, textbooks, previous examinations, exhibits, experiments, papers, or other supplementary items.

2. Copying or utilizing information from a paper of another student during an examination.

3. Rendering unauthorized assistance to another student by knowingly permitting him or her to copy an examination, project, paper, assignment, exhibit, exercise, or other material to be submitted for academic credit.

4. Illegally obtaining or attempting to obtain unauthorized prior knowledge of an examination or test materials.

5. Selling or giving to another student unauthorized copies of tests or examinations or research assignments.

6. The use of a commercially prepared term paper or research project or the submission of a paper, project, or experiment completed by someone other than the student submitting any of the above for academic credit.

7. Falsifying class attendance.

8. Falsifying reasons why a student did not attend a required class or take a scheduled examination.

9. Taking an examination in the place of another student.

10. Making unauthorized change in any reported grade or on an official academic report form.

11. Unauthorized collaboration between two students on an examination, paper, or project.

12. Plagiarism, which is the deliberate act of copying, writing, or presenting as one's own the information, ideas, or phrasing of another person without proper acknowledgment of their true source.

13. Making use of computing facilities in an academically dishonest manner.

 

This JSU policy has been appropriated from the James Madison University Honor Code.