LitMUSE

Please leave all distracting electronic devices — cell phones, iPods, etc. — in your car, or silence them during class. I understand our contemporary need to be in contact with everyone all the time, but do not let this personal need distract the rest of the class. Please remove all devices from your head while [...]

I would like to remind students that I use different email addresses for different classes. Please, to get the quickest response from me, use the email address that I have given you on your class syllabus, and no other. I rarely check the “official” Macon State email address, so I would discourage you from ever [...]

In the Spring semester 2005, MSC began using the email account provided free of charge to all students as an official means of communication. Therefore, email is a mandatory requirement of all my classes. Please become familiar with the email system and get into the habit of checking it regularly, at least once a day. [...]

The Oxford English Dictionary defines plagiarism as “the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one’s own, of the ideas, or the expression of the ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another,” or “a purloined idea, design, passage, or work.” According to the MSC Student Handbook, plagiarism is “using another’s phrasing, concepts or line [...]

If you sign up for an online course, know that the first meeting is mandatory; if you miss it for any reason, you will be counted as a “no-show,” your final grade will suffer by one letter, and you will find it very difficult to get started in the course on your own. After this [...]

Students must keep thorough notes, both from classroom lecture and individual reading. Even if you are absent, you are held responsible for obtaining missed notes. Notes should not only reflect good listening skills, but individual interest in every topic discussed in class. You are encouraged to individually research topics discussed in class. Although notes will [...]

Course readings are an integral part of the class and should be brought daily. When readings are assigned to be discussed in class, please bring a copy of the reading with your reading notes ready to participate in the discussion. Do not come to class without your books and something to write with and on. [...]

This course will strictly abide by University and departmental policies regarding incompletes: An incomplete can only be given if a small portion of the course work is missing and if you’re doing otherwise satisfactory work. “I” grades are not assigned automatically, but only upon consultation with me. You have one semester to remove an “I” [...]

The professor reserves the right to use Turn It In, a plagiarism prevention service, in the evaluation of any written work submitted for any course. As directed by the professor, students are expected to submit or have their assignments submitted through Turn It In in order to meet requirements for any course that uses this [...]

From the MSC Academic Catalog: “Students who wish to receive a degree must demonstrate that they are competent in the use of technology.” While this statement is somewhat vague — what is “competency”? what is “technology”? — this class will make certain assumptions about students’ technological abilities in the following ways: Students should be familiar [...]