Attendance:

To help you arrive in class on time, there will be beginning-of-the-class activities used for attendance. Arriving late or leaving the class for more than 15 minutes will be marked for ½ absence. Students missing more than three class meetings will lose a letter grade from their final course grade.

Electronics:

You may use laptops and tablets in class, but for classwork only. Headphones and phones must be put away during class. If I see them out once class has begun, you will lose all participation and attendance credit for that day.

Late Submission:

Essays turned in late will be penalized half a letter grade for each class meeting they are late. Late work will not be accepted after two weeks have passed from the original due date.

Use of AI:

You may not use large language models, translation apps, or grammar-checking software in this class. When you submit any kind of work, you are asserting that you have created it completely on your own unless you indicate otherwise using quotation marks and proper citation for the source(s) you used to help you. Submitting content that has been generated by someone other than you, or that was created or assisted by an AI generative tool is cheating and constitutes a violation of Academic Integrity.

Academic Integrity:

Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an honest, truthful and responsible manner. Violations of academic integrity include, but are not limited to, plagiarism, cheating on exams, falsification, and unapproved collaboration. You can review CUNY’s policy on academic integrity here.