Syllabus
Format & Citation Policies; Academic Integrity
All work for the course must be produced as digital documents using the assigned software platforms; exported in the assigned format; and successfully uploaded, copied, exported, and/or legibly printed or photocopied prior to class on the day that it is due.
Online MLA documentation or assigned documentation/citation/credit is expected for all research work, papers, projects, and presentations. This is part of Creative Commons licensing and good ethical practice.
According to the Roger Williams University Catalog:
“Plagiarism is best defined as the incorporation of words and ideas of another person in an attempt to claim that person’s work as one’s own. Thus, plagiarism fails to engage in civil, scholarly discourse. It is sometimes a form of intellectual theft and is always a form of intellectual fraud.
In its worst form, plagiarism may consist of directly copying large or small portions of either printed or online works, or, as frequently happens in schools, written papers of another student, without properly crediting the source(s) from which they came. There are, however, more subtle forms of plagiarism as well. Paraphrasing, which is the process of using alternative expressions to communicate the meaning of another author’s words, is also a form of plagiarism, unless the sources of those ideas are acknowledged.”
An in-depth explanation of academic integrity and plagiarism, including the procedures for addressing possible violations and the penalties for actual violations, can be found at http://rwu.edu/academics/academic-affairs/academic-standards.
Writing Assessment
Committed to reflective practice, the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition conducts ongoing program assessment. Your writing may be used (anonymously) for this purpose unless you notify me in writing.
I reserve the right to make changes to the syllabus throughout the term.
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