General Policies

Students' Responsibilities

Law requires conscious effort; the material is challenging. Ultimately, the responsibility for learning the material is yours:

• Attend regularly.
• If you can't arrive before class starts, don't enter. Late arrivals disturb others. Wait for the break.
• Bring a Scan-Tron (NCS 19641) and a presentation reviewing rubric with you to every class.
• In order to receive credit, each group member must personally sign both.
• Complete assignments before class:
• Read the text and skim the lecture notes before the first lecture on a topic.
• Check the your class News page and university e-mail account periodically.
• You are responsible for everything posted publically or sent to you personally.
• Use of cell phones and digital media players during classes and exams is prohibited: turn off and put away.

Web Access

• Supplementary course materials--e.g., lecture notes, homework--are available only on this website (not on the S:drive).
• A password is required to access course materials. (See Security.)

Quizzes and Examinations

• Exams are not comprehensive.
• Bring scan form NCS 19641 to every class.
• Each test is scored and returned within 1 class meeting.
• Make-up examinations:
• require a reasonable and verifiable cause for missing an exam;
• require the student to notify the professor of the reason and arrange for a make-up;
• are given at the end of the semester; and
• differ from the original exam.

Academic and Classroom Misconduct

"Students guilty of academic misconduct, either directly or indirectly, through participation or assistance, are immediately responsible to the instructor of the class. . . . [who] has the authority to assign an appropriate grade for the exercise or examination, or to assign an F or FA in the course, as is proportional to the nature and extent of academic misconduct. . . .

Disruptive behavior in the classroom may be defined as, but not limited to, behavior that obstructs or disrupts the learning environment (e.g., offensive language, harassment of students and professors, repeated outbursts from a student which disrupt the flow of instruction or prevent concentration on the subject taught, failure to cooperate in maintaining classroom decorum, etc.), text messaging, and the continued use of any electronic or other noise or light emitting device which disturbs others. . . ." (Catalog).

Accommodation for Disability

• Disabled students requiring accommodation should contact the instructor and Disability and Access Center (dacemail@mtsu.edu, 615-898-2783, fax 615-898-4893) as soon as possible.