Instructor - Christyn Billinsky, Davis College - Room 108
College of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

1. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - Accommodations will be made for students with disabilities defined by the Americans With Disabilities Act. During the first week of class, contact the Office of Disability Services (777-6142) if you will require assistance or accomodation.

2. INTERNET/WEB AND E-MAIL ACCESS - Students must have daily access to a computer with graphical web access and e-mail. Course information will be made available through the web and the class mail list and Blackboard.

3. CLASS TIME - Class time will involve lecture, discussion, and hands-on work time. The classroom computers are not to be used during the lecture and discussion portions of class. Students who use the computers during lecture and discussion portions of class will be asked to leave, and will receive an "F" for the class participation portion of course - 10% of the final course grade.
   

4. ATTENDANCE & BEING ON TIME - Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to arrive on time.
   
   University and College policies require that students attend at least 75% of all classes. Students missing more than 25% of classes may receive a grade of F for the course.
   The instructor will not re-teach course content missed due to absence. If a student misses a class it is the responsibility of the student to find out from another student what was missed, and obtain things such as class notes, handouts, assignments, work due for the next class, etc. from the Course Documents area of Blackboard or another student.
   If an assignment was due at the missed class, it is the responsibility of the student to submit it in a timely manner.
   Unexcused absence from class and failure to be on time and ready to work are considered to be indicators that the student does not care enough about class to merit any "benefit of the doubt" regarding the course grade.

5. GRADING - All graded assignments and tests will be assigned a numeric grade:

   	A  /  94-100	A-  /  92-93
   B+  /  87-91	B  /  83-86	B-  /  80-82
   C+  /  77-79	C  /  73-76	C-  /  70-72
   D+  /  67-69	D  /  63-66	D-  /  60-62
   	F  /    0-59

   
   At the end of the semester these grades are weighted and averaged to come up with the appropriate final course grade. The University allows the following final grades to be posted:
   A,    B+,    B,    C+,    C,    D,    F
   
   
6. WRITING - Writing quality is included in the grading criteria for all assignments. Elements such as sentence structure, syntax, grammar and spelling are all considered in assessing writing quality. Assignments with writing problems will be marked down.  
   
   
7. ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY - Assignments are expected to be your own work. The Code of Student Academic Responsibility and all other University of South Carolina honor codes and rules governing plagiarism are in effect.
   
   
8. ASSIGNMENTS

   Assignments are due on the date stated. Late assignments will be reduced one letter grade. An assignment that is more than one week late will not be accepted for grading, and a failing grade will be recorded for that assignment. The instructor may grant extensions in extenuating circumstances.
   
   It is the responsibility of the student to maintain a copy of all graded and returned materials, until the final course grade has been received and accepted. If you wish to appeal your grade, you must have copies of your assignments
   

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