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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY MAIN OFFICE
POLICY GOVERNING UNDERGRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
COURSES OUTSIDE THEIR OWN COLLEGE OR DEGREE PROGRAM
- This course is given by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. This
means that class policies on matters such as requirements, grading, and
sanctions for academic dishonesty are governed by
the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Students wishing to add or drop
this course after the official deadline must receive the approval of the
Dean of the College
of Liberal Arts and
Sciences. Details of the University policy of cross enrollments may be
found at: http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/deos/crossenroll.doc.
PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING
- A student suspected of
plagiarism or cheating must inform the student in writing as soon as
possible after the incident has been observed or discovered. Instructors
who detect cheating or plagiarism may decide, in consultation with the
departmental executive officer, to reduce the student's grade on the
assignment or the course, even to assign an F. The instructor writes an
account of the chronology of the plagiarism or cheating incident for the
DEO (Associate Chair), who sends an endorsement of the written report of
the case to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, CLAS. A copy of the
report will be sent to the student.
- The detailed policy is
printed in the Schedule of Courses and the College's Student
Academic Handbook.
AMOUNT OF WORK EXPECTED
- The College guideline is that
one semester hour of credit is the equivalent of approximately three hours
of work (class time + out-of-class preparation) each week over the course
of a whole semester. In a typical lecture/discussion course, each hour of
class normally entails at least two hours of outside preparation for the
average student (e.g., in a three-credit-hour lecture course, standard
out-of-class preparation is six hours per week). This standard is the
basis on which the Registrar's Office assigns hours of University credit
for courses.
STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- The College's Educational
Policy Committee suggests that syllabi include a section on student rights
and responsibilities. They suggest the following:
- "All students in the
College have specific rights and responsibilities. You have the right to
adjudication of any complaints you have about classroom activities or
instructor actions. Information on these procedures is available in the
Schedule of Courses and on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook
(http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/).
You also have the right to expect a classroom environment that enables you
to learn, including modifications if you have a disability."
- "Your responsibilities
to this class-and to your education as a whole-include attendance
and participation. (Here an instructor could put specific information on
his/her or the department's attendance policy.) You are also expected to
be honest and honorable in your fulfillment of assignments and in
test-taking situations (the College's policy on plagiarism and cheating is
on-line in the College's Student Academic Handbook http://www.clas.uiowa.edu/students/academic_handbook/).
You have a responsibility to the rest of the class-and to the instructor-to
help create a classroom environment where all may learn. At the most basic
level, this means that you will respect the other members of the class and
the instructor, and treat them with the courtesy you hope to receive in
turn."