Late+Assignments+and+Academic+Integrity

=﻿Late Assignments= You know how if you are always late for work, you risk being fired? Here's another analogy: If you come to work regularly and on time, but never do the work, or are always handing in your work late, chances are you risk being fired. In my class, late assignments are extremely frowned upon. Here's how it works in my class:
 * Generally, when I give a major assignment such as a project or essay, I will give you a range of days in which you can hand it in. For example, I might give an essay assignment and request that you hand it in to me sometime between Monday and Friday (generally it will be a range of 5 days). You can hand your work in to me at any time between the days given without academic penalty.
 * After the range of days has passed, I will no longer accept the assignment from you.
 * In order to make up for the missed assignment, you will be required to do an alternative assignment that is worth the same amount as the orignial and requires the same amount of work. I do not decide what these alternative assignments are. That is up to you - if you want to make up for late work, you must come to me with a proposal as to what you'd like to do.
 * Note: this does not apply to homework checks, where you are marked on the spot as to whether or not you are done.**

=Academic Integrity= Here at Walter Murray, we believe in honesty, among other things. When it comes to your school work, you are expected to do your very best, even if it's not something you're normally good at. Some one who does not possess academic integrity is called a "cheater," and there are some pretty serious consequences for cheating. Cheating can mean:
 * cheating from someone on a test or exam
 * cheating using unauthorized notes or informations on an exam
 * changing results of labs, projects, or reports.
 * using an unfair mechanical or technological advantage when it is not essential to you
 * helping someone else cheat
 * plagiarizing someone else's work and claiming it to be your own.


 * Plagiarism is extremely not cool. In my class, if you are found to have cheated or plagiarized, the consequence will be as follows:
 * a phone call home to inform parents/guardians of the incident
 * an automatic 0% on the assignment in question, without a chance to re-write
 * extreme disappointment on my part.

If you cheat on a final exam - administration will deal with the matter. Refer to your student handbook for more information.