As promised, here are some things that should appear in some form on your syllabus:
Learning Outcomes:
In FYS, first year students will—
- Listen and read critically—texts, speech, media and other cultural productions—in order to examine, challenge and reshape themselves and the world in which they live.
- Express themselves clearly and persuasively in exposition and in argument, in both written and oral forms.
- Carry out research for the purpose of supplying evidence and support for claims made in exposition and argument.
Requests for Academic Accommodations
It is the policy and practice of Butler University to make reasonable accommodations for students with properly documented disabilities. Written notification from Student Disability Services is required. If you are eligible to receive an accommodation and would like to request it for this course, please discuss it with me and allow one week advance notice. Otherwise, it is not guaranteed that the accommodation can be received on a timely basis. Students who have questions about Student Disability Services or who have, or think they may have, a disability (psychiatric, attentional, learning, vision, hearing, physical, medical, etc.) are invited to contact Student Disability Services for a confidential discussion in Jordan Hall 136 or by phone at extension 9308.
Plagiarism policy:
OK, so this is a plagiarism from a Faith, Doubt, and Reason syllabus!
Plagiarism is the use of another person’s words or ideas without proper acknowledgment. It is a very serious ethical matter and will be handled accordingly. In this course theminimum penalty for plagiarism is failure of the assignment while egregious plagiarism can result in failure of the course or worse, so it is important to understand what counts as plagiarism and to avoid it at all costs. Learning to avoid plagiarism is one of the skills students will acquire in this class. For further information on plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty, please consult the BU Student Handbook, p. 13.