Western Literature, Part III

Computer Use: It is not necessary for you to have your own computer to participate in this class, or to have a high level of profiency in computer use. However, this class does require you to:

use your email account.
access materials on the WWW.
keep a backup of your work at home. A backup means a copy on a floppy disk in addition to the copy on your hard drive. Computer problems happen to everyone. They are not acceptable excuses for losing all your work.

If you do not know how to perform any of these functions, please see the instructor early in the term for assistance.

Attendance and participation. A significant portion of the work in this class is based on ideas which emerge from lecture and discussion. Thus, attendance is required and participation is rewarded.

Due date policy. Papers are due in my mailbox at 9 AM of the day after the date specified in the Course Schedule, if you are in class on the specified day. Otherwise, papers are due at the beginning of class on the specified day.

Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using someone else's words or ideas as your own without acknowledging the source with proper documentation. See Holt Handbook. pp. 279-286. Also helpful is the discussion of paraphrasing, Holt Handbook, pp. 271-285. Students found guilty of plagiarism will fail the assignment and the course.