Important Issues

Students with Disabilities

I would like to hear from anyone who has a disability that may require some modification of seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements may be made. Please talk with me after class or during my office hours. If you need more information about disabilities and accommodations, contact the Office of Disability Services.

Policy on Plagiarism and Academic Misconduct

In the Code of Student Conduct, academic misconduct is defined as "any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the university, or subvert the educational process"; plagiarism is defined as "the representation of another's work or ideas as one's own; it includes the unacknowledged word-for-word use and/or paraphrasing of another person's work, and/or the inappropriate unacknowledged use of another person's ideas." Plagiarism is wrong and should be prohibited. The University has a policy on academic misconduct and plagiarism, as provided in the Code of Student Conduct. To further understand this, it is worthwhile to read the Eight Cardinal Rules of Academic Integrity at http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/8cards.html and guidelines to avoid plagiarism at http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/plagiar.html.