Academic Integrity, Personal Integrity and Course Attendance Policy

Academic Integrity
Students have the responsibility to know and to observe the requirement of the UNC Charlotte Code of Student Academic Integrity. This code forbids cheating, fabrication or falsification of information, multiple submissions of academic work, plagiarism, abuse of academic materials, and complicity in academic dishonesty. Any special requirements or permission regarding academic integrity in this course include a judgment that the student’s work is free from academic dishonesty of any type; and grades in this course therefore should be and will be adversely affected by academic dishonesty. Students who violate the code can be expelled from UNC Charlotte. The normal penalty for a first offense is zero credit on the work involving dishonesty and further substantial reduction of the course grade. In almost all cases the course grade is reduced to F. Copies of the code can be obtained from the Dean of Students Office. Standards of academic integrity will be enforced in this course. Students are expected to report cases of academic dishonesty to the course instructor.

Personal Integrity
All of us in the Department of Religious Studies are committed to the right of faculty and students to be free from violations of their personal integrity, including freedom from sexual and racial harassment related to sexual orientation or religious preference. If you believe you are the target of such violations of personal integrity by a member of this department or by a fellow student in a religious studies class (or this liberal studies class), we strongly encourage you to pursue the remedies for such harassment provided in University policies and procedures. In addition, we encourage you to discuss the matter with the department chair or any other member of this department so that the chair can actively discourage incidents and patterns of harassment.

Course Attendance Policy
Each instructor determines the specific attendance regulations for his or her own class. In all cases students are expected to attend punctually all scheduled sessions in the courses for which they are registered and are responsible for completing the work from all of the class meetings. Absences from class may be excused by the instructor for personal illness, religious holidays, or in participating as an authorized University representative in an out-of-town event. Whenever possible, students are expected to seek permission of the instructor prior to absences.