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 UNIVERSITY POLICIES

ATTENDANCE AND DROP POLICY:

                Students are required to read and be prepared to discuss the assigned textbook chapters and workbook exercises on the scheduled class days.

                Class attendance and lateness policies will be discussed during the first week of class.  Those policies include by reference all provision for grade adjustment or drop policies included in the applicable Graduate or Undergraduate Catalog in effect at the start of the semester.  NO STUDENT WILL BE DROPPED FROM THE CLASS ROLLS FOR NEVER ATTENDING OR EXCESSIVE ABSENCES. 

                A student dropping a course after the Census Date but on or before the appropriate final drop date will receive a grade of “W” only if at the time of dropping, the student is passing the course (has a grade of A, B, C, or D); otherwise an F will be received. 

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY

        All students are expected to pursue their scholastic careers with honesty and integrity. 

        It is the philosophy of this Department, this instructor and the University of Texas at Arlington that academic dishonesty is a completely unacceptable mode of conduct and will not be tolerated in any form.  All persons involved in academic dishonesty will be disciplined in accordance with University regulations and procedures.  Discipline may include suspension or expulsion from the University.

        “Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, or any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts.”  Regents Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22.

        Institutional procedures regarding charges of academic dishonesty are outlined in Part II, Chapter 2, of the Handbook of Operating Procedures of The University of Texas at Arlington.  Copies of the Handbook are available at more than 75 locations on campus, including the Student Congress office, the Library, and the Accounting Department Office (Davis Hall). 

GRADE GRIEVANCES:  The procedure in the 1997 catalog is the following:  “The student has one calendar year from the date the grade is assigned to initiate the grievance.  The normal academic channels are the department chair or program director, academic dean, and the Provost....”

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

        The University of Texas at Arlington is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of the ADA to make reasonable adjustments in the classroom necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability.  Students should meet with the Instructor during the first week of class to discuss their special needs and advise the instructor of any special needs, abilities or limitations and to discuss the instructor’s expectations in class participation, performance and work standards.  Any disclosure by the students of their need for accommodations is recognized to be extremely sensitive and all conversations and other communications will be kept protected and confidential and disclosed on a need-to-know basis only.

        Students are responsible for contacting and consulting with the University’s Office for Students with Disabilities prior to contacting the instructor about any disabilities.  The student should provide the instructor with some form of written documentation of the disability from an acceptable, external sources (such as a doctor, psychiatrist, etc.) and from the Office for Students with Disabilities.

Evacuation Procedures

In the event of an evacuation of the College of Business building, when the fire alarm sounds, everyone must leave the building by the stairs.  With the fire alarm system we now have, the elevators will all go to the first floor and stay there until the system is turned off.

All those in the North tower side of the building should proceed to the fire escape stairs located on the East and West sides of that wing. 

FOR DISABLED PERSONS…..please go to the Northeast fire stairs.  We have an evacu track chair located on the 6^th floor stairwell. We have people trained in the use of this chair and there will be someone that will go to the 6^th floor to get the chair and bring it to any lower floor stairwell to assist disabled persons.

Should this be a real emergency, the Arlington Fire Department and UTA Police will also be here to help. 

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

The University supports a variety of student success programs to help you connect with the University and achieve academic success.  They include learning assistance, developmental education, advising and mentoring, admission and transition, and federally funded programs.  Students requiring assistance academically, personally, or socially should contact the Office of Student Success Programs at 817-272-6107 for more information and appropriate referrals.

ABSENCES BASED ON RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

        A student who misses an examination, work assignment, or other project due to the observance of a religious holy day will be given the opportunity to complete the work missed within 15 days following the due date of the assignment, test, or other project missed.  To be eligible for such a make-up, the student must notify me in writing of classes scheduled on dates he or she will be absent to observe a religious holy day.  Notification must be made within the first 15 (fifteen) class days through either a written correspondence, personal delivered, acknowledged and dated by me or written correspondence sent certified mail, return receipt requested to me.  Failure to follow the rules provided above within the time frames listed will result in the absence being considered unexcused. 

BOMB THREATS:  Effective April 8, 1997, the College of Business Administration has adopted a policy to deal with the classroom disruption caused by bomb threats in the building.  (A) Section 22.07 of the Texas Criminal Law Statutes governs terrorist threats and classifies bombs threats as Class A misdemeanors.  Section 12.21 of the Texas Criminal Law Statues states that a Class A misdemeanor is punishable by (1) a fine not to exceed $4,000, (2) a jail term of not more than one year, or (3) both such a fine and confinement.  (B) If anyone is tempted to call in a bomb threat, be aware that UTA will soon have technology to trace phone calls.  (C)  Every effort will be made to avoid cancellation of presentation/tests caused by bomb threats to the Business Building.  Unannounced alternate sites will be available for these classes.  If a student who has a class with a scheduled test or presentation arrives and the building has been closed due to a bomb threat, the student should immediately check for the alternate class site notice which will be posted on/near the main doors on the south side of the Business Building. If the bomb threat is received while class is in session, your instructor will ask you to leave the building and reconvene at another location.  (D) Students who provide information leading to the successful prosecution of anyone making a bomb threat will receive one semester’s free parking I the Maverick Garage across from the Business Building. UTA’s CrimeStoppers will provide a reward to anyone providing information leading to an arrest.  To make an anonymous report, call 817-272-5245.

FEE PAYMENT:  If you don’t pay your fees you will be dropped from class by the Registrar and will not eligible for reinstatement..

THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE SYLLABUS AS NECESSARY; IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AWARE OF THESE CHANGES.