My Eight Simple Rules of Academic Integrity

When you choose to take this class, it is your responsibility to read the following statements thoroughly.

"Attitude, Respect, and Responsibility"

1. Please read the school's academic integrity policy carefully.  It defines Cheating, Forgery, and Plagiarism.  Ethical misconducts related to cheating, forgery, and plagiarism result in an automatic "F" for the course and may also subject to dismissal from the program.  Working on homework assignments together is encouraged.  However, it does not mean that you can hand in exact same copies for all people involved.  After your discussion, each of the participating individuals should take the knowledge from your discussion and solve the problem independently.  During the test, you should focus on your test and not peek into your neighbor's work.  You should also keep your test straight in front of you.  Ask for permission to go to rest rooms.  If you wear baseball hats to the test, turn the visor to the back so that I can read your eyes.
   
2. Tardiness causes disruptions of the classroom learning process.  You should respect other students' and the instructor's right of having a non-interrupted class environment.  I usually takes the first few minutes setting up the classroom for lecture and taking attendance.  Attending the class after my attendance check cannot guarantee your attendance is counted. 
   
3. If you do arrive late, showing your respect to others by not cutting in between the instructor and his/her students.  If the classroom setting does not allow you to avoid such interruption, at least bend while you pass.  Failure to comply with this rule will cause a 1.5 point deduction of your term score.
   
4. Unnecessary wandering and chatting during my lecture: unless once in a while physical need that force to leave the classroom for a while, please try to take care of your other businesses before entering the classroom.  Moving out and into the classroom during my lecture causes interruption.  If you do have the need to leave and come back to the room, again do not cut in between the instructor and his/her students.  Failure to comply with this rule will cause a 1.5 point deduction of your term score.
5. Cell phone and other electronic devices that generate noise should be turned off before the class unless permitted by the instructor for emergency situation such as your wife is expecting a baby.  Failure to comply with this rule will cause a 1.5 point deduction each time.
   
6. I will try my best to answer your course related questions during my office hours, non-office hours, and through Blackboard.  If you choose to ask a question through electronic media, please use the "Discussion Board" in Blackboard, where my answer can be shared by other students or other students may be able to answer your questions before I read it.  I will not answer course material related questions sent to my personal email account because of the non-sharing property of personal email.
   
7. When asking questions, please ask a specific question instead of complaining about non-specific issues such as "I have no clue ....You never cover .. Nobody can do it.".   From my experience, those complaints come from students who miss lots of classes or did not do their assignments.  I always make sure that students understand the materials before moving forward.  So there is no room for such complaints.  I posted a great deal of lecture materials on Blackboard.  Please read the posted materials to find the answer first.
   
8. When sending email to me on personal issues (remember to send course material related issues to Blackboard), use the proper solutation first time.  Do not use "Hi", "Hey", "Ho".  You can skip that during subsequent "reply-to" exchanges.