Licenciado

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ISTMO
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
FIRST QUARTER 2013-1

1 January 12 - 18 Greetings and leavetakings
2 January 19- 25 Self introduction and introducing others
3 January 26 - February 1 Invitations
4 February 2 – 8 Teaching
5 February 9 – 15 Teaching
9,11,12,13 carnivals
6 February 16 - 22 Teaching
7 February 23 – March 1 Teaching
8 March 2 - 8March 5th Teaching – Partial Evaluation (40%)
9 March 9 - 15 Teaching – Turn in grades
10 March 16 - 22 Teaching – Teacher’s Evaluation
Pre-matricula Cuatrimestre 2013-2

March 19th (David)
11 March 23 - 29 Teaching
28, 29, 30 Holy Week
12 March 30 – April 5 Teaching – Enrollment quarter 2013-2
13 April 6 - 12 l Teaching
14 April 13 - 19 Teaching
15April 20 -26 April 23 Teaching – Final Evaluation (60 %)
16 April 27 – May 3 Turn in grades in the Web
Entrega de documentos que sustentan las Notas a Secretaría Docente
Course Grading Scale
The following grade scale will apply to this class:
91% - 100%= A
81% - 90%= B
71% - 80%= C
61% - 70%= D
Below 60% = F
Class Policies
E-mail Communication
As appropriate, all classe-mail communications should be conducted using your email address. The prime responsibility for timely communications rests with the student. Please indicate comp1 in the subject line so the communication does not get recognized as spam.
Late Work
1. Any assignment not submitted by the date and time specified in the Course Calendar is considered late, unless you have contacted me and I haveapproved an extension in advance.
2. Late assignments (other than class participation) will be assessed a late penalty. The penalty will be based on the date that the assignment is actually submitted. Work submitted later than ten days will be added toward the 6,000 word count, but will receive a grade of ―F.‖
3. The above policy does not apply to the final exam or any other assignment that may dueduring the Final Exam period. No assignments due during the last week of classes will be accepted late to allow me to submit the course grades to the college on time.
4. If you are out of contact and miss a deadline due to an extenuating circumstance, I expect you to contact me as soon as possible to discuss the situation. No exceptions will be made to the above policies unless you can providedocumentation of the situation that I consider adequate.
Class Participation
Class participation is defined as actively participating in classroom activities and discussions. In order to receive credit for class participation, students must be present in class.

Academic Honesty & Plagiarism
1. Students are expected to respect and uphold the standards of honesty in submitting writtenwork to instructors. Though occurring in many forms, plagiarism in essence involves the presentation of another person‘s work as if it were the work of the presenter. Any cheating or plagiarism will result in disciplinary action to be determined by the instructor based on the severity and nature of the offense. It is the student‘s responsibility to review the College‘s policy on Academic Honesty.2. Collaboration and discussion is encouraged in all course aspects other than actually completing the assigned work (quizzes, exams, homework, projects, etc). Indeed, collaboration often leads to increased understanding of the material being covered. If you have questions about an assignment, I encourage you to speak up and ask questions about it.
3. Plagiarism is a form of fraud and willnot be tolerated. You are expected to do your own work. Copying text or images from any source and claiming it as your own is considered plagiarism. Submitting copied text as most or all of your answer on a homework or project is also a form of dishonesty, even if you cite the source. I want to read YOUR words, not someone else‘s words. Using quoted text to support your answer will not...