Attendance & Absences To facilitate the interchange of ideas, it’s vital that you miss as few classes as possible. Absences are particularly a problem when there are only 14 class meetings. Any absences will be penalized on the final grade. Allowance will be made for major illness and religious observances.

Assignment Completion & Late Work All assignments will be turned in through the course website. Late work will be penalized, unless cleared with the professor beforehand.

Electronics Bring your laptop to class so you can access your writing and other course materials as needed. Keep your laptop closed at all other times. Keep your phone in your bag or pocket.

Academic Dishonesty Both plagiarism and data falsification are grave offenses in this course, at BU, and in the wider world of scholarship. Incidents of academic dishonesty violate the trust of the scholarly community, and formal charges will be pursed. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to (1) copying or restating the work or ideas of another person in oral or written work performed for course credit without citing the appropriate source or (2) collaborating with someone else in an academic endeavor without acknowledging his or her contribution. Misrepresentation or falsification of data includes but is not limited to (1) citing authors that do not exist, (2) citing interviews that never took place, and (3) citing field work that was not completed. http://www.bu.edu/academics/policies/academic-conduct-code/