All texts used in prerequisite courses are open for use at any time.
The Library and the Media Center:
Additional online resources will be posted via Blackboard.
This online course will use Blackboard and the primary communication tool between faculty, student and peers. Additional instructional methods may include, but not be limited to:
Online resources
Screen sharing
Readings and written assignments
Discussion board postings
Preparation of a papers and educational documents
Participation in online chat as assigned
Adhere to policies, guidelines and codes in the Student Handbook: students are responsible for policies contained in the Kentucky State University Student Handbook.
All work should be submitted at the designated time. Students must notify instructor via email or telephone of late submission and provide instructor with a university approved excuse. The instructor reserves the right to deduct points from the assignment for late submissions. Any late submission (unless prior arrangements have been made) may result in a 0 (zero) and could result in failing the course. Any student needing special accommodations should contact the Director of the Program for Students with Disabilities. Accommodations for any student documented as eligible for accommodations must be provided to the course instructor.
It is expected that all work submitted in this course would be the student's own, or in the case of any group work be the work of the individuals in the group. As a reminder, the definition of plagiarism is: to steal and pass off (the ideas or works of another) as one's own; use (a created production) without crediting the source; to commit literacy theft; present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source.* Academic misconduct may include, but not necessarily be limited to acts such as plagiarism, cheating, misrepresentation and fabrication.
*Source: Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1988. Check Blackboard announcements weekly
Check Blackboard announcements weekly.
Complete reading assignments.
Complete writing assignments using APA writing style and other criteria as stated on individual grading rubrics. All written assignments will be evaluated for organization, development, clarity, fluency, and readability. All written assignments must be submitted via MS Word®. “Track Changes” will be used provide feedback and documents will be returned via email or Blackboard.
Weekly assignment submission deadlines will be 11:59pm on Sundays except for the final exam which must be completed no later than midnight on the designated day.
Maintain copies of all assignments submitted for grading. Faculty will utilize grading rubrics/tools for all formal written assignments.