ASSIGNMENT SCREENING

Text matching software (Turnitin) will be used to screen assignments in this course. This is being done to verify that use of all material and sources in assignments is documented. In the first week of the term, details will be provided   about the arrangements for the use of Turnitin and alternatives in this course. See Administrative Policy below for    more information and links.

ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY

PENALTIES FOR ACADEMIC INTEGRITY OFFENSES

Your assignments will be compared to past submissions and any content posted on the Internet using Turnitin® . See Assignment Screening section of this Course Outline.

Failure to properly cite data used from any outside source will result in a mark of 0 for the assignment and a further penalty of 5% on the overall course mark. In addition, a report will be filed with the appropriate Associate Dean, who may take additional disciplinary action.

LATE SUBMISSION POLICY

Late submissions will not be accepted for the quizzes and discussions.

Please see the Midterm Assignment description in LEARN for late submission details for that assignment.

ACCOMMODATION DUE TO ILLNESS

MISSED ASSIGNMENTS

1. Contact the Course Management Coordinator as soon as you realize you might have challenges meeting a deadline.

2. Within 48 hours have a medical practitioner complete a Verification of Illness Form

(https://uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/health-services/student-medical-clinic/verification-illness-services). Email a scanned copy of the Verification of Illness Form to the Course Manager at [email protected]

(mailto:[email protected]) . In your email, provide your name, student ID number, and exactly what course activity you missed.

Further information regarding Management of Requests for Accommodation Due to Illness can be found on the

Accommodation due to illness(https://uwaterloo.ca/registrar/current-students/accommodation-due-to-illness)page.

FACULTY POLICIES

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Students should be aware that this course contains the intellectual property of their instructor, TA, and/or the University of Waterloo.

Intellectual property includes items such as:

Lecture content, spoken and written (and any audio/video recording thereof);

Lecture handouts, presentations, and other materials prepared for the course (e.g., PowerPoint slides);

Questions or solution sets from various types of assessments (e.g., assignments, quizzes, tests, final exams); and

Work protected by copyright (e.g., any work authored by the instructor or TA or used by the instructor or TA with permission of the copyright owner).

Course materials and the intellectual property contained therein, are used to enhance a student’s educational

experience. However, sharing this intellectual property without the intellectual property owner’s permission is a

violation of intellectual property rights.  For this reason, it is necessary to ask the instructor, TA and/or the University of Waterloo for permission before uploading and sharing the intellectual property of others online (e.g., to an online    repository).

Permission from an instructor, TA or the University is also necessary before sharing the intellectual property of others from completed courses with students taking the same/similar courses in subsequent terms/years.  In many cases,

instructors might be happy to allow distribution of certain materials. However, doing so without expressed permission is considered a violation of intellectual property rights.

Please alert the instructor if you become aware of intellectual property belonging to others (past or present) circulating, either through the student body or online. The intellectual property rights owner deserves to know (and may have

already given their consent).

CHOSEN/PREFERRED FIRST NAME

Do you want professors and interviewers to call you by a different first name? Take a minute now to verify or tell us your chosen/preferred first name by logging into WatIAM (https://idm.uwaterloo.ca/watiam/) .

Why? Starting in winter 2020, your chosen/preferred first name listed in WatIAM will be used broadly across campus (e.g., LEARN, Quest, WaterlooWorks, WatCard, etc). Note: Your legal first name will always be used on certain official documents. For more details, visit Updating Personal Information(https://uwaterloo.ca/the-centre/updating-

personal-information) .

Important notes

If you included a preferred name on your OUAC application, it will be used as your chosen/preferred name unless you make a change now.

· If you don’t provide a chosen/preferred name, your legal first name will continue to be used.

CROSS-LISTED COURSES

Please note that a cross-listed course will count in all respective averages no matter under which subject code it has

been taken. For example, a PHIL/PSCI cross-list will count in a Philosophy major average, even if the course was taken under the Political Science subject code.

MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

All of us need a support system. The faculty and staff in Arts encourage students to seek out mental health support if they are needed.

On Campus

Counselling Services(https://uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/counselling-services)519-888-4096

MATES(https://wusa.ca/services/uw-mates):  one-to-one peer support program offered by the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) and Counselling Services

Off campus, 24/7

Good2Talk(https://good2talk.ca/):  Free confidential helpline for post-secondary students. Phone: 1-866-925-

5454

Grand River Hospital: Emergency care for mental health crisis. Phone: 519-749-4300 ext. 6880 Here 24/7(https://here247.ca/): Mental Health and Crisis Service Team. Phone: 1-844-437-3247

OK2BME (https://ok2bme.ca/): set of support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning teens in Waterloo.  Phone: 519-884-0000 extension 213

Full details can be found online in on the Faculty of Arts Student Support

(https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/undergraduate/student-support/)page.

Download the WatSafe app(https://uwaterloo.ca/watsafe/)to your phone to quickly access mental health support information

TERRITORIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to  the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes

place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within the

Office of Indigenous Relations(https://uwaterloo.ca/indigenous)