EVR1001
Course Syllabus
Course Name: Environmental Science
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Term and Session: 20171
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Course ID: EVR 1001
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Reference Number: 551314 and 551316
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Instructor Name:
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Professor Juanita Farmer
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BC Online Phone:
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954-201-7900
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Fax:
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954-201-7937
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Email:
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Please use the D2L email tool. Use
my BC email ONLY if you are unable to access the course email:
jfarmer1@broward.edu
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Online Office Hours:
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Day(s) and Time: Sunday after
3P.M.; Monday - Thursday evenings, Friday before 3P.M.
Meeting Location: email is best OR
Discussion post. I will be online during these days and hours.
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BC Safety Phone #:
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954-201-HELP (4357)
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Study of the physical environment,
its relationship to the biosphere, and the human impact upon natural systems.
View the course description for more details.
1.0 Students will be able to
demonstrate an understanding of global geologic, atmospheric and oceanic trends
and their relationship to the environment.
2.0 Students will be able to
describe the hydrologic cycle, list the characteristics of water, and discuss
the finite, recycled nature of the world's water in relationship to Florida's
water budget.
3.0 Students will be able to
demonstrate an understanding of ecosystems and the food and energy flow within
them.
4.0 Students will be able to
recognize the various physiographic regions of Florida and explain the
underlying geologic processes and their economic importance as nonrenewable
resources.
5.0 Students will be able to explain
the fundamentals of meteorology and relate these fundamentals to the weather
trends in Florida.
6.0 Students will be able to
describe the interactions between the biotic and abiotic factors within
different ecosystems of Florida.
7.0 Students will be able to
describe the various physical components of the ocean and the biological
interaction with the physical marine environment.
8.0 Students will be able to
describe the law of conservation of matter and the two laws of thermodynamics;
list renewable and nonrenewable energy and compare the advantages and
environmental costs of each.
9.0 Students will be able to list
the actions needed to create a sustainable society and apply ways to use
principles of sustainable thinking to solving environmental problems.
To maximize your chances
for success in this course, make sure that you meet the following course
prerequisites:
- Prerequisites: None
- Co-requisites: None
This is a 3-credit hour course.
Normally, a 3-credit hour course would meet 2 times each week (during a 12 week
term) for a total of 4 hours per week or 48 hours per term. In addition,
students would be expected to spend at least 1 - 2 hours a week for each hour
in class reading the text, doing assignments, and preparing for exams. In this
class, you will only be required to come to campus to take exams four times
during the semester. In order to spend adequate time engaging in structured out
of class or online activities (including completing the learning modules,
practice tests, assignments, discussions and preparing for exams) you will need
to allocate 6 to 9 hours per week to devote to
this course. See the Course Schedule for a detailed description of
learning activities and the scheduled exams which you will take in the Central
Campus e-Testing Center located on the second floor of the library, Building
17, Room 220, or at the North Campus e-Testing Center in Bldg 62, Room 245.
Additional information on hours of operation and directions can be obtained at:
Required Text: No text is required for this course.
Recommended Resources:
Environmental Science in the 21st
Century
A New Online Environmental Science
Book for College Students
Our Ocean Planet
Oceanography in the 21st Century
A New Oceanography Book for
College Students
Nice text for the
biological portion.
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Read and refer to this section
regularly. It will tell you what assignments you should complete, and how to
complete them. Deadlines for assignments, assessments, discussions, quizzes,
tests, and all other graded and non-graded activities are posted in the course
schedule. Submitting work late will be permitted only under extenuating
circumstances and only with prior notification and documentation (original
funeral notice, original doctor note, etc.).
For quizzes -
Quizzes worth 5 to 15 points will be taken between exams to test your
comprehension of the material covered. Some of the questions on the practice
questions within the learning modules will appear on quizzes, and some of the
quiz questions will appear on exams. Quizzes will become available at least 4
days before the "must be completed" date listed in the schedule
below, after which they will be closed. Only one
attempt is allowed, so study the material thoroughly before opening the
quiz. Once you begin you will be timed, and cannot come back to complete
questions later. Don't forget to save your answers
before submitting the quiz. Quizzes can be accessed by going to the
assessment button on the left toolbar or using the links within the learning
modules. Questions will be objective (such as multiple choice, matching, or
true-false). All quizzes are online and close at midnight on the close date
listed in the schedule below.
For discussions - FOLLOW
Guidelines given in the Rubric - Discussions will be assigned where
appropriate throughout the course. In all discussion postings, express yourself
in complete sentences using correct grammar and spelling. Compose thoughtful contributions
to the discussion using information you learned in this course, other courses,
life experiences and from research where appropriate. Always cite your sources.
You are required, at a minimum, to post a message addressing the discussion
topic/questions and then reply to the post of at
least one other student, adding some additional information or insight
to his or her statements. Simply stating you agree or disagree is not
acceptable. You should explain why, backing your statements up with information
gathered from reliable sources. A grading rubric will be provided when the
directions for each discussion are posted, so you will know how points are
assigned to arrive at your grade.
For assignments - FOLLOW
Guidelines given in the Rubric - Assignments will be made throughout
the course to help you master the course objectives. Some assignments will
involve reading pages in the text. Others will involve activities such as going
to websites, completing activities, and writing reports. Specific instructions
and the point value of the assignment will be given when it is posted. In
order to receive full credit you will need to develop your answers fully,
answering in complete sentences, with proper grammar, spelling and syntax.
Follow the instructions carefully. For example, be sure to understand what the assignment
requires when words like "describe", "list",
"explain", "compare and contrast", "interpret",
etc. are used. Points will be deducted if these instructions are not adhered
to. Also, the assignment must be submitted on time. 20% will be deducted for
assignments received up to 24 hours after the due date. After that, no credit
will be given.
Students: Read and refer to this document regularly, but please conserve trees and selectively print only those pages
(such as the course schedule and assignments) that you may wish to refer to in
hard copy. It will tell you what assignments you should complete
and how.
For exams - Be sure to
schedule time to take exams AT the Testing Centers during their hours of
Operation. - The four exams will be taken at the Center located
in the library, Building 17 room 220 or the North Campus e-Testing Center in Building
62, room 135. Go to their websites to check hours of operation. You will have a
window of 4 days to take each exam. The first three exams will consist of
multiple choice questions worth 100 points, and you will have 1.5 hours to
complete the exam. The comprehensive Final Exam will cover material in Unit 4
and review questions from the first three units. It will consist of 150
multiple choice questions worth 150 points. You will have 2 hours 10 minutes to
complete this exam.
Proctored Exams
To provide proper accommodations and
accessibility, there are three options for taking a proctored exam:
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On-Campus
Proctoring North and Central e-Testing Centers (no additional fee) Be sure to schedule time
to take exams AT the Testing Centers during their hours of Operation.
You may take your proctored exams at either North or Central campus. This is a free service. Other campus locations do not offer e-Testing services for fully online students.
You may take your proctored exams at either North or Central campus. This is a free service. Other campus locations do not offer e-Testing services for fully online students.
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Off-Site
Proctoring: National College Testing Association(additional fees are assessed)
Broward College is a member of the National College Testing Association (NCTA), which abides by strict testing standards. You will incur additional proctoring fees, which vary by location.
Broward College is a member of the National College Testing Association (NCTA), which abides by strict testing standards. You will incur additional proctoring fees, which vary by location.
3.
Online
Proctoring – ProctorU (additional fees are assessed)
Online proctoring is available for testing from a remote location using your own web-cam while being proctored live, using ProctorU. You will incur additional proctoring fees, which vary based on the duration of the test.
Online proctoring is available for testing from a remote location using your own web-cam while being proctored live, using ProctorU. You will incur additional proctoring fees, which vary based on the duration of the test.
Notify your instructor at the
beginning of the class if you would like to consider using the off-site or
online proctoring service, have questions, comments, or if you have documents
requiring special accommodations for exams. Communication with your
instructor in the week prior to each exam is necessary to ensure online testing
readiness. Visit the proctored exam page for additional
information.
Week 1 - Online Orientation &
Introduction
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Week 2 - Unit 1: Ecosystems
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Week 2 - Unit 1: Ecosystems
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Week 3 - Unit 1: Ecosystems
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Week 3 - Unit 1: Ecosystems
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Exam
1 - Introduction and Unit 1 - Ecosystems
Exam 1 must be taken between
TBA in the Central Campus e-Testing Center, Bldg. 17, Room 220, or in the
North Campus e-Testing Center, Building 62, room 135. You have 1.5
hours to complete the exam consisting of 100 multiple choice questions
covering all the learning modules assigned weeks 1 - 3. Check with
the Central Campus e-Testing Center, or the North Campus e-Testing Center for their
hours of operation. Be sure to schedule time to take exams AT
the Testing Centers during their hours of Operation.
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Week 4 - Unit 2: Earth Science
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Research
information pertaining to "Basic Earth Science and Environmental
Geology" and other relevant topics.
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Week 4 - Unit 2: Earth Science
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Week 5 - Unit 2: Earth Science
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Week 5 - Unit 2: Earth Science
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Exam
2- Unit 2 - Earth Science
Exam 2 must be taken between TBA
in the Central Campus e-Testing Center, Bldg. 17, Room 220, or in the
North Campus e-Testing Center, Building 62, room 135. You have 1.5 hours to
complete the exam consisting of 100 multiple choice questions covering all
the learning modules assigned weeks 4 - 5. Check with the Central Campus e-Testing Center, or the North Campus e-Testing Center for their
hours of operation.
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Week 6 - Unit 3: Water
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Week 6 - Unit 3: Water
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Week 7 - Unit 3: Water
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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Week 7 - Unit 3: Water
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The student will:
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2.
Complete
the Learning Module "Sustainability 2" in the
Water folder within the Learning Units folder on the Course Content page.
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Exam
3 - Unit 3- Water
Exam 3 must be taken between TBA
in the Central Campus e-Testing Center, Bldg. 17, Room 220, or in the
North Campus e-Testing Center, Building 62, room 135. You have 1.5 hours to
complete the exam consisting of 100 multiple choice questions covering all
the learning modules assigned weeks 6 - 7. Check with the Central Campus e-Testing Center, or the North Campus e-Testing Center for their
hours of operation.
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Week 8 - Unit 4: Energy
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Learning Materials
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Activities
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The Student will:
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Week 8 - Unit 4:
Energy
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The Student will:
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Online Quiz
15 on Energy 2 Due TBA
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Final
Exam - Unit 4 and Review of Units 1 - 3
The Final Exam must be taken
between TBA in the Central Campus e-Testing Center, Bldg. 17, Rm
220, or in the North Campus e-Testing Center, Building 62, room 135.
You have 2 hours 10 minutes to complete the exam consisting of 150 multiple
choice questions (60 questions on the learning modules covered week 8 and 90
review questions from weeks 2 - 13). Check with the Central Campus e-Testing Center, or the North Campus e-Testing Center for their
hours of operation.
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How your Grade will be Determined
Assessment
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Graded
Points
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Percent
of Final Grade
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Quizzes
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210
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24.5%
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Assignments
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80
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9.4%
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Online Discussions
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115
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13.6%
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Exams (3 @ 100 pts)
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300
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35.0%
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Final Exam
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150
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17.5%
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Total
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850
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100%
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Grading
Scale
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Grades
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Percentage
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Grade
= A
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90-100+%
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Grade
= B
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80-89.9%
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Grade
= C
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70-79.9%
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Grade
= D
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60-69.9%
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Grade
= F
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59.9%-0.0%
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You are responsible for being
familiar with all BC Online policies and procedures related to your activity in
this course.
Attendance
During the first week of class, you
must complete the designated activity in the course to verify attendance.
Typically the Syllabus Quiz from the online orientation is the designated
activity. Simply logging into the course will not satisfy your attendance
during this time. As with an on-campus course, students who are reported for
non-attendance in an online course who are withdrawn are still responsible for
paying for the course. If you do not complete the requirements of the first
week of class, you should drop the course by the official drop/add deadline or
expect to pay for the course.
Participation
Regular, active, and meaningful
participation in online learning activities is an important component of this
class and is essential to your success. Logging into the class does not count
towards participation and attendance. You must actively participate in
class activities by completing discussions, assignments, and assessments.
It is recommended to check your email, the announcements, and class
discussions regularly. Your day of last attendance is based on the last day you
completed a documented class activity.
The following are academically
related activities for the purpose of participation and attendance:
- Participation in a graded discussion board,
- Assessment attempt,
- Assignment submission, and
- Initiating contact with your instructor to ask a class-related question via D2L email
If you stop participating in any of
the afore mentioned activities you will be withdrawn from the class and receive
a W or, if it is your third attempt, an F. If you stop participating
after the withdrawal date, you will receive an F. Ongoing communication
with the instructor is critical to your class success.
If you are concerned about your
ability to succeed in this class, it is important to make an online appointment
to speak with your instructor and an academic advisor as soon as possible. It
is important for you to understand the financial and academic consequences that
may result from class withdrawal.
Upon gaining access to access to D2L
you are expected to keep your username and password confidential. Sharing
access or passwords to D2L is considered a breach of the academic honesty
policy and could result in you being removed from your class. When you log-in
to D2L, you do so with the understanding and agreement that you will produce
your own work, complete class assignments and discussions yourself, and to take
class exams, tests or quizzes without the assistance of others.
Your academic work must be the
result of your own thought, research, or self-expression. Academic misconduct
includes, but is not limited to the following: cheating, plagiarism, unacceptable
collaboration, falsification of data, aiding and abetting dishonesty,
unauthorized or malicious interference, hacking computer property or software,
and online disturbances. Please refer to the Student Code of Conduct Policy and
the Student Code of Conduct section located in the Student Handbook for more
information.
All required class activities are
subject to submission to Turnitin.com for the detection of plagiarism. All
submitted papers will be included as source documents in the Turnitin.com reference
database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers.
Types of Academic Dishonesty:
- Cheating: Is defined as obtaining or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain credit for work by dishonest or deceptive means.
- Plagiarism: The use of words or ideas of the original creator without attribution as if they were your own. Plagiarism ranges from copying someone else’s work verbatim and elaborating on or altering someone else’s work.
- Self-Plagiarism: Submitting or reusing parts of a previous paper without referencing source it was first submitted. This includes retaking a course and turning in previously submitted papers and data.
- Unacceptable Collaboration: Using answers, solutions, or ideas that are the results of collaboration without citing the fact of the collaboration is improper.
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- Pay Services: Employing an assignment writing service or having another write the paper for you.
- Enabling: Aiding and abetting another student in an act of academic dishonesty. Examples include giving someone a paper to copy and allowing someone access to your account.
- Unauthorized or malicious interferences: If one person deliberately interferes with the work or activities of another person on purpose to cause the other harm or irreparable damages.
Academic honesty violations are
considered a breach of policy and may result in academic penalties (zero points
on the assignment/test in question, and/or a failing grade for the class),
disciplinary action, and/or referral to the Dean of Student Affairs.
Procedures for student grievances
are found in the student handbook.
In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations,
or other fulfillments of academic responsibility, it is your obligation to make
an effort to resolve the matter with your instructor. If the matter is
not resolved with your instructor, then you may contact academic affairs
associate dean.
Communication
Use the D2L email tool only for
private, personal, one-to-one communication with a specific individual, or
groups of individuals. Do not send class related emails to the instructor's BC
email address. In the event that the class communication tools are
unavailable for more than 24 hours, the instructor will communicate with
students (if necessary) via their BC email address.
Faculty Response
Class emails will be answered within
24 hours. It is recommended that you post class-related questions in the discussion
area. Other students may have the same questions as you or may even be able to
answer your questions. If you need information related to a test or assignment,
plan ahead and submit your questions in advance of the due date.
In all online communication, it is
expected that all students will follow rules of online "netiquette".
Netiquette is a set of rules for polite online behavior that all members of
this class are expected to follow. Review some of the general netiquette
rules.
Individuals who violate the
netiquette policy or engage in disruptive online behaviors such as flaming
(posting disrespectful or hostile comments), posting inappropriate comments, or
shouting (posting messages using all capitals) may have their class access
privileges revoked and/or they may be referred to the Student Dean. Students
who continue to engage in unacceptable online behavior even after being warned,
may be permanently denied access to the class and/or may receive an F for the
class.
Please don't use email short hand
like ROTFLO (rolling on the floor laughing out loud) or BTW (by the way) - not
everyone knows what these abbreviations mean. If you want to use emoticons
(smileys) to convey feelings, please stick with the basics happy :-) sad :-( or
wink ;-). Others are less well known and are subject to different
interpretations. The idea is to be clear in your communications.
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Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), Broward College
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private records of individual students, such as grades and class schedules,
without prior written consent of the student. However, privacy and public
records obligations of the college are governed by applicable Florida statutes
and U.S. federal laws.
Course access records, quiz scores
grades, email postings, discussion postings, file submissions, and chat room
conversations are stored. This is a good reason to make sure that your
communications adhere to proper netiquette. Please refer to the student handbook for
more information.
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our faculty, staff, and students are of utmost importance, and we want to
ensure that students are aware of the steps Broward College takes in preparing
for an emergency event or severe weather. The BC Alert system uses a layered
approach to communication, reaching out to the College community with emails,
text messages, phone calls and postings to the web. In addition to the
information that will be available through BC Alert, there are several hotlines
that will be updated with College status information in the event of a storm or
other emergency:
Emergency Hotline:
954-201-4900
In the event of a school closing due
to weather or other major event that might impact class schedules, the
instructor will post an announcement and/or send an email indicating what
changes, if any, the event will have on the course schedule and due dates.
The instructor reserves the right to
make changes to the class syllabus. The syllabus is a guide and every attempt
is made to provide an accurate overview of the class. However, circumstances
and events may make it necessary for the instructor to modify the syllabus
during the semester which may depend on the progress, needs, and experiences of
the students. Changes to the syllabus will be made with advance notice. In the
event that changes become necessary, students will be notified through class
email, the discussion board, and/or the announcements tool.
If you need academic accommodations
and/or disability services support, you must contact the Office of Disability
Services (ODS). It is your responsibility to contact the ODS to
document disability prior to receiving services. You must notify the instructor
that you have registered with the ODS and provide the instructor a copy of the
ODS letter. Your documentation and any related communication with your
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