CLA 1001

LC INTEGRATIVE SEMINAR

FALL 2006

Dr. Eleanor Hannah
ABAH 261
(218) 726 - 7252
ehannah@d.umn.edu

TA: Sarah Koblick

CLA 1001 is a seminar course designed to facilitate the integration of the LCA learning community courses with your academic expectations.   The seminar supports the liberal education curriculum within the context of intellectual growth, academic goal setting, and major exploration.

In this section of CLA 1001 you will explore the purpose and mission of a university, a university education, the liberal arts, and your expectations for all of the above.   Along with these broad goals, and supporting your exploration of an university education, this seminar will offer training in study skills and time management - essential skills for academic success and enjoyment - and support and help in learning to navigate UMD in particular - as a campus, as a bureaucracy, and as a community.

The course requires that you complete brief assignments during each of the first eight weeks of the semester as well as attend all study tutorials, scheduled study groups meetings and two outside social events.   The instructor reserves the right to add quizzes or other homework assignments to the course requirements at any time.  

This course will be graded.   Your grade will be determined as follows:

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Attendance is mandatory for this course, and unless you have arranged in advance for an excused absence, you will not be able to make up any graded work.   After the missed class period, documentation is required for an excused absence - for example, from the ambulance driver carrying you to the hospital after you were stricken by sudden serious illness or injury in the cafeteria during lunch.   Short of this - phone or email before class begins. Because attendance is mandatory, if you have two or more unexcused absences, you will not pass the course.

• Always bring the assigned reading material to class.
• Homework is due at the beginning of the class on the date specified.
• Homework will not be accepted after that time. If you cannot attend class that day, make arrangements for your homework to be turned in early or send it with a colleague.
• There will be no Incompletes.
• There will be no makeups for in-class quizzes and in-class activities. If you are absent that day, you will receive zero credit for that quiz or activity. If your absence is excused you may elect to negotiate either an alternative assignment or a conversion of the points from quizzes and activities to participation points. Failure to negotiate for either will result in zero points.
• Students unable to take the final exam on the designated date are expected to notify the instructor immediately via voicemail.   Excused absences from the final exam must be approved by the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.   Exam conflicts will be resolved according to the policies outlined in the 2005-2007 Duluth Catalog.
• Plagiarism and other forms of scholastic dishonesty, as defined in the Section III of the Student Conduct Code, University of Minnesota Duluth, will result in zero credit for the assignment and may result in a course grade of F, depending on the severity of the offense.
• Individuals who may have any disability, either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in this class are encouraged to inform the instructor at the start of the semester. Adaptations of methods, materials, or testing may be made as required to provide for equitable participation.

• Read all assigned material.
• Create a study group with other students in the class.   This is required in CLA 1001.
• Ask questions in class or use my office hours to pursue more thoroughly topics that interest you and any questions you may have.
• Copies of this syllabus and all course assignments are available at my website. http://www.d.umn.edu/~ehannah/index.html
• When sending email to Dr. Hannah or our course TA, put the course number in the subject line - for example, "CLA 1001."

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