COURSE 101
Semester and Year
Instructor Information
Instructor
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Mailing Address
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Phone and Email Contact Information
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Office Hours
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Course Description
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Overview
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Course Objectives
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Required Course Materials
Instructors: Please be sure to inform the PSH Bookstore of your textbook adoptions.
Submit your book adoptions online
or contact
Bookstore Manager --Nora E Seggel
p)717-948-6243 f)717-948-6287
Your textbook can be purchased through the Penn State Harrisburg Bookstore site.
If your course requires one or more textbooks, you must have exactly the correct text required (edition, year, and ISBN #).
· Insert list of required course materials here. For books and articles, use proper APA or MLA format and include ISBN #.
Library Resources
Many of Penn State's library resources can be utilized from a distance. Through the Library Resources and Services for Off-Campus Users website, you can…
· access magazine, journal, and newspaper articles online using library databases;
· borrow materials and have them delivered to your doorstep...or even your desktop;
· ask a librarian for research help via e-mail, chat, or phone using the ASK! service;
...and much more!
Note: You must have an active Penn State Access Account to take full advantage of the Libraries' resources and services. Once you have a Penn State account, you will automatically be registered with the library within 24–48 hours. If you would like to check that your library registration has been completed, visit the Librarys' home page, click on "Library Accounts," and then click on "My Library Account."
Technical Requirements
To access the full range of ANGEL features, the Web browser that you use should accept cookies, display ANGEL pop-up windows, and have JavaScript enabled. To make sure these features are set up correctly or to find out how to receive assistance with setup, check the System Check component located directly under ANGEL’s Log On section.
Though you may have success with other Web browsers, only the browsers listed below as supported are fully tested and certified to work with ANGEL by Penn State and ANGEL Learning, the makers of ANGEL:
· Internet Explorer 7 - 10
· Firefox 3 - 10, or 15 – 18
· Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 17
· Chrome 24
· Safari 6 (Note: There is currently no support for Safari on a mobile device.)
For instructions and links to the supported browsers, please refer to this ANGEL Help article: http://kb.its.psu.edu/cms/article/6.
Penn State faculty, students, and staff can download free antivirus software provided by the University. For more information, see https://downloads.its.psu.edu/.
Technical Skills and Support
A very basic familiarity with computers and the Internet will get you started in this course. It is recommended that you be able to use word processing software properly (for instance, edit, copy, paste, and save). You should also be able to handle email communications, including attachments, and be able to use a browser to access the Internet. If you encounter any technical challenges, you have several options: access ANGEL Help by clicking on the Help icon (?) available on the far left side of every ANGEL screen to “Contact ANGEL Support," or call the ITS Help Desk at 814-863-2494 available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except on official University holidays.
Netiquette
One of the first rules you learn when you communicate online is: Don’t write EVERYTHING IN UPPERCASE! Mixed-case text is easier to read, and uppercase text may indicate SHOUTING. When typing in a message, break it up into short paragraphs to avoid enormous blocks of text. Don’t make it up as you go along. Plan ahead by composing offline and then copying and pasting into an email, discussion forum, drop box, survey, or quiz/exam. (Remember that ANGEL will log you off after 90 minutes of inactivity – typing in a text box is considered inactivity.) Avoid using acronyms since you cannot be sure that all of your readers will know what they mean. Read what you have written before you send/submit it. This will help you spot errors in spelling, phrasing, and grammar, and also help you notice that you don’t sound as friendly as you would like. Make sure your message is worded professionally. Following these guidelines will help you to be properly understood and get your points across effectively.
Course Requirements and Grading
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Please refer to the University Grading Policy for Undergraduate Courses for additional information about University grading policies. If, for reasons beyond the student's control, a student is prevented from completing a course within the prescribed time, the grade in that course may be deferred with the concurrence of the instructor. The symbol DF appears on the student's transcript until the course has been completed. Non-emergency permission for filing a deferred grade must be requested by the student before the beginning of the final examination period. In an emergency situation, an instructor can approve a deferred grade after the final exam period has started. Under emergency conditions during which the instructor is unavailable, authorization is required from one of the following: the dean of the college in which the candidate is enrolled; the executive director of the Division of Undergraduate Studies if the student is enrolled in that division or is a provisional student; or the campus chancellor of the student's associated Penn State campus.
For additional information please refer to the Deferring a Grade page.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity—scholarship free of fraud and deception—is an important educational objective of Penn State. Academic dishonesty can lead to a failing grade or referral to the Office of Student Conduct.
Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to:
· cheating,
· plagiarism,
· fabrication of information or citations,
· facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others,
· unauthorized prior possession of examinations,
· submitting the work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor and securing written approval, and
· tampering with the academic work of other students.
How Academic Integrity Violations Are Handled
In cases where academic integrity is questioned, procedure requires an instructor to notify a studentof suspected dishonesty before filing a charge and recommended sanction with the college. Procedures allow a student to accept or contest a charge. If a student chooses to contest a charge, the case will then be managed by the respective college or campus Academic Integrity Committee. If a disciplinary sanction also is recommended, the case will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct.
All Penn State colleges abide by this Penn State policy, but review procedures may vary by college when academic dishonesty is suspected. To obtain that information in advance of enrolling in a course, please contact the Office of Student Conduct.
For More Information on Academic Integrity at Penn State Harrisburg
· Penn State Harrisburg Academic Guidelines and Policies
· Penn State Senate Policy on Academic Integrity
· Penn State Harrisburg Academic Integrity Policy – the Capital College Implementation
· iStudy for Success!(education module about plagiarism, copyright, and academic integrity)
· Turnitin (a web-based plagiarism detection and prevention system)
Attendance
Although an on-line course does not meet in a classroom at a set time, attendance policies stated in 42-27 apply. On-line students are expected to complete every lesson in the course and are held responsible for all work covered in the course. A student whose irregular attendance causes him or her, in the judgment of the instructor, to become deficient scholastically, may run the risk of receiving a failing grade or receiving a lower grade than the student might have secured had the student been in regular attendance. Participation by students in the course should not be disruptive or offensive to other class members. See http://www.psu.edu/ufs/policies/42-00.html#42-27.
Confidentiality
The right of students to confidentiality is of concern to your instructor and to the University. According to Penn State policy AD-11, "The Pennsylvania State University collects and retains data and information about students for designated periods of time for the expressed purpose of facilitating the student's educational development. The University recognizes the privacy rights of individuals in exerting control over what information about themselves may be disclosed and, at the same time, attempts to balance that right with the institution's need for information relevant to the fulfillment of its educational missions. Student educational records are defined as records, files, documents, and other materials that contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by The Pennsylvania State University or by a person acting for the University pursuant to University, college, campus, or departmental policy. Exclusions include: Notes of a professor concerning a student and intended for the professor's own use are not subject to inspection, disclosure, and challenge." For more information, see http://guru.psu.edu/policies/Ad11.html.
Accommodating Disabilities
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University’s educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Office for Disability Services (ODS) website provides contact information for every Penn State campus: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/dcl. The Office for Disability Services at Penn State Harrisburg is located in 109 Swatara Building. The Disability Services Coordinator, Alan Babcock, can be reached via email at or phone at 717-948-6025. For further information, please visit the Office for Disability Services Web site: http://equity.psu.edu/ods.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact the appropriate disability services office at the campus where you are officially enrolled, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation: http://equity.psu.edu/ods/guidelines. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, your campus’s disability services office will provide you with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early in your courses as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
Academic Freedom
According to Penn State policy HR64, “The faculty member is expected to train students to think for themselves, and to provide them access to those materials which they need if they are to think intelligently. Hence, in giving instruction upon controversial matters the faculty member is expected to be of a fair and judicial mind, and to set forth justly, without supersession or innuendo, the divergent opinions of other investigators.” See http://guru.psu.edu/policies/OHR/hr64.html.
Additional Policies
Veterans and currently serving military personnel and/or spouses with unique circumstances (e.g., upcoming deployments, drill/duty requirements, VA appointments, etc.) are welcome and encouraged to communicate these, in advance if possible, to the instructor in the case that special arrangements need to be made.
The Learning Experience
As with any course, you will get out of this course what you put into it. Learning in an online course is clearly different from taking classes in a traditional face-to-face classroom. They are not easier if only because you cannot sit in the back of the classroom and pretend that you have completed the week’s assignments. Be prepared to commit the time needed to complete all assignments by their due dates.
On the other hand, enjoy the flexibility this online course provides you to organize your learning experience around your schedule. You choose when you want to work since our classroom virtually never closes, except for Wednesdays and Sundays from 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time, during which time ANGEL will be unavailable while maintenance is conducted.
Below are some tips to help you to be as successful as possible in this course:
· Log into our course at least three times each week. Assume that the first time you log on in a given week it will be to access the next lesson folder to determine your learning tasks for the week. Additional log-on time will be used to complete the required learning activities.
· Make sure that you keep up-to-date on your postings.
· Take responsibility for your own learning and plan to be a self-directed learner.
· Stay on top of your reading assignments and become good at research and analysis. Assume that taking initiative on your part will be positively received and will maximize your learning.
· If you feel lost or confused, ASK!!
· Be prepared for the amount of time that online learning takes and make time for it in your week.
· Work on being flexible and patient. Life has a way of intruding into the online classroom that can sometimes be uncomfortable and trying. Technical issues and difficulties are also a part of that life.
· Don’t wait until the last minute to complete your weekly requirements to minimize these potential difficulties. Work submitted past the deadlines will be subject to grade penalties, so keeping up with your coursework in a timely manner is highly recommended.
I am looking forward to enjoying an enriching learning experience with you!
Course Schedule
Note: All due dates reflect North American eastern time (ET).
The tentative schedule below outlines the topics we will be covering in this course, along with the associated time frames and assignments. You will be notified via email of any schedule changes, and those changes will be reflected in the syllabus.
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· Course length: 16 weeks
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