First and foremost, it is the responsibility of each student and the faculty member to read all program documents and to raise any questions he or she may have about the content.
 

A.  EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS' LEARNING.  Students and faculty member will work individually and collaboratively to realize the basic goals of the program.  The faculty member will contribute his disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in an effort to enhance the abilities of the students to conceptualize and understand the concepts developed in the program, and to improve on their research, writing, and analytical thinking. All students will participate actively in the assignments and the various meetings of the program.  Attendance and participation in all program activities is a requirement.  Students will arrive on time for all program activities.

B.  FACTORS TO BE COUNTED IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.  Students will be evaluated at the end of each quarter for the following: the satisfactory completion of assignments; active participation in meetings; improvement of academic skills; and demonstration of understanding of the themes, issues, and techniques under discussion.  The faculty member will form evaluations by examining the writing students submit, their comments in discussion, the projects they present, completed exams, and the strength of their self-evaluation.

C.  LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE EXPECTED OF THE STUDENTS.  At the beginning of this upper division program, the faculty member shall assume that students have well-rounded college level skills.  In case of deficiencies in basic skills, students are expected to work with the Learning Resources Center.  The faculty member does not assume that students initially will be conversant with critical terminology or special techniques for discussing the works to be assigned.  It is assumed that by the end of the program, students will have developed the ability--both in the terminology appropriate for more advanced discussion and in their own works--to think, to speak, and to write about the issues and themes of the program.  In addition, they will have improved their ability to participate in the collaborative intellectual activity of the case analysis sessions and seminars.
 

A.  EVALUATION OF STUDENTS.  Incomplete status will be granted only for reasons of family crisis, illness, or similar emergencies.  Evaluation conferences will be held at the end of the quarter.

Credit is not the same as positive evaluation.  Students receive credit for fulfilling minimum requirements and standards.  The evaluation is a statement describing the quality of the student's work.  It is possible for a student to receive credit but receive an evaluation that describes poor quality work.  It is also possible for a student to attend regularly yet receive no or reduced credit because of unsatisfactory performance.

B.  EVALUATION CONFERENCES.  Students should plan on being available for evaluation conferences during evaluation week. Each student will have an evaluation conference with the faculty member at the end of the quarter to discuss the student's self-evaluation, the faculty evaluation of the student, and the student evaluation of the faculty.  Students who are concerned about faculty fairness and who wish to have the student evaluation process separated from the faculty evaluation process may submit a written evaluation of the faculty member to the program secretary.  Students will submit a final, typed, formal evaluation of the faculty member at the end of the quarter.  Students will submit a draft self-evaluation before the conference and will submit a final, typed, formal self-evaluation by the end of evaluation week.

C.  GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES.  If a student has a grievance, the following steps must be taken in order:

1. Take up the concern with the parties involved in the grievance.
2. If not resolved, meet with the faculty member.
3. If still not resolved, meet with the academic dean.
    

D. CREDIT.  Sixteen quarter hours of credit will be awarded in most cases for satisfactory
completion of program requirements.  Partial credit may be granted if full credit is not warranted.

E. STUDENTS MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE PROGRAM.    If a student repeatedly disrupts the attempts of others to learn, the faculty member will warn the student that continuation of this behavior will result in his or her dismissal from the program.  If the behavior continues, the faculty member will ask the person to leave the program at once.

F. ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE.  Any use of alcohol or drugs at a program event will be grounds for immediate dismissal from the program.

G. CELL PHONES.  Students will be expected to mute any cell phones in their possession while in the classroom. Disruptions by ringing phones will not be tolerated. Students may not leave the classroom to take or make phone calls when class is in session.

H. SCENTS. In order to protect the health and well being of students, staff and faculty, the college prohibits the wearing of scents in campus buildings. Synthetic scents, particularly, are debilitating to persons who suffer from chemical sensitivity.

By continuing in this program and signing this document, each student recognizes that it represents the ground rules governing the program.

Faculty: José Gómez and Julianne Unsel

Student Name:     ____________________________________ Date: __________________