Contemplative Studies
Covenant
Expectations for Student Conduct -
The following are expectations related to student conduct that must
be met to receive full credit in Contemplative Studies:
- Perfect Attendance (excused
absences accepted) and full participation in all class sessions of all
components for which you contract yourself. If you need to be
absent for any reason please call your faculty and leave a message or
send email. If you miss a session due to an excused absence, you need
to complete the work (seminar papers, quest artists, research, etc.,)
within a week. More than two unexcused absences within any one component
of the program will result in loss of credit. Please be on time for
all sessions.
- Meet All Deadlines:
Timely completion of written, creative and collaborative work is essential
– you must meet the deadlines. We will not accept late work. Failing
to complete work on time will result in loss of credit.
- Time Management Skills – Each
student is responsible for creating a schedule around the academic class
schedule to accommodate all individual and collaborative work required
for the program. Please keep in mind that 16 credit hours is a rigorous
academic load. The Faculty Handbook reminds us that each credit hour
represents three hours of work per week over a ten-week quarter. In
other words, 16 credit hours x 3 hours = 48 hours of academic work per
week. This includes all your class time, reading, writing, thinking,
reflection, creative work, collaborative work and so on.
- Field Trips – Students are
expected to stay with the group and be responsible to one another and
respectful of the institutions and environments we visit. No alcohol
or drug consumption is allowed on Field Trips or at any program sponsored
events, on or off campus. Students are responsible for admittance fees
to museums, etc. You will be notified in advance of any such fees.
- Stay informed about the program and its schedule, including active monitoring of the class listserv. To subscribe, log on to your preferred email account and send a blank email to following address:
join-?@lists.evergreen.edu Due to spam issues, the ? will be shared in class.
- Think carefully about TESC’s five
learning foci and the six expectations of an Evergreen graduate:
The Five Foci of Learning
* Interdisciplinary Study. Students learn to pull together ideas and concepts from many subject areas, which enables them to tackle real-world issues in all their complexity.
* Collaborative Learning. Students develop knowledge and skills through shared learning, rather than learning in isolation and in competition with others.
* Learning Across Significant Differences. Students learn to recognize, respect and bridge differences - critical skills in an increasingly diverse world.
* Personal Engagement. Students develop their capacities to judge, speak and act on the basis of their own reasoned beliefs.
* Linking Theory with Practical Applications.
Students understand abstract theories by applying them to projects and
activities and by putting them into practice in real-world situations.
Expectations of a Greener Grad
* Articulate and assume responsibility for your own work.
* Participate collaboratively and responsibly in our diverse society.
* Communicate creatively and effectively.
* Demonstrate integrative, independent, critical thinking.
* Apply qualitative, quantitative and creative modes of inquiry appropriately to practical and theoretical problems across disciplines.
* As a culmination of your education,
demonstrate depth, breadth and synthesis of learning and the ability
to reflect on the personal and social significance of that learning.
- Respect staff, facilities and equipment.
Theft or deliberate damage of equipment is grounds for dismissal.
- Maintain clean individual and collective
workspaces. This includes, specifically, bodies.
- Be individually responsible for any
work submitted as one’s own. This means, in part, not plagiarizing
work.
- Resolve disputes directly and without
rancor. All members of the program should abide by the principle
of honest and face-to-face resolution of conflicts. In the event
you do not feel successful in resolving a conflict yourself, bring your
concerns to the attention, first, of your seminar leader. If the
individual faculty member cannot resolve the problem, he or she will
bring it to the attention of the faculty team and they will take steps
to resolve the problem. Any conflicts that cannot be resolved
by your own efforts or the efforts of your faculty will be referred
to our program’s Academic Dean. You may not skip steps in this
process.
- Respect each other’s lives outside
of the program.
- Take responsibility for contacting
Access Services (867-6348, Lib 1407D) regarding any health condition
or disability that may require accommodations to participate effectively
in this class.
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Student Conduct – You are expected to follow the Evergreen Social
Contract and Student Conduct Code – please take the time to review
it at: http://www.evergreen.edu
* SMOKING – “Evergreen is a non-smoking campus except in designated areas.”
* ACADEMIC DISHONESTY – Please report cases of academic dishonesty, plagiarism, or cheating. It is important that we track these students so that in the next program we can follow up if a further incidence occurs.
* DISRUPTION TO COLLEGE FUNCTION – We have had a few situations in the past couple of years where a student has significantly impacted a program through their behavior. Some examples include students drinking or using drugs on a field trip or coming to class drunk, students wearing fragranced products even after being asked not to, and students presenting threatening language or behavior towards others.