Each ACC campus offers support services for students with documented physical or psychological disabilities. Students with disabilities must request reasonable accommodations through the Office of Students with Disabilities on the campus where they expect to take the majority of their classes. Students are encouraged to do this three weeks before the start of the semester.
It
is also recommended that instructors add the following:
Students
who are requesting accommodation must provide the instructor with a letter of
accommodation from the Office of Students with Disabilities (OSD) at the
beginning of the semester. Accommodations can only be made after the instructor
receives the letter of accommodation from OSD.
Statement on Scholastic Dishonesty
Acts
prohibited by the college for which discipline may be administered include
scholastic dishonesty, including but not limited to, cheating on an exam or
quiz, plagiarizing, and unauthorized collaboration with another in preparing
outside work. Academic work submitted by
students shall be the result of their thought, work, research or
self-expression. Academic work is
defined as, but not limited to, tests, quizzes, whether taken electronically or
on paper; projects, either individual or group; classroom presentations; and
homework.
Students
who violate the rules concerning scholastic dishonesty will be assessed an
academic penalty that the instructor determines is in keeping with the
seriousness of the offense. This academic penalty may range from a grade
penalty on the particular assignment to an overall grade penalty in the course,
including possibly an F in the course. ACC's policy can be found in the Student
Handbook under Policies and Procedures or on the web at:
http://www.austincc.edu/handbook
Institutions
of higher education are conducted for the common good. The common good depends upon a search for
truth and upon free expression. In this
course the professor and students shall strive to protect free inquiry and the
open exchange of facts, ideas, and opinions.
Students are free to take exception to views offered in this course and
to reserve judgment about debatable issues. Grades will not be affected by
personal views. With this freedom comes
the responsibility of civility and a respect for a diversity of ideas and
opinions. This means that students must
take turns speaking, listen to others speak without interruption, and refrain
from name-calling or other personal attacks.
Statement
on Student Discipline
Classroom
behavior should support and enhance learning. Behavior that disrupts the
learning process will be dealt with appropriately, which may include having the
student
leave class for the rest of that day. In serious cases, disruptive behavior may
lead to a student being withdrawn from the class. ACC's policy on student
discipline
can be found in the Student Handbook under Policies and Procedures or on the
web at: http://www.austincc.edu/handbook