Autumn
2011
Syllabus
& Course Objectives | Topics
& Calendar | Assignments | Administrative
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office: |
330M
Mary Gates Hall |
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phone: |
206
616-0987 |
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email: |
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office hours: |
Wednesdays,
1-2pm + by appointment |
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TA: |
Marisa
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See also my general expectations for
classes. I will
assume that you have read and understood these expectations; always feel free to ask any questions you like about them.
To request academic
accommodations due to a disability, please contact Disabled Student Services:
448 Schmitz, 206-543-8924 (V/TTY). If you have a letter from DSS indicating that you have a disability which requires academic accommodations,
please present the letter to me so we can discuss
the accommodations you might
need in the class.
Academic accommodations due to disability will not be made unless the student has a letter from DSS specifying the type and
nature of accommodations needed.
The essence of academic life revolves around respect not only for the ideas of others, but also their rights
to those ideas and their promulgation.
It is therefore
essential that all of us engaged
in the life of the mind take
the utmost care that the ideas and expressions of ideas of
other people always be appropriately handled, and, where necessary, cited.
Specifically, in working on assignments for this course, I
encourage you to feel free
to work together with other students
in discussing the assignments,
possible approaches and ideas,
etc. For the Searching
Assignments, I’d prefer that you
work independently when actually looking
for answers but it’s OK to
talk in a general way about
what you’re planning or actually did. In group work, I will assume that the product submitted equitably represents the work of all members.
For writing
assignments, when ideas or materials of others are used, they must be cited. The format
is not that important--as
long as the source material can
be located and the citation
verified, it's OK. What is important is that it’s clear
to me what’s yours and what isn’t.
Please
acquaint yourself with the University of Washington's resources on academic
honesty
In any other situations, if you have a
question, please feel free
to ask. Such attention to ideas and acknowledgment of their sources is central not only to academic life, but life in general.
Copyright
All of the expressions of ideas
in this class that are fixed in any tangible medium such as digital and physical
documents are protected by copyright law as embodied in title 17 of the United States Code. These
expressions include the work
product of both: (1) your student colleagues
(e.g.,
any assignments published here in the course environment or statements committed to text in a discussion
forum); and, (2) your instructors
(e.g., the syllabus, assignments,
reading lists, and
lectures). Within
the constraints of "fair
use," you may download or copy slides, recordings or notes for your personal intellectual use in
support of your education here in the iSchool. All of these examples are copyrighted
expressions, and fair use by you
does not include further distribution by any means of copying, performance or presentation beyond the circle of your student colleagues in this class. If you have any questions regarding whether a use to which you wish to put one of these expressions violates the creator's copyright interests, please feel free to ask the instructor for guidance.
Privacy
To support an academic environment of rigorous
discussion and open expression of personal thoughts and feelings, we, as members of the academic community, must be committed to the inviolate right
of privacy of our student and instructor colleagues. As a result, we must forego sharing personally
identifiable information about any member of our community
including information about the ideas
they express, their families, life styles and their political and social affiliations. If you have any questions regarding whether a disclosure you wish to make
regarding anyone in this course or in the iSchool community violates that person's privacy
interests, please feel free to ask the instructor for guidance.
Knowing violations of these principles of academic conduct, privacy, or copyright may result in University disciplinary action under the Student Code of Conduct.
Student Code of Conduct
Good student conduct is important for maintaining a healthy course environment. Please familiarize yourself with the University of Washington's Student Code of Conduct.