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General College is now the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Development.

University-assigned student e-mail accounts (x.500) are the University's official means of communication with all students. You are responsible for all information sent to you via your University-assigned e-mail account. If you choose to forward your University e-mail account, you are still responsible for all the information, including all attachments, sent to your University e-mail account.

Students with complaints about teaching or grading should first try to resolve the problem with the professor or teaching assistant involved. If no satisfactory resolution is reached, students may then discuss the matter with the Director of Academic Affairs and Curriculum, 240 Appleby (phone 612-625-2880), who will attempt to mediate. Failing an informal resolution, the Office of Academic Affairs and Curriculum will facilitate the filing of a formal grievance. (see Student Academic Grievance for more details)

Students with complaints about advising should first try to resolve the problem with the advisor involved. If no satisfactory resolution can be reached, students may then discuss the matter with the Assistant Dean, who will attempt to mediate. Appointments with the Assistant Dean can be made with Jennifer Lauermann in 109 Appleby (phone 612-625-6885). Failing an informal resolution, the Dean’s Office will facilitate the filing of a formal complaint.

For undergraduate courses, one credit is defined as equivalent to an average of three hours of learning effort per week (over a full semester) necessary for an average student to achieve an average grade in the course. For example, a student taking a three credit course that meets for three hours a week should expect to spend an additional six hours a week on coursework outside the classroom. (see Class Hour-Credit Ratio Statement for more details)

Reasonable accommodations will be provided for students with physical, sensory, learning, and psychiatric disabilities. Contact the instructor to work out the details of accommodations. (see the Disability Services Homepage for more information)

The University of Minnesota is committed to providing a safe climate for all students, faculty, and staff. All persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Reports of harassment are taken seriously, and there are individuals and offices available for help. Contact Assistant Dean Avelino Mills-Novoa, 109 Appleby Hall, 612-625-6885, or the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, 419 Morrill Hall, 612-624-9547.

Academic dishonesty occurs when students turn in work that is not their own as well as in the case of plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs when written work 1) fails to cite quotations and borrowed ideas from outside sources, including the World Wide Web and other student work, 2) fails to enclose borrowed language in quotation marks, and 3) fails to put summaries and paraphrases in the writer's own words. The definition of plagiarism was derived from Diana Hacker's "A Writer's Reference", Fourth Edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. (see University of Minnesota Student Conduct Code for more details).

Scholastic dishonesty is submission of false records of academic achievement; cheating on assignments or examinations, plagiarizing, altering, forging, or misusing a University academic record; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission, acting alone or in cooperation with another to falsify records or to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement, IV. Student Conduct, page 3, Student Judicial Affairs. Academic dishonesty in any portion of the academic work for a course shall be grounds for awarding a grade of F or N for the entire course. (see University of Minnesota Student Conduct Code for more details).

All activities in the University, including this course, are governed by the University of Minnesota Student Conduct Code. Students who engage in behavior that disrupts the learning environment for others may be subject to disciplinary action under the Code. In addition, students responsible for such behavior may be asked to cancel their registration (or have their registration canceled).

A - achievement that is outstanding relative to the level necessary to meet course requirements.

B - achievement that is significantly above the level necessary to meet course requirements.

D - achievement that is worthy of credit even though it fails to meet fully the course requirements.

F (or N) - Represents failure (or no credit) and signifies that the work was either (1) completed but at a level of achievement that is not worthy of credit or (2) was not completed and there was no agreement between the instructor and the student that the student would be awarded an I (see also I).

I - (Incomplete) Assigned at the discretion of the instructor when, due to extraordinary circumstances, e.g., hospitalization, a student is prevented from completing the work of the course on time. Requires a written agreement between instructor and student.