ENGL 1320: FIRST YEAR WRITING I I

Syllabus Contents ENGL 1320: First-Year Writing II will help you practice
• Basic Information and develop new skills in research and evidence-based
• Course Description writing. However, it is also a course about finding a
• Required Materials personal connection to issues and topics that are important
• Course Objectives to you and to your wider community (For NTN students,
• Evaluation and Grading since “Food” is our Spring 2023 Wicked Problem, our
• Units and Assignments Overview issues and topics are thematically moduled around
• Instructor Policies and Expectations food). One of the broadest goals of ENGL 1320 is to help
• Technical Requirements & Skills you become comfortable with strategies for making your
writing compelling to the audiences you want to reach.
• Getting Help
Defining, explaining, persuading, finding and evaluating
• UNT Policies
good sources—these are all ways to provide insight into
• Schedule of Assignments
topics that you want to share with other people.

Basic Information In ENGL 1320, you will practice writing clear, coherent,
and focused arguments that academic audiences expect,
Welcome to UNT! As members of the UNT community, with well-researched evidence and appropriate grammar
we have all made a commitment to be part of an institution conventions. However, ENGL 1320 will also teach you to
that respects and values the identities of the students and address audiences in ways that complement (and sometimes
employees with whom we interact. UNT does not tolerate exceed) argumentation. These other ways of writing include
identity-based discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. expressing common ground, extending existing ideas, and
UNT’s full Non-Discrimination Policy can be found in the showing logical and emotional support. Overall, ENGL
UNT Policies section of the syllabus. 1320 will prepare you for a wide range of writing
Instructor Contact Information: Provided by instructor expectations, including those that demand research,
on Canvas. evidence, and careful argument.

Catalog Description: 3 hours. Writing as inquiry. Develops Required Materials (Both from Fall 2022):
habits of critical thinking, research-based inquiry, and Both ENGL 1310 and ENGL 1320 courses will use:
argument through written engagement with relevant social
and cultural issues. THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY
LIFE, Brief 6th Edition
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1310; Core Category: English (Mauk/Metz, Cengage, 2017, ISBN
Composition and Rhetoric 9780357613740)
THE LITTLE SEAGULL HANDBOOK
Course Description WITH EXERCISES, 2021 MLA 4th
Edition (Bullock/Brody/Weinberg, Norton,
2022, ISBN 9780393888966)

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 understand or need help, please make arrangements to talk
Course Objectives to your instructor right away. Note that you may have
reading quizzes or discussions at unannounced times in
By the end of this course, students will order to check up on how the class is reading and
be able to comprehending the course material.
• Assess and explain their own writing habits
Please also keep up with all writing assignments. On days
reflectively
when writing is due, be ready to post a draft for your
• Recognize and use rhetorical tools and writing other writing community members. Evaluating, revising,
processes to focus their writing and editing our writing together is a vital part of this class.
• Describe and define a specific issue that interests and peer reviews cannot be made up, once missed.
them from relevant social and cultural topics
• Select and evaluate sources that give insight into a Sometimes you will also engage in collaborative or
specific cultural issue individual assignments or activities during class modules.
When you communicate with other class members, you
• Synthesize information from other written sources
should move beyond simply writing about what parts of the
• Plan, draft, write, and revise a research essay that
texts that you “like.” Work hard to think about how the texts
addresses a relevant social or cultural issue
support and contradict one another. Bring experiences and
• Compare and rate their contributions as a team
ideas from your own life into the discussion where
member to peer review and other team-based
appropriate. Look for ways that class readings and
assignments
discussions are relevant in the world around you. Pay
attention to what your classmates write and build off of their
Evaluation and Grading: ideas when you can. Encourage, support, and learn from
each other.
Units and Assignments
Note: To earn a passing grade, you must complete all Rubrics and Scoring Systems
drafts and major writing assignments. • For the purposes of this course,
• “A” WORK will constitute a final score of 90-
• 10% - Unit 1: Research Proposal Assignment
100% of total points and will represent an overall
Group (including drafts, peer reviews, Writing Lab)
response that is impressively sophisticated and
• 15% - Unit 2: Definition and Synthesis Assignment
illuminating: inventive, balanced, justified,
Group (including drafts, peer reviews, Writing Lab)
effective, mature, and expertly-situated in time and
• 25% - Unit 3: Addressing Issues Research Essay
context
Assignment Group (incl. drafts, peer reviews,
• “B” WORK will constitute a final score of 80-
Writing Lab)
89.99% of total points and will represent an overall
• 5% - Unit 4: Research Essay Remix & drafts
response that is thorough and systematic: skilled,
• 09% - Discussion Boards revealing, developed, perceptive, but not unusually
• 09% - Activities or surprisingly original
• 09% - Participation and Attendance • “C” WORK will constitute a final score of 70-
• 09% - InQuizitives 79.99% of total points and will represent an overall
• 09% - Weighted Wicked response that is acceptable but limited: coherent,
• 100% - Total significant, and perhaps even insightful in places,
but ultimately insufficient in organization,
Grading Policies and Tips articulation, perception, and/or effectiveness
This course has a demanding reading and writing load • “D” WORK will constitute a final score of 60-
commensurate with a first-year writing class. Students will 69.99% of total points, and will represent an overall
be expected to read all assigned texts carefully and to be response that is incomplete and severely lacking:
prepared to discuss the texts analytically and critically on incoherent, limited, uncritical, immature,
the day that they are assigned. Much of your class time will undeveloped, and overall not reflective of the
be spent discussing course readings, practicing writing, and performance expected of UNT undergraduates
working together collaboratively online. If you do not

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 • “F” WORK will constitute a final score of 0- language to reach audiences beyond the form of the
59.99% of total points, and will represent an overall traditional academic essay.
response that is unacceptable. Unit 4 Assignment – Remixing the Research Essay: With
your topic, issue, research question, and basic thesis in mind
Units and Assignments from the previous unit, experiment with one or more
different approaches to addressing the cultural or social
Overview issue you wrote about in your Unit 3: Addressing Issues
Research Essay.
(Note: specific instructions for each assignment may vary
from instructor to instructor; the following text offers Use this project to experiment with different forms or
general descriptions only) modes, or to write for different audiences.

Unit 1 – Exploring Issues

This unit focuses on reading sources for information and Program Values
insight, as well as formulating a specific research question
around an issue you want to write about and explore.
Writing develops through inquiry,
experimentation, and discovery.
Unit 1 Assignment - Proposing a Research Question: The act of writing encourages intellectual and personal
Write a brief research proposal in which you identify a topic development, and leads to greater knowledge retention,
that you want to address and define the existing context for deep reflection, and empathy. Writing may teach us new
the topic, including how different groups have engaged with ways to understand ourselves, our world, our communities,
the topic. and others better. Through writing and listening to the
writing of others, we grow intellectually, reflect deeply, and
Unit 2 – Defining Context and
respond empathetically to vital issues facing ourselves, our
Developing Perspective
communities, and our world.
This unit focuses on defining the context for the issue you
have chosen and synthesizing important insights from other Writing facilitates critical thinking
sources that offer perspective on the issue. about complex issues.
Unit 2 Assignment – Definition and Synthesis Essay: Writing is a practice of responding clearly, concisely, and
Write an essay that explains how the practices of a particular coherently to complex issues. Students studying writing
cultural or community group reveal insights about common develop their logical skills and learn strategies to address
human experiences. critical problems and attune to audiences with precision and
purpose.
Unit 3 – Addressing Issues
This unit prepares you to put together everything you have Writing takes place through a lifelong
been learning in order to plan and write a clear, focused, and process supported by revision
well-researched essay that addresses the issue you have and reflection.
chosen to write about. Beyond traditional academic skills and rules of writing,
Unit 3 Assignment – Addressing Issues Research Essay: writers develop flexible strategies to read, listen, plan, and
Write a research essay in which you analyze a problem of collaborate with others by revisiting and reflecting on their
wide interest to one or more social groups and offer a writing experiences. Students studying writing learn to
specific insight, perspective, strategy, or policy that reflect on their own writing processes, which might include
addresses the problem in ways that will move the critical reading, planning, drafting, collaborating, revising,
conversation forward. and reflecting, through multiple pages of drafted material.

Unit 4 – Remixing and Reflecting Writing can give us agency

This final unit focuses on the activity of "remixing" writing to intervene in social issues.
through changes to the audience, purpose, context, and/or Writers intervene in their communities by addressing
other criteria used to write the Unit 3 Research Essay. audience needs and concerns. Academic audiences expect
Remixing is an activity that helps writers develop new writers to address difficult questions through well-
strategies such as using multimodal writing or “everyday” researched writing that is supported with compelling

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evidence. Other kinds of audiences and communities expect I will connect you with the appropriate department at UNT
writers to address their needs differently, through flexible Denton who will decide how your attendance is handled and
rhetorical strategies that offer relevant and timely notify all of your professors on your behalf. If you have
information. accommodations that will cause you to exceed the absences,
we should address this upfront and determine whether you
Writing is integral to information can be successful in this course.
literacy and critical reading.
Please arrange any planned absences with me ahead of
In order to write ethically and build credibility with
time in order to avoid penalization. Note that absences for
audiences, writers must read sources carefully and know
the following reasons are authorized as excusable by the
how to assess and use information effectively.
university (policy 06.039): (1) religious holy day, including
Writing is learned through effective travel for that purpose; (2) active military service, including
and engaging teaching. travel for that purpose; (3) participation in an official
The First-Year Writing program at UNT provides its university function; (4) illness or other extenuating
instructors with ongoing educational training to help them circumstances; (5) pregnancy and parenting under Title IX;
deliver effective and engaging instruction to students. UNT and (6) when the University is officially closed by the
FYW acknowledges excellence in teaching and fosters a President.
culture that facilitates thoughtful instruction and promotes Communication Expectations:
student success.
Please communicate with me formally through my UNT
email address. When you write me, please include the
Instructor Policies and subject of your email in the subject line, and write your
email with appropriate salutations and grammatical
Expectations: language. Note that I am not able to discuss any
information relating academic records through email,
Attendance and Absences: nor am I allowed by FERPA to discuss anything other
UNT policy 6.039 on student attendance states that no than generic campus or course information with your
student will be excused for more than 25% of a course for parents. Students are encouraged to review the Public
absences. However, it is the UNT FYW policy that no Information Policy and the Family Educational Rights and
student missing more than 20% of classroom instruction Privacy Act (FERPA) laws and the University’s policy. I
in a first-year writing course should be able to pass the ask that you also remember the following guidelines in your
course. Writing courses are by nature participatory, communications with me:
collaborative, and discussion-based. Pointedly, your
• Treat all communications professionally. Think
presence matters in our process- and discussion-oriented
about spelling and grammar and double-check your
course. You will be counted tardy if you are ten (10) to
response before hitting send or reply. Consider the
twenty-five (25) minutes late. If tardy, you will not be
purpose of any uses of slang or other icons,
allowed to make up work that occurred during the time you
graphics, or memes.
were absent. Every two tardies will equal an absence.
• Please use my title in all communications (i.e. “Dr.
Above twenty (20) minutes late will count as absent.
Derdeyn” or “Professor Derdeyn”).
If you miss more than 20% of classes, your grade may be • Think about your tone and remember that email
reduced by 10% for each class missed. cannot convey nonverbal cues that provide clarity
For my courses, you may have three discretional and context in face to face conversations.
absences (if able, you should let me know you are sick and • Take care to respect the personal identities and
plan to have a peer taking in-depth notes, but illness is not privacy of yourself, of me, and of others. Respect
an excused absence. Only school sanctioned events are identities based on gender, sexuality, race,
excused). Additionally, not using your absences is optimal ethnicity, class, and/or culture. Also think carefully
for content mastery. Absence #4 will drop your grade an about what you reveal and do not reveal,
entire letter grade, and at absence #5, then I am authorized particularly if this information involves your health
to keep you from passing the course. If you have a serious and/or classroom performance.
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 • Please also check the syllabus or “phone a related activities. I expect you to listen to and respect the
friend” before you ask me a question about an viewpoints of others, even if you strongly disagree with
assignment or course schedule. It helps me if you them. When you do voice disagreement in your writing, do
can also let me know you checked the syllabus so in a civil manner. Remember that you are accountable for
before writing, since I put significant time into all of your actions in this course, including your submitted
creating the schedule and the syllabus. work, your grades, and your interactions with me and with
• In your email subject line, it helps to be descriptive other students.
and note vague. Since I receive a lot of emails, I Everyone will have multiple opportunities to participate in
need to identify your question and problem as class. Participation can be many things, including all of the
quickly as possible. following:
• For any online posts in our course, please read the
directions and all the messages in a thread before • Participating actively in small group work, class
replying so you do not repeat something one of your meetings, and discussions
peers may have already said. Additionally, avoid • Showing attention to others in discussion posts
replies such as “I agree” and instead explain why • Completing all assignments on time
you agree or do not agree. Also, share examples, • Coming prepared to online conferences/office
citations, and other sources that have supported hours
your conclusions. Here are some of the “Rules of Engagement” UNT
• Remember that if you disagree with anything in recommends as guidelines for our class:
class, please refrain from making personal attacks
or use language that discriminates based on gender, • While the freedom to express yourself is a
sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, and/or culture. fundamental human right, any communication that
• Keep in mind that online posts can be permanent, utilizes cruel and derogatory language on the basis
so think first before you type. of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age,
Instructor Responsibilities and disability, genetic information, veteran status, or
Feedback any other characteristic protected under applicable
My responsibility as your instructor is to challenge you, to federal or state law will not be tolerated.
help you understand the course material, and to help you • Treat your instructor and classmates with respect in
grow and learn as a student. I will provide clear instructions any communication online or face-to-face, even
for projects and assignments, answer your questions, and when their opinion differs from your own.
identify additional resources as necessary. I will also • Ask for and use the correct name and pronouns for
provide substantive feedback on your written work. You your instructor and classmates.
can expect me to have feedback and grades returned to you • Speak from personal experiences. Use “I”
within three weeks of the submission date. statements to share thoughts and feelings. Try not
to speak on behalf of groups or other individuals’
Disruptions: experiences.
Excessive disruptions of our class time—including posting • Use your critical thinking skills to challenge other
inappropriate or inflammatory comments or harassing people’s ideas, instead of attacking individuals.
others online—are unacceptable. Please respect the class • Avoid using all caps while communicating
environment by using your time effectively and helping digitally. This may be interpreted as “YELLING!”
your classmates do the same.
• Be cautious when using humor or sarcasm in emails
Participation and Civility: or discussion posts as tone can be difficult to
We are all members of an academic community where it interpret digitally.
is our shared responsibility to cultivate a climate where • Avoid using “text-talk” unless explicitly permitted
all students/individuals are valued and where both they by your instructor.
and their ideas are treated with respect. Therefore, I You also can visit the Engagement Guidelines page at
expect you to conduct yourself in a professional and https://clear.unt.edu/online-communication-tips for more
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Using Canvas: instructor may extend the time windows and provide an
Announcements, discussions, assignments, and grades for appropriate accommodation based on the situation. Students
this course will all be handled within UNT’s CANVAS should immediately report any problems to the instructor
Learning Management System. You must be able to access and contact the UNT Student Help Desk: [email protected]
CANVAS regularly in order to succeed in this course. or 940.565.2324 and obtain a ticket number. The instructor
and the UNT Student Help Desk will work with the student
All students have access to CANVAS through their UNT
to resolve any issues at the earliest possible time.
accounts. For more information on using CANVAS, see
https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10701. If **If you have technical difficulties with Canvas, please
you have any questions regarding your use of the Canvas email your work to me to document; then, submit as
learning management system, please contact the student promptly as you are able.
help desk at: Email: [email protected], Phone: 940-565- ***If your own internet goes down, use your phone to send
2324. an email, then remedy as soon as possible.
You also need to make plans to have a backup way to access
Using the UNT Writing Center:
the technology each week: another computer; the local
Because all writers can benefit from sharing and discussing
library; or perhaps the UNT campus. Not having access to
their work with a trained peer tutor, early and often, I
the course will not excuse you from the week’s workload.
require you schedule an appointment with the UNT Writing
Formatting Your Assignments: Center once per major draft. Beyond this, you are welcome
All written work needs to be typed and submitted online to to get extra help with all of your assignments for this
our CANVAS site as a MS Word document upload (not a class. The Writing Center offers online tutoring through
link) unless otherwise noted. , with a paper copy brought to UNT's Zoom portal—the best bet for Frisco students. A
class. For all essays, include your name and the page writing tutor can help you get started on a paper or help you
number on the top right of each page (i.e.: Lastname 1) and decide what to revise on an existing draft. In order to make
the proper MLA first-page header on the left which you an appointment with a writing tutor, visit
learned last semester. Include a title and all additional MLA https://writingcenter.unt.edu/online-tutoring.
formatting including but not limited to proper font and To schedule an online tutoring session, email
margins, double-spacing, indents, and Works Cited [email protected]. You'll need to provide the
formatting. . following information:
Late or Missed Assignments: • UNT ID (Example: 12345678)
NO Late Work • Your email address
• Your phone number
All drafts, including final, must be submitted in the Canvas
• Your classification (undergraduate student)
assignment five (05) minutes before class begins (unless
otherwise specified) in order to successfully complete this • Your major
course. Because peer process is critical, late work will not • Time and date you want to schedule your session
be accepted without prior instructor approval. It is up to you • Class for which you're writing the paper
as a student to make arrangements with me. Additionally, I • Name of the assignment
will not grade subsequent assignments from any • Citation style you're using for this paper (APA,
students until previous assignments have been Chicago Manual of Style, MLA)
completed, and you cannot pass the course if you have • Digital copy of the paper
not received a grade for all major assignments. Please • Whether you would prefer a video-based session or
meet with me as soon as possible if you miss a deadline for a chat box-based session
an assignment.
Library skills.
Exceptions for technical outages: UNT is committed to
This semester, you will be required to use peer-reviewed,
providing a reliable online course system to all users.
scholarly sources. Please make yourself familiar with the
However, in the event of any unexpected server outage or
UNT Library and its resources before you get too far in this
any unusual technical difficulty which prevents students
course. You can make an appointment with a reference
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librarian in order to get one-on-one help using this link: Minimum Technology Requirements
https://library.unt.edu/forms/reference-appointment/ • Computer with word processing capabilities,
Here's the Library Link for topics specific to ENGL 1320: internet access, and web browser
• Canvas Technical Requirements
https://guides.library.unt.edu/ENGL1320
(https://clear.unt.edu/supported-
Public Writing technologies/canvas/requirements)
You should consider that all of your submitted writing for
this course, including prewriting, drafts, in-class
Computer Skills & Digital Literacy
Students in this course should be able to
assignments, and final projects, is public writing. The
writing that you submit in this course may be viewed by me • Use Canvas
and possibly your classmates as well. Please do not submit • Use email with attachments
any information about yourself that you do not want to be • Use presentation and graphics programs
public. • Use Zoom as a web conferencing tool
(https://clear.unt.edu/supported-
Mandatory Reporting technologies/zoom)
It is important to know that your teacher, as a State
employee, must report any instances of sexual misconduct,
including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence Getting Help
or stalking against a student or employee to the institution’s
Title IX Coordinator or a Deputy Title IX Coordinator. Technical Assistance:
Part of working in the online environment involves dealing
If you disclose an incident in your writing for this class that
with the inconveniences and frustration that can arise when
must be reported, your teacher will contact you to let you
technology breaks down or does not perform as expected.
know. In this case, your teacher may offer support, listen to
Here at UNT we have a Student Help Desk that you can
you, and encourage you to seek help and counseling as soon
contact for help with Canvas or other technology issues.
as possible. Your teacher also will report the incident you
revealed in your writing to the Title IX Coordinator at UNT. Frisco: call main # 972.668.7100 and ask to be
transferred to IT.
Please note that the Title IX office at UNT keeps your
information private and only shares it with those who need UIT Help Desk:
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safe. If you have any questions or concerns about sexual
violence, please contact the UNT Survivor Advocate Email: [email protected]
at [email protected] or call the Dean of Phone: 940-565-2324
Students Office at 940-565- 2648. You also can visit the
In Person: Sage Hall, Room 130
Counseling and Testing Services site for more information.
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accurate overview of the course. However, unanticipated • Sunday: noon-midnight
circumstances may make it necessary for me to modify the • Monday-Thursday: 8am-midnight
syllabus during the semester. These circumstances may • Friday: 8am-8pm
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students. Advance notice will be given for any changes • Laptop Checkout: 8am-7pm
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Student Support Services be used in class, please let the instructor know. Below is a
UNT provides mental health resources to students to help list of resources for updating your chosen name at UNT.
ensure there are numerous outlets to turn to that • UNT Records
wholeheartedly care for and are there for students in need, • UNT ID Card
regardless of the nature of an issue or its severity. Listed • UNT Email Address
below are several resources on campus that can support • Legal Name
your academic success and mental well-being:
*UNT euIDs cannot be changed at this time. The
• Student Health and Wellness Center
collaborating offices are working on a process to make this
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-health-and-
option accessible to UNT community members.
wellness-center)
• Counseling and Testing Services Pronouns
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/counseling-and- Pronouns (she/her, they/them, he/him, etc.) are a public way
testing-services) for people to address you, much like your name, and can be
• UNT Care Team (https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/care) shared with a name when making an introduction, both
• UNT Psychiatric Services virtually and in-person. Just as we ask and don’t assume
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-health-and- someone’s name, we should also ask and not assume
wellness-center/services/psychiatry) someone’s pronouns.
• Individual Counseling
You can add your pronouns to your Canvas account so that
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/counseling-and-
they follow your name when posting to discussion boards,
testing-services/services/individual-counseling)
submitting assignments, etc.
Other student support services offered by UNT include Below is a list of additional resources regarding pronouns
• Registrar (https://registrar.unt.edu/registration) and their usage:
• Financial Aid (https://financialaid.unt.edu/) • What are pronouns and why are they important?
• Student Legal Services • How do I use pronouns?
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/student-legal-services) • How do I share my pronouns?
• Career Center (https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/career- • How do I ask for another person’s pronouns?
center) • How do I correct myself or others when the wrong
• Multicultural Center pronoun is used?
(https://edo.unt.edu/multicultural-center)
• Counseling and Testing Services
(https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/counseling-and- UNT Policies
testing-services)
Class Materials for Remote Instruction
• Pride Alliance (https://edo.unt.edu/pridealliance)
Students will need access to a computer with internet to
• UNT Food Pantry
participate in fully remote portions of the class. Additional
(https://deanofstudents.unt.edu/resources/food-
required classroom materials for remote learning are listed
pantry )
above in the “technical requirements” section of this
• Frisco has some of these groups and services, too.
syllabus. Information on how to be successful in a remote
Check with me. In fact, this semester, part of our
learning environment can be found at
exciting Wicked work will be with the UNT Frisco
https://online.unt.edu/learn.
Student Food Pantry,
Academic Integrity Standards and
Academic Support Services Consequences.
Chosen Names According to UNT Policy 06.003, Student Academic
A chosen name is a name that a person goes by that may or Integrity, academic dishonesty occurs when students
may not match their legal name. If you have a chosen name engage in behaviors including, but not limited to cheating,
that is different from your legal name and would like that to fabrication, facilitating academic dishonesty, forgery,
plagiarism or self-plagiarism, and sabotage.

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Academic integrity violations can include copying a If you need temporary accommodations for illness or
passage from a source verbatim, but they can also include extended situations, below is the link for the SOS (Seeking
improper or misleading citations. Please note that all source Options And Solutions) team at Student Services:
material must be acknowledged, even if the material is https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofNorthT
paraphrased. Be careful to always acknowledge the work of exas&layout_id=23
other writers and take the time to work out your thoughts
and arguments without copying the work of others. You can also go to the Dean of Student Services page:

A student can commit self-plagiarize by turning in work that https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/dean-of-students, then scroll
has been recycled from another assignment or another down to the “Quick Link” for “SOS.”
course. Each assignment requires new and unique work. An
example of self-plagiarism would include turning in a draft
and then submitting an exact or very similar work to a Prohibition of Discrimination,
subsequent draft or final submission without sufficient Harassment, and Retaliation (Policy
revision. 16.004)
A finding of academic dishonesty may result in a grade The University of North Texas (UNT) prohibits
reduction, a zero (0), and/or a requirement to rewrite the discrimination and harassment because of race, color,
assignment, accompanied by a range of academic penalties national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
or sanctions from admonition to expulsion from the identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic
University. information, veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected under applicable federal or state law in its
The decision of the instructor will be reported to the Office
application and admission processes; educational programs
of Academic Integrity, which is responsible for maintaining
and activities; employment policies, procedures, and
student conduct records. The incident may result in an
processes; and university facilities. The University takes
official disciplinary record for the student(s).
active measures to prevent such conduct and investigates
ADA Policy and takes remedial action when appropriate.
The University of North Texas makes reasonable academic
Emergency Notification & Procedures.
accommodation for students with disabilities. Students
UNT uses a system called Eagle Alert to quickly notify
seeking reasonable accommodation must first register with
students with critical information in the event of an
the Office of Disability Access (ODA) to verify their
emergency (i.e., severe weather, campus closing, and health
eligibility. If a disability is verified, the ODA will provide
and public safety emergencies like chemical spills, fires, or
you with a reasonable accommodation letter to be delivered
violence). In the event of a university closure, please refer
to faculty to begin a private discussion regarding your
to Blackboard for contingency plans for covering course
specific needs in a course. You may request reasonable
materials. II. Optional Statements.
accommodations at any time; however, ODA notices of
reasonable accommodation should be provided as early as Retention of Student Records.
possible in the semester to avoid any delay in Student records pertaining to this course are maintained in
implementation. Note that students must obtain a new letter a secure location by the instructor of record. All records
of reasonable accommodation for every semester and must such as exams, answer sheets (with keys), and written
meet with each faculty member prior to implementation in papers submitted during the duration of the course are kept
each class. Students are strongly encouraged to deliver for at least one calendar year after course completion.
letters of reasonable accommodation during faculty office Course work completed via the Canvas online system,
hours or by appointment. Faculty members have the including grading information and comments, is also stored
authority to ask students to discuss such letters during their in a safe electronic environment for one year. Students have
designated office hours to protect the privacy of the student. the right to view their individual record; however,
For additional information, refer to the Office of Disability information about student’s records will not be divulged to
Access website at https://studentaffairs.unt.edu/office- other individuals without proper written consent. Students
disability-access. You may also contact ODA by phone at are encouraged to review the Public Information Policy and
(940) 565-4323. the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

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laws and the University’s policy. See UNT Policy 10.10, Violence Against Women Act) and UNT policies prohibit
Records Management and Retention for additional discrimination on the basis of sex, and therefore prohibit
information. sexual misconduct. If you or someone you know is
experiencing sexual harassment, relationship violence,
Acceptable Student Behavior stalking, and/or sexual assault, there are campus resources
Student behavior that interferes with an instructor’s ability available to provide support and assistance. UNT’s Survivor
to conduct a class or other students' opportunity to learn is Advocates can assist a student who has been impacted by
unacceptable and disruptive and will not be tolerated in any violence by filing protective orders, completing crime
instructional forum at UNT. Students engaging in victim’s compensation applications, contacting professors
unacceptable behavior will be notified verbally or in writing for absences related to an assault, working with housing to
and may be directed to leave the classroom. Additionally, facilitate a room change where appropriate, and connecting
the instructor may refer the student to the Dean of Students students to other resources available both on and off
to consider whether the student's conduct violated the Code campus. The Survivor Advocates can be reached at
of Student Conduct. The University's expectations for [email protected] or by calling the Dean of
student conduct apply to all instructional forums, including Students Office at 940-565- 2648. Additionally, alleged
University and electronic classroom, labs, discussion sexual misconduct can be non-confidentially reported to the
groups, field trips, etc. The Code of Student Conduct can be Title IX Coordinator at [email protected] or at (940) 565 2759.
found on the UNT Policy Page.

Access to Information Additional Online

Students’ access point for business and academic services
at UNT is located at: http://my.unt.edu. All official Delivery Policies
communication from the University will be delivered to a
student’s Eagle Connect account. For more information, Important Notice for F-1 Students
please visit the website that explains Eagle Connect and taking Distance Education Courses
how to forward e-mail Eagle Connect
(link to policy)
(https://it.unt.edu/eagleconnect).
To read detailed Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Student Evaluation Administration regulations for F-1 students taking online courses, please go
Dates. to the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations website
Student feedback is important and an essential part of (http://www.ecfr.gov/). The specific portion concerning
participation in this course. The student evaluation of distance education courses is located at Title 8 CFR 214.2
instruction is a requirement for all organized classes at Paragraph (f)(6)(i)(G).
UNT. The survey will be made available during weeks 13, The paragraph reads:
14 and 15 of the long semesters to provide students with an
(G) For F-1 students enrolled in classes for credit or
opportunity to evaluate how this course is taught. Students
classroom hours, no more than the equivalent of one class
will receive an email from "UNT SPOT Course Evaluations
or three credits per session, term, semester, trimester, or
via IASystem Notification" ([email protected]) with
quarter may be counted toward the full course of study
the survey link. Students should look for the email in their
requirement if the class is taken on-line or through distance
UNT email inbox. Simply click on the link and complete the
education and does not require the student's physical
survey. Once students complete the survey, they will
attendance for classes, examination or other purposes
receive a confirmation email that the survey has been
integral to completion of the class. An on-line or distance
submitted. For additional information, please visit the
education course is a course that is offered principally
SPOT website (http://spot.unt.edu/) or email [email protected].
through the use of television, audio, or computer
Sexual Assault Prevention transmission including open broadcast, closed circuit, cable,
UNT is committed to providing a safe learning environment microwave, or satellite, audio conferencing, or computer
free of all forms of sexual misconduct, including sexual conferencing. If the F-1 student's course of study is in a
harassment sexual assault, domestic violence, dating language study program, no on-line or distance education
violence, and stalking. Federal laws (Title IX and the classes may be considered to count toward a student's full
course of study requirement.

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University of North Texas Compliance • The work is identified as student work.
To comply with immigration regulations, an F-1 visa holder
within the United States may need to engage in an on- If the use of the work does not meet all of the above criteria,
campus experiential component for this course. This then the University office or department using the work
component (which must be approved in advance by the must obtain the student’s written permission.
instructor) can include activities such as taking an on- Download the UNT System Permission, Waiver and
campus exam, participating in an on-campus lecture or lab Release Form
activity, or other on-campus experience integral to the
completion of this course. Transmission and Recording of
Student Images in Electronically-
If such an on-campus activity is required, it is the student’s
Delivered Courses
responsibility to do the following:
This course employs lecture capture technology to record
(1) Submit a written request to the instructor for an on- class sessions. Students may occasionally appear on video.
campus experiential component within one week of the start The lecture recordings will be available to you for study
of the course. purposes and may also be reused in future course offerings.
(2) Ensure that the activity on campus takes place and the No permission is needed from a student for his or her image
instructor documents it in writing with a notice sent to the or voice to be transmitted live via videoconference or
International Student and Scholar Services Office. ISSS has streaming media, but all students should be informed when
a form available that you may use for this purpose. courses are to be conducted using either method of delivery.
Because the decision may have serious immigration In the event an instructor records student presentations, he
consequences, if an F-1 student is unsure about his or her or she must obtain permission from the student using
need to participate in an on-campus experiential component a signed release in order to use the recording for future
for this course, they should contact the UNT International classes in accordance with the Use of Student-Created
Student and Scholar Services Office (telephone 940-565- Work guidelines above.
2195 or email [email protected]) to get
Instructors who video-record their class lectures with the
clarification before the one-week deadline.
intention of re-using some or all of recordings for future
Student Verification class offerings must notify students on the course syllabus
UNT takes measures to protect the integrity of educational if students' images may appear on video. Instructors are also
credentials awarded to students enrolled in distance advised to provide accommodation for students who do not
education courses by verifying student identity, protecting wish to appear in class recordings.
student privacy, and notifying students of any special
Class Recordings & Student
meeting times/locations or additional charges associated
with student identity verification in distance education
Likenesses (for online FYW)
courses. Class recordings are the intellectual property of the
university or instructor and are reserved for use only by
See UNT Policy 07-002 Student Identity Verification, students in this class and only for educational purposes.
Privacy, and Notification and Distance Education Courses. Students may not post or otherwise share the recordings
outside the class, or outside the Canvas Learning
Use of Student Work
Management System, in any form, nor may students record
A student owns the copyright for all work (e.g. software,
any portion of the class without written ODA
photographs, reports, presentations, and email postings) he
accommodations or professor express permission, Failing to
or she creates within a class and the University is not
follow this restriction is a violation of the UNT Code of
entitled to use any student work without the student’s
Student Conduct and could lead to disciplinary action.
permission unless all of the following criteria are met:
• The work is used only once. Schedule of Assignments
• The work is not used in its entirety. View on our course Canvas Page & the Calendar of
• Use of the work does not affect any potential profits Assignments.
from the work.
• The student is not identified.

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