Layne - Fall 2012 - Bush School of Government and Public Service

when using a phrase, a distinct idea, concept, a sentence, or sentences from another source to credit
explicitly that source either in the text, a footnote or endnote. Plagiarism is a violation of
academic and personal integrity and carries extremely serious consequences. Scholastic
dishonesty (including cheating, multiple submission of your work for grades in different courses
and plagiarism) will not be tolerated and will be punished. Further information can be found at
http://www.tamu.edu/aggiehonor/acadmisconduct.htm
Suspected instances of academic misconduct will be referred to the University Honor Committee.
Americans with Disability Act:
The Americans with Disability Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this
legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that
provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability
requiring accommodation, please advise the instructor promptly.
Laptops:
Laptop computers may used in the classroom. However, they may be used for class-related
purposes only. If you use a laptop in class I will assume that you have, pursuant to the Aggie
Honor Code, given me your word that you are using it for class-related purposes.
Make-Up Classes:
Should it become necessary to schedule a make-up class, I will consult with the class to find the
most convenient time for the majority of the students.
Attendance at make-up sessions is not mandatory, and because there is no final examination in this
class, students unable to attend a make-up session (or sessions) will not be disadvantaged with
respect to grading because of inability to attend. However, if it is necessary to schedule make-up
sessions I hope you will be interested enough in the subject matter of this course to attend.
Reading Assignments:
The reading list for this course contains both required and suggested readings. The required
readings are divided into two categories. First, there are readings that will be read by the entire
class. It is mandatory that you read these, and be prepared to discuss them in class. Second,
there are is a “menu” of further readings from which students will be required to read some - but
not all - of the materials in this category. My goal here is to reduce the overall reading burden on
each of you. Although this could change depending on the enrollment in the course, my plan is to
allow each student to choose which of the materials in this category they will read. However, I
am going to ask that you each coordinate among yourselves to ensure that each of the readings in
the “menu” category is read by at least one member of the class, and to inform me prior to each
class meeting which of you has read which of the readings for the week that are in this category.
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