Syllabus Policies
College/Department Policy • NC Notation
- The NC notation shall be available to students in all instances through the 10th week of classes for fall and spring semesters.
- Students are responsible for logging on to MetroConnect and indicating an NC for the appropriate courses.
- Under no circumstances can an NC request be processed following the end of the 10th week of a 16-week semester (11:59 p.m. on the Friday of the 10th week of the semester submitted electronically).
- Proportional time frames are applied for modular courses, weekend courses, workshops, and summer terms.
ADA Accommodations
The Metropolitan State College of Denver is committed to making reasonable accommodations to assist individuals with disabilities in reaching their academic potential. If you have a disability which may impact your performance, attendance, or grades in this class and are requesting accommodations, then you must first register with the Access Center, located in the Auraria Library, Suite 116, 303-556-8387.
The Access Center is the designated department responsible for coordinating accommodations and services for students with disabilities. Accommodations will not be granted prior to my receipt of your faculty notification letter from the Access Center. Please note that accommodations are never provided retroactively (i.e., prior to the receipt of your faculty notification letter.) Once I am in receipt of your official Access Center Faculty Notification Letter, I would be happy to meet with you to discuss your accommodations. All discussions will remain confidential. Further information is available by visiting the Access Center website www.mscd.edu/~access.
Religious Holidays
Students at MSCD who, because of their sincerely held religious beliefs, are unable to attend classes, take examinations, participate in graded activities, or submit graded assignments on particular days shall, without penalty, be excused from such classes and be given a meaningful opportunity to make up such examinations and graded activities or assignments provided that advance written notice that the students will be absent for religious reasons is given to faculty members during the first two weeks of the semester.
MSCD Information Technology Policy
The rights and responsibilities of students govern conduct online as much as they do in the hallways, offices and classrooms. Unauthorized access to and sharing of confi dential student information (including computer passwords) violates state and federal law.
Illegal activity such as copyright infringement, patent infringement, fraud, forgery, distribution of child pornography and forms of criminal harassment, including bomb threats and hoaxes is just as criminal online as elsewhere. Moreover, some special laws apply to the electronic environment, including State and federal computer security laws and laws prohibiting interference with college operations. Downloading material that violates the College’s legal obligations and contractual commitments (e.g. software and recording piracy) will not be tolerated.
Finally, actions that adversely affect MSCD IT resources, or the ability of others to use them are prohibited. For example, e-mail, bombing, spamming, and releasing or operating a damaging program such as a virus, could result in cessation of the offender’s access to IT resources in addition to other penalties, such as College Disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or expulsion from the College.
