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Useful Information
1. Student Workload:
At UNCW, most courses are designed with the assumption that the "typical" student will spend approximately 2-3 hours per week studying outside the classroom for every hour in class. Thus, you plan on approximately 6-9 hours per week outside of class time for each of your courses. Being a student really is a full time job!
2. Honor Code and Classroom Behavior:
All members of UNCW’s community are
expected to follow the academic Honor Code. Please read the UNCW Honor Code
carefully (as covered in the UNCW Student Handbook or here:
http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/doso/).
Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated in this class.
Please be especially familiar with UNCW’s position on plagiarism as outlined on
in the UNCW Student Handbook. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty in
which you take someone else’s ideas and represent them as your own. Here are
some examples of plagiarism:
a. You write about someone else’s work in your paper and do not give them
credit for it by referencing them.
b. You give a presentation and use someone else’s ideas and do not state that
the ideas are the other persons.
c. You get facts from your textbook or some other reference material and do not
reference that material.
UNCW practices a zero-tolerance policy for violence and harassment of any kind. For emergencies contact UNCW CARE at 962-2273, Campus Police at 962-3184, or Wilmington Police at 911. For University or community resources visit http://uncw.edu/wrc/crisis.htm.
In the pursuit of excellence, UNC
Wilmington actively fosters, encourages, and promotes inclusiveness,
mutual respect, acceptance, and open-mindedness among students, faculty,
staff and the broader community.
~ We affirm the dignity of all
persons.
~ We promote the right of
every person to participate in the free exchange of thoughts and
opinions within a climate of civility and mutual respect.
~ We strive for openness and
mutual understanding to learn from differences in people, ideas and
opinions.
~ We foster an environment of
respect for each individual, even where differences exist, by
eliminating prejudice and discrimination through education and
interaction with others.
Therefore, we expect members of the campus community to honor these
principles as fundamental to our ongoing efforts to increase access to
and inclusion in a community that nurtures learning and growth
3. Academic Expectations
In choosing UNCW, you have become part of our community of scholars. We recognize that the UNCW learning experience is challenging and requires hard work. It also requires a commitment to make time available to do that hard work. The University expects you to make academics your highest priority by dedication your time and energy to training your mind and acquiring knowledge. Academic success in critical thinking and problem solving prepare you for the challenges you will encounter in the future. Our faculty and academic support resources are readily available as partners in this effort, but the primary responsibility for learning is yours.
4. Some important dates for the Fall 2009
Semester:
| Last Day of Drop/Add | Aug 26 |
| Last Day to Withdraw for undergraduates | Oct 8 |
| Graduation Applications Due for Fall 09 | Nov 16 |
| Last Day of Classes | Dec 2 |
| Exams | Dec 4 - 10 |
| Commencement | Dec 12 |
| Holidays | Labor Day; Sep 7 |
| Fall Break; Oct 5 - 6 | |
| Thanksgiving; Nov 25 - 27 |