Policies

1. Attendance

Faculty must record attendance on E-class folder. E-class folders must be submitted to the department at the end of the semester. Please follow the guidelines for keeping and submitting the E-class folders. Please note that you may not reduce a student’s grade for excessive absences or give a student a failing grade based solely on attendance. If you wish, you may include a “Participation” grade in your grade calculation.

Below is the Social Science Department attendance statement:

It is the conviction of the Department of Social Science that a student who is not in a class for any reason is not receiving the benefit of the education being provided. Missed class time includes not just absences but also latenesses, early departures, and time outside the classroom taken by students during class meeting periods. Missed time impacts any portion of the final grade overtly allocated to participation and/or any grades awarded for activities that relate to presence in class. Instructors may including a reasonable “Participation” grade into their final grade calculations for this course.

2. Academic Integrity Policy

All instructors’ policy for plagiarism and cheating must conform to the college’s academic integrity policy. More information about the academic integrity policy can be found in the Academic Integrity Manual. Below is the official Academic Integrity Statement:

Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions, and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting, and citing sources. As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the College recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity. Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and at New York City College of Technology and is punishable by penalties, including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion.

3. Reasonable Accommodation (Disability)

While not required, instructors teaching in the Social Science Department are encouraged to include the following reasonable accommodation statement:

City Tech is committed to supporting the educational goals of enrolled students with disabilities in the areas of enrollment, academic advisement, tutoring, assistive technologies, and testing ac-commodations. If you have or think you may have a disability, you may be eligible for reason-able accommodations or academic adjustments as provided under applicable federal, state, and/ or city laws. You may also request services for temporary conditions or medical issues under certain circumstances. If you have questions about your eligibility and/or would like to seek accommodation services and/or academic adjustments, please email the Student Accessibility Center.

4. Writing Intensive Courses

For more information on Writing Intensive Courses, visit the Writing Across the Curriculum website. If you are teaching a Writing Intensive section please add the Writing Intensive (WI) logo to the upper right-hand corner of your syllabus. Use the WI logo saved as a Word document  or  copy and paste the below image:

5. CUNY Grading Scale

• Your grading policies and method for calculating grades, using the college’s official grade scale:

6. Capstone Courses

Capstone courses in sociology include SOC 2401, SOC 2403, SOC 3301, SOC 3302, SOC 3303, and SOC 3402.

If you are teaching one of the above courses (SOC 1101 does not NOT qualify as a capstone course), please indicate this on your syllabus as well as in your learning goals and assessments. Your syllabus should also include the following statement:

This course fulfills the LAA/LAS Associate Capstone requirement, though it can also be taken for other requirements and electives. The City Tech LAA/LAS Associate Capstone is designed for students entering their second year in the program. LAA/LAS Associate Capstone courses are meant to prepare students to continue their studies in a bachelor’s degree, third-year, or junior, level. In addition, Associate Capstone courses are meant to help students develop an awareness of the importance of knowledge, values and skills developed in general education courses; and to integrate this knowledge, these values and these skills into their advanced academic study and professional careers. Please ask the instructor if you have any questions about what the LAA/LAS Associate Capstone requirement entails.