Policies

Names

To help me learn your name, please consider using this link to record yourself saying your name the way you’d like me to pronounce it.

Use of AI

I expect you to complete all of your assignments without the aid of generative AI, unless I specifically say otherwise. In this course, presenting AI-generated work (including text and ideas) as your own constitutes a violation of academic integrity. It is ok to use basic copy-editing/spell-checking tools like the ones provided by Grammarly, Microsoft Word, and Google Docs.

Communication

To promote the highest degree of education possible, we ask each student to respect the opinions, thoughts, and identity of other students and be courteous in the way that you choose to express yourself. We should all be respectful and considerate of all opinions.

Religious holidays

Georgetown University promotes respect for all religions. Any student who is unable to attend classes or to participate in any examination, presentation, or assignment on a given day because of the observance of a major religious holiday or related travel shall be excused and provided with the opportunity to make up, without unreasonable burden, any work that has been missed for this reason and shall not in any other way be penalized for the absence or rescheduled work. Students will remain responsible for all assigned work. Students should notify professors in writing at the beginning of the semester of religious observances that conflict with their classes. The Office of the Provost, in consultation with Campus Ministry and the Registrar, will publish, before classes begin for a given term, a list of major religious holidays likely to affect Georgetown students. This list can be found on the Campus Ministry website, http://campusministry.georgetown.edu. The Provost and the Main Campus Executive Faculty encourage faculty to accommodate students whose bona fide religious observances in other ways impede normal participation in a course. Students who cannot be accommodated should discuss the matter with an advising dean.