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MGMT 4461 Managerial Leadership

3 Credit Hours

Section 001

Spring 2015

Course Information

Course Description

An examination of leadership from the perspective of the individual and the concept of self–leadership featuring topics that emphasize a variety of self-assessments, personal reflection, and a commitment to demonstrate leadership in a variety of venues.

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the complexity and challenges of leadership.

Document what personal leadership entails.

Interpret personal surveys/assessments in order to enhance current leadership skills.

Develop a plan to enhance their personal leadership effectiveness. Prerequisites and Co-requisites:

MGMT 3110 Organization & Management, MGMT 3510 Business Communications Course Topics:

Sources of leadership & self-leadership

External & personal factors of leadership

Strategies of self-leadership

Goal setting & leadership

Competence, self-control & purpose

Visioning, beliefs, and self-leadership

Challenges, opportunities, and leader behaviors

Self-leadership and teams

Organizational issues and self-leadership Specific Course Requirements:

A desire to learn more about leadership, critical thinking skills, teamwork, and a great attitude!

Textbooks, Supplementary Materials, Hardware and Software Requirements

Required Textbooks: Kimbell, M., Hadden, R., & Catlette, B. (2010). Rebooting leadership: Practical lessons for frontline leaders (and their bosses) in the new world. Dallas, TX: CornerStone Leadership Institute.

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Neck, C. & Manz, C. ( 2013). Mastering self-leadership: Empowering yourself for personal excellence. (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education

Supplementary Materials:

As assigned – Course content section. I will post articles periodically so check the Getting Started section under the Additional Reading Assignments Section.

Instructor Information

Dr. Kathy A. Tuberville, SPHR K.Tuberville@memphis.edu 901-678-2222, Office FCBE Room 315 Alternate location, Room 274, Avron B. Fogelman Professional Developmetn Center, 901-678-4740 Please email me using the email address above. If you do not receive a response within a maximum of 24 hours, please resend as I normally respond promptly and may not have received your message. Please note my office hours and if you would like to schedule a meeting outside of those times, please send a request via email and we will schedule a meeting time. I want to hear from you and get to know each of you. Office Hours: Mondays, 3:30-5:30, Tuesdays 1:30-2:30. Other times are available by appointment. Please email me to schedule a mutually convenient time.

Assessment and Grading

Grading Procedures The course will include written papers, discussion board activities, and in-class group projects for the semester grades. In lieu of a final, a SLAP (Self-Leadership Action Plan) will be required. The SLAP is both a paper and a presentation for each students.

Points are calculated through eCourseware to adjust for rounding. The following categories show the points necessary for each letter grade.

Grading Scale:

Points Earned Grade Range Letter Grade

752-835 90-100% A

668-751 80-89% B

584-667 70-79% C

501-666 60-69% D

500 and lower Less than 60% F

Grading Feedback : For all written papers, I use Turnitin.com and will post comments directly on your papers. To access these comments, go to “Grademark” in the respective dropbox. Click on Grademark and then on the “blue clouds” and you can see my comments directly on your paper. This method helps you immediately see where you need to make changes for your future papers. Turnitin.com also is a plagiarism detector and if your similarity score is over approximately 17%, I will be looking at your sources and paper carefully. Do not risk failing an assignment or the course--paraphrase, cite, and

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reference appropriately so that there’s no risk of plagiarism. Assignments and Particp

Intro Assignment 1 35 35 Discussion Board (DB) assignments

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20

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Quizzes 2 50 100 Reflection Papers 4 60 240 In-class Group Projects

4 50 200

Final Project

1 160 160 (210 total project)

Final Project Discussion Feedback

5 (minimum) 10 pts. each 50 (part of total project points—210)

Total Possible Points

865

Course Format

The course content delivery will be based on interactive lectures, in-class activities, group discussion boards, guest speakers, and written individual assignments. The goal is to assist students in learning more about leadership in order to develop effective self-leadership strategies and ultimately develop a self-leadership development plan.

Quizzes

Two quizzes will be given in class and are listed on the course schedule.

Quizzes cannot be made up—so plan accordingly. If you have an emergency such as severe illness or death in your family, I will work with you individually. However, just missing the class does not constitute a make-up opportunity.

In-class Group Projects

There are four in-class group projects. These projects will be distributed during the class on the assigned dates (check course schedule please). You will be in the same group as you will be with your discussion groups so you can engage with others. Each in-class group project will be different. For some, your group will be asked to do research for articles, some you will prepare a short PowerPoint in class, and others you will present the content of your project to the other groups. These projects cannot be made up so check the dates and mark accordingly.

Class Participation - Discussions

From start to finish, this course is highly interactive with discussion posts for the class as well as the in-class activities and class discussions. In the assigned discussion boards, you will be required to submit an individual post and post to your group members. You will also be asked to share your perspectives with others by commenting on each other’s post within your group. You will post your responses within your groups through the assigned Discussion Forums. Use the value of your classmates’ perspectives to help you understand more about the material

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and their insights. As a leader, you will be leading different types of followers. Reviewing different perspectives in this class will help to prepare you for the perspectives of your future followers. Your follow-up post to your group members is your group post. As a general rule, your individual discussion posts should be approximately 2-3 well-written paragraphs, cited using APA style. Your responses to your group members should be approximately 1-4 sentences of meaningful information. Remember that these discussion posts are like being in class—know the material, read the comments carefully, and respond with senior-level responses. Once you developed strong writing habits, you will be more comfortable in all that you write. Allow time to do these posts well—review the questions posted each weekly carefully and review your answers. Repeat the question in your post—it will help you stay on track with your answer. To post your assigned discussions, go to the Discussions Tab and click on “Discussions”. You will be in the same group for the full semester. See the Group Assignment List in the “Getting Started” Section. Submission: You will post your discussion answer to the assignment on the dates identified by 11:59 p.m. This individual submission is worth 10 points. By Sunday evening of the same week, you will post your reaction to the members of your group by 11:59 p.m. This group response submission is worth 10 points. The total value of the two submissions is 20 points. There are a total of 6 bi-weekly discussions in the semester. Don’t post your individual post after Thursday evening—this delay affects your group members! Be on time, plan your week accordingly. How will you be graded? You will be graded on your complete response to the question for your individual response. Your response should show critical thinking and application of the course content to the question. You will be graded on your group response for your appropriate responses to their content and by adding value to the conversation—read your group member comments carefully and respond with a well-developed response. “Yes, good job John” is not a response with critical thinking. Add something more like: “John, I appreciate your thoughts on goal setting for leaders. I particularly thought your comments on accountability will help me when I’m a leader”. Text Support For Discussion Posts: There are two texts for the course. You will have a reading assignment from each text each week. The text, Rebooting Leadership, will be the required text for the Discussion Posts. You can refer to both texts but the Rebooting Leadership is the primary source for the Discussion Posts. Each assigned discussion post is worth up to 20 points. To earn the full 20 points, you must: a) answer the questions posted for each discussion board thoroughly in your individual post.

You should reference the text, using APA style, for each assigned individual post (10 points). b) respond to your group and have an interactive discussion with your group (10 points). You

should read the posts from your group members and respond based on their content and contributions. Positive, appropriate communication should be used for each post.

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Reflection Papers

During the course you will prepare four 2-3 page papers that discuss a particular topic from the course. The intent is for you to show your ability to apply the content to yourself in a specific way. It is important to show knowledge of the material and to identify specific behaviors or ideas you will implement. Critical thinking should be obvious in the explanation as to your choices or conclusions. Include at least two outside sources, other than your course texts. An internet search, e.g. Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws would be a good way to incorporate other perspectives on the topic. The U of M Library also has a number of excellent databases, such as ProQuest and Ebschost, to help you. Librarians are also available to help you with your searches as well under, “Ask A Librarian.” The course texts may be used in addition to your researched sources. You should cite and reference the texts as well as your outside sources. APA should be used throughout the semester. You are to use 2 outside sources, excluding your text, Mastering Self-Leadership, which is the primary text for the reflection papers. Rebooting Leadership may be used for the reflection papers but does not count as one of your 2 outside sources. When you research outside sources, seek to find sources that have been published within the last 5 years. Use scholarly journals for your sources—the goal is to learn more about what is published recently about leadership. You will submit your papers through the dropbox. Check the course schedule for due dates. Submission time for all reflection papers is 11:59 p.m. of the assignment due date. Wikipedia cannot be used for the Reflection Papers, Discussion Posts, or the Final Project for sources. Leadership websites, though helpful and informative, cannot be used as your two primary outside sources. If you use them in addition to your two external sources, be sure to cite appropriately. Your reflection papers and your discussion board assignments will alternate in due dates; you will not have both of these on assignments on the same week. Arranging the assignments in this way is designed to help you really focus on each assignment and prepare quality work. Review the syllabus, and the course schedule carefully each week for the assignments and due dates. Grading

How will you be graded on the reflection papers? I will be evaluating these papers on demonstrated knowledge of the material, critical thinking/conclusions, potential for personal impact, professionalism, writing quality, relevance to self-leadership, & appropriate references.

Format: APA, double-spaced, 1” margins all sides, Times New Roman font, 12 type size. Proof and spellcheck! Writing errors will count! Refer to the sample paper provided in the Getting Started section.

Include a cover page with each assignment—Name of student, course, name of assignment, date. See APA cover page format in the links provided, OWL has great sample paper examples with cover pages. (OWL is the Online Writing Center from Perdue University)

Sample APA Paper—Review the sample Reflection Papers carefully. Writing errors will count—

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apply what you learned in Business Communication (Mgmt 3510) in terms of report writing, references and citations, and scholarly writing. There are outside sources to help you apply APA appropriately. These links are included in the sample APA paper.

Supportive Sources: As college seniors, you should be seeking strong sources for your reflection papers. Appropriate sources, properly cited and referenced per APA, will also be a grading component. Evaluate your sources carefully. Use the following points to evaluate your sources for each reflection paper and your final project:

Credible—is your source credible? As a journal, is it a scholarly work? (Examples: The Journal of Management is a credible source, The Memphis Flyer, for this purpose, is probably not a credible source).

Relevant—does the source relate well to the weekly reading content?

Recent and Timely—try to use sources that are written within the last five years

Remember, searching articles on the internet is much like going to the library. It takes some time to review the content and make sure that the article is right for your use. Allow time to seek appropriate articles. Keep a folder with the sources you use—they might be helpful for your final project. Intro Assignment Our first assignment will be a short written assignment which introduces you to the class and to me. Instructions will be posted in the course home page for this assignment.

The purpose of the introductory assignment is to introduce yourself to your group and to me. In addition, it gives you some early points in the class and provides a means for you to see my feedback to you—I will grade these but will give you more leniency in these assignments so you see my grading style. Final Project The final project consists of both a written paper and a creative PowerPoint presentation. Your final paper should follow the same APA requirements as the Reflection Papers and should be proofed carefully. Your final written paper should be approximately 4-5 pages in length and your PowerPoint slides should be a minimum of 10-12 slides, approximately 8-10 minutes of content. Be sure to include a reference slide and a cover slide in addition to the 10-12 slide.

Your Self Leadership in Action Plan (SLAP) should demonstrate the following characteristics:

Introspective - incorporated what you have learned about leadership and yourself into an action plan for the future

Creative –presented your ideas cleverly and in an attention-getting manner. As a future leader, you have to be able to influence others so use this opportunity to develop your influence through your presentation. You will use your written action plan to produce a 8-10-minute PowerPoint presentation (please keep to timeframe!)

Interactive – Participated actively and appropriately as you reviewed the class final projects. You will each view the presentations and prepare individual responses. See Leadership Action Plan Feedback Form.

Supportive – described how you coach others on what you learned through each other, what you liked about your action plans, and what changes or modification you suggest based

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on what you have learned about self-leadership and about each other. Requirements

Submission-Your paper will be submitted in the dropbox for grading. Your PowerPoint will be presented in class. Your Final Project Leadership Plan Feedback form will be submitted in the dropbox.

Point values: 80 points—paper, 80 points-individual grade PowerPoint, 50 points response to each of the group’s PowerPoint

PowerPoint guidelines—make your presentation creative and engaging. Use animations and visuals to make your presentation interesting to listen. Use a minimum of 10-12 slides that correlate to your paper. Make this presentation engaging to our classroom audience.

Action Plan Response—Part of your grade (50 points) is based on review of your class members presentations. These reviews will be turned in using one document, the Leadership Action Plan feedback form. You will comment on each of your group members plus one person on each day of the presentations. Plan to be in class for each of the presentation days so you can complete this part of the project’s requirement.

Paper guidelines—This paper should be 4-5 pages in length, with a minimum of 5 outside sources (excludes your course texts). Use APA properly for format and citations/references. Proof carefully for writing content and errors. Writing errors will count so review your paper carefully before you submit. See the sample paper provided as a guide for format and APA.

Outline—follow the outline below. Include all content listed in the outline. Proof carefully! Remember, this should be your best work in this course! Start early, the course schedule suggests you start 4 weeks early at a minimum. Final Project Outline

A. Introduction

Why you took this course

What you hoped to learn and apply from the course

B. Evolution of personal leadership model

The characteristics of leadership that were most meaningful

How your “model” of leadership changed

How your perception of yourself has changed

What example of leadership (an actual leader) has influenced you the most personally?

C. Discussion of personal vision & goals

Your professional goals and how self-leadership “fits”—where do you want to be as a leader?

Relationship goals and how self-leadership “fits”—what mentors do you need to connect with now to help you develop your leadership skills?

D. Self-leadership Action Plan

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Three (minimum) leadership characteristics you will use as a leader—these will be different for each student.

These characteristics should be specific behaviors, activities, etc. w/measurement such as when certain accomplishments should occur, with whom, what type of additional training, etc.

You can’t manage what you can’t measure so if you want to grow, you have to outline specific behavioral changes for the future.

Accountability—how will you hold yourself accountable? Who will you ask to be a mentor to assist you in your leadership plan? Be specific in this section. Identify how this relationship will help you.

E. Conclusion

What you learned from this course

How you feel about what you have learned

What you will do differently

Who will notice Be creative with your presentation! Do your research and provide an interesting presentation for our class. Your classmates in your group will respond as to your content and your delivery. Allow some time to make sure this assignment is your best work. Rushing at the end usually creates stress and often impacts quality. This assignment can help you develop a competitive edge as a leader. Think critically as to the leader you’d like to be in the future, let the assignment be more than just a requirement of the course. Use this assignment strategically and help it make a difference in your personal leadership style. Course Schedule posted on following page.

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Week One Tuesday, Jan 20 Thursday, Jan 22

Course reading— Chapter 1, Neck & Manz Chapter 1, Rebooting Leadership

All reading assignments are due the week assigned—this is true for the entire semester and will not be repeated.

Course texts—please have available by the start of class. eCourseware page (course page)

Week Two Tuesday, Jan 27 Thursday, Jan 29

Chapter 2—Neck & Manz and Rebooting Leadership

Introductory Assignment, 1/27/2015

Syllabus and course page, Sample APA Papers

Week Three Tuesday, Feb 3 Thursday, Feb 5

Chapter 3—both texts Discussion Board #1

Discussion Board—individual post, Thursday evening, 11:59, p.m., group post, Sunday evening, 11:59 p.m.

Syllabus and course page, video clips posted in discussion forum, Sample APA resource links

Week Four Tuesday, Feb 10 Thursday, Feb 12

Chapter 4—both texts In-class group assignment #1 Reflection Paper #1—chapters 1-4

2/10—In-class group assignment 2/12—Reflection Paper #1, submit in dropbox

Syllabus and course page, Sample APA Papers and APA resource links

Week Five Tuesday, Feb 17 Thursday, Feb 19

Chapter 5—both texts Quiz #1-chapters 1-5

Quiz #1—2/19/2015 Text readings, course page

Week Six Tuesday, Feb 24 Thursday, Feb 26

Chapter 6—both texts Discussion Board #2

Discussion Board (DB), individual post due Thursday evening, 11:59 p.m, group post by Sunday evening, 11:59 p.m.

Text readings, video clips posted in Discussion Forum, Sample APA Papers/APA resource links

Week Seven Tuesday, Mar 3 Thursday, Mar 5

Chapter 7—both texts In-class group assignment #2 Reflection Paper #2

In-class group assignment #2 due 3/3/2015 Reflection #2 due 3/5/2015, submit in dropbox

Text readings, assignment provided in class, Sample APA Papers/APA resource links

Spring Break March 9-15, 2015 Relax Enjoy Your Break

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Week Eight Tuesday, Mar 17 Thursday, Mar 19

Chapter 8—both texts Discussion Board #3

DB #3 individual post due 3/17 by 11:59 p.m., group post by Sunday, 3/22/2015, 11:59 p.m.

Texts, course page, and video clips posted in Discussion Forum

Week 9 Tuesday, Mar 24 Thursday, Mar 26

Chapter 9—both texts Reflection Paper #3 due

START FINAL PROJCT, content posted in course page under “Final Project” Reflection Paper #3 due in dropbox 3/26, 11:59 p.m.

Texts, course page resources, Sample APA Papers and resource linnks

Week 10 Tuesday, Mar 31 Thursday, Apr 2

Chapter 10—both texts In-class group project #3

In-class group project, due 4/2 Sign up for Final Project Presentation Date

Assignment provided by instructor

Week 11 Tuesday, Apr 7 Thursday, Apr 9

Chapter 11—Neck & Manz, review Rebooting Leadership, additional reading as assigned Discussion Board #4 Quiz #2

Quiz #2—4/9 in class DB individual post due Thursday, 4/9, 11:59 p.m., Group post by Sunday, 11:59, p.m. 4/12/2015

Course page and video clips for DB

Week 12 Tuesday, Apr 14 Thursday, Apr 16

Chapter 12—Neck & Manz, additional reading as assigned Reflection Pape #4 In-class group project #4

In-class Group Project, #4, 4/14/2015 Reflection Paper #4 due 4/16/2014

Course page, syllabi, and course resources

Week 13 Tuesday, Apr 21 Thursday, Apr 23

SLAP Presentations Begin

Review the final project requirements carefully

Final Project Outline provided in course page

Week 14 Tuesday, Apr 28 Thursday, Apr 30

SLAP Presentations Continue

Presentation dates assigned by earlier class sign-ups.

Course Page and Final Project Outline

Final Exam SLAP Presentations are in lieu of a final exam

The schedule above may be modified due to guest speaker

schedules—all changes will be announced in class.

Course Resources Section

In eCourseware, please become familiar with our course home page. There I will post

additional reading opportunities which may help you in your SLAP paper and other class

activities. The Sample APA papers, with APA online links, are also posted there.

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Professional Development Opportunities

Successful leaders recognize that growth is a process and that the more you learn, the more you

grow. The Avron B. Fogelman Professional Development Center offers a wide-range of

opportunities to help you develop your personal brand and image. Extra credit may be offered

during the semester for these opportunities.

Some of the many activities in the Complete Professional Program include:

Professionalism First!

Dining Etiquette

Against All Odds Luncheon Series

Women In Action

Toastmasters

Fogelman Serves

Fogelman Fit

For more information, visit www.memphis.edu/fcbe and register online throughout the semester.

You can also email professional@memphis.edu for additional information regarding the Complete

Professional Program.

SHRM—Society of Human Resource Management

The UM Student SHRM chapter meets monthly and is a great way to get your acclimated to

current HR issues, including leadership. See the “How To Join SHRM” information on the course

page and look for details of our next meeting. Faculty sponsors are Dr. Carol Danehower and Dr.

Kathy Tuberville.

Class Attendance

The best way to learn and retain your class material is to BE in class and STUDY the material

provided in the class lectures, texts, activities, and group discussions. I want you to be

successful in the class and will provide an incentive to help you be committed to your work this

semester. If you have a minimum of 2 absences by April 28, you are eligible for a 5 point bonus

to your lowest grade in the class—whether it is a group in-class project (individual grade change

only), quiz, paper, or discussion board.

Use this course, not just to complete an academic requirement, but to help build your leadership

style and skills. This course is about you—use it to help you become the leader you’d like to be in

the future.

Peer Power Coaching—I have a Peer Power Coach for this course, Mia Atkins-Beason. If you

are needing help with writing your papers (formatting, clarity, and other writing issues), she can

help you. Please see Dr. Tuberville for more information.

More course information continued on next page. Keep reading!

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Guidelines for Communications

Email:

Always include a subject line which includes the name of our course, MGMT 4461 001. Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way. Be

careful in wording your emails. Choose wording carefully for clarity, courtesy, and completeness. Use standard fonts. Do not send large attachments without permission. Special formatting such as centering, audio messages, tables, html, etc. should be avoided

unless necessary to complete an assignment or other communication. Respect the privacy of other class members. Use group emails appropriately and avoid excessive “reply alls” when not helpful to others.

Please email me from your U of M email (not elearn) to my U of M address, K.Tuberville@memphis.edu I cannot easily reply to you from your elearn email. Do not email assignments unless we have spoken, they will not be graded as it causes a disconnect in the eCourseware tracking of the assignment. Questions For The Instructor I want to hear from you with the following:

Questions about the content—please read the syllabus first, then let me know if you still have questions

Questions about how the course is working

Problems you are encountering

Technical issues with the course Discussion Groups In your bi-weekly posts, submit your response to the questions I pose. These questions will be in each module under “Discussions”. Your group will be listed as “Group 1, etc.” Review your group member responses as well—as the course progresses, I expect that our discussion posts will become more interactive. Your grade is based on your individual responses to your group members. If you don’t post within your group, you will not receive points for that posting date. Referring to others in your individual posts is a plus—this shows that you’ve read and interacted with your group. For instance, if you’d like to comment on one of your group member’s post in your discussion post, that is acceptable as long as it’s related to our course. You are in the same discussion group for the semester. See Group Assignments List in “Getting Started” section. The following guidelines are standard points about discussion boards.

Review the discussion threads thoroughly before entering the discussion. Try to maintain threads by using the “Reply” button rather starting a new topic.

Do not make insulting or inflammatory statements to other members of the discussion group. Be patient and read the comments of other group members thoroughly before entering your

remarks.

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Be positive and constructive in-group discussions.

Respond in a thoughtful and timely manner. Demonstrate your understanding of the material and the comments in the discussion with

insight and transparency. Demonstrate personal leadership qualities in your responses!

Students With Disabilities

Any student who may need class or test accommodations based on the impact of a disability is encouraged to speak with me privately to discuss your specific needs. Students with disabilities should also contact Disability Resources for Students (DRS) at 110 Wilder Tower, 678-2880. DRS coordinates accommodations for students with documented disabilities. For more information visit the DRS website at www.memphis.edu/drs.

Academic Honesty & Integrity

In their academic activities, students are expected to maintain high standards of honesty and integrity. Academic dishonesty is prohibited. Such conduct includes, but is not limited to, an attempt by one or more students to use unauthorized information in the taking of an exam, to submit as one's own work, themes, reports, drawings, laboratory notes, computer programs, or other products prepared by another person or to knowingly assist another student in obtaining or using unauthorized materials.

Plagiarism, cheating and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. Students guilty of academic misconduct, either directly or indirectly through participation or assistance are immediately responsible to their instructor. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, the instructor has the authority to assign an “F” or zero for an activity or to assign an “F” for the course.

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Syllabus Changes

The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board. Extra credit options may be presented during the semester—these are at the discretion of the instructor and will be for activities that provide personal development. These will be announced through the course news page.

Technical Support

Hotline: 901-678-8888

Online: https://umhelpdesk.memphis.edu/index.php

Preparing your browser for online coursework: https://umdrive.memphis.edu/g- alc/alc_website_public/eCourseware-linked.pdf

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