IMPORTANT: While preparing your syllabi be sure to review the information included in the two links listed below. These links include suggested language for syllabi related to mask wearing, attendance, and use of webcams during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://senate.psu.edu/syllabus-language-for-required-and-covid-19-related-topics/
https://keepteaching.psu.edu/semester-planning/
Academic Integrity Statement
Disability Accommodation Statement
Counseling and Psychological Services Statement
Educational Equity/Report Bias Statements
Cameras Required for Assessments
Mask-Wearing mandate
Academic Integrity Statement
Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity in an open, honest and responsible manner. Academic integrity is a basic guiding principle for all academic activity at The Pennsylvania State University, and all members of the University community are expected to act in accordance with this principle. Consistent with this expectation, the University’s Code of Conduct states that all students should act with personal integrity, respect other students’ dignity, rights and property, and help create and maintain an environment in which all can succeed through the fruits of their efforts.
All Penn State University policies regarding ethics, honorable behavior, and academic integrity apply to all of the courses in which you are enrolled. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, tampering with the academic work of other students, or acts of falsification, misrepresentation or deception. For any material or ideas obtained from other sources, such as the text or things you see, for example, on the web or in the library, a source reference must be given. Direct quotes from any source must be identified as such. All exam answers must be your own, and you must not provide any assistance to other students during exams. Any instances of academic dishonesty WILLbe pursued under the University regulations concerning academic integrity. Academic dishonesty can result in assignment of "F" by the course instructor or "XF" by Judicial Affairs as the final grade for the student.
Disability Accommodation Statement
Penn State welcomes students with disabilities into the University’s educational programs. Every Penn State campus has an office for students with disabilities. The Student Disability Resources (SDR) website provides contact information for every Penn State campus. For further information, please visit the Student Disability Resources website. At Penn State York, the disabilities services coordinator is Joel Gugino [[email protected]; 717-771-4013]. The Disability Resource Office is in the Nittany Success Center on the upper floor of the Pullo Performing Arts Center and located adjacent to the Lee R. Glatfelter Library.
In order to receive consideration for reasonable accommodations, you must contact Mr. Gugino as early as possible in the semester, participate in an intake interview, and provide documentation: See documentation guidelines. If the documentation supports your request for reasonable accommodations, you will be provided with an accommodation letter. Please share this letter with your instructors and discuss the accommodations with them as early as possible. You must follow this process for every semester that you request accommodations.
Counseling and Psychological Services Statement
Many students at Penn State face personal challenges or have psychological needs that may interfere with their academic progress, social development, or emotional well-being. The university offers a variety of confidential services to help you through difficult times, including individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, consultations, online chats, and mental health screenings. These services are provided by staff who welcome all students and embrace a philosophy respectful of clients’ cultural and religious backgrounds, and sensitive to differences in race, ability, gender identity and sexual orientation.
Counseling and Psychological Services at Penn State York: 717-771-4088 or 717-771-4045
Penn State Crisis Line (24 hours/7 days/week): 877-229-6400
Crisis Text Line (24 hours/7 days/week): Text LIONS to 741741
Counseling and Psychological Services at Commonwealth Campuses
Counseling and Psychological Services at University Park (CAPS): 814-863-0395
Educational Equity/Report Bias Statements
Penn State takes great pride to foster a diverse and inclusive environment for students, faculty, and staff. Acts of intolerance, discrimination, or harassment due to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, national origin, race, religious belief, sexual orientation, or veteran status are not tolerated and can be reported through Educational Equity via the Report Bias web page.
Cameras Required for Assessments
This course may require you to have a webcam for class sessions and assessments. Classes and assessments may be conducted using Zoom or other technology selected by your instructor which may use your computer’s webcam or other technologies to communicate, monitor, and/or record classes, class activities, and assessments. Assessments may also be conducted using proctoring software, which may listen to you, monitor your computer screen, view you and your surroundings, and record (including visual and audio recordings) all activity during the proctoring process. Please contact your instructor if you are unable to comply or have any questions or concerns.
COVID-19 Precautions
While COVID-19 cases have decreased substantially since the fall of 2021, COVID-19 remains a pandemic. More transmissible variants are a major concern. Penn State urges everyone to continue to take steps to protect not only themselves, but their colleagues, friends, and the campus by practicing good hand hygiene, staying home if you are sick, being up to date on vaccinations and boosters, and wearing a mask indoors. There is evidence that masks are effective in reducing the transmission of COVID-19 (e.g., Li et al., 2020, Lima et al., 2020, Talic et al., 2021) and everyone is strongly encouraged to wear masks while indoors.
Johns Hopkins Medicine. (2020, June 17) Coronavirus Face Masks & Protection FAQs