Course Syllabus

**Please be sure to update your syllabus page along with your AI policy.**

Course Title, number, & FORMAT

[Include the full title of your course, along with subject abbreviation and course number (e.g., BIOL 189).]

[Hybrid or In-person: Time, Dates, and Location of class. Online: Clarify if it includes live lectures (synchronous) or not (asynchronous)]

Instructor's Information

Name: [Enter name here]
Primary Contact: Use the Inbox tool within Canvas.
Email: [Enter your Nevada State email address here]
**Please note that all official University communication is conducted using Nevada State University-issued email addresses (e.g., @students.nevadastate.edu) in order to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If you need assistance finding or accessing your NSU email account, please see the Policies & Student Responsibilities page.
Office Phone: [Enter campus number (e.g., 992-xxxx) here, if applicable. Otherwise, delete this line. Do not enter personal numbers due to privacy issues and FERPA regulations.]
Office Location: [ Full-time faculty should enter office location here; Part-time faculty can state “Please contact me for the best location to meet.”]
Office Hours: [Enter the days/times you conduct in-person or digital/remote office hours.]

Email & Classroom Response Time

You can generally expect a response to emails within 24-48 hours (or slightly longer over weekends or holidays). Feedback for completed discussions, quizzes, and assignments depends on the length and complexity of the activity and could take up to 10 days. For questions on the status of a completed assignment, discussion, or test please contact me.

Course Description

[To view the detailed course description, visit the current course catalog. Click on the most recent catalog, scroll down, and you will see a link to course descriptions on the left. Click that link to locate your subject area and course to find the descriptive paragraph about the course. This should be copied and pasted here.]

Required Text(s) & MATERIALS

Title: [Title of book ]
Author: [ Enter Author's name]
Edition: [Enter Edition]
ISBN: [ 12 or 10-digit]

You can buy your textbook from the Nevada State University Bookstore, either online or at the Rogers Student Center physical location.

Optional Summplemental Materials: [If there are required materials other than the text(s); otherwise, delete this section.]

LEARNING OUTCOMES

[Specific topics and focus of the course as determined by the instructor. May include learning outcomes provided by department chairs or other administrators.]

After finishing this course, you will be able to:

• [Enter course objectives here.
• Enter course  objectives here.
• Enter course  objectives here.]

Class Schedule

[Days on which the class is scheduled to meet and any planned days on which the class is not scheduled to meet. Should include major topics covered, dates of major exams and assignments. It is encouraged to have the date of exams firmly established, but an understanding that the content covered each day may be subject to change (notification should be given to students regarding changes in content covered)]

Assignment Description & Due Dates

[A brief explanation of graded assignments in the course, points involved, and general due dates.]

Exam Description & Due Dates

[A brief explanation of the style of exams, points involved, and due dates.]

LATE work policy & attendance expectations

When students miss work for medical and/or personal reasons, they should access the Student Absence Notification System Links to an external site.. 

[Instructors: Cleary outline your missed work, late work, and make-up work policy versus “per instructor’s discretion.”]

• Does the same policy apply to every assignment? If not, specific the policy per assignment.
  • For example, “All assignment due dates for the entire semester are posted on the first day of class. All assignments are due by the due date, and no late work will be accepted unless specified in the individual assignment instructions.”
  • For example, “XYZ assignment is due Sunday, November 6th by 11:59pm. It is worth 10 points/10% of your grade. Late work will be accepted for 10 hours with one point deducted per partial hour or full hour late until 10:00am on November 12th after which no late work will be accepted and the grade will be a 0.”
• If a student misses a make-up work session, specify your policy. For example, “If a student misses the make-up work due date or session for whatever reason, the grade will become a 0.”

Grading Criteria

(Course Point Totals) – [Your grading scheme must be established prior to the beginning of the semester and this information needs to be available to the students on the syllabus. It should be clear what portions of the grade are determined by which assignments and exams, if there are opportunities for extra credit and how it can be obtained, and what the letter grade determination scale for your class will be, which should be standard for the majority of classes taught at NSU.]

Grading Scale (Letter Grade and Point Range):

A  93% or higher

A-   90%-92.99%

B+  87%-89.99%

B  83%-86.99%

B-  80%-82.99%

C+  77%-79.99%

C  73%-76.99%

C-  70%-72.99%

D+  67%-69.99%

D  63%-66.99%

D-  60%-62.99%

F   less than 60%

Accessing Grades and Instructor Feedback: To access your grades and find all of the instructor's feedback, click on Grades in the course navigation menu. Scroll through the list until you find the new graded assignment (indicated by the blue dot to the left of the assignment name). Then click on the assignment name. You will see your grade. Below it you can click on Show Rubric to see the marked up rubric. Click on the paper title if you want to download the original document. (The instructor’s marks or comments will not appear on the downloaded document.) Click on the box to the right of the paper title to see the Turnitin report. Click on View Feedback to see the paper marked up with the instructor’s comments/corrections in DocViewer. The instructor’s feedback is on the right. Accessing Grades will take you step-by-step through how to find all instructor feedback and see the marked-up paper and rubric.

Policies & Student Responsibilities

Students are responsible for reading, understanding, and abiding by the policies listed on the Policies & Student Responsibilities page. This page contains important information about conduct, plagiarism, cheating, and Turnitin, among other important policies related to this course, LASB, and NSU.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

[Instructors: please include one of the following 4 options that best describes your stance on use of Artificial Intelligence in this course and delete the other 3 options.]

[Use Prohibited. Students are not allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Bard) on assignments in this course. Each student is expected to complete each assignment without substantive assistance from others, including automated tools.]

[Use Only With Permission. Students are allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Bard) on assignments in this course if instructor permission is obtained in advance. Unless given permission to use those tools, each student is expected to complete each assignment without substantive assistance from others, including automated tools. Students are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any information provided by an AI tool.]

[Use Only With Acknowledgement. Students are allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Bard) on assignments in this course if that use is properly documented and credited. For example, text generated using ChatGPT version 4 (ChatGPT-4) should include a citation such as:

• “ChatGPT-4. (YYYY, Month DD of query). “Text of your query.” Generated using OpenAI. https://chat.openai.com/”
• Material generated using other tools should follow a similar citation convention.
• Students are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any information provided by an AI tool.]

[Use is Freely Permitted With No Acknowledgement. Students are allowed to use advanced automated tools (artificial intelligence or machine learning tools such as ChatGPT or Bart) on assignments in this course; no special documentation or citation is required. Students are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of any information provided by an AI tool.]

Source: Adapted from the University of Delaware: https://ctal.udel.edu/advanced-automated-tools/

Student SUPPORT RESOURCES

At some point this semester, you may require help or support from various services on campus to help you be successful in your classes. On the Student Support & Resources page, you will find information about services like tutoring, library resources, advising, and help with writing assignments.

Additional Information 

[Use this section to include any additional information for the course; otherwise, delete this section.]