Course Syllabus OB 6301

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Course Information
Course Course Number Section Course Title Term OB 6301 EC Organizational Behavior Fall 2011

Professor Contact Information Professor Tracey Rockett Office Phone 972-883-4747 Email Address tracey.rockett@utdallas.edu Office Location SOM 4.202 Online Office Hours Mondays 9:00-10:00 p.m. Other Information The quickest and easiest way to contact me is thru eLearning email. Please do not call since I do not often check my voice mail. However, if it is a topic that needs to be addressed over the phone you can email me to set up a time to call/meet.

Course Description

This class is an introduction to the field of Organizational Behavior. Over the semester we will cover a number of topics at the individual, group, and organizational levels of analysis. The objective of the class is to provide you with theoretical frameworks and a vocabulary to help you understand and analyze happenings in organizations. The class will be conducted using a variety of methods including lectures, exercises, cases, and class discussions. Since this is a graduate course, I expect a great deal of participation from you in the form of written assignments and class discussions.
Student Learning Objectives/Outcomes
1) Develop an understanding of how individual behaviors affect groups and organizations. 2) Develop an understanding of how to guide the behaviors of others to achieve organizational outcomes. 3) Demonstrate an understanding of how to analyze organizational problems and develop potential solutions using relevant terminology and concepts. 4) Be able to make the connection between course concepts and personal work experiences. 5) Demonstrate an application of course concepts to coaching situations

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Required Textbooks and Materials Required Texts Course Packet for OB 6301

Textbooks and some other bookstore materials can be ordered online through Off-Campus Books or the UTD Bookstore. They are also available in stock at both bookstores. Course Policies Late Work Late work will not be accepted unless an arrangement has been made with the professor at least 1 week before the assignment is due. Class Participation Students are required to login regularly to the online class site. I will use the tracking feature in eLearning to monitor student activity. You are also required to participate in all class activities such as discussion board activities, chat or conference sessions and group projects. Virtual Classroom Citizenship The same guidelines that apply to traditional classes should be observed in the virtual classroom environment. Please use proper netiquette when interacting with class members and the professor. Policy on Server Unavailability or Other Technical Difficulties The university is committed to providing a reliable online course system to all users. However, in the event of any unexpected server outage or any unusual technical difficulty which prevents students from completing a time sensitive assessment activity, the instructor will extend the time windows and provide an appropriate accommodation based on the situation. Students should immediately report any problems to the instructor and also contact the UTD eLearning Help Desk: http://www.utdallas.edu/elearninghelp, 1-866-588-3192. The instructor and the UTD eLearning Help Desk will work with the student to resolve any issues at the earliest possible time. I always tell students that if technical problems occur DONT PANIC. Notify me as soon as you have a problem and we will get it figured out. Top

Technical Requirements
In addition to a confident level of computer and Internet literacy, certain minimum technical requirements must be met to enable a successful learning experience. Please review the important technical requirements and the web browser configuration information. Top

Course Access and Navigation

This course was developed using a web course tool called eLearning. It is to be delivered entirely online. Students will use their UTD NetID account to login to the course through UTD

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Galaxy: http://galaxy.utdallas.edu or directly at http://elearning.utdallas.edu. Please see more details on course access and navigation information. To get started with an eLearning course, please see the Getting Started: Student eLearning Orientation. UTD provides eLearning technical support 24 hours a day/7 days a week. The services include a toll free telephone number for immediate assistance (1-866-588-3192), email request service, and an online chat service. The UTD user community can also access the support resources such as self-help resources and a Knowledge Base. Please use this link to access the UTD eLearning Support Center: http://www.utdallas.edu/elearninghelp. Top

Communications
This eLearning course has built-in communication tools which will be used for interaction and communication. Some external communication tools such as regular email and a web conferencing tool may also be used during the semester. For more details, please see communication tool information. Another communication tool available to students is live voice chat in the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Instructions for accessing the UTD SOM Island in Second Life can be found at http://som.utdallas.edu/somResources/eLearning/faculty/secondLife.php. Interaction with Instructor: The instructor will communicate with students mainly using the Announcements and Discussions tools. Students may send personal concerns or questions to the instructor using the course email tool. The instructor will reply to student emails or Discussion board messages within 3 working days under normal circumstances. Students are expected to contribute regularly to discussions. Specific instructions can be found under the assignments section. Top

Student Resources
The following university resources are available to students: UTD Distance Learning: http://www.utdallas.edu/oee/distance/students/cstudents.htm McDermott Library: Distance Learners (UTD students who live outside the boundaries of Collin, Dallas, Denton, Rockwall, or Tarrant counties) will need a UTD-ID number to access all of the librarys electronic resources (reserves, journal articles, ebooks, interlibrary loan) from off campus. For UTD students living within those counties who are taking online courses, a Comet Card is required to check out materials at the McDermott Library. For more information on library resources go to http://www.utdallas.edu/library/distlearn/disted.htm. Top

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Student Assessments
Grading Information Weights Case Coaching Anaylses Case Coaching Feedback Blogging Participation Total Grading Scale Scaled Score 90-100 80-89 70-79 Less than 70 Grading Policy I do not want to make mistakes in my grading and I want to be fair to all of the students in the class. However, I do not want to grade every paper or case analysis twice. Therefore, there are two rules I use for re-grades: 1) all requests for re-grades must be presented in writing with a description of what you want me to consider in the re-grade process; 2) when I regrade a paper or case, I re-grade the entire paper or case, not just the areas of concern. Therefore, it is possible for the grade to go down as a result of a re-grade. Letter Equivalent A B C F case 1 case 2 case 1 case 2 3 units 20 pts. 100 20% 20% 5% 5% 30% 20% 100%

Accessing Grades Students can check their grades by clicking My Grades under Course Tools after the grade for each assessment task is released.

Assignments Case Coaching Analyses: There will be two case analysis assignments. The case analyses will consist questions that have you apply material learned in class to a case that you will read ahead of time. Both cases will be weighted the same, and are comprehensive in the sense that all of the material we discuss in class is related. Therefore, you may use information from the previous section to contribute to your analysis of the case. The cases will ask for you to evaluate the situation as if you were hired as a coach for individuals in the case. You will give an analysis for several individuals in the case in order to help reinforce your experience with perspective-taking. Each analysis counts for 20% of your grade.

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I will assign the case and questions and you will have a week to complete the assignment. Due dates are on the calendar. I will not accept late case analyses. If you know that you have a conflict, let me know and I will send you the case questions early. Since you all come from very different backgrounds and have very different experiences, I believe you can learn a great deal from one another. In order to facilitate this, I will also be assigning you to small groups to discuss your analysis. Therefore, what you submit to me will be uploaded for others in the class to view and discuss. These discussion boards will be asynchronis just like a regular discussion board, but will only be open to members of your group. I would like for everyone to read and comment on the other cases in their group. Your evaluations are worth 5% for each case. This is to ensure that you take some time when giving your feedback to others. Reflection on Experience Blog: A very important part of this course is the experience that you bring to class. In order to draw on some of your experience, you will be required to enter your thoughts in a blog over the course of the semester. These are not intended to be major research papers. These are intended to be short written statements in which you are asked to describe an experience that you have had in an organization and to apply the readings for the week to explain the experience from a theoretical standpoint. You will be expected to post a blog on 3 of the unit areas. You can choose any of the units to write on, but my advice is to pick one earlier in the semester so that you can get feedback for your other blog. In order to get full credit for your blog, you will need to discuss the question from your experiential standpoint and use the assigned readings to inform your understanding of the situation. Let me make this clear the blog is about BOTH your personal opinions/experiences and the readings for the week. It should include a description of your experience and a careful analysis of how the material from our class helps you understand your experience from a broader perspective. If you just write about your experience and do not tell me about how the readings link to your experience then you will not get full credit for the assignment. If you talk about the readings but do not relate your experience you will not get full credit for the assignment. Given that the point of this exercise is for you to make the connection between the readings and real life, I expect to see you express your understanding of the connection between the two. Your blog will be both personal and private I will be the only person who accesses it over the course of the semester. If you touch on an idea or have an example that I think others could learn from, I might ask if you would be willing to share it on the public discussion board. However, you are not required to share it and I will not share it without your permission. Blog postings are due online by the last day the topic is discussed. So, if you want to blog about personality and perception, it is due on the evening of Sep 11th, the last night we are discussing the topic. Blog entries should be a minimum of 600 words and a maximum of 1200 words. Your blogging will count for 30% of your class grade. They are graded on a scale of 1 to 10. I will give you individual feedback on the first blog to make sure that you are meeting my expectations. Participation:

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You will be expected to participate regularly in online discussions. A great deal of learning takes place when you share your experiences with others. Each unit will have a discussion board assigned for discussion. You will be able to post discussion threads within the unit discussion or you can respond to threads that either I or other students start. Participation is worth 20 points or 20% of your grade. It is absolutely necessary that you participate regularly. You need to post to a minimum of 8 unit discussions during the week(s) the topic is discussed. You will not get full credit for posting 8 times in the last few weeks. It is often the case that students lose a letter grade because they are not participating, so please make a point to do this! The rules for participation in the discussion are as follows: 1) Participation points will be given for both responses to discussion postings by students and for responses to questions submitted by professor. 2) When a question is posted, the first five replies can answer the question directly, posts after that need to respond to the answers given by other students to mimic an in class discussion. Look at this as a conversation with one another rather than trying to impress me with the right answer. 3) I am grading on quality of responses, not quantity. So, posts such as I agree or sounds good to me do not count towards participation (although you can certainly use these to advance the conversation. In order to count as participation your post has to be well thought out and pertain to the topic for the week. You should reference some of the concepts we are currently examining in class, not just offer vague assessments such as there was a problem motivation. You can also refer back to previous weeks material if relevant. Integration of concepts is key since none of the issues operate completely independent of one another. For example, conflict is often caused by miscommunication, so you might refer to both in a discussion even if the question is about conflict. 4) Keep discussion on topic and factual in nature. No flaming allowed. Opinions are fine as long as they are supported by facts. For example, stating that you think that a specific course of action is correct because of x, y, z is acceptable. Stating that the previous poster is an idiot is not. 5) Grammar and spelling are not graded in the discussion section, so dont feel that you have to spend hours editing your response. However, please use full words, not acronyms and abbreviations not everyone is familiar with the text message language. 6) Limit your response to 250 words any more than that and readers lose the point (and interest). 7) In order to receive full participation points you must post 1-2 value-added comments to at least 8 unit discussions. 8) While you can continue to post to a topic of interest, in order to receive credit for participation, you must post during the week the topic is being discussed.

Adobe Connect Sessions We will meet several times over the semester via adobe connect to touch base. You are required to attend at least 2 of these meetings. During these meetings I will answer questions about the structure of class, and in later meetings, answer questions about the case analyses. These will not be long meetings, but rather will give us a point to gather and make sure everyone is on the same page. This is also a great time to bring up any questions or comments about the material in general.

Assignment submission instructions

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You will submit your assignments (in the required file format with a simple file name and a file extension) by using the Assignments tool on the course site. Please see the Assignments link on the course menu or see the icon on the designated page. You can click each assignment name link and follow the on-screen instructions to upload and submit your file(s). Please refer to the Help menu for more information on using this tool. Please note: each assignment link will be deactivated after the assignment due time. After your submission is graded, you may click each assignments Graded tab to check the results and feedback.

Academic Calendar
WEEK/ DATES TOPIC/LECTURE READING ASSESSMENT / ACTIVITY DUE DATE

0 Aug 2428 Course Access and Self-Orientation Syllabus

Syllabus Quiz Intro. Video

Aug 28

Personal Introductions Aug 28 on Discussion Board 1 Aug 29Sep 4 Unit 1: Historical Perspective Readings 1-5 Adobe Connect Session Friday Sep 2 7:00-8:30 p.m. (CST) Sep 4 Lecture

Blog 2 Sep 5Sep 11 3 Sep 1218 Unit 3: Social Information Readings 7-9 Blog Unit 2: Personality and Perception Reading 6 Blog Lecture

Sep 11

Lecture Sep 18

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4 Sep 1925 5 Sep 26Oct 2 6 Oct 3-9 Unit 6: Decision Making Reading 18 Unit 5: Communication Readings 15-17 Unit 4: Commitment and Socialization Readings 10-14

Lecture Blog Sep 25

Lecture Blog Oct 2

Lecture Adobe Connect Session Friday Oct 7 7:00-8:30 p.m. (CST) Oct 9 Due by midnight on Sunday Oct 16th

Blog 7 Oct 10-16 Case Analysis 1 Can access starting at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, October 10th Lecture Readings 19-22 Blog Case evaluation group discussion Lecture Readings 23-25 Blog Lecture Unit 9: Diversity Readings 26-29 Blog

8 Unit 7: Oct 17-23 Power and Politics Case 2 evaluations

Oct 23 Oct 23

9 Unit 8: Oct 24-30 Conflict and Negotiations 10 Oct 30Nov 6 11 Nov 7-13 Unit 10: Ethics Readings 30-34

Oct 30

Nov 6

Lecture Blog Nov 13

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12 Nov 1420 Unit 11: Organizational Culture Readings 35-37

Lecture Adobe Connect Session Friday Nov 18 7:00-8:30 p.m. (CST) Nov 20

Blog 13 Thanksgiving week Nov 2127 14 Nov 28Dec 4 Case Analysis 2 Can access starting at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, Nov 28th Enjoy turkey and pecan pie!!

Due by midnight on Sunday Dec 4th

15 Dec 5Dec 11 Case 2 evaluations Case evaluation group discussion Dec 11

Reading List: Unit 1: Historical Perspective 1. Taylor, F. The Principles of Scientific Management 2. Roethlisberger, F. 1969. The Hawthorne Experiments 3. Hackman, J., Oldham, G., Janson, R., and Purdy, K. 1975. A New Strategy for Job Enrichment 4. Kerr, S. 1995 On the Folly of Rewarding A While Hoping for B 5. Yang, C. & Palmer, T. 1996. Low Wage Lessons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Unit 2: Personality and Perception 6. Roche, E. 2003. Do Something Hes About to Snap ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 3: Social Information 7. Thomas, J. & Griffin, R. 1989. Power of Social Information in the Workplace 8. Asch. 1975. Opinions and Social Pressure 9. Zimbardo, P. & Leippe, M. 1991. The Psychology of Attitude Change and Social Influence ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 4: Commitment and Socialization 10. Schein, E. 1968. Organizational Socialization and the Profession of Management 11. Salancik, G. 1977. Commitment is too Easy 12. Brittain, J. 1993 Gillette Metal 13. Warshaw, M. 1998. Have You Been House Trained? 14. Mieszkowski, K. 1998. She Helps Them Help Themselves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 5: Communication 15. Godin, S. 2004. How to Give Feedback 16. Alinsky, S. 1971. Communication 17. Maruca, R. 1998. How Do You Manage an Off-Site Team? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 6: Decision Making 18. Isenberg, D. 1988. How Senior Managers Think ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 7: Power and Politics 19. Bies, R. & Tripp, T. 1998. Two Faces of the Powerless: Coping with Tyranny in Organizations

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20. Martin, J. & Meyerson, D. 1998. Women and Power: Conformity, Resistance, and Disorganized Coaction 21. Carnegie, D. How to Win Friends and Influence People 22. Warshaw, M. 1998. Good Guys* Guide to Office Politics ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 8: Conflict and Negotiations 23. Greenhalh, L. 1986. Managing Conflict. 24. Neale, M. & Bazerman, M. 1992. Negotiating Rationally: The Power and Impact of the Negotiators Frame. 25. Inc. How to Negotiate Practically Anything ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 9: Diversity 26. Chrobot-Mason, D. & Ruderman, M. 2004. Leadership in a Diverse Workplace 27. Bell, M., McLaughlin, M., & Sequeira, J. 2004. Age, Disability, and Obesity: Similarities, Differences, and Common Threads 28. Stroh, L., Langlands, C., & Simpson, P. 2004. Shattering the Glass Ceiling in the New Millennium 29. Tischler, L. 2004. Where are the Women?

Unit 10: Ethics 30. Solomon, R. Morality: The Basic Rules 31. Seglin, J. Just Because Its Legal, Is it Ethical? 32. Hartman, L. Technology and Ethics 33. Reingold, J. 2004. Into Thin Air 34. Pink, D. 2004. The New Face of the Silicon Age ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unit 11: Organizational Culture and Design

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35. Langewiesche, W. 2003. Columbias Last Flight 36. Fishman, C. 1996. Whole Foods 37. Meyer, M. 1994. Culture Club

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Scholastic Honesty
The University has policies and discipline procedures regarding scholastic dishonesty. Detailed information is available on the UTD Judicial Affairs web page. All students are expected to maintain a high level of responsibility with respect to academic honesty. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the University. Since such dishonesty harms the individual, all students and the integrity of the University, policies on scholastic dishonesty will be strictly enforced. The bottom line is: DONT CHEAT. If you do so, you will be caught and punished accordingly. Top

Course Evaluation
As required by UTD academic regulations, every student must complete an evaluation for each enrolled course at the end of the semester. An online instructional assessment form will be made available for your confidential use. Please look for the course evaluation link on the course Home Page towards the end of the course. Top
University Policies Student Conduct & Discipline The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the responsibility of each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General information on student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z Guide, which is provided to all registered students each academic year. The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and established due process. Procedures are defined and described in the Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of the universitys Handbook of Operating Procedures. Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff

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members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/8836391). A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the Regents Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students are subject to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct. Academic Integrity The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as ones own work or material that is not ones own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings. Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is unacceptable and will be dealt with under the universitys policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for details). This course will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective. Email Use The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email exchange. The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a students U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all communication with university personnel. The Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts. Withdrawal from Class The administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any college-level courses. These dates and times are published in that semester's course catalog. Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other words, I cannot drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork to ensure that you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course if you choose not to attend the class once you are enrolled. Student Grievance Procedures Procedures for student grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities, of the universitys Handbook of Operating Procedures. In attempting to resolve any student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other fulfillments of academic responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first to make a serious effort to resolve the

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matter with the instructor, supervisor, administrator, or committee with whom the grievance originates (hereafter called the respondent). Individual faculty members retain primary responsibility for assigning grades and evaluations. If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the respondent with a copy of the respondents School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written response provided by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to the School Dean. If the grievance is not resolved by the School Deans decision, the student may make a written appeal to the Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint and convene an Academic Appeals Panel. The decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic appeals process will be distributed to all involved parties. Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations. Incomplete Grade Policy As per university policy, incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at the semesters end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete grade must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to complete the course and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the specified deadline, the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F. Disability Services The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities equal to those of their non-disabled peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is: The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22 PO Box 830688 Richardson, Texas 75083-0688 (972) 883-2098 (voice or TTY) Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special services such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance. It is the students responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation. Disability Services provides students with letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs accommodations. Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class or during office hours. Religious Holy Days The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class or other required activities for the travel to and observance of a religious holy day for a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property tax under Section 11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated. The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity sponsor as soon as possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the assignment. The student, so excused, will be allowed to take the

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exam or complete the assignment within a reasonable time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and completes any missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student who fails to complete the exam or assignment within the prescribed period may receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment. If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the absence [i.e., for the purpose of observing a religious holy day] or if there is similar disagreement about whether the student has been given a reasonable time to complete any missed assignments or examinations, either the student or the instructor may request a ruling from the chief executive officer of the institution, or his or her designee. The chief executive officer or designee must take into account the legislative intent of TEC 51.911(b), and the student and instructor will abide by the decision of the chief executive officer or designee. Off-Campus Instruction and Course Activities Off-campus, out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law and University policies and procedures regarding travel and risk-related activities. Information regarding these rules and regulations may be found at the website address given below. Additional information is available from the office of the school dean. (http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm)

These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor. Top

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