University Mission

Bellarmine University is an independent Catholic university serving the region, nation and world by educating talented, diverse students of all faiths and many ages, nations, and cultures, and with respect for each individual’s intrinsic value and dignity.  We educate our students through undergraduate and graduate programs in the liberal arts and professional studies, within which students develop the intellectual, moral, ethical and professional competencies for successful living, work, leadership and service to others.  We achieve these goals in an educational environment committed to excellence, academic freedom, and authentic conversations not dominated by particular political or other single perspective and thus to thoughtful, informed consideration of serious ideas, values, and issues, time-honored and contemporary, across a broad range of compelling regional, national and international matters.  By these means, Bellarmine University seeks to benefit the public interest, to help create the future, and to improve the human condition.

 

University Attendance Policy

            The University requires students who will be absent from class while representing the University to inform their instructors in two steps.  During the first week of the course, students must meet with each instructor to discuss the attendance policy and arrangements for absences related to University-sponsored events.  Second, students must provide the instructor with a signed Student Absentee Notification Form, available via the student portal on the University intranet, at the earliest possible opportunity, but not later than the week prior to the anticipated absence.  The Student Absentee Notification Form does not serve as an excused absence from class.  Your instructor has the final say about excused and unexcused absences and it is the student’s responsibility to know and abide by the instructor’s policy.

Severe Weather

Refer to the current student handbook for details regarding changes in schedule due to bad weather.  Faculty will arrange class schedules to meet course objectives in the event classes will be cancelled.

 

Academic Honesty

 

I strongly endorse and will follow the academic honesty policy as published in Bellarmine’s Catalog 2005-2007 (pp. 55-56) and in the 2006-2007 Student Handbook (pp. 17-20); both documents are available online via the student portal on the University’s intranet.  Students must be fully aware of what constitutes academic dishonesty; claims of ignorance cannot be used to justify or rationalize dishonest acts.  Academic dishonesty can take a number of forms, including but not limited to cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, aiding and abetting, multiple submissions, obtaining unfair advantage, and unauthorized access to academic or administrative systems or information.  Definitions of each of these forms of academic dishonesty are provided in the academic honesty section of the 2006-2007 Student Handbook.  All detected instances of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Provost, and sanctions will be imposed as dictated by the policy.  Penalties range from failing an assignment or test to dismissal from the University, depending, in part, on the student’s previous record of academic dishonesty. On the second offense during a student’s academic career, as a minimum additional penalty, the Provost will immediately suspend the student for the semester in which the most recent offense took place.  On the third offense, the Provost will immediately dismiss the student from the University. 

 

Disability Services

 

Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this course must contact the Disability Services Coordinator.  Please do not request accommodations directly from the professor.  The Disability Services Coordinator is located in the Counseling Center (Bonaventure 00), phone 452-8480.

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