Indigenous Studies - Code Of Conduct
At CAIS we pride ourselves on providing a culturally and pedagogically safe place for students to learn. To ensure everyone gets the most out of our classes we have developed a code of conduct by which staff and students are expected to abide. In classes all students' opinions will be treated with respect, however racists or sexist remarks are unacceptable. We will not tolerate any type of bullying, aggression or demeaning of fellow classmates or staff, such cases will result in requests to leave the classroom.
CAIS does not have prerequisite requirements for second and third year (2/3) units, however if you intend doing Honours you will need to ensure a major in AIS subjects. Entry into the honours programme is based on a distinction average, and first year subjects are counted in determining eligibility to do fourth year honours.
All AIS subjects have a minimum attendance requirement of 80% for tutorials. Students who have timetable clashes and therefore are relying upon recorded lectures and power point presentations and handouts MUST check with the course co-ordinator to see if this is feasible.
In class please observe the following:
- Classes are for enrolled students only or with the permission of the course co-ordinator.
- Turn OFF mobile phones.
- Staff may generously give you their mobile or personal phone numbers. Unless in case of emergency students must not ring out of hours, or on weekends. In most cases emailing the staff member will be sufficient as we will endeavor to respond to all emails promptly.
CAIS's Policy on Assessment Tasks, Plagiarism and Essay Recycling
In addition to the details on plagiarism outlined in your course handbook the following needs to be considered. Assessed work must not include any plagiarized or recycled material from previous subjects.
All essays are to include an annotated bibliography, and be fully referenced.
- Reasonable requests for extensions should be made in writing or via email. Do not merely ask you tutor/ lecturer at the end of a class, put it in writing.
- All students will have their work examined by at least two staff members and the results will be benchmarked against others from the same class.
- Staff will liaise and consult with each other in cases of plagiarism and/ or recycled essays. A school register has been established and in the case of either of these issues student's names will be recorded.
- Plagiarized essays will be failed; staff will consult as to whether or not further action (including suspension from the university) should be taken or if the student be allowed to resubmit. In the case of resubmission the student will be given a pass fail grade.