This is an unusual class: we won’t have time to learn how to build dynamic, complex, and responsive websites. But! We have a lot of time to think about and discuss digital design for the web so that we may communicate more clearly and initiate our own learning down the road.
Attendance and participation is required. For each class missed after two, 1/2 letter will be subtracted from your final grade. Attendance will be taken at the beginning of class every day. If you are tardy, it will be your responsibility to check in with me at the end of class to be sure you have not been marked absent.
Grades are based on attendance, quality of work, class participation (critiques and reading discussions), and assignments.
Seattle University values diverse types of learners and is committed to ensuring that each student is afforded an equal opportunity to participate in learning experiences. For disability and other learning-related needs and accommodations that you have already arranged via Disability Services, please communicate with me during the first week of class through email or Zoom. Should concerns arise at any point in the quarter, please let me know as soon as possible. If you have, or think you may have, a disability (including an “invisible disability” such as a learning disability, a chronic health problem, or a mental health condition) that interferes with your performance as a student in this class, but have not yet arranged support services and/or accommodations, I encourage you to do so through Disability Services staff at DS@seattleu.edu or (206) 296-5740. Disability-based adjustments to course expectations can be arranged only through this process. I am committed to working with you, so please do not hesitate to contact me.
It is the policy of Seattle University to reasonably accommodate students who, due to the observance of religious holidays, expect to be absent or endure a significant hardship during certain days of their academic course or program. Please see, Policy on Religious Accommodations for Students.
Seattle University has a stated commitment to diversity and inclusivity. In part, this includes an expectation that all members of our campus community treat one another with respect and care in the classroom. Actions or statements which espouse the supremacy of one group of people over another, or which marginalize any group, are not welcome in our classroom. Such attitudes are destructive to both our learning process and our community. All students in this course are welcomed and valued.
Racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, religious prejudice, and other forms of discrimination have no place on our campus or in our classroom. Our class, like our campus, is one community. We learn together. We work together. And we will respect one another. We teach all students, regardless of background or beliefs. All students are equally welcome and valued. Growth mindset includes our ability to grow together, to learn to be more tolerant, and to become more compassionate. No one is being asked to leave the table. Everyone is being asked to make room at the table, so that everyone has a seat and a fair chance.
If you find that anything in our class is failing to live up to these principles (including if you feel that I myself have failed to live up to them), I encourage you to bring this issue up, either to me, or to your department chair, your advisor, advisors in the College of Science and Engineering Advising Center, or another faculty or staff member you feel comfortable talking with, who could pass on your concerns to myself or my department chair. You are also invited to reach out to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Student Ambassadors on Instagram @su_stemdei.