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Course Informatiion
OPRE E 6372.PJM
Projecct Initiation
Fall 2010
2

Profeessor Contactt Information

Dr. Kendra
K M.L. Cooper
C kcooper@uttdallas.edu
Dr. Suue Freedman suefreedmann@utdallas.eddu
Mr. Lothar
L Katz katz@utdalllas.edu
Dr. Thhomas Sheivees tom.s@utdaallas.edu
Mr. Jaames Szot jimszot@utddallas.edu (Innstructor of R
Record)
Mr. Gerald
G Turner turner.g.a@att.net

Officee hours by ap
ppointment – please
p email to
t schedule

Course Pre-requisites, Co-req

quisites, and/or Other Resstrictions
OPRE
E 6271 Projecct Overview and
a Strategic and Process MManagement

Course Descriptio on
Projeccts are underttaken to help organizationss convert strattegy into prodducts, servicees, and end
resultts. Unfortunattely, many proojects are nott totally succeessful becausee of the lack oof clearly
defineed and well understood req quirements.

This course
c explorres project maanagement in a global enviironment and the context oof projects at
nterprise levell, then bridges from strateg
the en gy to project ddefinition witth a discussioon of project
selecttion and a foccus on determ
mining project requirementss and managinng changes.

Imporrtant note: Mo odules from OB

O 6301, Intrroduction to OOrganizationaal Behavior, aare intermixedd
with modules
m from
m this course. Concepts from
m these OB6 301 modules are to be appplied along
with concepts
c from
m this course and
a the prereq quisite coursee, OPRE62711, in your prepparation of thhe
projecct initiation asssignment.

Studeent Learning g Objectives/O Outcomes

Studeents will demoonstrate the ab
bility to
 Apply projject selection methods to evaluate
e the fe
feasibility of pprojects
 Assess pro oject contributtion to busineess strategy, ppurpose and pplans
 Determinee and documen nt project goaals and perforrmance requirrements by wworking closelly
with projecct stakeholderrs
 Define and d document product or serv vice deliverabbles

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Requuired Textboo oks and Materials
Textbooks (purchaased by studen
nt or viewed online):
o
ment: The Maanagerial Proocess, 5th ed.
Larson, E. and Gray, C.. (2011). Projject Managem
New York k: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. ISB BN: 978-0-077-742692-7 ((Internationall Edition
ISBN: 9788-0071289290 0)
Heldman, K. (2009). PM MP® Project Management
M t Professionall Exam Study Guide, 5th edd.
Indianapollis: Wiley (Sy
ybex). ISBN
N: 978-0-470-445558-6
Hooks, I. F.,
F & Farry, K.
K A. (2001). Customer-cenntered produccts: Creatingg successful
products th
hrough smartt requirementts managemennt. New Yorkk: AMACOM M. [Available
as eBook from
f UTD Lib MI eReads andd Reference] – referenced during lecturee
brary and PM
Morris, P. and Jamiesonn, A. (2004). Translating C
Corporate Strrategy into Prroject
Strategy: Realizing
R Corrporate Strateegy Through PProject Manaagement. New wtown Squaree,
PA: Projecct Managemen nt Institute. ISBN: 1-9300699-37-9 [Avvailable on PMMI eReads
and Refereence]
Project Maanagement In
nstitute. (2008
8). A Guide too the Project M
Management Body of
Knowledgee, Fourth Edittion. Newtowwn Square, PA A: Project Maanagement Insstitute. ISBN
N:
978-1-933890-51-7 [doownload from PMI Standarrds]
Wiegers, K.
K E. (2003). Software
S uirements, 2ndd ed. Redmonnd, WA: Micrrosoft Press.
requ
ISBN: 0-7356-1879-8 [Available ass eBook from UTD Libraryy]
Wiegers, K.
K E. (2006). More
M about software
s requuirements: Thoorny issues and practical
advice. Reedmond, WA:: Microsoft Prress. ISBN: 0-7356-22677-1 [Availablle as eBook
from UTD D Library] – reeferenced durring lecture

Articlles and Casess (Provided orr download frrom web)

Amsden, J.,
J Jensen A. and
a White, C.. (2009). Actioonable enterpprise architeccture
managemeent. Somers, NY:
N IBM Corrporation. Rettrieved from
http://www
w.softwaremaag.com/pdfs/w
whitepapers/A
Actionable_Ennterprise_Arcchitecture_IB
M.pdf?CFID=28081216 6&CFTOKEN N=79414551 .
Katz, L. Case
C Study: Ch
hattanooga Challenge.
C Ricchardson, TX
X: The Univerrsity of Texas
at Dallas
Townson, S. (2008). Why
Wh does enterprprise architeccture matter?? San Franciscco, CA: The
up. Retrieved from http://w
Open Grou www.opengrooup.org/pubs//catalog/w0766.htm.
Ulrich, W.. and McWho orter, N. (20100). Business aarchitecture sscenarios. The OMG,
Business Architecture
A Special
S Interest Group. Rettrieved from:
http://bawg
g.omg.org/Buusiness%20Architecture%220Sceanrios-V V0.3.1.3.pdf..
White, S.A
A. (2004). Intrroduction to BPMN.
B BP Tr
Trends. (July).. Stephen A. W
White.
Retrieved from http://w
www.bptrends.com/publicaationfiles/07-
04%20WP P%20Intro%2 20to%20BPM MN%20-%20W White.pdf.
Whittle, R.
R and Myrick, C. (2004). Enterprise
E bussiness architeecture: the forrmal link
between sttrategy and reesults. CRC Press.
P Summaary white papeer retrieved frfrom
http://wwww.enterprisebuusinessarchiteecture.com/doocuments/EB BA_The_Form mal_Link.pdf)).

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Assignments & Academic
A Calen
ndar

Title/Date Overview Objectives

s Assignments
Pro
oject Initiation This assignm
ment asks you to Students will demonstrate
d their ability
a to: Complete the a assignment in accordance with the
As
ssignment explore the strategic
s fit, technical  Assess project contribution to
t business instructions fou
und on Blackboard A
Assignments.
requirementss, and socio-cultura al strategy, purpose and plans
aspects of a potential project in  Determine e and document prroject goals and Submit your co
ompleted documentt on Blackboard
your organizaation. requireme ents by 11:59PM, WWednesday, Decemmber 15, 2010.
 Consider the socio-cultural impact of the
project onn stakeholders (40 points)

Pro
oject Managemen
nt This module begins the processs Non-PMPs Non-PMPs
Pro
ofessional I of preparing for the Project Explore PMI’s
s approach to Read: Heldmman, Introduction, C Chapters 1, 2,
Management Institute’s Project  Modeling the process of projject management and 12, pp. xxxiii – 90, 497-524.
m Szot
Jim Management Professional  Creating the
t project charter and preliminary
Online Quiz:: Complete the online quiz
certification exam.
e scope sta
atement
(Blackboard A Assignments) by 11 1:59PM,
Self-study  Applying professional responsibility Saturday, No ovember 6, 2010 (15 points)
Students who o have already
P ® credential will
earned the PMP PMPs PMPs
begin to preppare a research Identify a topic
c of interest and de
escribe the Submit your ttopic proposal and research
paper on a project managemen nt research apprroach you intend to follow approach on Blackboard by 11:59PM,
topic of their choice. Saturday, No ovember 6, 2010. If revisions are
required, obta
ain approval by No
ovember 13,
2010. (15 pooints)

Prooject Managemen
nt We explore how
h differences in Students will be
b able to: Required Readding:
in a Global cultural value
es and beliefs affecct  Identify what
w cultural knowle
edge is critical for  Gray and LLarson, Chapter 15
5, “International
Ennvironment project mana agement practices in i success in cross-cultural pro
ojects Projects”
areas such asa project initiation,  Describe effective task balan
ncing in global
Lo
othar Katz stakeholder management,
m projects Assignments (2
2.5 pts)
progress monitoring, conflict  Describe techniques for prevventing cultural  As a team,, prepare answers tto the “Case
Friiday, Oct. 15 AM prevention and resolution, and friction Study: Chattanooga Challeng ge” found on
ongoing com mmunication. Blackboardd and bring to classs.
 Come prep pared to discuss annd share your
own international project workk experiences

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 Title/Date Overview
En
nterprise This module introduces the
Arrchitecture – The enterprise arrchitecture,
Coontext of Projects organized in terms of
fundamental terminology and
endra Cooper
Ke definitions, stakeholders,
standards, no otations, tools and
Friiday, Oct. 15 PM
techniques. The relationship
between ente erprise level and
project level requirements is
presented. The
T concepts are
illustrated using an example
system.
Objectives
s Assignments
Students will be
b able to describe the: Required Read ding:
 Purpose and
a content of an enterprise
e Read articles b
by
architectuure  Amsden, JJensen, and White
 Stakehold ders and their roless  Townson
 Related standards,
s includingg the OMG and  Ulrich and McWhorter
The Open n Group standards  White

 OMG BPM MN notations used to represent the Whittle and d Myrick
enterprisee architecture
 Purpose ofo workflows, produ ucts, and projects
Individual Ass signment
to realize enterprise requiremments  In class asssignments
 Two established reference enterprise
e
 Process mmap – Post on Blackkboard by
architectuures. 11:59PM, Saturday, Octobe er 23, 2010
 Goal-oriented refinement of enterprise level (7.5 pointss)
requireme ents into project lev
vel requirements

Inttroduction to
Orrganizational
Beehavior: History,
Cuulture, Ethics
See OB63
301 Syllabus
Drr. Sue Freedman

Sa
aturday, Oct. 16 AM
M

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 Title/Date Overview
Prooject Selection In this modulle, we review the
Crriteria “thinking” andd applicable
processes fo or initiating and
Drr. Gerald Turner selecting proojects. We
thoroughly reeview the following
Sa
aturday, Oct. 16 PM
M questions:
 Why launch projects?
 Exactly what
w is a project an
nd
how doe es this fit into the
strategic
c planning and
management process?
 Who carres? Who are the
key stakkeholders and
beneficiaaries of this
process? ?
 What bu usiness value does
the company derive from
successfully conceived,
planned, selected, execute ed
and man naged projects?
 How do we ensure the
od of success on ke
likelihoo ey
corporatte & business
projects
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Objectives
s Assignments
Students will: Required Read ding:
 Explore th he world of corpora ate & business  Gray and LLarson, Chapter 2, “Organizational
projects and
a initiatives Strategy annd Project Selectio
on,” pp. 21-45
 Understand how projects are e “conceived” and  Morris andd Jamieson, Chapte er 2, Case
why throu ugh qualitative and quantitative Study - “Hoow a Global Aerosp pace Company
selection techniques Moves Stra ategy into Projects””
 Determine e which techniques s apply to certain
business environments, situations and Please Revieww
scenarios s and which do not... and why?  PMBOK Chapter 3, “Project M Management
 Review th he rationale for finaancial and/or Processess for a Project,” pp. 37-70
economic c justification for pro
ojects and  Heldman, CChapter 2, “Using P Project
programs s for the corporation n, business or Selection M
Methods,” pp. 58-65 5
strategic business unit – i.e., the “business
case” Prepare
 Introducee project charter con ncepts and Gray and Larsoon, Film Prioritizatio
on business
foundations case analysis, pp. 49-53. Develop p and submit
your case analyysis and recommen ndations at the
beginning of tthe class retaining a copy for your
reference durin
ng in-class discussioon.
Also, be preparred to discuss all chhallenges,
issues, risks, co
onstraints and “safeety-
mechanisms” a associated with the project
selection proceess applied to Globa al Aerospace.
Particular emph hasis will be given tto facilitated
class discussioon and a group exerrcise on the
assigned case.
(7.5 points)
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 Title/Date Overview Objectives
s Assignments
Re
equirements This module introduces the Students will be
b able to: Reading Assig
gnment
Ov
verview – Elicitatio
on overall requirrements  Identify and define important elements of a
developmentt and management repeatable, systematic proce ess used to  Wiegers, 2
2003, Chapters 1-5
To
om Sheives process and focuses in detail onn develop and
a manage differe ent types of In-class assignments
the importance of eliciting good requireme ents
Th
hursday, Nov. 11 AM
A requirementss.  Identify th
he types of requiremments, and apply  Business a
analyst interview qu
uestions
the charaacteristics of good reequirements
 Define thee boundaries betwe een project scope
and produ uct scope
 Utilize IEE
EE and SEI standa ards
 Define thee spiral method of requirements
r
developm ment
 Identify and analyze stakeho olders, their roles
and needs
 quirement “eliciting”” techniques
Utilize req
 Develop and
a understand rea al business and
user need ds
 Describe the difference betw ween features,
functions,, and benefits
 Describe the importance of correctly
c and
completely identifying the prroblem to be solvedd

Re
equirements This module provides technique es Students will be
b able to: Reading Assig
gnments
An
nalysis and for analyzingg requirements to  Apply a method
m for analyzinng requirements to
Ne
egotiation improve the overall
o success of  Wiegers, 2
2003, Chapters 6-8
improve the
t overall probability of success of
the project. the projecct
To
om Sheives
 Identify and analyze prioritie
es and risks for In-class assignments
hursday, Nov. 11 PM
Th P each requ uirement  ensive Quiz – in-class (10 points)
Comprehe
 Resolve conflicting
c requirem
ments
 Allocate system
s requiremen nts to components
 Involve sttakeholders in tradeeoffs

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 Title/Date Overview Objectives
s Assignments
De
ecision-making in
Orrganizations

Drr. Sue Freedman See OB63

301 Syllabus

Friiday, Nov. 12 AM

Te
eams, Influence, an
nd
So
ocialization

Drr. Sue Freedman See OB63

301 Syllabus

Friiday, Nov. 12 PM

Orrganizational Cultu
ure
and Design

Drr. Sue Freedman See OB63

301 Syllabus

Sa
aturday, Nov. 13 AM
A

Cu
urrent Topics on This module provides the
Re
equirements student with a survey of currentt
topics of interest to project
endra Cooper
Ke managers su uch as agile
methods, pro oduct line
aturday, Nov. 13 PM
Sa engineering, global outsourcing g,
component based
b developmentt,
or re-enginee ering legacy system
m.
A more detaiiled presentation off
two topics is provided.
Subjects will be
b able to: Individual Ass signment
 Identify cu
urrent topics and thheir impact on Paper on one to opic of interest to th
he student per
managing g projects. instructions fou
und on Blackboard A Assignments.
 For topicss covered in more depth,
d the student Post on Blackb board by 11:59 PM, Saturday,
will be ab
ble to identify the sta
akeholders, November 20, 2010. (7.5 points))
standards s, tools, and techniqques and the
impact on n project management.

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 Title/Date Overview Objectives
s Assignments
Re
equirements This module discusses Students will be
b able to: Reading Assig
gnments
Sp
pecification and techniques fo
or developing good d  Determine how to specify an nd document
Va
alidation written specific requirements an nd requireme ents  Wiegers, 2
2003, Chapters 9-10
0
systematic methods
m for validatin
ng  Apply temmplates in the documentation of In-class Assig
gnments
om Sheives
To requirementss. requireme ents
 Address common
c problems in specifying
Friiday, Dec. 10 AM
requireme ents
 Use toolss for specifying requ
uirements and
specificattion guidelines
 Identify and apply traceabilitty techniques
 Identify and apply the validaation process and
baseline requirements
 Validate the
t “goodness” of requirements
r
 Determine the testability of requirements
r –
writing test cases – acceptance criteria
 Understand the role of proto otyping and/or
model validation
 Trace req quirements to the source
 Establish guidelines for base elines

Re
equirements This module discusses the Students will be
b able to: gnments
Reading Assig
Maanagement and importance of
o change control,  Use comp ponents of requiremments managemennt
Ste
eps to  Wiegers, 2
2003, Chapters 17-2
20
version contrrol, and the steps to
o  Identify and apply the importtant elements of a
Re
equirements take to imple
ement a good change co ontrol process In-class Assig
gnments
Improvement process in ann organization.  Identify and apply good impa act analysis
technique es on change reque ests  Comprehe
ensive Quiz – in-class (10 points)
To
om Sheives
 Determine e the importance of version control
regardingg requirements
Friiday, Dec. 10 PM
 Identify co
oncepts in this course to apply to yourr
own proje ect environment
 Understand how to assess current
c processes
and envirronment
 Determine e the usefulness off tools in their
environment and identify the e kinds of tools
which ma ay be applicable

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 Title/Date Overview Objectives
s Assignments
Mo
otivation, Rewards
s,
and Job Design

Drr. Sue Freedman See OB63

301 Syllabus

Sa
aturday, Dec. 11 AM
A

Pe
ersonality,
Pe
erception, and
Co
ommunication
See OB63
301 Syllabus
Drr. Sue Freedman

Sa
aturday, Dec 11 PM
M

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Grad
ding Policy
Graded assignments should be postted to BlackBo
oard by midnigght of the day listed. If you doo not find a linnk,
e-maill Dave Wurmsttein [wurm@uutdallas.edu], Debbie
D Samac [[debbie@utdalllas.edu] and Jiim Szot
[jimszzot@utdallas.ed
du].

Consu
ult the OB 6301
1 syllabus to co
onfirm OB 630
01 assignmentss and due datess.

Assignments  Module Perccentage Type Due Date

Intro to OB: Historry, 
Com
mpany descripttion 
Cuulture & Ethicss  OB 63301 (M1)  Individual  Oct. 10 
paper 
(Freedman) 
Case
e preparation aand  Execuuting Projects in a 
22.5%  Team  Oct. 15 
class discussion
c n  Global Environment ((Katz) 
Intro to OB: Historry, 
Th
he Strategy thaat 
Cuulture & Ethicss  OB 63301 (M1)  Team  Oct. 16 
Wouldn’t Trave
W el 
(Freedman) 
Projecct Selection Criteria
Project Selection C
Case  77.5%  Individual  Oct. 16 
(Turner) 
Enterrprise Architectture 
Process Map  77.5%  Individual  Oct. 23 
(Cooper) 
Projject Management 
Professional Quiz (or  Course 
115%  Individual  Nov. 6 
research topic (Szot) 
approval if PMP P) 
Collaborative  Organizzational Culturre and 
Organization  Design  OB 63301 (M4)  Individual  Nov. 7 
Assessment  (Freedman) 
Requirements Overvview
Req
quirements Quiz 1  110%  Individual  Nov. 11 
Req’tss Analysis (Sheives) 
Amm I A Deliberatte  Deccision Making in 
OB 63301 (M2)  Individual  Nov. 12 
Decision Maker
D r?  Organizations (Freedman) 
Team and Team
T m    Teams, Influence aand    
OB 63301 (M3)  Individual  Nov. 12 
Pro
ocess Workshe eet  Socialiization (Freedm
man) 
Current Topics on 
Currrent topic pap
per  77.5%  Individual  Nov. 20 
Requirements (Cooper) 
Motivaation, Rewardss, and 
Kaaren Leary Casse  Job Design  OB 63301 (M5)  Team  Dec. 5 
(Freedman) 
Requirements Overvview
Req
quirements Quiz 2  110%  Individual  Dec. 10 
Req’tss Analysis (Sheives) 
Personality, Percepttion, 
Se
elf‐Assessmentts  and Communicatio on  OB 63301 (M6)  Individual  Dec. 11 
(Freedman) 
Personality, Percepttion, 
PPC
C Worksheet A & B  and Communicatio on  OB 63301 (M6)  Team  Dec. 11 
 (Freedman) 
Project Initiation 
Course  440%  Individual  Dec. 15 
Assignment 
Motivaation, Rewardss, and 
On
nline Assessme
ent  Job Design  OB 63301 (M5)  Individual  Dec. 20 
(Freedman) 

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Techn

For assistan
nce with BlackB
Board, Adobe Connect, and oother Project M
Management Prrogram
technology issues, e-mail Dave Wurmsteein [wurm@uttdallas.edu] andd Debbie Samaac
[debbie@uttdallas.edu].

If you experience any prob blems with youur UTD accounnt you may sennd an email to
assist@utdaallas.edu or calll the UTD Commputer Helpdeesk at 972-883--2911. Do nott contact the
UTD Comp puter Helpdessk for question ns about or prroblems with B Blackboard or Adobe
Connect. They
T cannot hellp you – these products are suupported by thhe Project Manaagement
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follow the institution’s
i copyright policy (Policy Memoorandum 84-I.33-46). For more information
about the faair use exemptiion, see http://wwww.utsystem m.edu/ogc/intelllectualpropertyy/copypol2.htm m

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Emaiil Use

The Univerrsity of Texas ata Dallas recogn nizes the valuee and efficiencyy of communiccation betweenn
faculty/staff
ff and students through electro onic mail. At thhe same time, email raises soome issues
concerning security and th he identity of each
e individuall in an email exxchange. The uuniversity
encourages all official stuudent email corrrespondence bbe sent only to a student’s U.T T. Dallas emaill
address andd that faculty annd staff consid
der email from students officiial only if it oriiginates from a
UTD studen nt account. Thiis allows the un niversity to maaintain a high ddegree of confiidence in the
identity of all
a individual corresponding
c and
a the securitty of the transmmitted informattion. UTD
furnishes eaach student witth a free email account that iss to be used in all communicaation with
university personnel.
p The Department off Information R Resources at UU.T. Dallas provvides a methodd
for studentss to have their U.T.
U Dallas maail forwarded tto other accounnts.

Withdrawal from
m Class

The administration of thiss institution hass set deadlines for withdrawaal of any collegge-level coursees.
These datess and times are published in th hat semester's course catalogg. Administratioon procedures
must be folllowed. It is thee student's resp
ponsibility to haandle withdraw
wal requiremennts from any
class. In oth
her words, I can nnot drop or withdraw
w any sttudent. You muust do the propper paperwork
to ensure th
hat you will nott receive a finaal grade of "F" in a course if yyou choose nott to attend the
class once you
y are enrolleed.

Studeent Grievancce Procedurees

Procedures for student griievances are fo

ound in Title V
V, Rules on Studdent Services aand Activities,
of the univeersity’s Handboook of Operatiing Proceduress.

In attemptin ng to resolve anny student grieevance regardinng grades, evalluations, or othher fulfillmentss
of academicc responsibility y, it is the oblig
gation of the sttudent first to m
make a serious effort to
resolve the matter with thee instructor, su upervisor, admiinistrator, or coommittee with whom the
grievance originates
o (hereeafter called “thhe respondent””). Individual ffaculty membeers retain
primary responsibility for assigning grad des and evaluaations. If the m matter cannot bee resolved at
that level, th
he grievance must
m be submittted in writing tto the respondeent with a copyy of the
respondent’’s School Dean n. If the matterr is not resolveed by the writteen response proovided by the
respondent,, the student may submit a wrritten appeal too the School Deean. If the grieevance is not
resolved by y the School Deean’s decision, the student maay make a writtten appeal to tthe Dean of
Graduate orr Undergraduatte Education, and a the deal wiill appoint and convene an Accademic
Appeals Pan nel. The decission of the Acaademic Appealss Panel is finall. The results oof the academicc
appeals process will be distributed to alll involved partiies.

Copies of th
hese rules and regulations aree available to sstudents in the Office of the D
Dean of
Students, where
w mbers are available to assist sstudents in interpreting the ruules and
staff mem
regulations..

Incom
mplete Gradee Policy

As per univversity policy, incomplete

i graades will be graanted only for w
work unavoidaably missed at
the semesteer’s end and on nly if 70% of th
he course workk has been com mpleted. An inccomplete gradee
must be resolved within eight (8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long ssemester. If thee
required woork to completee the course an nd to remove thhe incomplete ggrade is not subbmitted by thee
specified deeadline, the inccomplete gradee is changed auutomatically to a grade of F.

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Disab
bility Servicees

The goal off Disability Serrvices is to prov

vide students w
with disabilitiees educational oopportunities
equal to tho
ose of their non
n-disabled peerrs. Disability SServices is locaated in room 1..610 in the
Student Union. Office ho ours are Mondaay and Thursdaay, 8:30 a.m. too 6:30 p.m.; Tuuesday and
Wednesday y, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30
7 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 aa.m. to 5:30 p.m m.

The contactt information for

fo the Office of
o Disability Seervices is:
The Univerrsity of Texas at
a Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830 0688
Richardson, Texas 75083--0688
(972) 883-22098 (voice or TTY)
disabilityservice@utdallass.edu

If you anticcipate issues rellated to the forrmat or requireements of this ccourse, please mmeet with the
Coordinatorr of Disability Services. The Coordinator iss available to ddiscuss ways too ensure your
full particip
pation in the coourse. If you deetermine that foormal, disabilitty-related accoommodations
are necessarry, it is very im
mportant that you be registereed with Disabillity Services too notify them oof
your eligibiility for reasonable accommodations. Disabbility Services can then plan how best to
coordinate your
y accommo odations.

It is the stud y his or her proofessors of the need for such aan
dent’s responsiibility to notify
accommodaation. Disability Services pro ovides studentss with letters too present to facculty members
to verify thaat the student has
h a disability y and needs acccommodations.. Individuals rrequiring speciaal
accommodaation should co ontact the profeessor after classs or during offfice hours.

Religious Holy Da
ays

The Univerrsity of Texas at

a Dallas will excuse
e a studeent from class or other requirred activities fo
for
the travel to and observaance of a religiious holy day for a religionn whose placess of worship aare
exempt fromm property tax under Sectionn 11.20, Tax Coode, Texas Codde Annotated.

The studentt is encouragedd to notify the instructor or acctivity sponsorr as soon as poossible regardinng
the absencee, preferably in
n advance of thhe assignment. The student, so excused, wiill be allowed to
take the exxam or compleete the assignm ment within a reasonable tim me after the abbsence: a periood
equal to thee length of thee absence, up to a maximum m of one weekk. A student w who notifies thhe
instructor and completes any
a missed exaam or assignm ment may not be penalized forr the absence. A
student who plete the exam or assignmentt within the prrescribed period may receivee a
o fails to comp
failing grad
de for that exam
m or assignmen nt.

If a studentt or an instrucctor disagrees about the natuure of the abssence [i.e., forr the purpose oof
observing a religious holy y day] or if there is similar ddisagreement aabout whetherr the student haas
been given a reasonable time to comp plete any miss ed assignmentts or examinattions, either thhe
student or the
t instructor may
m request a ruling
r from thee chief executivve officer of thhe institution, oor
his or her designee.
d The chief
c executivee officer or dessignee must taake into accounnt the legislativve
intent of TEEC 51.911(b),, and the studeent and instrucctor will abidee by the decision of the chief
executive officer or designnee.

Th
hese descriptiions and timeelines are sub
bject to changge at the disccretion of the Professor.

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