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Academic Integrity

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There is no group work assigned in this course. You are required to work on your own for all assignments and exams. We will follow the University Policy on Academic Integrity regarding any cheating and plagiarism. Take the time to familiarize yourself with the contents of this page, as you are responsible for its contents.

Disabilities

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If you have a diagnosed disability (physical, learning, or psychological) that will make it difficult for you to carry out the course work as outlined, or that requires accommodations such as recruiting note-takers, readers, or extended time on exams or assignments, please advise the instructor during the first two weeks of the course so that we may review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations.

Exams

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If you do not attend an examination (in-class or final), you will receive a grade of 0 (zero) for that examination. I will make an exception to this rule only in the case of a documented medical or family emergency.

You will not be permitted to leave the examination room during the first 30 minutes after the scheduled start time of the examination.

You will not be permitted to write an examination if you arrive more than 30 minutes after the scheduled start time of the examination.

If you miss an examination because of sickness or similar reasons, visit a physician and obtain a note detailing the period during which you were medically incapable of taking the exam. Notify your instructor immediately via e-mail or telephone (voice mail) if you are going to miss an exam before the exam takes place, unless medically impossible. See your instructor as soon as you return to class.

Grading

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The following table indicates the grade breakdown which I will use in assigning grades in the course. I reserve the right to make adjustments to the breakdown if I feel it is necessary.

70% Exam component

30% Homework component

For undergraduate courses, I usually use the following formula to compute the exam scores:

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    Two options
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    There will be two options for calculating your score for the exam
    component of the course. The first option is for the first two exams
    to carry 20%, 20% respectively, and the final exam to count for 30%.
    the second option is to let the final exam count for 70% of your
    grade. The option which gives you the higher score in the course will
    be used automatically.
    
    You must have attended both in-class exams in order for the final-exam only
    option to be available to you. If you did not write the in-class exams,
    you cannot make use of the final-exam only option.
    
    What does this mean?
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    The motivation for having two grading options available is to ensure
    that you are not penalized if you had a rough start in the course, but
    managed to do really well on the final exam. If you do poorly on the
    in-class exams, you can still do well in the course by demonstrating
    that you have learned the material on the final exam. Of course, if
    you do poorly on the in-class exams, this means you are playing
    without a safety net.

Incompletes

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Generally, incomplete ("I") grades are not given. However, very rarely, circumstances truly beyond the student's control prevents him or her from completing work in the course. In such cases the instructor can give a grade of "I". The student will be given instructions and a deadline for completing the work, usually no more than 30 days past the end of the semester. University and department policy dictate that "I" grades can be given only if the following conditions are met:

An Incomplete will only be given for missing a small part of the course.
An Incomplete will only be given when the student misses work due to circumstances beyond his/her control.
An Incomplete will only be given when the student is passing the course except for the missed material.
An Incomplete is to be made up with the original course instructor within the time specified by the appropriate University regulation (see appropriate document above), and usually within the following semester.
An Incomplete will not be given to allow the student to informally retake the entire course, and have that grade count as the grade of the original course.

Incompletes can not be given as a shelter from poor grades. It is the student's responsibility to make a timely resignation from the course if he or she is doing poorly for any reason. The last day to resign the course is listed in the Spring 2003 Calendar for Students.

Late policy

Assignments handed in late will not be graded.

Regrading

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Any questions about the grading of a piece of work must be raised within one week of the date that the work was returned. In other words, if you do not pick up your work in a timely fashion, you may forfeit your right to question the grading of your work.