Attendance and Participation Policy

Students are expected to attend, on time,  class sessions. If you miss class you are responsible for obtaining the notes and the assignments. Additionally, students will be asked to participate in class discussions. Problems will be worked in class  sessions, so please bring your textbook. Being late to class is not considered professional behavior.

Homework

Homework is assigned but not collected or graded. Solutions will be available to the students. It is  responsibility of the students to make sure that they can complete the homework and this will be tested in quizzes and exams.

Assignments and Homework

Students are expected to read the scheduled chapters and perform the problem sets assigned prior to class.

 

Late Assignments

A late fee of 10% of the grade is imposed for each day (or part of a day) that an assignment  is late. No grade is awarded if the work is submitted after the solutions have been posted on the web (duh!).

Quizzes and Exams

A quiz will be given at class on scheduled dates and will cover the material since the last quiz, including work done in class and homework. Calculators may not be allowed in some quizzes or exams. Two exams will be given. The exams will test the student's overall understanding of the concepts and processes presented in the book, in homework  and in lectures. The lowest score on the quizzes will not count towards the course grade.

 

Grading

This course is NOT graded on a curve

Quizzes 50% 2 Exams @ 25% each Total: 100%

>96.67,"A+" >93.33,"A" >90.00,"A-" >86.67,"B+ >83.33,"B" >80.00,"B-" >76.67,"C+" >73.33,"C" >70.00,"C-" >66.67,"D+ >63.33,"D" >60.00,"D-" else F.

Students will have to obtain a satisfactory grade on both exams and quizzes in order to pass the course. No make up quizzes will be given. Students will be excused a quiz only for an authorized absence.

Academic Honesty

Students will be held to the highest standards of academic honesty. Students are not allowed to copy the work of another student nor are they to allow their work to be copied. Violations will be dealt with as outlined in the Engineering College's guidelines on academic dishonesty. It is however, acceptable for students to help each other on their homework as long as students do not copy each other's work. Be especially careful of plagiarism.

Students with Disabilities

Professor O'Grady would like to hear from anyone who has a disability that may require some modification of the seating, testing, or other class requirements so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Please contact Prof. O'Grady to discuss any issues you might have.