Course Policies

• Attendance
• Lateness Policy
• Grading Standards
• Accommodation: If you have a learning disability or any other special need, please contact me and we can discuss how I can help you..

• Snow Policy: If for any reason a class is not held at the assigned time, all work scheduled for that day is automatically rescheduled for the next scheduled class period. Any projects, assignments, or homeworks due on a missed day become due at the next scheduled class period. Similarly, any tests scheduled for a class period which is not held at the assigned time will be given at the next scheduled class period. Severe computer outages (all computers down for more than four hours) will be treated as snow for the purposes of rescheduling homework assignments using the computer.

• Retaining Graded Work: I make every effort to ensure that the grades I have recorded for you are accurate, but occasionally I make an accounting error or a typo. These errors can always be fixed, as long as you have kept your graded work (test, program, homework, or whatever). You can just show me the grade written on it, and I'll correct my records. You should hang on to your work until you get your final grades for the semester from the registrar.
• Collaboration: Usually, students are expected to work independently on projects and assignments. However, in some cases, certain assignments will be designated for working in groups. For these assignments, each group will turn in one assignment with all names of the group members on that assignment. Unless you are explicitly told to collaborate, you are expected to work independently.

• Academic Honesty: Most students are honest, and I don't expect to have to bring anyone to the general judiciary. Generally speaking, you should help one another to learn the material, but you may not "collaborate" to the extent that one person is getting answers from another. There are gray areas where these become hard to distinguish, but the best rule is whether you could ask me the same question and get an answer, or whether you could "collaborate" in the same way with me.