Students are expected to attend every scheduled class and to be familiar with the University Class Attendance policy as it appears in the General Catalog. It is the student's responsibility to keep informed of any announcements, syllabus adjustments or policy changes made during scheduled classes, by email or on WebAssign. Students are expected to behave in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and the Code of Academic Integrity. The guiding principle of academic integrity is that a student's submitted work must be the student's own. University policies can be found at http://deanofstudents.arizona.edu/policiesandcodes.
Coming to class is your responsibility: I don't require an excuse for a missed class. However I will administratively drop any students who misses the first two classes to free up room for other students who want to add the course.
Homework will be submitted in two formats throughout the semester. A computer grading program called WebAssign will be used for problems assigned from the text (see final section of this document for more information). Hand-written homework showing all work with proper notation will also be submitted. These problems will come from the text and/or from a set of problems created by your instructor. A final homework score based on 100 possible points will be assigned (75 points from the computer graded assignments and 25 points from the hand-written assignments).
Written homework will be collected at the beginning of the class in which it is due. Late homework will NOT be accepted for any reason. If you know you will miss a class arrange with me to submit homework early. To make up for unforeseeable absences one lowest written homework grade will be dropped from the grade calculation at the end of semester.
There will be three in-class exams with the first worth 80 points and the second and third worth 110 points each. They are currently scheduled for Thursday January 31, Thursday February 28 and Thursday, April 18. All non-calculator (see below for which calculators are allowed) electronic devices, particularly cell phones, must be turned off during all exams. Silence and vibration modes are not allowed.
In general, there will be no make-up exams in the course. However, in complex and unusual circumstances which are beyond your control, a make-up exam may be given on a case-by-case basis. This will require providing a detailed account of the situation and supporting documents. Approval in these cases is at the sole discretion of the instructor, the associate head for instruction of the math department and/or the dean of students.
If you are going to miss an exam for a valid reason let me know as far before the exam as possible. If you miss an exam for unforeseeable reasons let me know as quickly as possible. In both cases if you have a valid reason (a dean's excuse or a medical emergency for example) I will give you a makeup test at an agreed upon time. If you do not have a valid reason for missing an exam you will receive a score of zero for that exam.
| 3 In-class exams | 300 |
| Final Exam | 200 |
| Homework | 100 |
| Total | 600 |
There will be no 'curving' or 'extra credit'. Your final grade will depend on your percentage of the 600 points available. Grades will be no lower than those set out in the following table.
| 90 to 100% | 80 to 90% | 70 to 80% | 60 to 70% | less than 60% |
| A | B | C | D | E |