Attendance and Responsibility

Class attendance is mandatory. If you must miss a class for a legitimate reason please inform me early as possible so that we can plan appropriately and provide you with makeup materials.

Laptop Use

Student laptops may not be open during class unless specifically requested.

Grading Policy

• 60 percent of your grade will be determined by your HW assignments (breakdown described below)
• 40 percent for your grade will be determined by the quizzes.

Homework

• Homework will be graded only on effort and timeliness. We will only check that you are working with the problems, we will not grade whether each problem is correct or not.
• Homework due dates will be listed on the website though the dates may change in realtime. Any changes will be announced in class and I will not promise to always update such changes on this website.
• Hand in your homework on the due date. It will be checked and returned to you next class period. This check will only grade on "effort". Did you make an honest effort at the homework? Did you complete everything on time? If yes, then you get full credit.
• After the due date, solutions will be posted on the website. Within one week of the due date, self-grade your homework using a red pen to make corrections. Write a very brief summary of your own assessment of your work and understanding of the assignment. Include a bullet list summary of each problem (note if you got it correct, made a minor mistake and now understand, did not have time to complete the problem, were completely confused, etc). Also include in your summary an overall assessment of howyou feel you did, what concepts are still confusing, and note about how much time outside of class you spent. It is important that you are honest in your assessment.
• Your HW notebook may be spot checked throughout the semester. If your assignments and grading are up to date, you will recieve full credit for HW regardless of whether your work was all correct. The grade is based on spending a reasonable amount of effort on the course and keeping everything up to date.
• All notebooks will be collected at the end of the course for a final evaluation.

Quizzes

Collaboration Policy

You are encouraged to work with others, but please do your own work. Please write the names of people you collaborate with on each of the assignments. It is expected that you could explain everything in your notebook.