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CIVL 4440, FALL 2015-COURSE POLICIES Class attendance Class attendance is not compulsory and is not tracked. Nonetheless, students are strongly encouraged to attend all lectures. Any material covered or announcement made during a student’s absence will not be repeated. Assessment Students’ final grades are determined according to the following distribution: midterm examination–25%, final examination–35%, homework–30%, class participation–5%, pop quizzes–5%. Homework There are 5 homework. For the homework, you may work individually, or in pairs. A submissions that is late by 24 hours or less will have its score reduced by 30%. A submission that is late by 24-48 hours will have its score reduced by 60%. Submissions later than 48 hours will not be accepted. Pop quizzes There are 7 to 8 pop quizzes. A quiz may be held any time during the semester, and no announcement will be made to inform the students beforehand. When computing a student’s final grade, the quiz with the lowest score will be dropped. Given this, any request for a make-up quiz will not be entertained regardless of the student’s circumstances. A missed quiz will be assigned a score of zero. Class participation Credit is given for class participation. To obtain full credit, students are required to participate in class. Credit is given for effort, and NOT correctness. To track a student’s participation, if the student has asked a question or contributed to a discussion during class, the student is requested to write his/her name on a slip of paper and pass it to the instructor at the end of the class. At the end of the semester, the instructor will make a count of the number of slips with the student’s name. Students having a count of 5 or greater will be given full credit for class participation. If the count is 4 or less, credit will be given on a pro-rated basis. In-class exercises In-class exercises are small exercises carried out during lecture to improve the students’ learning experience. No credit is attached to these exercises. Make-up examinations There are two examinations, a midterm and a final. A missed examination will be assigned a score of zero. A make-up examination is allowed only under the most exceptional circumstances, and is administered at the instructor’s discretion. A student requesting for a make-up due to a medical reason must produce a doctor’s note supporting his or her claim. It
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CIVL 4440, FALL 2015-COURSE POLICIES
Class attendance
Class attendance is not compulsory and is not tracked. Nonetheless, students are strongly encouraged to attend all lectures. Any material covered or announcement made during a student’s absence will not be repeated.
Assessment
Students’ final grades are determined according to the following distribution: midterm examination–25%, final examination–35%, homework–30%, class participation–5%, pop quizzes–5%.
Homework
There are 5 homework. For the homework, you may work individually, or in pairs. A submissions that is late by 24 hours or less will have its score reduced by 30%. A submission that is late by 24-48 hours will have its score reduced by 60%. Submissions later than 48 hours will not be accepted.
Pop quizzes
There are 7 to 8 pop quizzes. A quiz may be held any time during the semester, and no announcement will be made to inform the students beforehand. When computing a student’s final grade, the quiz with the lowest score will be dropped. Given this, any request for a make-up quiz will not be entertained regardless of the student’s circumstances. A missed quiz will be assigned a score of zero.
Class participation
Credit is given for class participation. To obtain full credit, students are required to participate in class. Credit is given for effort, and NOT correctness. To track a student’s participation, if the student has asked a question or contributed to a discussion during class, the student is requested to write his/her name on a slip of paper and pass it to the instructor at the end of the class. At the end of the semester, the instructor will make a count of the number of slips with the student’s name. Students having a count of 5 or greater will be given full credit for class participation. If the count is 4 or less, credit will be given on a pro-rated basis.
In-class exercises
In-class exercises are small exercises carried out during lecture to improve the students’ learning experience. No credit is attached to these exercises.
Make-up examinations
There are two examinations, a midterm and a final. A missed examination will be assigned a score of zero. A make-up examination is allowed only under the most exceptional circumstances, and is administered at the instructor’s discretion. A student requesting for a make-up due to a medical reason must produce a doctor’s note supporting his or her claim. It
is the student’s responsibility to contact the instructor prior to the scheduled time of the examination to request for a make-up.
It is often difficult, if not impossible, to create a make-up that is equal in difficulty to the original examination. Thus, to be fair to the majority of students taking the original examination, the make-up will have to be the more difficult of the two.
The make-up examination may be in a format that is different from the original examination.
Academic misconduct
Academic misconduct, or academic dishonesty, is taken very seriously. Students are strongly advised against cheating in an examination. If a student is found cheating, action according to university policy will be taken.
Sometimes a student may feel the need to cheat or copy because he or she is having difficulty understanding the contents of the course, or unable to cope with the workload. If that is the case, the student is advised to approach the instructor or teaching assistant for advice. Should there be a need, special review sessions or one-on-one consultation can be arranged.
Instructor and TA accessibility
Students are encouraged to contact, either by email or in person, the instructor or teaching assistant in case of any concern or problem. The instructor and teaching assistant’s contact details are as listed in the course syllabus. The instructor will not be holding scheduled office hours, but will be available to answer questions immediately after lecture on Monday and Friday.
CANVAS
Lecture materials will be made available for download on the course CANVAS website about 7-10 days before being covered in class. Homework assignments will also be made available on the CANVAS website.
Announcements
All announcements relating to the course with regards to homework, examinations and other matters will be made through the course CANVAS website. Announcements may or may not be repeated in lecture. It is the student’s responsibility to regularly check CANVAS for updates.
