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Rules and Regulations



It is important for students to be aware of these rules and regulations which may change throughout the course. Changes will be announced in class, and all changes will be listed on the website. Students are responsible for keeping up with the Course Rules and Regulations as stated on the website.

  1. Attendance policy: Attendance is not taken, but you are responsible for all assigned material, whether it is presented in lecture or not. You are also responsible for knowing the deadlines for all assignments and for any announcements of changes in the schedule that may be made in lecture.
  2. Illness (as an excuse) must always be established in writing (e-mail is acceptable).
  3. If you do not submit an assignment on time or miss an exam (including being late and for illness), you will receive a grade of zero, unless you have prearranged approval by your professor. Messages of any kind including, but not limited to, email, telephone message, oral messages of any kind, notes delivered by a third party, etc., are not acceptable by themselves without a response by your professor. Any oral approval given by your professor must be confirmed in writing.
  4. There will be no rescheduling of exams or quizzes to accommodate individual students. Exams and quizzes are excused only for instructor-approved personal or family medical emergencies, official university travel, or certain religious holidays. http://college.as.virginia.edu/absence_regulations
  5. As stated above, no makeup midterm exams will be given. Missed exams receive a grade of zero unless an excused absence is granted by the professor before the exam.
  6. Each student enrolled in the course will receive a grade at the end of term; a grade of incomplete will not be used. If, for whatever reason, you cannot keep up with the course requirements then you are expected to withdraw from the course. The last day to withdraw from the course depends on your program and can be found using the "Add/Drop/Withdrawal" at http://www.virginia.edu/registrar/calendar.html.
  7. You may work together on the homework, but you must personally work out the solution and submit this to WebAssign yourself.
  8. The honor pledge is implicit for the exams and homework. By turning in an exam or assignment, with or without a written pledge, a student agrees to be bound by the honor pledge and the UVa Honor System with regard to that item.  It is the responsibility of each student to learn the rules of the UVa Honor System.
  9. Final words on grading
    o) All grading is final except in cases where the scores were added or recorded incorrectly.
    o) We will not discuss whether students are on the "threshold" of the next higher semester grade. That information only promotes grade grubbing, which is strongly discouraged.
    o) No extra credit work is given.  Extensions to deadlines or regrading will not be offered for cases of internet outages, computer problems, incorrect entry of answers, etc.  Start your work early and study the tutorial on the homework system.