Spring 2006
Website
Instructor
Grader Class Meetings Textbook Description Goals Websites from Phy4523 in Prior Years
Grading Final Exam
Make-up Exams Attendance & Participation A student who stops participating in the class -- i.e. who ceases
to attend class, do homework, communicate with the instructor, take
quizzes/exams -- should drop the course, because otherwise a failing grade
is certain. No special end-of-semester arrangements (such as make-up
work, late-drop petitions, incomplete grades, signatures on various
forms, etc.) will be provided to any student who simply disappeared
for a substantial portion of the semester. Such accomodations are only
available to students who have participated in class and kept in regular
contact with the instructor during the term.
Registration Status Incomplete Grades
Syllabus:
The Instructor believes that make-up exams
are intrinsically unfair. This unfairness can be mitigated (but not
eliminated) by keeping the number of make-ups to an absolute minimum.
A make-up for a missed exam will be granted only in the most dire
situation. (A student who lacks diligence in contacting the instructor
once this dire situation arises is unlikely to be granted the make-up.)
There will be no makeups for missed quizzes. Some students
may nevertheless suffer from a severe personal or family emergency that
forces them to miss a quiz: Therefore, the two lowest quiz scores will
be dropped when final grades are calculated.