Standards for Homework

  For all homework assignments that are required to be turned in there are
  four rules.  First, an assignment must be turned in no later than at the
  beginning of class the  day it is due, unless the student is absent that
  day, in which case the assignment must be turned in no later than at the
  start of class the day the student returns from being absent. Second, if
  the completed assignment includes multiple pages,  these must be stapled
  or paper-clipped  together.  Third, a descriptive title, author name(s), 
  and date must appear  in  two  or three lines centered at the top of the 
  first  (or solitary)  page. Fourth, all  written  work that is submitted 
  should be typed, using appropriate word and  symbol processing software.  
  Lines of text must be single spaced, though mathematical formulas may be
  displayed with standard display spacing.
    Most assigned  homework  problems  are practice  problems.  These  are 
  problems that are to be done or at least attempted before the next class
  session  but are not  ordinarily  required  to  be turned in.  For every 
  student  it is  important  to practice solving  these problems,  because
  similar problems will appear on exams.
 

                             Attendance Policy

  Class attendance  is  required.   If  a student  is absent from  a class 
  session or  a consecutive sequence of class sessions,  then that student 
  is required to  type up  and turn in  a one page  or two page paper that 
  explains as efficiently as possible, how to solve the practice problems, 
  if any, that were assigned  the last class session the  student attended  
  before the  absence.  Solutions to specific problems should be included, 
  and these  solutions  should be  presented  in full sentences. 
     This work  is  due  at the beginning  of the first class session  the
  student attends after the absence, and turning in  the assignment is the
  student's responsibility. If work on said  problems  is  turned  in  and 
  meets or exceeds the quality standards  set by  the instructor, then the
  student's absence will  be  excused, except that  in some cases, such as
  as when few  or no practice  problems were assigned, the instructor  may 
  assign additional  work  as  a  condition  of  being excused.  Unexcused 
  absences are likely to lead to a lower grade at the end of the semester.  
     A paper based on  a set of assigned practice problems should be typed  
  in full sentences.  If there  are any even numbered problems in the set,
  answers to  some  or  all of  them should be included.  Tables, lists of 
  answers, and graphics  displays that do not obtrude are allowed but must
  be accounted for, in full  sentences, so that a reader  will  understand 
  readily where they came from  and  how  entries in lists and tables were 
  obtained. In courses numbered below 207, mathematical  formulas, tables, 
  and graphics displays may be hand drawn.
      

                             Grade Transmittal 

  The instructor will not compute  overall  grades for individual students 
  while  the  semester  is  in  progress,  though  this information may be 
  available through software supported by the University, such as D2L.  No 
  information about grades or exam scores will be transmitted  by email by 
  the instructor at any time during or after the semester.