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, the student's name must appear on the 
  first  page.  In  case  of  group projects, the  names  of all  students 
  involved must appear on the first page. Fourth, all written work that is
  turned in should be typed  using appropriate word and  symbol processing  
  software.
     Most assigned homework problems are problems that are to be solved 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 write up  and turn in  his or her work  on the practice
  problems, if any, that were assigned the last  class session the student 
  attended before the absence.   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 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.  


                            Grade Transmittal 

  The instructor will not compute  overall  grades for individual students 
  while the  semester  is in  progress.  Students who  wish to know  their 
  grades at various  times during  the semester  should take  care to keep 
  track of all their scores, and then they can compute their own grades at
  any time. No information about grades or exam scores will be transmitted
  by email by the instructor at  any time during or after the semester.