The exams will be timed from 1-1:50 PM. All exams must be turned in when the time is up. Further work on an exam after time is called may result in a zero for that exam. The answer key for the exam will be available via the homework server soon after the exam and the results (your score) will be posted shortly after the exam also. Usually by 3:00 PM.
Each EXAM COPY will be unique and have its own KEY. We will provide you with the exam AND the answer sheet (aka bubblesheet). You MUST bubble into the bubblesheet the VERSION NUMBER that is printed at the top of each exam copy (a 3-digit number, not 50820). No two are alike and if you copy another person, you will definitely get a ZERO. All version numbers must be bubbled into the appropriate spaces on the bubblesheet. Always bubble in the version number for the exam or you will get a really bad grade. Also bubble in your name and student ID number (that 10-digit number you have MEMORIZED, remember???) in the spaces provided on the answer sheets. YES, we provide both the exams AND the bubblesheets. You provide the pencils, calculators, and brain power.
Also, keep your head pointed at your paper during an exam. Do not "look suspicious" of cheating. If you do, we will most likely stare at you through the entire exam time - most students would rather we not stare at them. All notes and books must be completely secured inside a zipped up backpack. AND, once again BRING YOUR OWN SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR!!! We do NOT provide calculators.
Quizzes can be given in class (classquiz) or on the web (webquiz) and are relatively short (just a few questions). Quizzes could be given ANYTIME I want during class time. If you show up late, you might miss a quiz. So be on time and prepared for the occasional quiz. Quizzes MAY or MAY NOT be announced. If you aren't in class and I give a classquiz, you will get a zero for that quiz. The same rules apply to classquizzes that apply to EXAMS.
Most of the quizzes I give, will be via the web. Webquizzes are found on the homework server - just like the homework. However, webquizs will have short availability. This means that I can tell you in class that a web quiz is posted and the quiz will be due that night at midnight which means you must download the quiz and get it done all in one evening. We will let you know in class when the quiz is due.
Your quiz average will count 5% toward your final grade. Just like exams, you can't make-up a quiz for any reason. However, IF (note the big IF here) you have completed ALL the quizzes and you have a passing average on them, I will also offer the following: If your 4-exam average is higher than your quiz average, I will substitute your 4-exam average for your quiz average.
I can give "add-on" quizzes in class or on the web also. An add-on quiz will count as I see fit. Add-on quizzes will count as ADD-ON points to your exam scores. Say you made a 78 on exam 2 and I give an add-on quiz worth 3 points. Your 78 could potentially go up to an 81. This quizzes can be at ANY TIME during class or even via the homwork service. If you show up late or leave early, you might miss a quiz. So be on time and prepared for the occasional quiz. Quizzes MAY or MAY NOT be announced. If you aren't in class and I give an add-on quiz, you will get a zero for that quiz (no make-ups). If you miss one of these quizzes for a legitimate reason - come see me in an office hour and I'll listen and make a note of your misfortune.
Homeworks will be 0% of your final course grade - I only look at your scores on homework when you are on the bubble (see "On the Bubble" below). Homeworks will be available via the homework server. If you want to know what the exams will LOOK like, you will do the homeworks. Although the scores that you get on the homework don't really matter, the experience and skill that you gain from doing them is PARAMOUNT. Homework will absolutely not be accepted after the deadline that is posted on the homework assignment. Homework must be turned in (submitted via the web) before this deadline in order to receive any credit. Late homework will not be graded and a score of zero will be recorded.
Although the graded homework is only what I assign via the web and the homework service, it is very important that you also work the problems in the textbook at the end of each chapter. You must discipline yourself to do the problems in the book. You should at least work the even problems - answers are in the back of the book and the student solutions manual is available for you to see HOW the problem is worked.
Another part of homework and the course is that you try your best to read the book. It works much better if you can read AHEAD of where I am in class. Even a quick skimming of the chapter is better than nothing. Please try to do this before each class meeting and you will find that lecture makes far more sense.