Attendance Policy

Attendance is required and expected. Students that come do better! Each of you will probably have two really valid reasons for missing class. You will be representing the university on a sporting team, presenting papers at a conference, family emergency, need to catch a flight,  illness, etc. There will be a two percentage point deduction for each absence starting with the third! This means that if you have a 91% average and three absences, you can expect to get a B+ instead of an A-. Exceptions may be granted for extreme circumstances, such as two weeks in a hospital, having a baby, etc.; come talk to me.

Attendance will be taken during at the start of class. If you are not there when at the start of lecture, you are late. If you are not there in 10 minutes, you are absent. You may be late two times. There will be a one percentage point deduction for each late penalty starting with the third. If you have a problem with other instructors letting you out on time, talk to both me and them.

Lab Assignments

Each assignment is due at the beginning of lecture on the date specified. Labs submitted after the beginning of class are late!  Do not come to class late or skip class in order to complete your assignments, this will put you behind on the new material! 

Under normal circumstances, no labs will be accepted more than one week late. Special arrangements will be made for exceptional circumstances, such as students in the hospital for an extended period of time.

Each assignment will be posted on the web. The first page of the assignment must be completed and stapled to the front of each lab.

Where To Submit Late Lab Assignments For Grading

Place all late labs in my mail box [Halsell 201].
 

Late Lab Assignments Will Be Accepted

Late Written Homework will be accepted. Under normal circumstances, no labs will be accepted more than one week late. Special arrangements will be made for exceptional circumstances, such as students in the hospital for an extended period of time.

Late penalties will range from 10% - 50%
 

What if the Lab is Down For A Period Of Time?

Should university access to computer facilities significantly effect your ability to complete an assignment, due dates will be appropriately adjusted; these dates will not be altered if a lab is down for only part of an evening. It is not necessary to call Dr. Hicks if the network goes down. Labs should be done as scheduled!

Having difficulties?

1. Check your mail!
2. Seek help from group members.
3. Bring printed copies of information that will help us detect your problems without going on-line!

Can you send me email?

1. bring an informal transcript
2. a letter listing work experiences, awards, scholarships, etc.
3. a placement form to add the recommendation to your file (if applicable)
4. stamped and addressed (typed) envelopes (if applicable)
5. hard copies of significant programming efforts that I have not seen (computer science majors)
   

Academic Integrity:

Some assignments will be team assignments. Most assignments will be individual assignments. With the exception of fellow team members, working on a team assignment, each student is to complete his/her own work. All exams shall be done individually by each student. It is this professor's feelings that those students who sacrifice their own integrity by falsely representing their work, or who knowingly aide others in doing so, have no place in higher education.

The general policy for cheating is an automatic "F" in the course, a letter submitted to student affairs, and the proper following of Trinity University academic integrity policy.

Take great care to erase all labs from university computers so that others may not submit your work as their own!  Do not loan any lab or project to a fellow student! Do your own work!

Before you resort to turning in someone else's work as your own, let's talk. If you are under undue pressure to aide other students in such a way that your own security is threatened, let's talk.  It is not worth failing a three hour course and risking your entire academic future!