Course Policies

 

Grading

You will be able to obtain a maximum of 500 points in this class, divided as follows:

Three 2-hour exams, 100 points each
Final exam, 100 points
Homework and Quizzes, 100 points

The Homework and Quizzes score will be computed as follows. There are 248 homework problems in the course, but the homework grade will be based on 220 problems. Thus, if you answer x homework problems correctly, your homework score will be (x/220) times 80. (220 correct homework problems will give you 80 points for the homework.) The quiz score will be at most 20 points. Your instructor will decide exactly how to award those points based on your in-class quizzes. Note that you if you answer more than 220 homework problems correctly, then you could end up with more than 100 points for the "Homework and Quizzes" score.

Your final grade for the course will be based on the total points you have earned as follows.

A: 450-500
B: 400-449
C: 350-399
D: 300-349
E: 0-299

The grading scale might be adjusted at the end of the semester on a course-wide basis (in other words, every instructor will use the same grading scale). You will be guaranteed the above letter grade if your score falls within the given range, but the minimum score for each letter grade might be lowered.

Attendance

Attendance in MA123 is mandatory. Your instructor will inform you how s/he keeps track of your attendance.

Students who have university excused absences or who have university-scheduled class conflicts with uniform examinations may arrange with their instructor to take the exam at an alternate time. Generally these make-up exams will be scheduled on the day after the regularly scheduled exam. The time and room will be announced later. Work-related conflicts are neither university excused absences nor university-scheduled absences.

Academic Honesty

Cheating or plagiarism is a serious offense and will not be tolerated. It will be thoroughly investigated, and might lead to failure in the course or even to expulsion from the university. See
http://www.uky.edu/StudentAffairs/Code/part2.html
(Sections 6.3.1 and 6.3.2) for information on cheating, plagiarism, and penalties.

A summary of recent changes to rules on cheating can be found at the Academic Ombud website:
http://www.uky.edu/Ombud