The Rules

Course Rules

It is hard to keep up with all the special situations. The following rules
might sound extreme, but are needed to keep some order in this extremely
large class.

1. No makeups
   tests for the final exam or quizzes.

1. An excused miss means the next exam
   counts for the one missed.
2. Students must take exams in their assigned
   lecture sections

2. Medical excuses for
   missed work must be well documented and state exactly why you are unable
   to participate in a class activity. Feeling bad and going to the student
   health services after the fact
   is not a valid excuse.

1. Other excuses (car breakdown, family
   funeral, etc.) must have official documentation with dates and times..
2. Sleeping late and missing a quiz is not a
   valid excuse.

1. Attend your assigned
   recitation.
2. Students must attend their
   assigned lab and no other. It is the only time that lab work will
   be signed off.  If a student misses lab, unexcused, the Instructor
   Verification will be missed, but that will probably only count 10–15
    points.
3. Put your lab section
   number, recitation professor’s name and lecture time on all assignments.
4. Read the t-square announcements daily.
   It is the official conduit for course announcements. There are also
   several forum topics devoted to labs and homeworks.
5. Academic HONESTY:
   It is permissible to discuss
   homework and labs with your peers, but the written work that you turn in
   must be your own. Copying code and plagiarizing labs (or HWs) is a
   serious violation of the GT Honor code and will be referred to the Dean
   of Students for penalties.

Bottom Line:

Reasonable requests will be
honored if we know about them IN
ADVANCE.  If you have to miss something, document it carefully
and let the professor (and your TA) know by e-mail
immediately.