Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Fall 2018
1. Students must attend every class. Only absences caused by health, family, or medical-
related reasons are justified. Parental justification for family affairs, or a medical
certificate for health issues will be required. Students who are absent more than 3 times
will be reported to the Associate Head of the Department and the final grade will be
reduced by one letter grade.
2. Class participation will be actively sought by the professor at all times, as individual
students are asked questions and calculations are checked by all.
3. Cell phones, alarms, and pagers must be turned off for the duration of class, including
exams. These devices may not make an appearance of any kind during class or exams.
Disregarding this request will result in the owner of the device being asked to leave the
class room, not to return until next class.
4. Homework assignments are due at the beginning of the class and will be collected in
class by the grader. The aggregate of homework assignments constitutes 15 percent of the
final grade.
5. A midterm exam, open-book style, will be given during a class period halfway into the
semester. It will contribute 25 percent of the final grade.
6. A comprehensive final exam, open-book style, will be given on the date indicated in the
University calendar. It will be worth 60 percent of the final grade. To pass this course the
final exam grade must be ≥ 60 points in a 100 point scale.
7. Students are required to write LEGIBLE LARGE scripts using soft black-lead pencils
both in the homework assignments and in the exams given in this class. Students are
required to use engineering paper for their homework and write on ONE side of the paper
only. Neat calculations and drawings are expected (an example of acceptable work will
be posted to the class website for students’ reference). Failure to comply with the above
requests will result in up to 20 percent penalty imposed on the homework and/or the
exam grades.
8. In case the professor had to be absent there will be no class. Each two-hour period will be
recovered in consecutive classes, which shall either start one-half hour earlier or continue
for one half hour later than regularly scheduled. Students will be notified by e-mail, when
possible, of any such event. No absence by the professor is foreseen at this time.
9. A teaching assistant will be identified in class who shall hold regular office hours. Time
and place, including e-mail address and telephone number, to be announced after classes
begin. Students are welcome to contact the teaching assistant at his office or by telephone
and e-mail.
Homework assignments requirements:
Please note the following in relation to homework assignments in this class:
Academic integrity:
“The University has the responsibility for maintaining academic integrity so as to protect the
quality of education and research on our campus and to protect those who depend upon our
integrity. It is the responsibility of the student to refrain from infractions of academic integrity,
from conduct that may lead to suspicion of such infractions, and from conduct that aids others in
such infractions.” (Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students, Academic
Integrity – Preamble, 1-402). In this course, you are expected to submit your own, original work
that has not been previously submitted for credit.