Transcript My Policies - DePaul University

My Policies and Some Advice
for Doing Well in this Course
Homework/Activity and
Attendance Policies
1. I do not accept late homework or
activities.
2. I do not accept late homework or
activities even if you are sick or …
…even if something bad happens in
your life.
3. But to make up for the things that
might go wrong this quarter …
… I will drop your lowest activity and …
… your lowest homework grade.
Why is this my policy?
I want you to do well, and doing well
means …
•
Keeping up with the material by
doing your homework on time.
•
Coming to class to hear the
lectures and do the in-class
activities.
BUT, what if …
I fell off a
building and was
in a full body
cast for a month
…
I have pictures
and doctors’
excuses to
prove it …
a student
comes to me and says …
But I am feeling a
bit better now and
want to catch up.
Can we work
something out?
Yes, in extreme and excused
circumstances I would, of course, be
willing to work something out with
you.
What you should you do if you miss class?
1. Check the Week-By-Week
on the course website
http://qrc.depaul.edu.
2. Read the notes on the
website and attempt to do
the activities so you can
learn the material.
3. Contact a classmate to get
help or …
Don’t
send an
email,
until
you …
4. … come to the lab during one
of the open periods to get
help from a tutor.
5. If you still feel the need,
contact me to set up a time
to meet so that I can answer
the questions you might still
have after you have
completed steps 1 through 4.
I am always more than happy to help
students who are putting time into the class!
But wait a minute … let’s take another look at that email.
What is
wrong
with … ?
We can be on a first name
basis, but this is going a
little too far.
No need to announce it.
Oh, no, of course not. We
never do anything important
in class.
And by the way, who
are you?
If you miss class you
don’t need to tell me
about it.
But then again at this
point I can see why you
wouldn’t want me to
know who you are.
I know you are a
good person.
And as long as you
follow the advice on
the previous slide
you’ll be fine.
Exam Policies
There are no make-up exams or quizzes in this course.
If you cannot take an exam or quiz due to illness or family emergency, you
must inform me in advance by phone or email.
An unexcused missed examination will count as a 0.
An excused missed midterm exam is dropped, and the remaining forms of
evaluation, especially the final exam, are more heavily weighted in the final
QRC Final Exam Policy:
grade.
DePaul Unversity Policy on Incomplete Grades:
The same goes
for
the
final
You must get a 55% or higher on your final exam
Grades
of Incomplete
are given only in cases of
exam:
to pass the course,
regardless
of your overall
medical emergency or other highly unusual
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emergency situations.
due to illness or family
You must be earning a passing grade at the time
emergency, you must
you request an incomplete grade.
inform me in advance by
phone or email.
You should have completed most of course, with
at most one or two major forms of evaluation
In the case of an excused
missing.
absence, you will likely be
granted an incomplete,
Incompletes revert to an F if they are not
but …
resolved within one quarter.
Final Project Policies
You will likely work with a group for
the final project.
If you are not pulling your weight
and your group complains to me
(early enough in the quarter!), you
will have to start from scratch and
do a different project by yourself.
So please stay in touch with your
groupmates and do your share of
the work.
Attendance on the presentation days is
mandatory.
If you miss the day of your own presentation
you will get a 0 for the presentation.
If you miss any other presentation day your
grade on the presentation will be lowered.
Scenario: The day after the midterm. No prior
correspondence between student and the teacher.
I missed the
midterm.
When can I
make it up?
Scenario: Two days before projects are due. No
prior correspondence between student and the
teacher.
Scenario: Student gets an F in QR and is
surprised.
Why did I fail the
course? I was
getting an A?
Scenario: Student is failing
the course.
I did all the
work on the
final project,
so could you
please fail my
group-mates?
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A few tips for doing well:
1. Come to class.
2. Do your homework.
3. Study the online materials before the midterm and
the final exam.
4. Put in your share of the work on the final project.
5. Honor the course policies!
Have a great
quarter!
The End!