Math 53 (Policies)

This course will have two in-class hour exams but no final exam. See the course calendar for the exam dates.

You may find the following information about exams to be important:

You are expected to know how to do all the homework problems that have been assigned, even if we didn't go over them in class. If you have questions about a homework problem, be sure to ask them before the exams. There will be no make-up or early exams without my prior approval at least a week in advance. See the grading policy for a breakdown of what each exam will be worth.

In-class exams serve a different function from homework problems. Since the exams are for a short period of time, they test how quickly and accurately you can do the problems and what information you have at your fingertips, whereas homework tests how well you can figure out hard problems over a longer period of time. You will feel rushed on an in-class exam, and you may not be able to finish it all. If you do not know how to do a particular problem, you will not have time to figure it out from first principles. In-class exams are not about how much you can figure out, but about how much you know how to do already. I will not ask you to develop new techniques on an in-class exam, but I will expect you to be able to use and combine techniques, definitions and ideas we have already developed in class or in the homework. If you do not know these, you are unlikely to be able to complete the exam in time.

The final exam period is being used for project presentations, and can not be rescheduled, so do not purchase (or allow your parents to purchase) airline tickets for before the final exam. See the grading policy for a breakdown of what each exam will be worth.

If you have a learning disability for which you should receive extra time on exams, you must inform me of this by the beginning of the second week of class. You also should make arrangements with the office of the Dean of Students to inform me that they have the proper documentation for your condition on file. Finally, a week before the exam, you should arrange with me for how we will accommodate your extra time.

Math 53 (Winter 2005) web pages Created: 01 Jan 2005 Last modified: Jan 2, 2005 3:46:29 PM Comments to: dpvc@union.edu

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