Course Policies

FABE 481, Spring 2006

 

| Course Description & Objectives | Course Policies | Schedule of Reading Assignments, Exams, & Labs |

| Homework Assignments | Labs |

 

   

Reading assignments: You are expected to read the assigned sections from the textbook before coming to class so that we can spend more time solving problems in order to improve our problem solving skills.

Exams: There will be two 1 hr exams. The second exam will be given in the tenth week and could be counted as the final exam. For students who choose to take the final exam, the better grade between the two term exams will be taken as the midterm exam grade.

Homework: There will be one homework assignment each week. Homework will be assigned and posted on the course web page every Monday and will cover the subjects discussed in the classroom during the previous week. The homework assignments will be collected on the following Wednesday by 5pm. Turning homework assignments late is not encouraged therefore a penalty system will be applied to late assignments. 10 points will be subtracted from homework assignment grade for each day after due date.

Homework is a valuable learning tool, so you should try to solve every problem on your own before seeking help. Once you've worked on each problem by yourself, you may work together in small groups to complete an assignment. This does not mean you may simply copy solutions from a classmate or from solution sets from previous years to which you might have access. Presenting someone else's work as your own is plagiarism.

Labs : Information about the labs will be posted on the web. You are expected to read the information before coming to the lab. A report will be submitted for each group following the lab. The report will include

1)      Objectives

2)      Procedure

3)      Graphs you prepared and Calculations

4)      Discussion of results

Evaluation:Final grades will be based on the items listed below.

Final Grade Composition

 

% of  Total

Homework

20%

Midterm

30%

Lab

15%
Group test 5%

Final exam

30%

Total

100 %

 

Academic integrity - We all have a responsibility to maintain a high standard of academic honesty, and I am confident that you will meeting the required standard of academic integrity. Any suspected violation of the Code of Student Conduct will be forwarded to the Committee on Academic Misconduct.

Academic misconduct is defined in the Code of the Student Conduct (3335-23-04,

http://studentaffairs.osu.edu/info_for_students/csc.asp) and the Rules of the University Faculty (3335-31-02,

http://www.acs.ohio-state.edu/offices/oaa/procedures/1.0.html). Per University Rule 3335-31-02, "Each instructor shall report to the committee on academic misconduct all instances of what he or she believes may be academic
misconduct." Cheating on examinations, submitting work of other students as your own, or plagiarism in any form will result in penalties ranging from an "F" on an assignment to expulsion from the University, depending on the seriousness of the offense.

We will follow the university policy in this course to maintain academic integrity, rather than to try to trap and
to punish. In fairness to all students in the class, violations of academic integrity will not be tolerated.

Violations of academic integrity includes:

Plagiarism includes (but is not limited to) failure to indicate the source with quotation marks or footnotes, where appropriate, if any of the following are reproduced in the work submitted by a student:

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