Dr. Z.'s Policy for Calc2 [Math 152]
http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/policy152.html
This is the class policy for
Dr. Z.'s Math 152 class.
Last Update: Sept. 5, 2012.
GRADE: The max. number of points is 500, with the following breakup.
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Neat and Organized Notebook: 10 points.
(Note: this is token, it is mandatory to
have a neat and organized notebook.
Failure to do so will disqualify the student from passing.)
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Input from TA (combination of quizzes and workshops, at
the TA's discretion): 90 points
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2 Midterm Exams: 100 points each.
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Final: 200 points.
460-500: A ;
430-459: B+ ;
400-429: B ;
370-399: C+ ;
325-369: C ;
280-324: D ;
0-279: F . No Curve!.
VERY IMPORTANT:
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Attendance is strictly mandatory and enforced!
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No electronic devices!
(mobile-phones, laptops, iPads, iPods, iPhones,
calculators [in exams and quizzes]).
No texting during class!
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It is mandatory to take notes of everything I say in class,
and write on the board.
Please buy a SINGLE-SUBJECT notebook,
and write on the cover: The course's name and
your name and E-mail (in case it gets lost).
Don't use it for any other subjects.
The homework should he handed in to the TA by the
due date, and will be checked by the grader.
Notebooks will be inspected randomly during the
attendance quizzes (see below).
The weekly quiz, composed by the TA,
will contain homework-style problems, so if you
do all your homework, you should ace the quiz.
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If you have a justified absence, then
in your notebook, in the space where you would have taken classnotes,
date it, explain why you were absent (e.g. tape-in doctor's note,
or a signed statement: "I swear on my honor that I felt so bad
that I couldn't make it"), and then in your own handwriting
copy the handout for the missed lecture, that you should download from the
class page.
Of course, you should also do the homework.
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Most recitations will start with a
weekly quiz.
The quiz does not count unless you present your homework.
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Every one of Dr. Z.'s lectures will end with a 10-minute informal
"attendance quiz", asking you to
do some problems covered in that day's class.
It doesn't count towards the grade, but I use it first, to check attendance,
but more important, to make sure that you know how to do the problems,
and in case that many (or even some)
people didn't get it, I'll try to do a better job
in reviewing it.
After each lecture I will send E-mail to everyone, with the complete
solutions, and you should
decide whether or not you got it right. If you didn't, you
should make every attempt to come to the
free tutoring session on Mondays, 4:30-5:50pm, FH (CAC) Room B5.
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Makeup exam policy:
there are no make-up midterm exams or make-up quizzes. If you have
a justified absence (and can prove it by a note from a
doctor or a dean) in any exam or quiz, your score would be pro-rated.
(For example, if you were absent from exam 1 or exam 2, then
I will divide your total score by 400 and multiply by 500;
If you were absent from both exams 1 and 2, I will divide your
total score by 300 and multiply by 500, but let's hope
that you will make it to all exams and all classes!).
If you have an unjustified absence in a midterm exam or quiz,
your grade for that exam or quiz would be 0.
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If you believe that the grade that you got in an an exam
is in error, or have questions about it, write your question/complaint
in a written note, and attach the graded exam to it.
It will be returned to you during the next class, either with the corrected
grade (if I agree with your correction, e.g. I made a mistake in adding-up),
or with the same grade,
with a note by me explaining to you why the grade you got
is the correct one. All concerns about the quizzes should go to the TA.
Added Sept. 5, 2012: By order of Professor Vladimir Scheffer, the Calc2 coordinator,
and a new department policy, no more formula sheets
(aka cheatsheets) are given out during exams. It all must be in your head.
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