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PHYS250 Syllabus:   Excuse and Makeup Policy

Sections
0.  Overview
1.  Requirements
2.  Course Materials
3.  Lectures
4.  Laboratories
5.  Recitations
6.  WebAssign
7.  Exams
8.  Grades
9.  Resources
10.  Academic Integrity
11.  Excuse and Makeup Policy
12.  Valid Excuse Policy
13.  Late Policy
14.  Switching Recitation or Lab Section

 

Labs

The laboratory components of this course are structured around collaborative learning. You must be present in laboratory and be an active participant of a group to do these assignments: no make-up assignments will be given for a missed laboratory. If you are absent from a laboratory section with a valid excuse, as described below, that laboratory activity will not be counted in computing your final grade. If you are absent without a valid excuse, you will score a zero for that activity.

Tutorial Homeworks

No grade is assigned to the tutorial activity itself, although the accompanying tutorial homeworks do count for credit. The homework for a tutorial must be submitted to the recitation teaching assistant (TA) at the beginning of the next session. If you cannot submit your homework on time due to a valid excuse, it is your responsibility to promptly contact your teaching assistant (TA) and provide the valid excuse, in which case that tutorial homework will not be counted in computing your final grade. If you fail to submit your homework without a valid excuse, you will score a zero for that activity.

WebAssign Homeworks & Reading Quizzes

No extensions for WebAssign homeworks or reading quizzes will be granted. You must complete the homeworks and quizzes as scheduled, or provide a valid university excuse.

Examinations

All students should plan to take their exams at the scheduled times. Students can request makeup exams only by submitting a valid written excuse to the course administrator. In the case of sudden or unexpected events that will cause them to miss an exam, students are required to notify the course administrator prior to the exam or as soon as is reasonably possible.