Economics 143 - Conduct and Policies
In the first part of the course, you can expect occasional "spot checks."
The spot checks will be one or two diagnostic questions asked at the
beginning of many lectures to assess how well people are keeping up with the
basic concepts. Students will jot down their name and the answer on a piece
of their own paper and turn in their answer before the lecture begins.
These papers will not be graded in detail or returned prior to the end of
the quarter; answers will be discussed briefly and immediately. These will
not be difficult questions, but they will be important material. If you are
keeping up, the spot checks will not be onerous.
An abbreviated outline of some of the class policies:
- All exams and assignments must be written or submitted at the designated
times. The only exceptions will be for the student's own serious illness or a
death in the student's immediate family. A written doctor's excuse must be
presented in the case of illness. Some type of formal substantiation is required
in the event of a death in the family. (While this may seem a trifle callous, it
is necessary to preserve fairness.)
- All special arrangements with the instructor must be recorded
in writing at the time they are made and students are strongly encouraged to
verify prior to exam week that such memoranda have indeed been placed in the
grading file.
- There will be no make-up midterm exam. In cases where documented
illness precludes the midterm, the other course components will be reweighted
accordingly.
- Academic dishonesty will be prosecuted in accordance with university
regulations; no excuse is acceptable.
- Grades will not be reassessed simply because a student "needs" a higher grade.
Re-grades will consider the entire examination paper and will be undertaken only
if there is evidence of grading errors.
On working together:
- Computer tasks must be separately prepared; you may freely consult with your
classmates regarding how to implement the computer programs, but make sure
you comprehend fully each procedure.
- Academic honesty REQUIRES that you
acknowledge your collaborators' contribution to your work. For example,
homework submissions should begin with the line "I would like to acknowledge
the collaboration of A, B, and C in the preparation of this assignment.
Person A, especially, made valuable contributions concerning the computer
programming on question 4." (The point of homeworks is to induce you to
learn how to do things, by any means that works.)
- Exams will consist in large part of questions on how to interpret SHAZAM
output, so do not let somebody else do all your work for you. (Study groups are
encouraged; but they should impose internal discipline upon their members.)
Updated: 6:14 PM 8/27/98
Prepared by: Trudy Ann Cameron