| Lecturer: |
| Office Hours: |
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The scheduled hours are posted at www.nvcc.edu/home/tstantcheva/.
- By appointment. Note: Students who request a meeting but do not show up, or are late by more than half an hour, will loose their right to request appointments.
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| Textbooks: |
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| Attendance: |
- Students are expected to attend all lecture and laboratory sessions.
- Students are responsible for all material covered in the lecture, laboratory and assignments.
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| W/Audit Grades: |
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| Grading scale: |
| A: 90-100% |
B: 80-89% |
C: 70-79% |
D: 60-69% |
F: <60% | |
| Grades: |
Total points 400.
Lab - 20%; Quizzes - 15%, 4 Exams - 10% each; Final Exam - 25%.
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| Lab: |
- Total points 80. Experiments and Data - 60 points, lab assignments - 20 points.
- If a student is late by more than 15 min for the
lab, the student can still do the lab but cannot receive
credit for that.
- Students without protective shatter-resistant eye
goggles or with open-toe shoes will not be permitted to
stay in the laboratory room!
- It is students responsibility to know which labs require protective goggles.
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| Quizzes: |
- Total points 60. No more than 60 pts count toward grade.
- There will be weekly on-line quizzes, posted on Blackboard, due each Monday, 10:00 pm.
- It is the student's responsibility to know when each quiz is
due.
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| Exams: |
- There will be five 1-hour exams each worth 40 points. The
top four highest scores will be counted toward the final
grade.
- The two-hour final exam is worth
100 points, is comprehensive and all problems
are show work.
- During exams, students may bring either pre-approved 3"x5" formula card, or use the formula sheet provided by the instructor.
- Students may bring only a pen/pencil and a calculator programmable calculators must have blank memory before the exam.
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| Make-up policy: |
There will be absolutely no make
up exams or labs.
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| Academic misconduct: |
Cheating will not be tolerated in
any form. Copying and using someone else's work to obtain
credit, as well as letting someone else copy your work, is
considered cheating.
- Cheating on an exam will result in
failing that exam. A second offence will result in
automatic failing of the class!
- During an exam, if you
leave the room for any reason, you will not be permitted
to continue working afterwards.
- All assignments are individual unless otherwise specified.
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Disability
accommodations:
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Those seeking accommodations based on
disabilities should provide a Disability Data Sheet obtained through the
Counselor for Special Needs, located in the Bisdorf Building, Room 148
(tel. 703.845.6301)
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