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====== MATH 445 Policies ====== ** Grade determination:** Your course grade will be determined as follows | 20%| problem sets | due in class Tuesdays | | 40%| lab exercises | due in lab Tuesdays | | 20%| midterm | in class mid October 24| | 20%| final exam | TBD | ** Letter grade:** Final letter grades will follow these ranges, approximately | A | 93-100 | | A- | 89-93 | | B+ | 85-89 | | B | 80-85 | | B- | 75-80 | | C+ | 70-75 | | C | 65-70 | | C- | 60-65 | ** Problem sets** will be posted to [[gibson:teaching:fall-2014:math445| the Math 445 website]] on Monday or Tuesday nearly every week. You should complete the problem sets **independently**. Copying from another student or any other source is prohibited. If you need help, refer to the textbook and Matlab help. If further assistance is needed, seek help from your teaching assistant or the instructor during their office hours. When turning in assignments, write your name, Math 445, and the HW # on the upper right-hand corner and staple the pages together. **Lab exercises** are the key to succeeding in this class. **You must plan on attending the labs and working diligently for the entire period.** If you do not attend lab, you will lose points. Collaboration is allowed on lab exercises, but it is your responsibility to make sure you fully understand your individual or group solution in order to adequately prepare for the exams. You can turn group solutions to lab exercises with up to three students in a group. Each student must sign the last page as a certification that he or she contributed to the solution, fully understands the solutions, and could reproduce or explain the solution independently. **Exams** will be closed-book, closed-computer, and will cover all material in the course. The exams will tend to be difficult, in order to distinguish between students who have worked hard and those who have not. Exams will take place in lecture time on the dates specified on the [[gibson:teaching:fall-2014:math445:schedule]], unless changes are necessitated by snow days or other disruptions. In particular, **do not make travel plans that would require you to miss class or leave campus before the end of the finals period.** Seriously. **If you miss an exam your score for that exam will be zero.** Seriously. Make-up exams will be given under only for extraordinary circumstances, such as a serious injury, or for University-excused absences, such as scheduled UNH athletic competitions. Official documentation and one week's advance notice (in the case of scheduled events) are required. Make-up exams will be more difficult than regularly-scheduled exams. **Academic misconduct** (such as copying) will result in a minimum of a reduced grade in the course and a ltter to the Dean's
