**Sports, performance and studio: I recognize that many
students may have unalterable
obligations, imposed by official athletic , drama and music calendars,
and by the studio portfolio and
crit hours for major presentations in fine arts and architecture.
The professor and the TA will help
you work around those schedules IF you present your
TA with those calendars at the very beginning
of term, checking them against this course's syllabus. We will
collect your names so that you know
who has a shared problem, and can organize yourselves to swap course
notes for missed lectures and
sections.
Attendance: You are required to attend discussion sections,
where attendance will be taken, and to
accompany scheduled art trips. Absence is excusable only with
a signed note from your doctor or the
dean's office presented to your TA. More than 3 unexcused absences
will lower your grade by a full
point or more at your TA's discretion. Your TA will announce
schedules for trips and occasional
changed meeting places, and you are responsible for keeping track
even if absent at the session
where schedule changes are announced.
Lectures: the course is too large to take attendance.
However, the meat of this course is in the
lectures, not the books. You are responsible in your exams and
assignments for the information and
methods presented in lecture as in section, which often supplements
and sometimes changes what is
presented in your books. Since Professor Kuttner
does not speak from a prepared text, obtain notes
from your fellow students for sessions that you miss.
Late or missing work and exam make-ups: All exercises and papers
must be handed in to your TA
in section. You MUST ask for extensions BEFORE the due
date, and notify your TA promptly ,
within three days of its due date, about rescheduling late work.
Extensions will not normally be
granted for take-homes; for the research paper, you must tell your
TA about conflicts with other
course's assignments well in advance. Make a calendar table
with paper and exam dates for all your
courses. If you see more than 2 papers due in the same two-day
span, ask to give one or
both supervisors a preliminary draft to leave yourself space
to finish the polished papers. Valid
extension requests depend on a verifiable medical excuse or extreme
catastrophe. Incompletes
(permission to turn in work after the end of the course) will not normally
be granted.
Exams: To be allowed to take a make-up
with no grade penalty, you MUST inform your TA
before the exam is given that you will not be able to attend,
in person or by email , and contact your
TA for a make-up date immediately. Make-ups will be granted
only for a verifiable medical
excuse or a personal emergency guaranteed by the dean's office. Conflicts
with other courses and
personal travel needs are not valid excuses; make your end of
semester travel plans far enough in
advance to get the ticket times you require. If you skip
your scheduled make-up, you may not request
another one and will receive an F for that course component.