Attendance:
Although attendance is not taken,
I urge everyone to come to class regularly. You will be responsible for
all material that has been mentioned in class. The handouts cover most
of it, but the class period should be valued as an excellent forum for
questions that you may have. Please ask whenever you are unclear about
certain aspects of the material. Chances are that you won't be alone.
I'd like to maintain a lively student-teacher interaction in the
lecture.
Lab procedures and lab grading policy:
Labs are handed out in class and
are due at midnight on the dates listed in the course schedule. Submits
will be done using the SUNY-SB Blackboard facility. It is your
responsibility to check if you received a proper grade for your lab
work. The grades will be posted in a timely fashion on the class web
page. No email will be sent.
You have a budget of 10 days that you may
submit your labs late without penalty. Spend them as you wish over the
course of the semester. After this there will be a 10% per day late
penalty for every day the labs are open. Late penalties are imposed
precisely at midnight on the day the lab is due. There are no
extensions given to individuals unless its an extreme case of a proven
emergency. There is plenty of time to do the labs, especially if you start on them right away. If
you wait, you may run out of time, and this is your responsibility. I
will, however, give extensions to the class in case of general
equipment failure or other, universal, uncontrollable, devastating
circumstances.
Academic misconduct policy:
Don't cheat. Cheating on anything
will be dealt with as academic misconduct and handled accordingly. I
won't spend a lot of time trying to decide if you actually cheated. If I
think cheating might have occurred, then evidence will be forwarded to
the University's Academic Misconduct Committee and they will decide. If
cheating has occured, an F grade will be awarded. Discussion of
assignments is acceptable, but you must do your own work. Near
duplicate assignments or extensive duplications of materials found on
the web will be considered cheating unless the assignment was
restrictive enough to justify such similarities in independent work.
Just think of it that way: Cheating impedes learning and having fun.
The labs are meant to give you an opportunity to really understand the
class material. If you don't do the lab yourself, you are likely to
fail the exams. Please also note that opportunity makes thieves: It is
your responsibility to protect your work and to ensure that it is not
turned in by anyone else. No excuses!
Note: The software you design must be your own. Do
not use the software that comes with the book or any kind of software
you find on the internet. You will not be able to pass the exams if you
don't write the software on your own. I consider incorporation of
third-party software (with the exception of the OpenGL and FLTK
libraries) as plagiarism and I will prosecute it as such.
Disability note:
If you have a physical,
psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact on your
ability to carry out assigned course work, I would urge that you contact
the staff in the Disabled Student Services office (DSS), Room 133
Humanities, 632-6748/TDD. DSS will review your concerns and determine,
with you, what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All
information and documentation of disability is confidential.
