Please see the for a full description of all course policies. The syllabus can also be found by clicking "Syllabus" in the navigation links on the left.

Some important policies are summarized below.

Attendance:
Attendance is mandatory. Your grade can be lowered if you have more than two weeks of absences. Since this is an online class, your attendance each week is measured by whether or not you completed any assignments that week.

Late Penalty for Homework:
It is important that you turn in homework on time so that you don't fall behind in the course. There are new assignments each week, and it is difficult to catch up once you are behind. To encourage you to complete homework on time, late work will be penalized as follows:
Makeup Policy for Exams:
If you miss an exam for any reason, you must makeup the exam as soon as possible.
Late exams are penalized as follows:

• In the first week after the missed exam, your makeup exam score will be reduced by 25%.
• In the second week after the missed exam, your makeup exam score will be reduced by 50%.

There will be no makeup tests more than two weeks after a missed test. Note also that no assignments can be completed after the course end date of .