Attendance requirements for the course follow the GSU attendance policy. Clearly, if absences are a problem your examination performance will likely suffer leading to a lower overall grade for the course. No make-up examinations will be given and a grade of zero assigned for any missed exams except when circumstances beyond your control, such as serious illness or injury, prevent you from taking the examination at the regularly scheduled time. If such circumstances arise, one of us must be so advised prior to the scheduled examination. This course syllabus provides a general plan for the course.
Deviation is likely to be necessary, particularly when necessary to accommodate guest lecturers.
Any student with special needs because of language, physical, or other difficulty that might impede learning is invited to share this information with us. To the extent feasible, arrangements will be made to accommodate the special need. You will be held to the highest standards of honesty and integrity in connection with examinations and research papers. You are to do your own graded work, and cheating in any form is a violation of these standards and will be dealt with according to the GSU Policy on Academic Honesty which can be found in the GSU Graduate Bulletin and on the GSU Web page. Tomorrow s individual retirement planning problems will not be the same as today s problems.