If you miss only one class you will not loose any points. Additional number of classes missed shall be divided by the number of attendances taken, which will then give fraction of classes missed . Fraction of classes you were present will be used in evaluating your attendance grade. See me, latest, two days after the final exam, if you think you are on borderline and have acceptable reasons to receive higher grade. Severeness of punishment shall depend on how much evidence is collected for cheating.
Effective communication is an important part of engineering.
A correct technical result that is poorly communicated is often no better than one which is incorrect. To emphasize this fact, consideration of effective communication will be given in grading homework, projects and tests. Anything which seriously detracts from ease of understanding of your work can result in a loss of points. Illegibility will be considered as serious fault for which points will be deducted. Your written homework and projects will be judged according to a recommended standard.