However, you are strongly advised to work all problems and keep current in the course. Do homework problems at exam speed with the Handbook. You should expect to put at least nine hours per week outside of class in this course on h omework. You are encouraged to work and discuss the problems together, but remember that your only help on the exams or quizes will be your own knowledge. Absences You are resonsible for knowing all material taught in lectures, as well as the assigned readings, including any you may have missed by an absence.
Most student find regular class attendance essential to passing the course.
If you are to be absent for a valid reason, contact the instructor before the absence occurs if possible, but within a week of any quiz or exam that is affected, so that you have an excused absence. The default is an unexcused absence if a paper is not received from a student. There are no make-up exams or quizzes in this course. Quizzes missed because of an excused absence will not count towards the quiz average, but missing them makes each of the others count a slightly higher percentage of the quiz average. If you miss one midterm because of an excused absence, an equivalent grade will be substituted for it based on that part of the final exam covering the same material.