Final Exam: The final exam is scheduled for 7:00-10:00 PM, Tuesday, December 15. There is no conflict or combined final for this class. Make sure to plan your travel at the end of the semester accordingly. University regulations are very strict about taking the Final at the assigned slot; in particular, you cannot take the final at an earlier date in order to accommodate travel plans.
Policy on missed hour exams: There will be no make-up exams. The absence from an hour exam has to be documented by a letter from the Dean. To get such a letter issued, go to the Dean's Office at 300 Student Services Building, 610 East John St., phone 333-0050, explain your case, and ask them to send a letter to the instructor. The people there deal with these situations all the time and have form letters that they are happy to send to instructors if they believe you have a valid excuse (e.g., illness, but not, for example, oversleeping). One major advantage of going through the Dean's Office is that you can take care of any other missed classes at the same time by having letters sent to all of your instructors. An unexcused absence from an hour exam counts as a zero.
Calculator policy:
Calculators are not allowed in exams; exam problems
will be written such that they do not require a calculator;
calculators would be
a hindrance and distraction, and in most cases completely useless.
You do not
need to bring a calculator to the lectures.
Occasionally, you may need a calculator to do a homework problem,
though the majority of homework problems will be of the
no-calculator variety.
For the calculator problems, a basic calculator is sufficient;
you do not need
graphing or programmable calculators.