Timetable and assessment

• Lectures: Tues 5:00-6:30, Fri 4:30-6:30 in Building 200 room 106

• Lab: Tues 16:30–17:30 in Building 315 room 115

• Evaluations:

  • Assignments: 40% (4 assignments at 10% each)
  • Midterm Exam: 20%
  • Final Exam: 40%

In keeping with the Calendar requirements for Science courses with a lab component, students must pass both the theory component and the practical component to pass the course.

Assessment notes To receive full marks for submitted assignments they must be submitted on time and adhering strictly to the submission requirements described on the assignment description. Late assignments will be accepted with a 20% penalty per calendar day unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Appeals of Grades 
Any exercise or examination grade may be appealed. However, the appeal must be made to the instructor, in writing and attached to the work in question, and within 7 days of the grade being made available to the class. The instructor reserves the right to re-grade the entire piece of work submitted on appeal, not necessarily just the component that the student believes is in error.

Grade Conversion: 
The following scale will be used but the instructor reserves the right to lower the numerical score required for a particular letter grade if that seems appropriate, but the same conversion will be applied to all persons in the class. Under no circumstances will the numerical score required for a particular letter grade be raised.

VIU Policies 
The policies of Vancouver Island University can be viewed at www.viu.ca/policies

Lab and Computer Usage Rules: 
See http://www.viu.ca/computingscience/resources.asp#Lab_And_Computer_Usage_Rules.

Guidelines Concerning Fraud 
These guidelines concern the type of fraud where a student presents another's work as his or her own, or allows another to do so.

• As fraud invalidates the evaluation of a student's progress, it is the duty of instructors, teaching assistants, and laboratory assistants to take measures to prevent fraud and to be vigilant towards symptoms of fraud.

• Students are encouraged to study together. But, unless the contrary is indicated, submitted work is to be done by students individually. Students are to collaborate on submitted work only when this is explicitly permitted by the instructor. In such a case, the names of all students who have collaborated on a piece of submitted work should be indicated on all submitted material. 
  As in all academic endeavour, due credit must be given to all reference material. Students should consult the course instructor if they are not certain which outside material is appropriate for use in a course. 
  The collaboration is to involve reasonable effort on the part of all students involved. In a situation where this is clearly not the case, appropriate action will be taken with regard to those students who have not fully contributed to the collaborative effort.

• In case fraud is detected, credit is withheld from the work affected. The students involved are reported to the department chair who may take additional disciplinary action commensurate with the severity of the fraud and the past records of the students.