Attendance

Attendance is expected in the course and will be taken and used as part of the grade. Excessive absences can result in zero credit for the attendance portion of the grade.
If you must miss a class or lab, you should obtain notes from a student who was present. In general, lecture notes will NOT be posted. Texas A&M University considers class attendance to be a matter of personal responsibility on the part of each student. University rules related to excused and unexcused absences are located on-line at http://student-rules.tamu.edu/rule07/.

Communication

eCcampus and eMail will be used as websites for the class material. We will be using eCampus for assignments, announcements and turnin. Students are responsible for checking both the eCampus page and this page regularly for class updates, as well as paying attention to class emails and announcements.

Bring Your Own Device

The Engineering department requires students to bring their own computing device. If you are not part of the engineering department and do not have a computing device to use in class and or lab, please let me know.

Academic Honesty

The Aggie Honor Code is: "An Aggie does not lie, cheat, or steal or tolerate those who do." Upon accepting admission to Texas A & M University, a student immediately assumes a commitment to uphold the Honor Code, to accept responsibility for learning, and to follow the philosophy and rules of the Honor System. Students will be required to state their commitment on examinations, research papers, and other academic work. Ignorance of the rules does not exclude any member of the TAMU community from the requirements or the processes of the Honor System. For additional information please visit: http://aggiehonor.tamu.edu/

For this class, certain aspects of the honor code need to be clarified.

  1. In this class students are not only encouraged they are required to use, modify and communicate with others about computer code they did not write. Students may include copyright free code in their assignments so long as they provide the source of the code and the date in a comment. Assignments must contain 50% original code. Changing variable names and values does not constitute “original code.” Please take note that these policies are unique to this class. Further Clairifications:
    • In this course students must Credit their source not Plagiarize.
    • Students may transform the work of others, not Imitate.
    • Students may Remix the work of others, not Rip-Off.
    • Clearly document what the source of the external code was, and how it was used.
  2. There may be cases in this course where you or your team seeks outside assistance related to one of the projects. While this is discouraged, any assistance received from people other than members of your team, the professor, teaching assistants, or peer teacher needs to be clearly documented.
  3. You will be working in a team environment for two projects in this course, and your work as a team will be used to help determine grades. As such, it is your responsibility, when asked, to:
    • accurately describe the work that you have done on a team project. Claiming credit for work that you have not done or that others did instead is a violation of the honor code.
    • accurately describe (to the best of your knowledge) the performance of other team members. "Covering" for another team member (claiming they did more work than you know they did, or exaggerating the work they did) or "spiking" them (claiming they did less work than you know they did, or purposefully minimizing the work they did) are examples of honor code violations.
    • prevent (as best you can) or report (known or suspected) violations of the honor code by your other team members. You share responsibility when a project is turned in; if you are aware of a teammate having violated the code in his/her work on the project, and do not report it, you are claiming credit for that violation yourself.

If there are any questions or concerns about whether an action is appropriate, you should check with the professor or teaching assistant first. If in doubt, assume that it is not appropriate.

ADA Statement

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact Disability Services, currently located in the Disability Services building at the Student Services at White Creek complex on west campus or call 979-845-1637. For additional information, visit http://disability.tamu.edu.