CMSC 461 Database  Management Systems

Student Responsibilities

Academic integrity.

· Academic honesty is expected at all times in order to pass this course.

· All assignments are expected to be individual efforts without collaboration of any kind.

· Any incident of given or receiving aid on an exam or assignment, plagiarizing, falsifying, infringing on the rights of others to fair access, failing to report violations that are witnessed, failing to seek clarification when proper boundaries are unclear, or violating any other commonly understood principle of academic honesty may result in a grade of 'F' for the course.

 

Refer to the UMBC site for academic integrity: http://www.umbc.edu/integrity/students.html.

 

Attendance.

· You are expected to attend all classes and be on time.

· If you miss a class, you are responsible for getting the notes, handouts, and any verbal information given during class from a fellow classmate or the course web site.

· Habitual absences or tardiness may be factored into your final grade.

· In addition, students who compromise the integrity of the class through talking or other disruptive behavior may be asked to leave and may have their final grades reduced accordingly.

 

Class material.

· You are responsible for all material covered in class, even if it is not in the textbook. You are responsible for all material in the readings, even if they are not covered in class.

· You are responsible for completing all assigned reading before it is covered in class.

 

Assignments.

· Unless otherwise specified, all assignments are due by midnight of the assigned date.

· It is your responsibility to contact the TA and Instructor in advance if this is not possible, and to give notification of unforeseen emergencies (with documentation of the emergency provided upon request).

 

Late assignments

· A combined maximum of two days late over all projects will be accepted (ie, you get two “free” days.

· 10% penalty for every date an assignment is late.

· You must email the instructor give notice that you are cashing in.

 

Makeup exams.

Makeup exams will not be given, except for unforeseen emergencies (with documentation of the emergency provided upon request), or conflict with a sanctioned UMBC event (with prior approval given by the instructor).