Billy Jones

Email: jonesw@cis.uab.edu

Office: CH 113a

Office Hours:  Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                      Other times by appointment only.

Class Conduct

1.   Students are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner.

2.   Students must turn their cell phones/pagers OFF during the class.

Class Attendance

1.   Attendance is mandatory for this course. If you know you will be absent for a legitimate reason, let the instructor know. If you are sick bring a doctor's excuse or a written university excuse to resolve the absences.

2.   Students auditing this course are expected to attend the lectures. Auditing students with more than three unexcused absences will receive a failing grade.

3.   There will be NO make-up exams. A student anticipating an excused absence from an exam should make arrangements in advance to sit for the exam t another time.

Academic Honesty

Students who plagiarize a computer program (or parts of a program), get others to write a program (or parts of a program), or are found cheating on a quiz/exam, will be reported for academic dishonesty. Anyone who is caught cheating will receive a 0 on a given test or assignment. If a second offense occurs, the student will receive an F in the class. This includes both the provider of the information as well as the receiver of the information. Any student who violates the university's academic honesty policy will be reported for academic discipline. All university and department policies related to students are included here by implication.

Add/Drop Policy

1.      A student can add the course through January 12, 2005.

2.      A student can drop the course without paying full tuition by January 13, 2005.

3.      A student can withdraw with a "W" by March 20, 2005.

4.      For more details about add/drop policies check with Registration/Academic Records.

E-mail

Every student will be required to use his/her official email address that is blazerid@uab.edu. New students must login and configure their email addresses. For more details on obtaining blazerid and configuring email please see: http://www.uab.edu/blazerid. All email communications will be made using this address. Additional instructions or announcements will be sent by e-mail, so check your mail often. Also check the course web page for up-to-date information and announcements. Instructor will check email frequently, so e-mail is often the best way to contact the instructor.