Attendance Policy: No more than 10% absences are permitted during the semester. For the purposes of record, two latenesses are considered as one absence. Exceeding this limit will expose the student to failing at the discretion of the instructor.

Grading: There will be a progression of several quizzes throughout the semester and a final project, and or a writing assignment that will be assigned during the mid-term period. Notebooks will be maintained and graded at the conclusion of the semester.

• Regular in class problems or quizzes or projects.     30%
• Writing assignments                                                                          20%
• A mid-term examination                                                                15%
• A final exam or project                                                                      20%
• Notebooks                                                                                                     5%
• Class participation.                                                                             10%
• Vocabulary list                                                                                              +

Academic Integrity:  Students and all others who work with information, ideas, texts, images, music, inventions and other intellectual property owe their audience and sources accuracy and honesty in using, crediting and citation of sources.  As a community of intellectual and professional workers, the college recognizes its responsibility for providing instruction in information literacy and academic integrity, offering models of good practice, and responding vigilantly and appropriately to infractions of academic integrity.  Accordingly, academic dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by