Policies
Late policy
Deadlines will be strictly enforced.
Warning
A grade of zero will be applied for any submissions more than 1 second late.
Academic Integrity
McGill University values academic integrity. Therefore, all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures. (approved by Senate on 29 January 2003)
Warning
Cheating
Cheating is a serious offense and all suspected cases will be reported to the faculty.
- For this course:
Never share your code or text (either from the labs or from the exam).
Never use someone else code or text in your solutions (even if you change it).
Never consult project code or text that might be on the Internet.
Always write your own code.
- On the other hand, you are allowed to:
Share ideas.
Help someone else debug their code if they have run into a wall (you can point out at the error they are making, but never write code for them!).
If you obtain help of any kind, always write the name(s) of your sources and explicitly state how you were helped.
Absence policy
Absences for evaluation components other than the formal final examination will be handled according to the guidelines of the McGill Faculty of Engineering. It is your responsibility to prepare your request per the guidelines, supported by documentation, within the required time frames. In no circumstance, will requests be considered, or documentation be accepted longer than one week after the absence. Acceptance of notes will be entirely at the instructor’s discretion. If a request is not conducted per the Faculty guidelines or not accepted by the instructor, then a grade of zero will be entered.
The above policy does not apply to the formal final exam. Deferral of a final examination is handled by the Faculty of Engineering and please contact them directly.
Special accommodations
Students who may require disability-related accommodations, as well as those experiencing mental or physical health challenges, to please advise the Office for Students with Disabilities as early in the term as possible so that we can provide appropriate accommodation to supportyour success.
Submission language
In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Students’ Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any written work that is to be graded. (approved by Senate on 21 January 2009)
Instructor generated course materials
All course materials (e.g. handouts, notes, lectures, summaries, exam questions, labs, tutorials) are protected by law and may not be copied or distributed in any form or in any medium without explicit permission of the instructor. Note that infringements of copyright can be subject to follow up by the University under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures.
Grading policy
In the Faculty of Engineering, letter grades are assigned according to the grading scheme adopted by the professor in charge of a particular course. This may not correspond to practices in other Faculty and Schools in the University.
Changes to content/evaluation scheme
In the event of extraordinary circumstances beyond the University’s control, the content and/or evaluation scheme in this course is subject to change.