If you have a schedule conflict with the November 20 exam, register to take the conflict exam on November 21 by clicking this link. It would be a good idea to send an email also to the course administrator Professor Litster. There is more information about schedule conflicts below.
This is the 8.01 policy to deal with a conflict that prevents you from taking a scheduled examination or quiz. It was decided, consistent with Institute policies, by the 8.01 section instructors.
This year in 8.01 there are two exams and six in-class quizzes given during the semester. The dates and times of these have been posted on the course web site since the beginning of the semester.
If you have to miss an in-class quiz, there is often a conflict quiz given the following Monday. Peter Dourmashkin usually organizes it and you should make arrangements with him or your section instructor to take it.
The two evening exams are each designed to take about an hour for a well prepared student to do. They are given in the evening and you may have up to two hours to complete them. Each counts for 15% of your final grade. If you have some special or regularly scheduled event that prevents you from taking the evening exam, a conflict exam will be given the following morning (8.01 classes are cancelled the day after an exam). To sign up for the conflict exam for the November 20 exam, which will be given the morning of November 21, click this link.
If you are not able to take either the regular or the conflict exam, you will be given the letter grade "O" (which means absent) for the exam. A dean in Student Support Services (5-104, 253-4861) can excuse the absence upon being given a satisfactory explanation. If your absence has been excused, you should make specific arrangements with your section instructor to handle the absence; most likely you will simply be excused and your course grade will be based upon the other exams you have completed in 8.01.
Letter grades "O" that are not excused will become number grades "0".
If you have an excused absence from one of the in-class quizzes (the six of them are worth a total of 15% of your final grade) you should also make arrangements with your section instructor to handle the absence.
The final examination is scheduled by the Registrar; it will determine 25% of your course grade. This year it will be on December 17 at 9:00 AM in the Johnson Athletic Center. There is no conflict exam planned. If you are taking another course and the Registrar has scheduled the exam for that course at the same time as the 8.01 final, let us know right away. We will work with you and the instructor in charge of the other course to find a solution to the problem.
If you expect to be absent from the final exam, follow the procedure above for the two exams given during the semester; an absence that is not excused will result in a grade zero in the final exam. For an excused absence, contact your section instructor. The remedy may involve scheduling a make-up exam, completing other work decided upon by the instructor, or assigning a final course grade based upon the work that you have completed.
If you have some special problem, contact the course administrator, Professor Litster.
November 6, 2007.