Lecture Attendance

From past experience teaching various courses, we have found a strong statistical relationship between class attendance and overall course performance. To that end, attendance will be counted as a small part of the course grade to help students perform better overall.

Beginning in the second week of class, attendance will be taken at all lecture sessions. To receive points, students are expected to arrive on time and stay for the entire class period. Arriving more than five minutes late, leaving class early, or acting in a disruptive manner during class will forfeit the points. Students must attend the lecture for which they are officially registered to earn attendance points.

This attendance policy is designed to promote class participation; therefore, no makeups will be permitted under any circumstances, and no absences will be classified as "excused" without official documentation. However, to accommodate valid reasons for missing class, students can still earn full attendance points even with up to two absences without documentation.

Attendance will be strictly monitored, and points for a session will be annulled for the entire class if the number of respondents exceeds the total number of students present on that day. Please do not have another student sign in for you, and do not sign in for another student.

Class disruptions of any kind will not be tolerated and may result in removal from the classroom and/or loss of participation points for that day. Please show courtesy to your fellow classmates and instructor or teaching assistant by adhering to the following rules:

• Come to class on time and stay for the entire class period.
• Refrain from conversing with fellow students during lecture.
• Put away any reading materials, cell phones, or electronic devices unrelated to the course.

Academic Integrity

All work for this class is to be done individually. You are strongly urged to familiarize yourselves with the GT Student Honor Code.

Specifically, the following is not allowed:

• Copying, with or without modification, someone else's work when this work is not meant to be publicly accessible (e.g., a classmate's program or solution).
• Submitting material that is wholly or substantially identical to that created or published by another person, without adequate credit (plagiarism).
• Making your projects publicly accessible online. If another student copies your work—even in the future—you may still be held responsible under the honor code.

Zero Tolerance Policy on Cheating and AI Assistance (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini)

We maintain a strict zero-tolerance policy regarding academic dishonesty, including the use of ChatGPT and other AI tools. Any student found using AI to complete assignments, quizzes, or exams will be reported immediately, receive a grade of zero for the submission, and risk a final grade of F.

Disability Accommodations

If you require any accommodation due to a disability, please inform the instructor at the beginning of the course to ensure that appropriate arrangements can be made.