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Chapter 2: Course Policies, Philosophies & Syllabi
Course Policies
Before you write out your course syllabus, give some serious thought to the
policies you want to implement. A few common issues you will likely have to deal with
follow.
Grades: How will the grades be broken down? Decide the number of exams,
frequency of quizzes and homework assignments, etc. and how much each will be worth.
If attendance or participation counts towards the grade, be as specific as possible as to
how you will assess them and how they will factor into the grade. Will you allow extra
credit? You may also want to indicate how an honor violation will affect the grade.
Check the policies of your institution to make sure your syllabus is in agreement.
You may want to give yourself a little latitude in the number of quizzes and/or
homework assignments. If you want the quizzes to count for 20% of the course grade,
you may find it easier to make the quiz average worth 20% of the grade rather than
planning 10 quizzes, each 2% of the final grade. This way, you can avoid headaches if
cancelled classes or other delays interfere with your plan to have 10 quizzes.
Dates: You may want at least approximate dates for the exams, but give yourself
latitude where possible, indicating that the dates are tentative and you will announce any
changes in class. If you plan to give quizzes each Wednesday, you may want to say
“typically we will have a quiz each Wednesday.” This gives your students a sense of the
routine, but allows you room to alter the schedule occasionally, if necessary.
Make-ups: Decide what your policy will be for students who miss exams/quizzes
or fail to turn assignments in on time. Will the grade be a zero? Will you allow a make-up? Will you drop some number of the lowest quiz or homework grades instead of
allowing missed papers to be made up? Do your best to provide an across-the-board
policy to avoid having to handle everything on a case-by-case basis. You may also want
to be aware of any policies at your institution.
Calculator policy: Will you allow or require graphing calculators? Be specific as
to the features the students will need on their calculators, such as powers, log functions,
trigonometric functions, exponentials, etc. Otherwise, your students may bring
calculators that only do arithmetic and do not preserve order of operation. If you allow
graphing calculators on graded papers, you may want to indicate the level of work that
