EVALUATION PROCEDURE:

Laboratory reports (5)               20%*
Tutorial tests (4)                       8%**
Homework                                5%***
Class participation                     2%****(iClickers)
Term test                                 20%  (Thursday, Oct. 20, 7:00-9:00 pm)
Final exam                               45%  (to be scheduled by the Registrar’s Office)
Total                                       100%

NOTE:         Students having previously taken PHYS 1020 (formerly 16.102) MAY APPLY for an exemption from the laboratory component of the course, provided that their performance in the laboratory exceeded a minimum standard of 80%.  To apply for an exemption, students MUST see Dr. Page (room 334, Allen building) in person on or before September 19, 2011, and have normally completed the laboratories within the last two years.  Students who receive an exemption will have their previous laboratory mark credited directly towards the Fall 2011 mark for PHYS 1020, as outlined above.

* Students who obtain a lab exemption are still required to write the tutorial tests in the timetabled slot.  See the attached schedule for dates of tutorial tests.  The tutorial tests are conducted in the laboratory sessions and are an important component of the course mark (see above). 

** Different laboratory sections receive different versions of the tutorial tests.  Although the instructors attempt to set all versions of the test at the same level of difficulty, there inevitably remain some differences.  The marks for the tutorial tests may therefore be adjusted slightly so the average marks for each lab section are the same.

*** 5% of the final grade will be awarded for homework problems, using the WileyPLUS online learning and evaluation system.  WileyPLUS is designed to provide helpful feedback to students on problem-solving and to provide hints to guide them to the correct answer.  Problem assignments will be due each week.  Details will be announced in class and on the course web site.

**** Learning requires active participation!  iClickers will be used to help students assimilate the basic concepts and ideas as soon as they are introduced in the lectures. 

POLICY ON MISSED TESTS/TUTORIALS:

No rewrites are given for the mid-term test. If you miss the mid-term test for a legitimate, documented reason, then the weight of the final exam will be increased to 65%. If you cannot attend a tutorial due to illness or some other legitimate reason, then you may be given permission to write the test in a different section during the same week. Missed tests for any other reason count as zero!

POLICY ON LABORATORY ATTENDANCE AND SUBMISSION OF LAB REPORTS:

Attendance at all laboratory sessions is mandatory. In order to receive any credit for the laboratory component all students are required to complete at least four out of the five experiments scheduled in the laboratory sessions. Credit for a completed lab requires that a lab report be submitted, with the raw data signed by the Teaching Assistant. Laboratory reports are generally due 24 hours after the end of the laboratory period (extensions may be granted on occasion), and must be submitted to the designated box in the corridor outside the first year physics laboratories, Rooms 401-405, Allen Bldg.

PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING (University of Manitoba Undergraduate Calendar, pp. 28-9):

Plagiarism or any other form of cheating in examinations, term tests or academic work is subject to serious academic penalty (e.g. suspension or expulsion from the faculty or university). Cheating in examinations or tests may take the form of copying from another student or bringing unauthorized materials into the exam room (e.g., crib notes, pagers or cell phones). Exam cheating can also include exam impersonation. (Please see Section 5.2.9 of the Undergraduate Calendar, which is copied in the section below, on Examinations: Personations). A student found guilty of contributing to cheating in examinations or term assignments is also subject to serious academic penalty.

To plagiarize is to take ideas or words of another person and pass them off as one’s own. In short, it is stealing something intangible rather than an object. Plagiarism applies to any written work, in traditional or electronic format, as well as orally or verbally presented work. Obviously it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, but students are expected to appropriately acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources. To provide adequate and correct documentation is not only an indication of academic honesty but is also a courtesy which enables the reader to consult these sources with ease. Failure to provide appropriate citations constitutes plagiarism. It will also be considered plagiarism and/or cheating if a student submits a term paper written in whole or in part by someone other than him/herself, or copies the answer or answers of another student in any test, examination, or take-home assignment.

Working with other students on assignments, laboratory work, take-home tests, or on-line tests, when this is not permitted by the instructor, can constitute Inappropriate Collaboration and may be subject to penalty under the Student Discipline By-Law.

An assignment which is prepared and submitted for one course should not be used for a different course. This is called “duplicate submission” and represents a form of cheating because course requirements are expected to be fulfilled through original work for each course.

When in doubt about any practice, ask your professor or instructor.

The Student Advocacy Office, 519 University Centre, 474-7423, is a resource
available to students dealing with Academic Integrity matters.

EXAMINATIONS: PERSONATIONS (University of Manitoba Undergraduate Calendar, p. 27):

A student who arranges for another individual to undertake or write any nature of examination for and on his/her behalf, as well as the individual who undertakes or writes the examination, will be subject to discipline under the university’s Student Discipline Bylaw, which could lead to suspension or expulsion from the university. In addition, the Canadian Criminal Code treats the personation of a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held at a university as an offence punishable by summary conviction.

Section 362 of the Code provides:
Personation at Examination
362. Every one who falsely, with intent to gain advantage for him/herself or some other person, personates a candidate at a competitive or qualifying examination held under the authority of law or in connection with a university, college or school or who knowingly avails him/herself of the results of such personation is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction. 1953 54,c.51,s.347.

Both the personator and the individual who avails him/herself of the personation could be found guilty. Summary conviction could result in a fine being levied or up to two years of imprisonment.

FACULTY OF SCIENCE STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

The Faculty of Science and The University of Manitoba regard acts of academic dishonesty in quizzes, tests, examinations, laboratory reports or assignments as serious offences and may assess a variety of penalties depending on the nature of the offence.

Acts of academic dishonesty include, but are not limited to bringing unauthorized materials into a test or exam, copying from another individual, using answers provided by tutors, plagiarism, and examination personation.

Note: cell phones, pagers, PDAs, MP3 units or electronic translators are explicitly listed as unauthorized materials, and must not be present during tests or examinations.

Penalties that may apply, as provided for under the University of Manitoba's Student Discipline ByLaw, range from a grade of zero for the assignment or examination, failure in the course, to expulsion from the University. Suggested minimum penalties are assessed by the Faculty of Science for acts of academic dishonesty.

All Faculty members (and their teaching assistants) have been instructed to be vigilant and report all incidents of academic dishonesty to the Head of the Department.

COURSE CREDIT AND FEE CANCELLATION:

Click on this link to read an important Note from the Dean of Science