COURSE POLICY

  • GENERAL
    • Student participation is encouraged in lectures.

    • Class attandence is accounted by classwork participation throughout the semester.

    • Cellular phones should be switched into the silent mode during the lecture hours. Phone conversation or any type of text messaging is not allowed in the classroom.

  • GRADING
    • Classwork 10%
      Homework 10%
      Midterm Exam35%
      Final Exam45%

    • In final grading, Transformed Standart Scores, which are based on the mean and the standart deviation of the grade distributions, are considered.

  • HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
    • There will be about 7 homework assignments following each major topic covered. Assignments require computer programming in Fortran and graphical data analysis.

    • Homework assignments are announced in class, and posted on the web page with supplements.

    • Incomplete Fortran codes are provided for some assignments, and should be used without any major modification.

    • Selected homework assignments are done as a team work. A team consists of 3 team members from the same section. Teams are formed by the students..

    • Homework assignments are collected at the beginning of the first class hour on the due date. There will be a 25% reduction for late submissions on the due date. Assingments should be turned in early if you will miss the class. Submissions after the due date are, in general, not graded.

    • Homework copying is not tolerated at all. Copy givers and takers lose 50% of the total HW weight in their first attempt, and the remaining 50% in their second attempt.

  • HOMEWORK REPORTS
    • A homework report should have the Introduction, Method (including the Fortran code), Results and Discussion sections.

    • All sections should be written in brief, concise statements. Repetition of the textbook information should be minimized.

    • Results should be presented in compact graphs with proper, readable legends and captions (please do not include numerical data tables!). Please avoid the common mistakes in preparing graphs.

    • The fortran codes developed and included in the reports should be written in a compact, single spaced format and using a maximum font size of 11pt. For presenting the modified versions of the code, only the modified parts of the code should be included.

    • Graphs/figures, which are not bigger than 20x15cm, should be embedded in the text (not at the end of the report in single pages).

  • EXAMS
    • The exams are of closed-book but you are allowed to bring two page (both sides of a single A4 sheet) of your own notes. Photocopies are not allowed. Verbal definitions, derivations and solutions are not allowed in your notes. Your note sheet is collected at the end of the exam with your answer sheets.

    • Only non-programmable, simple hand calculators without any type of media storage are allowed in the exams.

    • Cellular phones must be turned off and should not be placed on the desk/table.

    • Solutions without proper explanations and with sloppy handwriting lose points.

    • A completely wrong answer may receive a negative point.

    • The exam questions and their solutions are discussed in the first class hour following the exam.

    • There is only one comprehensive make-up exam at the end of the semester in the week following the final exams.