COURSE OUTLINE (LINK ON THE LEFT)

POLICY ON MISSED TERM TESTS IN MATH 1LS3 (BELOW)

GUIDELINES ON SENDING EMAILS TO YOUR INSTRUCTOR (BELOW)

POLICY ON MISSED TERM TESTS IN MATH 1LS3

THE UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ABSENCES WHICH RESULT IN MISSED ACADEMIC WORK IS HERE and HERE.

Please note that since tests are worth 25% each, the MSAF cannot be used without first providing appropriate supporting documentation for your absence to the Office of the Associate Dean, Faculty of Science (BSB-129). If warranted, the Faculty Office will approve your absence and inform your instructor. If you have an approved absence for one test, then your remaining test will count toward 30% of your course grade, and your final exam will count toward 70%.

* if you expect an answer and are using your mcmaster email, make sure that your mailbox is not full (this is not an issue with gmail, hotmail, yahoo, etc. since they give you a huge amount of space) ... as well, sign your email; ID is not necessary, but at least your first name should be there.

* your instructor deals with academic issues; for anything else (such as dropping/adding the course, absences other than MSAF) talk to a student adviser in your faculty's office (Faculty of Science office is in BSB129).

* for many emails, the reply is - check the webpage! so check the 1LS3 web page first, in particular TERM TESTS and FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS links; what to do if you missed your test, if you're ill, material covered on a test, test times and locations, campus map ... it's all on the we page. As well, 1LS3 has a Facebook page, check it out, the answer to your question might be there.

* your instructor will try to reply the same day, but you should not expect an immediate reply, especially if you send your email after working hours, or on weekends/holidays.

* asking math questions over email: in spite of all advances in technology, math is still far from easy to type in emails; so unless your question requires a simple answer, it's better if you ask your question during or after lecture, or visit math help centre, or come to your instructor's office hours.