Course Material: Course content will be delivered to students online on a weekly basis in the form of short, detailed snippets. You can watch the videos at your convenient time. Once the lecture material is made available, it will stay online throughout the semester. Take careful notes and review these videos regularly to prepare yourself for the homework and the quizzes. 

Online Homework:  There will be one online homework assignment every week. These assignments must be submitted electronically through the web. Online Homework will be made available for download five to six days before the due date, usually Monday before 11:55pm. After the due time the answer key will be turned on and the submission will be turned off. Under no circumstances will a delayed online homework be accepted. You can login and print out your homework as many times as you want, but you are limited to only four (4) submission attempts to complete each online assignment. The grade for the questions correctly solved in the first attempt will be worth 100%, those solved in the second attempt worth 75%, those solved in the third attempt worth 50%, and those solved in final fourth attempt worth 25%. The average online homework grade weights 20% of your final grade.

Online Quizzes: There will be one online quiz assignment every week. These assignments must be submitted electronically through the web. Online quizzes will be scheduled at specific times during the week; most likely Friday nights at 7:00pm. The duration of the quiz is between 30 and 40 minutes. After the due time the answer key will be turned on and the submission will be turned off. You will be allowed four (4) submission attempts for the online quiz assignment. The grade for the questions correctly solved in the first attempt will be worth 100%, those solved in the second attempt worth 75%, those solved in the third attempt worth 50%, and those solved in final fourth attempt worth 25%. The average online quiz grade weights 20% of your final grade.

Online Quiz Makeup Policy: (READ CAREFULLY) Make-up quizzes are scheduled on Sunday nights at 9:00pm. This is to help those who could not manage to make themselves available to take the quiz on Friday for whatever reason. The process is done automatically. There is no need to ask for permission.

Important things to note:
1-The students who try to access the quiz on Friday will be DENIED a make-up on Sunday.
2-The regular quiz and the make-up are of the same order of difficulty. Please take the one that fits your schedule best.
3-Under no circumstances a delayed online quiz will be accepted after the Due-Time.

Exams: There are two (2) non-cumulative exams in this course. Each non-cumulative exam will consist of 20 multiple choice questions on the material related to the chapters indicated on the syllabus. Each exam weights 30% of your final grade. There is no penalty for a wrong answer. It is therefore important that you give an answer to every question even if you have to make an educated guess. A formula sheet will be provided for each exam. The formula sheet may be posted on the web for consultation. You can use a scientific calculator for the exams.

Please note that exams in this section are offered both online and in person. However, it's crucial to understand that the online exam format is considerably stricter than the in person exam. The online exam format is LINEAR, which means that you will answer one question at a time. After you submit the response to an exam question, you cannot return back to it.  Additionally, we will require the submission of your scratch work immediately after completing the exam. Notice also that the online exams will require the Lockdown Browser, as well as a second mobile device that will be used for ZOOM Live Proctoring. 

Academic Integrity: 

While you are encouraged to form collaborative learning and study groups with fellow students in this class, you are always expected to hand in your own work in this course. Responses to online assignments and exam questions must be exclusively your own work. In addition, sharing private course material (such as lecture slides, videos, assignments, etc.) on social media websites and the use of websites such as Chegg, CourseHero, Bartleby, etc. are strictly forbidden and is considered a violation of academic integrity, as defined by the Rutgers Office of Student Conduct. Any violations of these rules will be personally dealt with by the Professor and may lead to severe University disciplinary action. It is in the best interest of the students and the morale of the class to follow these rules and not to tolerate any departure from them by others. Any instances of academic dishonesty that takes place in this course must be reported to the Professor immediately.