Attendance:

The student who wish to get a score must hand over his or her selective sheet within two weeks from the beginning of the course. Attendance will not be taken at all of the lectures. However, you are considered responsible for all material presented at the lectures and have to explained your reason why you will not attend to the instructor.

　

Assignments:

Assignments will be given. Your solutions don't have to be turned-in, however, will be checked-up at any moment. You must seriously do them well since the final examination will be similar to the assignments. 

　

Midterm and final examinations:

If midterm exams are arranged more one time, you can miss one. In that case, your scores will be scaled accordingly. If you miss two midterm exams, you fail the course. All students who wish to get a score must take part in the final examination on the course except one who has been approved to not must. No make-up exams will be allowed. If, without approved,  you miss the final examination, you fail the course. After the exam, you will receive an email with your grade within one week if you send Prof. Xu, if he offers the courses, an email to ask your grade. If you have a strong suspicion and will appeal your grade, you have two days from the date you receive the email to Prof. Xu to request a meeting to discuss the grade. Thereafter your grades can not be changed.

　

Individual arrangement:

For students with particularly strong background, individual arrangement can be made with the instructor to substitute final examination if you have finished a research paper of good quality. However, you should expect the paper to be publish in a core journal. Such arrangement must be done before two weeks at the end of the course. Otherwise, there will be not possible to discuss this option.

　

Cheating:

Copying homework and exam is considered cheating in this course. All homework assignments and the final exam are to be done individually, unless otherwise mentioned. Any violations of the university policy on academic dishonesty will result in to fail the course.

　

Standards

Due to the complexity of managing many students in the same class and the differences among each individual student, it is extremely important to hold a common standard for every student in the class. The standard is set by the instructor. Sometimes the standard may not be the best for your situation. Your understanding is requested and appreciated to comply to the standard so that we will have a smooth administration of the class. It is possible that the standard and requirement set by the instructor is totally new to you, and have never been used before in the department or in the university.