Sometimes, even though we try our hardest to get everything in on time, the spurious Murphy's Law will make an appearance. Your dog ate your network cable, a burst of cosmic rays damaged your RAM precisely where your work was located… the list goes on.
If something is not submitted by its respective due date, and no advance attempt has been made to communicate with me, the assignment will be invalidated of any value.
Bottom line.. if something is going to be late: let me know. It happens, just don't make a habit of it. Communication is key.
Unless otherwise specified, past due assignments will lose 25% credit per day, rendering them worthless credit-wise after 4 days.
Attendance plays an important part in one's educational journey each semester. Missing class deprives you of essential knowledge and hinders understanding towards your eventual mastering of a topic.
Because we are all here to learn (and if learning isn't a priority, I highly suggest you think about making it such), and believe it or not- learning isn't just about one person, but the entire group. So it is important to be present in order to positively contribute to the learning experience.
I also reserve the right to drop students from the course due to excessive absences. On the same token, I reserve the right NOT to drop students from the course due to excessive absences.
Should your behaviour in the class be notably and consistently unruly, off-topic, or alarming, I have the ability to remove you from the class.
I will likely issue a warning, indicating a desire to have you cease the particular behaviour, but through continued transgressions, may actually elevate to forced removal from the class.
The priority is to the well-being of the class community. I cannot have individuals derailing that for their own personal gain or purposes.