Attendance
I plan to hold the course in-person. There will be no recording or synchronous connecting via Zoom.
Active participation in class is important and is rewarded accordingly (see the grading policies).
You will not be penalized for missing up to two class sessions during the semester. Use these freebies wisely! After that, your
participation grade for any absence day will be zero. Please do not ask for more in fairness to everybody else in class who gets
two.
Exception: given the threat of COVID, you will have no negative consequences to your participation score if you will be absent
more than twice and you present (email is fine) some health-based justification.
In any case, you are always responsible for covering the materials, monitoring the web site and the Teams messages. Not attending
or not paying attention is not an acceptable excuse.