Webpage for Math 290 (Elementary Linear Algebra), Line # 25751 Fall 2017, No Make-up Exam Policy

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In what follows the term "make-up exam" refers to an exam

administered to some member(s) of the class at a time

different from the pre-announced time and day for the same

exam for the class. An exam administered at KU Disability

Resources with the same starting time as the regularly

scheduled exam is NOT considered as a "make-up" exam.

[No Make-up Exam Policy]

Kachi will not give you make-up exams under any

circumstance. There is one exception to this policy (this

conforms to the University Policies):

The only instance Kachi grants you the opportunity to take

the make-up:

• you are scheduled to take THREE in-class Final exams

on the same day, including the one for this class,

during the University-designated Final Exam

Period,

• none of those in-class exams is a `flextime' exam, and

• 290 is the highest course number among the three.

(In the above, a `flextime' exam is an exam which

students get to choose when to take.)

There is no designated Final Exam Period for Summer session. So,

in short, Kachi cannot accommodate you make-up exams. Period.

Note that emergencies will not make a difference. If you had to miss

Kachi's in-class exams due to an emergency, or for whatever reason,

it's just tough luck. Sorry.

However, good news:

Even though it is generally true that missing one in-class exam causes an

adverse effect on your grade, Kachi's grading scheme is designed in such

a way it is still possible to recover from the loss:

(1) Keep in mind each exam has a "take-home" portion. Missing

the "in-class" portion of an exam does not mean your score for

that exam is 0. Typically, the point-allocation for each exam is

• "in-class" : "take-home" = 60% : 40% (ballpark).

(2) There are multiple ways to earn extra credits, namely,

• through an Extra Credit Homework, and also

• through the extra credit portion of the quizzes and the exams.

Kachi strongly recommends that you do all the extra credit assignments

and also any extra credit portion of quizzes/exams whenever included.

These make it theoretically possible to earn the letter grade of A even

with a miss of one "in-class" exam. However, please also be aware that

any extra credit you have incured will be "pro-rated" by your

attendance rate. Thus Kachi also strongly recommends to regularly attend

classes.

Last Updated: 1:25PM, 08/23/17