PES 109 Syllabus

Assignments:

Please turn in class/lab assignments only on the night they are due for your respective section/night you are in. Late assignments will be accepted, but will be marked down one grade for every week that passes.

Constellation Lab/Quiz:

The constellation quiz will be a test of your ability to find and recognize constellations, asterisms, stars and objects in the Summer / Fall Sky.

Final Test:

The final test in this class will be on the last night of the lab. The format is a 50 question multiple choice on a 100 question scantron form.

You will be responsible for all the material covered on the lab exercises, observation reports, dvd’s shown in class, hand-outs, and lectures.

Make-up Policy:

Please Try to NOT MISS CLASS.

Due to the nature of this course, (meeting once a week….) lab make-ups are difficult to do. As a result, no make-ups will be available.

Meeting Place:

Class will meet in the assigned classroom for each section. As often as conditions permit, we will go to the roof of the Engineering Building after a brief discussion in the lecture hall. The only route to the roof is by restricted elevator access. If you are late to class you will need to go to the back of the Engineering Building parking and get someone’s attention so we can let you up on the roof.

On inclement evenings (clouds, strong winds, precipitation, extreme cold, & heavy snow accumulation), class will remain in the Engineering Building.

Miscellaneous:

Please do not bring guests, or children to the astronomy lab, thanks

Any student eligible for and requesting academic accommodations due to a disability is required to provide a letter from Disability Services within the first two weeks of class.

Disability Services is located in: Cragmor Hall #104, 719 262-3354

Military students who have the potential to participate in military activities including training and deployment should consult with faculty prior to registration for a course, but no later than the end of the first week of classes, to determine the class attendance policy. At this time, the student should provide the instructor with a schedule of planned absences, preferably signed by the student’s commander, in order to allow the instructor to evaluate and advise the student on the possible impact of the absences. In this case, faculty will consider absences due to participation in verified military activities to be excused absences, on par with those due to other unavoidable circumstances such as illness. Faculty judge the validity of student absences from class and may require documentation for excused absences. For classes requiring mandatory attendance incompatible with the number of planned absences, students will be advised to register, if possible, during a semester in which they will not be participating in these activities. As with any academic issue, students may exercise their right to appeal adverse attendance decisions. Should the faculty member and student be unable to agree on appropriate accommodation under this policy, either party shall have the right to request mediation from (in order) the department chair, the academic dean, and the vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Please see the Military Students website for more information: http://www.uccs.edu/~military/

Additional information on university policies may be found in the Schedule of Courses/ Registration Instructions and the Course Bulletin.

last updated: Tuesday, 26-Aug-2008 8:04 PM

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