CS2550: Policies

CS2550: Principles of Database Systems

Policies

Academic Honesty
	Unless explicitely noted otherwise, the work in this course is to be done independently. Discussions with other students on the assignments should be limited to understanding the statement of the problems (except when assignments are to be done in groups, in which case it is expected of members of the same group to work together). Cheating in any way, including giving your work to someone else will result in an F for the course and a report to the appropriate University authority. Submissions that are alike in a substantive way will be considered to be cheating by ALL involved parties. Please protect yourselves by only storing your files in private directories, and by retrieving all printouts promptly. Also, please make sure you read, understand and abide by the Academic Integrity Code for the School of Arts and Sciences.

Preliminary Examination Information (NEW)
	This course is also part of the PhD Preliminary Examination for the Department of Computer Science. The grade of the two exams will determine whether you have passed the Preliminary Examination or not. If you are taking the Preliminary Examination you must be assigned a student number from the Graduate Program Office (Ms. Loretta Shabatura), so that your exams are graded anonymously.

Email Communication (NEW)
	You should send all email regarding class matters to Your email will go to the instructor and the TA. If you have a confidential matter, then please email the instructor directly, but make sure to include the keyword cs2550 in the subject line of your email messages. We will make every effort to respond to all email requests within one business day at the latest.

Class Mailing List
	All students must subscribe to the class mailing list, so that they receive time-sensitive information from the instructor and TAs. You will be automatically added to the mailing list.

Students with Disabilities
	If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 216 William Pitt Union, 412-648-7890 or 412-383-7355 (TTY) as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accomodations for this course. More info at: www.drs.pitt.edu.

Religious Observances
	In order to accommodate the observance of religious holidays, students should inform the instructor (by email, within the first two weeks of the term) of any such days which conflict with scheduled class activities.