With the rapid development and wide availability of generative AI tools, the potential for the discovery and learning of mathematics is still emerging. We welcome dialog about the use of various models and the sharing of positive and negative results from them. That said, you are not permitted to submit course materials, such as problem sets, directly or indirectly to such models (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.), and passing off AI generated content as your own work will be treated as a violation of academic honesty as with any other source. Please see the Provost’s guidelines for more specifics.
Lastly, students are encouraged not to be wasteful. That is, wasteful of energy resources and wasteful of their own time. Output of transformer models in particular can often be plausible-looking but mathematically absurd. The effort in parsing these out is often greater than checking an authoritative source.
Subsection4.2Out-of-sequence exams and missed quizzes
We are only able to accommodate a limited number of out-of-sequence exams. For this reason, we may approve out-of-sequence exams in the following cases:
A university-sponsored event such as an athletic tournament, a play, or a musical performance. Athletic practices and rehearsals do not fall into this category. Please have your coach, conductor, or other faculty advisor contact your instructor.
We will not be able to accommodate out-of-sequence exams, quizzes, and finals for purposes of more convenient travel, including already purchased tickets. Please note again the date of the final and plan your winter break travel accordingly.
Scheduled out-of-sequence exams and quizzes (those not arising from emergencies) must be taken before the actual exam. Makeups must occur within one week of the regularly scheduled exam or quiz, otherwise a zero score will be given.
The final grade will be computed with the following weights for each category. The weighted average will be converted to a letter according to the ``college standard’’ chart at right. These cutoffs may be adjusted downward—they will never be made more strict—but not significantly.
When calculating the homework and quiz grades for the semester, the lowest 2 grades in each of these areas will be dropped. N.B. It is advised that students reserve these ``passes’’ for unexpected absences. In fairness to all students and TAs, late homework will not be accepted nor will make-ups be offered.
Guidelines regarding cheating and plagiarism are laid out in the SEAS Bulletin and will be strictly adhered to. Collaboration is permitted, in fact encouraged, for home and class assignments; however, all submitted assignments must be written up independently and represent the student’s own words and understanding.
