INR 3034, Spring 2006
International Political Economy
Policy on Late Papers and Missed Examinations

Late papers will be accepted, but will be marked down half a grade for each day late.  A day in this case is a 24-hour period.  If, for example, the paper is due Monday at the beginning of class, it will be marked down half a grade (e.g. a B+ to a B) if it is turned in after it is due, but before 10:40 on the Tuesday.  Between 10:40 on the Tuesday and 10:40 on the Wednesday it will be considered two days late, and will be marked down a full letter grade.  Papers more than seven days late will not be accepted.  Note that weekend do NOT count in this calculation.  A paper handed in at the beginning of class a week after it is due, for example, will be considered five days late. 

Statements of research question and working bibliography are graded on a 3-point scale, and will be graded down 1 point per day (i.e. 24-hour period) late.

Extensions will be granted only in cases of unforseen emergency.  They will not be granted for workload-related reasons - if you have several papers due at the same time as the paper for this course, or if you have an exam in another course on the same day, plan ahead and finish the paper early.  Extensions will not be granted under any circumstances after the paper is due.

Examinations will be held as indicated on the syllabus.  The final exam is relatively late in the exam period - there will be no opportunity to write exams early, so do not make travel plans that require you to leave before the exam date.  Make-up exams will be offered only in case of medical absence or similar event, and I will in all cases require documentary evidence of why you were unable to attend the exam.