This is a difficult class, and you don’t need to be distracted by goofing around on your phone or laptop. And, I don’t want you to distract others.
Daily Quizzes will be administered in the first 5 minutes of class, on Moodle. Do not show up late to class.
Attendance¶
Class attendance is optional.
Also, lab attendance is required! Lab is not optional. Skipping lab may result in you doing poorly in class.
Missing class due to illness: if you are going to miss class due to (physical or mental) illness, please send me an email before class.
Disabilities¶
Calvin University is committed to providing access to all students. If you are a student with a documented disability, please notify a Disability Coordinator in Student Success (located in Hiemenga Hall 227) to discuss necessary accommodations. If you have an accommodation memo, please come talk to me in the first two weeks of class.
If you are a student needing reasonable modifications for pregnancy and related conditions, please contact the Title IX Coordinator in Student Life (located in Spoelhof University Center 364).
Statement of Diversity and Inclusion¶
Inside and outside of the classroom, I work to treat every person with equal respect, regardless of racial identity, gender identity, physicality, brain chemistry, nationality, political leanings, and religious background.
Whoever you are, you are fearfully and wonderfully made. God delights in diversity and I do, too. We humans need diverse viewpoints because every viewpoint, on its own, has blind spots. That has been proven to be true in technology-related fields, where under-represented minorities are significantly under-represented in the working world. When companies work hard to rectify this, they find their products and services improve. We have found this to be true in Computer Science classrooms as well.