Late work penalized as 10% per day, max 5 days. Academic concessions will be granted with appropriate documentation as per UVic’s regulations.
Most of the classes will be based around co-operative learning. Students will be responsible for having read the chapter material before class. During class you will have the opportunity to review this material with your classmates, and then we will summarize the important points as a class. This will be supplemented by in-class exercises, and lab demos.
While this grade is subjective, co-operative learning can only happen if most folks co-operate, and your effort should be reflected in your grade.
The afternoons will be spent learning some basic aspects of analyzing large data sets. This will require you to turn in modified versions of code and supplementary material.
There will be a number of exercises that test your comprehension and give you practice in the quantitative aspects of the course. Again, some will be graded, others will not.
There will be two quizzes of equal weight. There may be some cumulative questions on the second quiz, testing all that has come before, but in general you will be tested on the material directly previous.
You will each be writing and handing in a cruise report based on the data collected in Saanich Inlet, supplemented with regional data from VENUS, and the local weather. This will be due during the exam period (Date TBA).
Late policy for the report is -10% per day, including weekends.