Section: syllabus policy Students are required to download the syllabus from the homepage of the course website. The syllabus file is a PDF file which should be opened using a PDF reader. It is the responsibility of every student to read and understand the syllabus. Failure to read and understand the syllabus does not exempt the student from any course policy or course requirement. Section: email policy All students are required to check their zips.uakron.edu email account at least once a day. Email is not sent out every day, but students are required to check their zips.uakron.edu account anyway. Students are required to use their zips.uakron.edu email account when they send email to the instructor. Email from the instructor to a student is sent only to the student's zips.uakron.edu account. Section: calculator requirement All students are required to have a graphing calculator or other device with minimum functionality equivalent to that of the texas instruments t i 83 calculator. Every student is required to have possession of their calculator or other device by the end of the first week of classes. Students are required to bring the required calculator or other device to each class. If a student has a device other than a graphing calculator, then the student must have the device approved by doctor randby prior to its use during an exam. Students who do not obtain prior approval for such devices will not be permitted to use those devices on an exam. No exceptions to this policy will be made by the instructor.