No textbook is needed. However, if you really get into SAS programming, you should look into "The Little Book of SAS".
Grading
Lab Assignments Final project
45% 55%
Assessment
Due dates for all work are in BbLearn. No work will be accepted late without prior notification and consent. Makeup work will only be accepted if you let me know about the late work in advance. No exceptions. For information about student services, contact the Dean of Students.
Labs At the end of every module, there is a lab. A lab is basically just a homework assignment. There will be somewhere around 13 modules, thus 13 labs, but only 3-5 of these will be randomly collected for credit. All lab work must be your own (see assignments policy). When submitting assignments, I will most often ask for three things to paste into a document (Word) and upload to BbLearn. I will want the following things for every assignment:
The code from the SAS editor window
The text from the SAS log
The output (not always so please read directions of all labs)
Project There will be one project for the semester that basically substitutes for exams. It will include use of functions and procedures learned in class and practiced in labs. More detailed information will be available in the Project link.
Work Policy: While not mandatory, lack of attendance is highly correlated with lower grades and poorer understanding, and that should be no surprise. If you miss a collected lab, then you will miss those points with no allowance for making it up. If you know you are going to miss an assignment, then email me before the assignment is due. Lack of communication makes me cranky, as does poor attempts at making up a story after the fact. No prior communication = no empathy (and no make up work).
Academic Honesty
Academic honesty is an important concept and will be enforced in the class. Breaches of academic honesty include cheating on a test, falsifying data, misrepresenting the work of others as your own (plagiarism, or improper citation of sources), and helping other students cheat and/or plagiarize. For detailed academic integrity standards and procedures, please consult Article II of your student handbook. Breaches of academic integrity will not be tolerated and will result in an F for the course and referral to the Dean of Students for further disciplinary action.
Assignments Policy
This class will be using computers for class work. While you are in class, I expect you to be courteous and respectful to me and your classmates. You are here to learn, and that means no personal work is to be done on the computers during the class period (including email, games, texting, etc.).In a course that bases much of the grade on homework and lab work, the discussion of cheating and defining what exactly that means is very important. It is considered cheating if: • Copy someone's program -- obviously • Adapt or paraphrase someone's program (i.e., change variable names) • Look at someone's program to see how the problem can be solved and then write a program following their exact approach • To allow anyone to do any of the above with your programs It is not cheating to: • Ask for advise • Ask someone what an error message means • Discuss various approaches to solving a problem • Show someone some code and ask their opinion If you are unsure, ask me. Your very first assignment is to read this and send me an email message acknowledging that you have read and understand the policy.
Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have documented temporary or permanent disabilities. All accommodations must be approved through Disability Support Services in order to notify your instructor(s) as soon as possible regarding accommodations needed for the course. DSS contact information: Idaho Commons Building room 306, phone (208) 885-6307 and email [email protected]. The class is set up in such a way that accommodations may not be necessary but are still available if desired.