Your immediate responsibilities in this course

• Get a copy of the textbook immediately and begin the readings described in the Course Overview Readings page. There is only one copy of the book on Reserve in Snell Library. If you drop the course within the drop period, you can return the book to the bookstore by their deadline and get a full refund; the book must be in original condition with no markings in it and you must have your receipt.


• Sign up for the course mailing list immediately: because it will be the origin of all important information about the course, including notification of significant changes or additions to the course web pages, assignments, exam details, etc.
  CSU520 mailing list.
  You will lose two points from your semester grade if you do not sign up for the mailing list by the end of Sunday, January 11th. Sign up here:
  https://lists.ccs.neu.edu/bin/listinfo/csu520-sp09-rpf


• All course-related email sent to me at futrelle@ccs.neu.edu must have a Subject line that begins with csu520sp09. Otherwise I will delete it and ask you to resend it properly. My ccs email address is the official one. For my day-to-day work I use my gmail address.


• You are responsible for reading the course information page, and basically for all the course pages. I will send email whenever important additions or changes are made to the site. So keep an eye on your email.