Course expectations
- Attend class daily, including all required lectures, discussions, break-out sessions, labs, etc.
- Be prepared to actively participate in discussions and activities.
- Keep up with required reading.
- On a daily basis, check your syllabus and course website on Canvas (if used) for class announcements and assignments.
- Complete all assignments and exams in a timely manner.
- Abide by Cornell policies, including the Precollege Code of Conduct, Precollege Studies Code of Academic Integrity, and Use of AI in Course Assignments.
- Your professor may also share additional expectations on the syllabus.
Course materials
Canvas access
Your instructor will contact you about two days before your class starts at your Cornell email address (your NetID@cornell.edu) with instructions for accessing the course syllabus, lectures, assignments, tests, homework, and additional information on Canvas.
Note that your course’s Canvas site may not open until the first day of class.
How to contact your instructor
Find your class page on the University course roster.
Locate the instructors name and hover over their name and their NetID will appear.
Note the instructor’s NetID (such as “ewe1”) and use that NetID followed by “@cornell.edu” to send an email. For instance, in this example, your email would go to “ewe1@cornell.edu”.
If an instructor is not listed, check back in a week or two for updates.
When sending email messages to your instructor, please use your Cornell NetID email.