Grading Scheme

Class participation:

Students are expected to contribute to learning by asking questions and making relevant comments in class and on the class newsgroup. Quality is more important than quantity. Disruptive activity contributes negatively. Please make sure all disruptive devices are disabled while in class. If you have a good reason for wanting to be disturbed in class, please contact me to make the appropriate arrangements.

Homeworks:

Homeworks include programming and non-programming ones, often mixed. No collaboration is permitted. You are allowed, and encouraged, to discuss the problems and solution strategies at a high level, but the final solution and details must be your individual work. If you are unclear on the boundary between permissible and non-permissible interactions in this regard, please ask me.

Project Proposals:

The sequence of three project proposals serves to develop a systematic plan for a capstone project. The details are outlined in the guide for Capstone project proposals (Reading 1). Further details will follow in class.

Exams:

All exams are open book, open notes. You are free to bring with you any resources that you find useful. However, no communications are permitted other than between students and me. The use of computers during exams is strongly discouraged, but brief use is permitted provided it does not cause a disturbance. You may use the Internet, but only as a library to look up material you may find useful. As above, check with me if you are unclear on what is permitted. The exams are designed to require no equipment other than a pen and paper.

Midterm exams will be held during regular class meetings, and will be roughly an hour long. The final exam follows the usual university schedule, and is thus held outside of regular class meetings.

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