Grading:

Note: The final grade cannot be higher than the average on the assignments.

Grading Scale:

A: 90 and higher

B: 80-89

C: 70-79

D: 60-69

F: below 60

Policies and Procedures

1. Assignments are due as specified in each assignment. Late submissions will be accepted up to a final cutoff date, but points will be deducted (about 10% per day late). Late assignments will receive lowest priority for grading.

2. Optional short quizzes will be given as indicated on the course calendar. (It is expected that these will be given each Thursday unless there is a major quiz that week.) The short quizzes will be on line (via WebCT). If all short quizzes are taken, they will count 15% of the course grade. If all are not taken, the percentage will be proportionally less.

3. Attendance is not required at the class meetings. Assignments will be made via the web, and submissions will be done electronically. The major quizzes and final exam will be given in class, and attendance is required.

4. Excused failures to take a quiz will normally result in the quiz not being counted in the average (i.e., there will normally be no makeups). An unexcused failure to take a quiz will normally result in a grade of zero for that quiz. Students are expected to give at least one week advance notice for excused failures to take a quiz or modifications to an assignment deadline if possible.

5. Those students with a clear (not minimal) "A" average both overall and on the major quizzes will be exempt from the final, provided that all short quizzes after the second major quiz are taken. All other students must take the final at the scheduled time unless allowed an alternate time by University policies.

6. Unless otherwise stated explicitly in an assignment, each student must do his or her work independently. The University policies on academic dishonesty apply. In general, the policies of the Department of Computer Science apply. Publicly-available sources of code or other components of assignments can be used if attributed. Major design characteristics that are obtained from other students or developed jointly should be acknowledged (in program comments), and the same applies to code. Each student is responsible for protecting his or her files from others. Work that is essentially the same and submitted without proper attribution is considered to be a violation of academic dishonesty policies by all parties submitting the work, regardless of who actually did the work.

7. The on line quizzes (short quizzes) are to be taken independently, with no help from others or from any material other than as specified in the quiz. (This includes the use of a computer for anything other than taking the quiz.) If materials other than those available from the web are allowed, it will be made known in advance.

8. If the university cancels classes on the day of a scheduled quiz, the quiz will be rescheduled as notified by email. (Online quizzes may be given as originally scheduled.)

9. Students should wait for 10 minutes after the class beginning time before leaving if the instructor is late for class.