Your final grade for the course will be based on the following weights:
There will be 10 8 sakai quizzes. Quizzes are pre-scheduled and will
be announced when they are available. See the schedule for when
quizzes will be due on the syllabus
page.
You will have 30 minutes to finish a quiz once you begin it, and you may take the quiz any time until it is due. There will be no extensions or make-ups for Sakai quizzes. Quizzes are closed-book.
The two mid-terms and the final exam will be closed-book: no
textbooks, electronic devices, or cheat sheets are allowed. The only
exception is calculators. The second mid-term and the final
exam are online (on Sakai) and open-book. You may only use the course
textbook, lecture materials, and your own notes. You must not search
the Internet for answers to questions, and you must not collaborate
with others. Calculators are allowed. We emphasize that all
submitted answers be the result of your own thought and work.
The mid-terms will be 1 hr 20 mins long and will be held
during scheduled class hours (see the syllabus
page for the dates). The second mid-term and final exam will
each be 2 hours long and can be taken in any 2-hour block within a
window of 3 days (second mid-term) and 6 days (final exam)
respectively. See the schedule for
details.
The final examination will be 2 hrs 15 mins long and will be held
at the end of the semester. It will be scheduled according to the
Rutgers undergraduate schedule of classes. See the syllabus page for the scheduled date and
time.
There will be three programming projects.
You will work in groups of two throughout the semester. Your partner can belong to any of the sections handled by this instructor. You will work with the same partner throughout the semester, so choose wisely. We will disallow changing partners except under very compelling circumstances. Allowing a change is up to the discretion of the instructors.
Both the solution program and a write-up (details TBA) will be required for each project. The projects will use the Python language and basic Unix terminal manipulations. You must be comfortable using basic data structures like dictionaries and vectors.
Projects are handed-in via Sakai. There will be no extensions to project deadlines under any circumstances. Late submissions will automatically imply zero credit for all team members.
You must submit all projects, even if you do so late, to be able to pass this course.
You must have a pressing reason (such as a proven medical cause or conflicting exam in another course) to miss a scheduled mid-term or final examination. Make-up examinations may be taken if you have notified the professor at least two weeks prior to the original examination that you will not be able to attend. If you miss an examination due to an unforeseen emergency, you may take a make-up examination only after providing written documentation of a reason that is acceptable to the professor.
You may not dispute a grade before 24 hours or after 7 days of receiving it. The class instructors will only consider reasonable requests to regrade parts of projects or exams during a 6-day period after the release of each project or exam grade.
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