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CPSC 102, Section 1, 8:00 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Laboratory Grade:
The laboratory grade will be determined by your laboratory instructor and will count 10% of the final grade. You must be enrolled in a section of L102 and lab attendance is mandatory.
Individual Programming Assignments:
Individual Programming Assignments will be made at class meetings and will count 15% of the final grade. A grading rubric for programming assignments will be distributed with the first assignment. A good solution that meets all requirements of the assignment will be given a grade of 90%. Solutions that exceed minimum expectations for correctness may qualify for grades in the 91- 100% range.
Short Quizzes and Class Work:
Short quizzes, class work, and short homework will be given/collected frequently. If N is the number of such quizzes and class work, the number of such grades computed in the average will be ceiling(0.8N). No makeups of these quizes/class work will be given for any reason. Since only the best eight out of ten grades will be counted, there is an allowance for absences (excused and unexcused). Short quiz/class work grade will be 10% of the final grade. Some grades will result from work in small groups. In the case of group work, one paper will be handed in for each group.
Journal Grade
You probably have not kept a journal in a computer science class before, but you may elect to keep one for this class (if you elect a non-zero percent). Your journal should be a lightweight folder used for no other purpose. The journal will be collected every Wednesday. The journal will be graded primarily on the amount of effort you put into it. Journal grade must be less than or equal to 5%. This percentage is allowed to be zero. Your first journal should include a one-page biography. Your journal should include the following required components:
An entry for every class meeting (with date of entry). If you are absent, the entry will simply state that fact and anything else you want to say.
The most important things that you get out of each class period.
Your journal may also contain:
Any questions you have that were not answered in class
An evaluation of your progress each time you get a major quiz back.
Questions you encounter as you read the text, and answers to those questions once you the the answers.
Any specific journal assignments given in class.
Any other comments you care to make.
Write on only one side of the paper in the journal.
If you elect to write a journal, you may deduct a total of 5 percentage points from the programming grade and the grade for hour quiz 2.
Hour Quizzes:
Hour Quizzes will be given on Monday, February 16, Friday, March 13 (the last day before Spring Break), and Wednesday, April 15. No makeups of hour quizzes will be given for any reason. If an absence from an Hour Quiz is excused, the final exam will count an additional percentage to replace the missed quiz. If you know in advance that you will miss an Hour Quiz, the instructor will attempt to allow you to take the quiz before the regularly scheduled date. (Rescheduling the March 13 hour quiz will not be possible.) Hour Quiz 1 will count 10% of the final grade. Hour Quizzes 2 and 3 will each count 15% of the final grade.
Final Exam:
The final exam will be cumulative and a grade of at least 50 on the final exam is required in order to pass the course. The Final Exam will count 20% of the final grade and is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29, 8 - 11 a.m.. Exams and quizzes will usually be closed book, closed notes.
Attendance Policy:
Attendance is required. At the discretion of the instructor, you may be dropped from the class upon missing 3 or more class meetings.
Grading Scale:
90 to 100 = A
80 to 89 = B
70 to 79 = C
60 to 69 = D
below 60 = F
Instructor:
Eleanor Hare
email: ehare@clemson.edu or ehare@cs.clemson.edu
office: 433 Edwards Hall
phone: (864)656-5874
office hours: 9 - noon Monday, 9 - noon Friday, and TBA