Grading

• Labs: (15%)
• Homework: (15%)
  
• Midterms: (42%)
  
• Final: (28%)
  

Collaboration

• In homework assignments, you are allowed to consult the professor, the TA, your other classmates, and/or any other individuals to obtain assistance in formulating a solution or debugging. You may not use any part of someone else's software without written (i.e. email) approval from the professor. If anyone other than the professor or TA, has been consulted on any portion of the assignment, you are required to identify these individuals by name at the beginning of the assignment. While such consultation is allowed, it is important that the final written preparation of the assignment is done by yourself, using your own explanations. It is strictly forbidden to submit someone else's work as your own or to copy someone else's work (either verbatim or with slight notation changes). A good rule of thumb is "don't write down anything that you don't understand."
• The lab reports are submitted by teams of 3, all of whom will receive the same score. Any assistance from individuals outside your team should follow the rules for homework assignments.
• In the exam, you may not consult with anyone other than the professor and TAs, who will only answer questions of clarification about the problem wording. You will be asked to sign an honor code in each exam indicating that the work is your own.

Grading discrepancies

• If a grading error is found in a lab or homework, the student should submit a request for regrade in writing to one of the TAs (not the graders) along with the entire homework or lab report. The TA will review to determine amended score. Note that it is possible for regrades to result in either higher or lower grades than the initial score.
• Requests for grading review on exams will be handled similarly, except the request should go to the professor. Note again that it is possible for regrades to result in either raising or lowering of initial score.
• Students are responsible for reporting any grading errors within one week of when the respective homework, lab or exam is returned.

Make-ups, Incompletes, etc.

• No make-up exams will be given. If you have a legitimate excuse, such as a serious illness as documented by a doctor's note, the other exams will be weighted more heavily to determine final grade. If you do not have a legitimate excuse, you will be given a grade of zero for the exam.
• Incompletes will not be given to students who wish to improve their grade by taking the course a subsequent semester. (An incomplete may be given for medical reasons where a doctor's note is provided.)
• Homeworks and labs are due at the beginning of class. No late homeworks or labs will be accepted, unless there is a legitimate excuse and you have obtained permission in advance from the professor. No homework or lab scores will be dropped (although one homework score can be replaced by grade on Homework 0).
• Students are responsible for being aware of the add and drop dates for the current semester. Forms will not be back-dated.