Instructors:
Materials:
Weekly schedule: We will meet for lecture/discussions and programming exercises in the computer lab three times a week according to the following general schedule:
Grading: We will compute your final grade as follows:
We encourage you to work in teams on the guides, the class and lab exercises, and the project but you must work individually on the quizzes, homeworks and exams. Note that unless you make alternate arrangements with us, you must come to class to take the exams; you can do the labs and homeworks in class or on your own time.
Attendance: We will not grade you on class attendance. If you must miss a class for any reason, please make sure that you get the appropriate material and activities for the sessions you miss. Note also that you must attend class to take scheduled quizzes.
Late Work: We will clearly indicate a due date for all assignments. Anything submitted up to one week after that date is late, unless you have made prior arrangements with me. For each late paper, you will be charged 10% for each business-day that you are late. Thus, if a homework is due on Friday, you may turn it in on Monday at 10% off, Tuesday at 20% off and so on. We will grant up to 50% of the points for assignments submitted more than one week late, but not more. Please come and talk to us if there are exceptional circumstances, and we'll work something out. We will also grant you 4 grace days with no penalty, no questions asked. This policy applies to both individual and to team work.
Academic Integrity in Computing: Code re-use can be a valuable practice in computing, but mindlessly copying code is not an effective way to learn programming and reusing code or algorithms without attribution is plagiarism. If you’ve copied code with attribution, we’ll grade you on the code you wrote not on the code you copied. If we detect copying without attribution, i.e., plagiarism, we’ll be forced to give you a failing grade for the assignment and perhaps for the course.
Academic Integrity: The student-faculty relationship is based on trust and mutual respect, which can be seriously undermined by the suspicion or reality of academic dishonesty. Academic Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, plagiarism (students plagiarize when they do not credit the sources of their writing - the words, information, ideas, or opinions of others), improper group work, reuse of a paper from another course and/or cheating on a test. Students are encouraged to speak to their faculty member with specific questions related to academic dishonesty. For further clarification or information, please visit the college policy on plagiarism.
Responsible Use of Technology: You are expected to abide by the guidelines expressed in the policies given in Calvin's Technology Policy Documents. Offensive material (e.g., pornography) is not filtered in the lab; however, all web accesses are logged. These logs are checked monthly, and violators are turned in to Student Life.
Disabilities: Calvin will make reasonable accommodations for you if you have documented disabilities. Notify the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities located in the Student Academic Services, HH-455, and also notify me within the first two weeks of class.
Incompletes: We will give an incomplete grade (I) only in unusual circumstances, and only if those circumstances have been confirmed by the Student Life office.