Marks for CS 466
| Assignments (4) | 40% | |
| Midterm exam | 15% | |
| Final exam | 45% |
Marks for CS 666
| Assignments (4) | 30% | |
| Midterm exam | 10% | |
| Final exam | 30% | |
| Project | 30% |
Policies for assignments
The solutions for assignments must be your own work. Looking up a solution in the literature without citing the source is plagiarism and will earn you a mark of -100%; looking up the solution and citing the source will earn you a mark of 0%. The penalty will apply even if you have looked up only one part of the solution and then added your own material.
You are encouraged to work with your classmates on solutions, as long as you provide a list of the people with whom you worked, and as long as your collaborations are at an abstract enough level that your written solutions are products of your own work. In order to ensure that written solutions differ substantially, I suggest taking no written notes during discussions and writing down solutions several hours after discussing them (yes, this requires starting work before the last minute!).
Policies for mark appeals
For assignments, please see the head TA for all mark appeals.
For the midterm, all mark appeals must be made within two weeks of the day the exam is returned (if you pick up your exam late, your appeal period does not lengthen). You must write down the nature of the problem on a separate piece of paper, attach it to your exam, and submit it to me (not a TA). The entire exam will be remarked. Be warned that your mark can go either up or down as a consequence of closer scrutiny of your exam.