Grading

I expect to give about ten programming assignments, one every week or two. Most assignments are to be turned in by email, and will be considered late if the time stamp on the email is after midnight on the assigned due date. Assignments will lose 10% credit per day late, so if you've got the choice between turning in an incomplete program today and a better one tomorrow, turn it in today unless you think you'll improve it by more than 10%. Any homework assignment turned in after midnight, Friday, May 10 (the last day of class) will get a zero.

I also plan several brief in-class quizzes (say, 15 minutes each), mostly on level-2 language issues. Which I said I wasn't particularly interested in, but you do need to know it in order to do your assignments, and these quizzes seem the best way to make sure everybody learns the language. Each quiz will count for 2% of your semester grade. Quizzes cannot be made up; if you're not there the day I give the quiz, you get a zero on it.

We'll also have a two-hour final exam from 10:30-12:30 on May 15, and a ``brownie points'' grade, each weighted the same as a programming assignment. For example, if there are 5 quizzes, 10 programming assignments, and a final exam, each quiz will be worth 2%, each programming assignment will be worth 7.5%, the final exam will also be worth 7.5%, and the ``brownie points'' (my purely subjective judgment of how seriously you're taking the course) another 7.5%. The precise numbers may vary a little from this. The final exam must be taken at the scheduled time, unless arranged in advance or prevented by a documented medical or family emergency. If you have three or more exams scheduled on the same date, or a religious holiday that conflicts with an exam or assignment due date, please notify me in writing within the first two weeks of the semester in order to receive due consideration. Exams not taken without one of the above excuses will be recorded with a grade of 0.