Grading

I expect to give approximately ten programming assignments -- one every week or two, due the following week. 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 turned in up to a day late lose 30% credit; those up to two days late lose 60% credit; and beyond that, they'll lose 90% credit (i.e. the best grade you can hope for is 10%.) Any homework assignment turned in after midnight, Monday, Dec. 11 (the second to last day of class) will get a zero.

I also plan half a dozen 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 on December 18 or 20 (depending on which section you're in), weighted the same as a programming assignment: for example, if there are 6 quizzes, 10 programming assignments, and a final exam, each quiz will be worth 2%, each programming assignment will be worth 8%, and the final exam will also be worth 8%. 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.