Grades will be determined as follows.
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20% Quizzes
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20% Homework/Programming Assignments
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To solve the homeworks and quizzes, you may find it useful to consult external resources at first. That is acceptable for this class. It is not an academic integrity violation.
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However, it is your responsibility to repeat each problem until you can do it yourself, starting from scratch, in a reasonable amount of time (about five minutes).
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Once you have ensured that you can complete the problem using the IDE, you must then ensure that you can do it on paper. This is a crucial part of the homework!
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If you cannot produce the solution, on paper, without assistance, then you have not understood it. You will not do well on exams or job interviews.
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Programming assignments that do not compile will receive zero points. You must type in the homework and ensure that your code runs. If you cannot complete one problem of the homework, comment out your failed solution and restore the stub function that was provided. You can find the original assignments in the
Course Code ZIP Archive
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If it's obvious that you didn't run or test your code, you will receive zero points for that assignment.
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Always due at 5:45pm -- not a second later -- watch the clock!
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Make sure you submit to the correct folder -- no credit for other folders!
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No late homework will be accepted unless there are extreme circumstances substantiated by the Dean of Students' office.
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You can submit as many times as you like -- I will always grade the last submission.
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60% Exams
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On exams, you must work alone, without any external resources.
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Exams will be given on paper. You will be asked to write code on paper. You must also be able to draw diagrams just as we will do on the whiteboard during lectures.
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Students in the in-person section must take the exam on the chosen day and time, as announced on the course schedule.
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Students in the online section must register with a proctor for both exams. Students that require special accommodations for exams must also register ahead of time. See here.
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Exams will be given in person. There are no online exams. You must appear physically in front of a proctor (either the instructor or someone else, as described in the policy linked above.)
I will drop one quiz and at least one homework assignment from your final grade.
DePaul's academic integrity policy
All students are expected to abide by the University's Academic
Integrity Policy which prohibits cheating and other misconduct in
student coursework. Publicly sharing or posting online any prior
or current materials from this course (including exam questions or
answers), is considered to be providing unauthorized assistance
prohibited by the policy. Both students who share/post and
students who access or use such materials are considered to be
cheating under the Policy and will be subject to sanctions for
violations of Academic Integrity.
Any submission for any assignment or exam in which there is evidence of an academic integrity violation is subject to sanction, up to and including failure of the course. At the very least, the student will receive a 0 for the assignment or exam in question. In the case of homework or quizzes, the student will receive a 0 for the assignment and the highest score for that category will be zeroed out. Additional sanctions may apply. Don't do it!
