Honor Code: The
Virginia
Tech Honor Code governs behavior in this class. In particular, all
questions on written exams and all homework assignments must be completed
individually. The small-group projects should be carried out without assistance
from members of other groups.
Due Dates and Late Assignments: Work due on a particular day is due at the start of class on that day. It should be handed in as hardcopy. If a file is requested as part of the assignment, it can be submitted by email attachment. Note that sending email is not an acceptable substitute for submitting work on time in class.
Late homework assignments receive a grade of zero.
Group projects documents will be accepted late, but they will be penalized according to the following schedule: Documents submitted up to 24 hours late will be docked 10%; 48 hours 20%; and 72 hours 50%. Except for well-documented and exceptional circumstances, assignments more than 72 hours late will receive a zero.
Missed or Early Exams: There will be no early exams; please don't ask. For students with legitimate absences (documented personal emergencies or university-required absences), there will be a make-up mid-term exam on March 10 at 8 AM in Torgersen 3180. This is the only make-up mid-term, and you can take the make-up only by prior arrangement with me. There will also be a make-up final exam (with analogous caveats) to be scheduled some time in Fall 2003.
Class Attendance: The content of this course, from the perspective of exams, includes everything that comes up in class activities and discussions. Thus, students should make every effort to attend all classes (see also the University Policy on Class Attendance). Even if you read the book and the lecture notes, you have not covered everything.
Class attendance is not required, but when you miss a class you are responsible in all assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams for the lecture and discussion that was missed. You will need to work with other class members to obtain notes and othr materials. Please do not come to see me or the GTA for a make up lecture. It would be wonderful to be able to coach each one of you individually, but there is just not enough time to be able to do this.
Questions about grading
All questions regarding grading must be resolved within one week of
assignment of a grade. Thus, you should monitor posted grades throughout
the semester to be sure that your grade are recorded accurately, and so
forth. Note that while the professor establishes grading standards
and works with the GTA in grading, the GTA has the responsibility for most
grading. When you have questions about grading of these, it may be more
efficient to first see the GTA who graded the work.
E-mail interactions, grades via
e-mail
The professor and GTA will make every effort to answer your email to
them in a timely fashion. However, due to the volume of email with
classes of this size, you should not expect to get a reply in less than
24 hours. Many times you may get a reply in less than 24 hours, but
you should not count on it (e.g., to answer questions about a homework
or project assignment within the last few hours before that assignment
is due). Please put "CS3724" as the subject line of your email; that
will help us identify your emails more quickly.
Because of the large number of students in each class, professors and
GTAs will not be able to reply to individual email requests for final exam
and/or class grades at the end of the semester, but grades will be posted
(on the Web and otherwise).