Comp 527: Grading Policies

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There will be two kinds of homework: written assignments and implementation assignments. Written homework will be handed out in class and available from the course Web page on the same day shortly afterward. Submissions will generally be handed in at the beginning of class on the day due, although electronic submissions beforehand are encouraged. You are expected to do written assignments on your own, although you may certainly make use of outside sources like Web pages or books. You should disclose this fact and cite the sources, as you would in any scholarly work.

Implementation assignments will include a write-up. Electronic submission is likewise encouraged. Assignment 1 will (probably) also include a demonstration of your system. You are encouraged to form small groups (2-3 people).

Please send all electronic submissions via e-mail to dwallach+comp527@cs.rice.edu. Any properly-formatted MIME message in text/plain, text/html, application/postscript, or application/pdf is acceptable. Microsoft Word is not acceptable. For implementation write-ups, it's fine to make a Web page and send the URL.

Late Policy

Sometimes, you're taking another class which (inconveniently) has the same deadline as Comp 527 or you get temporarily swamped. Sometimes you're just having a really bad-hair day. Despite this, I cannot accept late work because assignments are fairly close together. If you fall behind, you may have trouble catching up. Of course, disasters occur and can be worked around. I'm willing to make custom arrangements if you talk to me in advance of a deadline.

Instead, your lowest grade will be dropped. The remaining homeworks will count equally toward your grade. So, this means you can safely blow off an assignment, but it's in your best interests to do your best on all of them.

Final Project Grading

The final project is pretty big. It includes a proposal at the beginning, a mid-term status report, a final oral presentation, a final paper, and (oh by the way) you also have to do the work. The exact grading breakdown will be announced later, but you can expect I will show more sympathy if you've been working diligently all along.
Dan Wallach, CS Department, Rice University
Last modified: Fri Jan 22 01:48:43 CST 1999