CSE466 Workload and Grading
Workload
The course consists of the following elements:
- Lectures: There will be 25 lectures. Attendance and
participation at all of them is expected.
- Laboratory Assignments: There will be a total of eight (8)
laboratory assignments (there will not be a laboratory meeting during
the first week - a larger lab assignment at the end will occupy two weeks).
Although you'll be able to use the lab all week, attendance at one of
the scheduled times is very important as that is when the TAs will be
available. We will work hard to ensure that the laboratory assignments
take approximately eight hours to complete in total (with some variation
from week to week). You should attend
the session for which you are registered. With permission of the
instructor, you can attend the other section in case of unusual
circumstances. You will be assigned a lab partner for the first half of
the quarter and then these assignments will be scrambled for the second
half. Laboratory assignments need to be checked off and written answers to
questions turned in by the first half-hour of the next lab session.
- Reading: We will cover most of the CoursePak. Although most
of this material is of a reference nature, you will be expected read
relevant sections as they come up in lecture and lab.
- Exams: There will two one-hour long exams, one for each of the
two major parts of the course. There will be no makeup for missed exams.
If you miss an exam, you will receive a score of zero so please plan your
schedule carefully. We do not have the resources to be able to give
make-up exams.
- Final demo: The last class meeting will be devoted to a demo
of your final lab project.
We will try to ensure that the workload is typical for a four-credit
course, namely, ten to twelve hours per week outside of the lectures for a
total of 13 to 15 hours.
If we do not succeed, please let us know in whichever way you feel the
most comfortable (person-to-person, e-mail,
feedback form) and explain which parts
of the course are causing you to spend too much time non-productively.
Grading
We will compute your course grade as follows (roughly):
- 40%: weekly laboratory assignments
- 30%: two exams (one hour each, one during lecture time and another during final's week)
- 10%: final demo
- 20%: class participation
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