CSE 484 / CSE M 584: Computer Security (Fall 2016)
Policies
My goal in this class is for you to learn computer security. As an underlying principle, we will strive to be reasonable toward you, and we ask you to be reasonable toward us. These policies aim to give us some guidelines to make that happen.
- Late Policy: For all assignments in this class, you may take a 2 day extension, no questions asked, by emailing course staff (cse484-tas@cs.washington.edu). If you cannot complete the assignment within those two additional days, you are required to meet with Ada to discuss the assignment and ensure that you have a schedule for completing it. Email her to set up a time to talk, or come to office hours.
- Cheating and Intellectual Honesty: You will only learn effectively if you complete the intellectual work of this course. We believe that you will not cheat, but we also require that you do not cheat. Intellectual honesty violations are very serious, and we have ways to find out if you're cheating. If you feel inclined to cheat because you are anxious, overwhelmed, overburdened, or out of time, please talk to me and we'll figure out how you can succeed.
- Collaboration: You are encouraged to discuss material and assignments with others, as collaboration is a great way to learn and flesh out new ideas. When you do so, however, make sure that you are doing the intellectual work of the course yourself. Make sure that after discussing material with others, you're able to solve the problems, write the code, or understand the principles on your own. Often the best way to do this is to take a little bit of time after talking with others, then do the problems on your own, ensuring that you understand them.
- Ethics Form: To receive a non-zero grade in the course, you must sign the security and privacy course ethics form by 5pm on October 7, 2016. The form is available online at https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/lerner/313698
Communication
The class mailing list is (coming soon). We will use this list to make official class-related announcements.
We will assume that all students in the class will be on this list, and furthermore, we will assume that everybody will be checking their mail regularly (at least once a day, during the week). It is conceivable that we will use the mailing list to announce assignments, or to make changes/fixes to assignments.
For discussions related to the class, please use this forum: https://catalyst.uw.edu/gopost/board/lerner/43195/.
Subscribing to the Mailing List: If you're enrolled in CSE 484 or CSE M 584, then your @u.washington.edu email address should be automatically subscribed. If you just enrolled, you may have to wait a day before the system is automatically updated. You can verify your enrollment or join the mailing list by going to this page: (coming soon).
Mailing List Archives: All email sent to the class list is archived here: (coming soon).
Grading
CSE 484
- 25% Homeworks
- 45% Labs
- 10% Participation and in-class activities
- 20% Final project
CSE M 584
- 22% Homeworks
- 42% Labs
- 10% Participation and in-class activities
- 16% Final project
- 10% Research readings
You can check your grades here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/gradebook/lerner/99234