Course Requirements and Grading
The grade will be calculated as follows:
In order to pass the course, the average of your midterm and final must also be "pass".
Homework and Lateness
Homework is worth full credit at the beginning of class on the due date. It is worth at most 90% credit for the next 24 hours. It is worth at most 50% credit for the following 24 hours. It is worth 25% credit after that.
You must turn in all assignments.
Collaboration among Students
The purpose of student collaboration is to facilitate learning, not to circumvent it. Studying the material in groups is strongly encouraged. It is also allowed to seek help from other students in understanding the material needed to solve a particular homework problem, provided no written notes are shared, or are taken at that time, and provided learning is facilitated, not circumvented. The actual solution must be done by each student alone, and the student should be ready to reproduce their solution upon request. Any form of help or collaboration must be disclosed in full by all involved on the first page of their assignment (e.g. "Jane explained to me what is asked in Question 3.4", "I pointed Joe to section 2.3 since he didn't know how to proceed with Question 2"). When such collaboration is deemed excessive by the instructor, grading may be somewhat affected. However, collaboration without full disclosure will be handled much more severely, in compliance with CMU's Policy on Cheating and Plagiarism
Last modified: Tue Aug 24 14:18:52 EDT 2000