Subject to change at any time for any reason
Lab programming assignments | 20% |
Lab quizzes, lowest two dropped | 5% |
Programming projects | 25% |
Two midterms | 10%x2=20% |
Final Exam | 20% |
Lecture participation (from clicker questions), attendance required | 10% |
Total: | 100% |
Attendance and Participation Policy
You will be expected to attend all lectures, having completed the assigned reading and ready to discuss them with your classmates. Your lecture participation grade will come primarily from answering clicker questions (not graded for correctness). We will excuse absences from the first three classes (so you can shop the other sections). Lab quizzes will be given almost every week. You must be present at the lab to get credit for the quiz. We will drop your two lowest lab quiz scores.Policy for Missed or Late Work
All programming assignments (lab and projects) are to be turned in electronically via Blackboard. Lab assignments will be due at 11:59 pm Wednesday; programming projects will come with a deadline. In general, no late lab or project assignments will be allowed for this course. However, you have three "late day" passes that you can use on the programming assignments, so you can turn in three programming assignments 1 day late without penalty, or a single assignment 3 days late, etc. Once you have used your late days, late assignments will not be accepted. If you wish to use late days for a lab or project assignment, you must fill out the form on Blackboard before the time it is due. Student Courtesy Policy: No laptops or phones in class If you absolutely cannot take notes without a laptop, please come talk to Prof. Sloan. Otherwise, no laptop use in class. It is distracting to others, and it keeps you from being fully engaged. Likewise, no phone use in class, and of course silence your phone before class. Academic Integrity Policy As an academic community, UIC is committed to providing an environment in which research, learning, and scholarship can flourish and in which all endeavors are guided by academic and professional integrity. All members of the campus community - students, staff, faculty, and administrators - share the responsibility of insuring that these standards are upheld so that such an environment exists. Instances of academic misconduct by students will be handled pursuant to the Student Disciplinary Policy. Consulting with your classmates on assignments is encouraged, except where noted. However, submissions are individual, and copying code from your classmates is considered plagiarism. For example, give the question "how did you do X?", a great response would be "I used function Y, with W as the second argument. I tried Z first, but it doesn't work". An inappropriate response would be "here is my code, look for yourself". To avoid suspicion of plagiarism, you must specify your sources together with all submitted materials. List classmates you discussed your assignment with and webpages from which you got inspiration or copied (short) code snippets. All students are expected to understand and be able to explain their submitted materials. Plagiarism and cheating, as in copying the work of others, paying others to do your work, etc, is obviously prohibited, is grounds for possibly failing the course, and will be reported. We will be running an automated plagiarism detection tool on your hand-ins. Students are advised that it is a violation to copy, or allow another to copy, all or part of an exam or program. Student Disabilities If you have a disability that might impact your performance in this course, or requires special accommodation, please contact instructors as soon as possible so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Support is available through the Disability Resource Center. You will need to contact them to get your disability documented before accommodations can be made. Incomplete Grade Policy The UIC Undergraduate catalog states that in addition to needing excellent justification for an incomplete grade, a student must also have been "making satisfactory progress in the course". Therefore, no matter how good your excuse, we will not grant you an incomplete grade if you have less than a C average at the time you ask for an incomplete.Date | Event![]() |
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Thursday, Oct 6 (tentative) | First hour exam |
Monday, Aug. 29 | First Lab meetings |
Tuesday, Aug. 23 | First lecture |
Friday, Dec. 2 | Instruction ends |
Friday, Oct. 28 | Last day for undergraduate students to use optional late drop in college office and receive grade of W on academic record. |
Friday, Sept. 2 | Last day to complete late registration; last day to add a course(s) or make section changes; last day to drop individual courses via Student Self-Service without receiving W (Withdrawn) grade on academic record. |
Wednesday, Aug. 24 | Register your clicker and do assigned reading before 2nd meeting of class |
Thursday, Nov.10 (tentative) | Second hour exam |
Monday, Aug. 22 | UIC semester begins |
Final Exam | Wednesday, December 7, 3:30-5:30 |
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