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CS255: Class Policy

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• Class Policy
  • Class attendance is not required.

    However:

    It is your responsibility to keep track of the homework assignment of turn in the assignments on time and come to the tests.

    If you miss some classes, it is your responsibility to obtain the notes from other students or study the material from the online notes.

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• Homework and projects
  • All homework/project assignments should be turned in according to the assigned date. (Unless you have a good reason to turn it in late.)

    Having missed class and/or not knowing it was handed out previously are not acceptable reasons.)

    Late turnin of assignments are not accepted unless you explicitly asked for an extension prior to due date.

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    Homework/Project Extension policy:

    Two extensions given without any questions asked. Free extensions are given for illnesses (with some proof of a doctor or nurse) and personal emergencies.

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    Advice on doing your homework independently:

    The purpose of homeworks and projects is to reinforced what is learned in class and you should do the exercise yourself. You may seek help from me on your homework. I will explain to you what you don't understand and then let you try do the homework or project yourself. Do not try to obtain clear cut answers from your tutor or fellow students on the homework problems and projects. Trust me, if you do not use homeworks and projects to reinforce what is discussed in class, I can guarantee that you will have miserable time at the midterm and final tests. Besides, letting others do the work for you is a direct violation of the Emory Honor code.

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    Students will be graded partially on the basis of their programming assignments. These programming assignments are to be treated as examinations, and are expected to be your individual work. While discussions with other students in the course may be permitted or encouraged by your instructor, you should write your program yourself. The mathlab representatives are available to explain error messages, discuss briefly technical details with which you may not be familiar, and give short suggestions as to how you might detect logic errors. The reps should not, however be asked to write part or all of your program. Your instructor (and any teaching assistants assigned to the course) will be glad to help you to the extent that he or she feels reasonable.

    Submissions based on other students solutions in prior offerings of the course specifically violate these guidelines, as do submissions prepared with the help of an outside "tutor".

    You should take precautions to protect the confidentiality of your work: preserve the secrecy of your password, do not make files or directories sharable, pick up your printouts promptly and dispose of printouts where they will not tempt other students. All work should be done either in the class directory of your ITD account (preferred) or in your "priv" directory (only if you do not have a class directory).

    All submissions should include a comment statement near the top of the program of the form:

    THIS CODE IS MY OWN WORK, IT WAS WRITTEN WITHOUT CONSULTING A TUTOR OR CODE WRITTEN BY OTHER STUDENTS - your name

    Cases of apparent plagiarism or collusion will be referred to the Honor Council.

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