GRADING

Grades for CSC172 will be calulated based on Exams, Projects, Homework, and Notebooks.

Exams

Exams will account for 25% of the grade. One midterm exams will be given during normal lecture times. One final 3 hour exam will be given the last day of class. See the course sylabus for the exact dates.

All exams are "closed Book" and "closed Notes".

Programming Projects

Projects will account for 30% of the grade. Three projects will be assigned during semester. See the course sylabus for the exact dates.

There will be 6 projects, accounting for a total of 30% of a student's grade as follows. Each project will count for 5% of the grade.

Homework

Homwork will acount for 20% of the grade. There will be 26 homework assignments the top 20 scores will count for 1% each.

Notebooks

Notebooks will account for 5% of the grade. Students are expected to take notes during every lecture. At the end of the semester, these handwritten notebooks will be turned in for a grade.

Late Policy

No late assignments will be accepted, except in the case of documented, life-threatening medical emergencies.

Letter Grade Assignments

The percent values of the exams, projects, and homework sums to 100. Final grades will be the

Numeric Grade Final Grade
Above 93 A
90 -- 93 A-
87 -- 89.5 B+
83 -- 86.5 B
80 -- 82.5 B-
77 -- 79.5 C+
73 -- 76.5 C
70 -- 72.5 C-
67 -- 69.5 D+
63 -- 66.5 D
60 -- 62.5 D-
Below 60 E