GRADING
Grades for CSC171 will be calulated based Exams, Projects, Labs and Quizes.
Exams
Exams will account for 50% of the grade.
Three exams will be given during normal lecture
times. One final exam will be given during finals week. See the course
sylabus for the exact dates.
All exams are "closed Book" and "closed Notes".
There will be 4 exams, accounting for a total of 50% of a student's grade as follows.
- Exam 1 - 10%
- Exam 2 - 10%
- Exam 3 - 10%
- Final Exam - 20%
Programming Projects
Projects will account for 25% of the grade.
Three projects will be assigned during semester. See the course
sylabus for the exact dates.
There will be 3 projects, accounting for a total of 25% of a student's grade as follows.
- Project 1 - 5%
- Project 2 - 10%
- Project 3 - 10%
Labs
Lab work will account for 15% of the grade. Fifteen lab assignments
will be given over the course of the semester. Each lab assignment
must be written up and demonstrated to the lab seession instructor and
will be graded on the basis of the amount of the lab completed.
Collaboration with other students is encouraged during the lab
seesions. Collaboration includes open discussion and use of
handwritten note. Wholesale copying of programs, by electronic or any
other means, is striclty forbidden.
Quizes
Quizes will account for 10% of the grade. Eleven
quizzes will be given during the lecture seesions. The top 10 quiz
grades will count equally toward the grade. See the course sylabus for
the exact dates.
All quizes are "closed book" and "closed notes".
Letter Grade Assignments
The percent values of the exams, projects, labs, and quizes sums to
100. Final grades will be the
| Numeric Grade | Final Grade
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| Above 93 | A
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| 90 -- 93 | A-
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| 87 -- 89.5 | B+
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| 83 -- 86.5 | B
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| 80 -- 82.5 | B-
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| 77 -- 79.5 | C+
|
| 73 -- 76.5 | C
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| 70 -- 72.5 | C-
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| 67 -- 69.5 | D+
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| 63 -- 66.5 | D
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| 60 -- 62.5 | D-
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| Below 60 | E
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