Grades

Grade Data Base

Course Grade Componenets

• The grade distribution is determined by the declared computer science pre-majors. If the class finishes with at least 45 people, then the average course grade of the computer science pre-majors will be between 2.4 and 2.6.
• Expect the grade distribution to be approximately as follows (by percentile, I mean the percentage of people whose weighted average is below yours):

 

Percentile	Grade
85 - 99	A-, A, A+
50 - 84	B-, B, B+
16 - 49	C-, C, C+
0 - 15	F, D-, D, D+

• The grade for each programming assignment has the following components:

• 90%: Correctness
• 10%: Style, readability,and documentation

 
• If your program does not compile, you will get a maximum of 50%, usually much less.

Make-ups, Exceptions, and Incompletes

 

Your lowest programming assignment grade will be dropped.

You cannot request a make-up examination on the day of, or after, an examination.

 

No grade policy modification will be granted to any individual.

Don't ask.  It is my job to protect the rest of the class from people who petition for special treatment.  No student will be treated differently from any other, no matter how compelling they feel their personal circumstances are.  Again, this policy is designed to protect and reward students who have the self-discipline to:

• work hard from the first day;
• care properly for themselves;
• plan ahead carefully, and carry through on those plans.

Consider the course drop option carefully.  Once the drop deadline has passed, you are here for the whole ride.  That is not my policy, but that of the College of Engineering.  I would love to drop any student who wishes to be dropped at any time.  It is not my call, once the deadline has passed.

Incompletes are given only to students who drop out of school for the quarter: They drop all their courses, with the approval of the Dean's office.

Grading Personnel

Questioning a grade

Maintaining the Grade Data Base

Preparing for exams

• The following exercises in the book will improve your readiness for taking examinations.  These exercises are best done immediately after you have read the material in the book and feel ready to test your knowledge.  The exercises will bring the material into sharper focus.  Learning by doing is satisfying and enduring.

1. Chapter 1:
• Self-Review Exercises: 1.4 - 1.6
• Exercises: 1.11 - 1.19, 1.21, 1.27 - 1.31
2. Chapter 2:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: 2.1 - 2.8
• Exercises: 2.9 - 2.12, 2.15, 2.19 - 2.22
3. Chapter 3:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: 3.1 - 3.3
• Exercises: 3.4 - 3.5, 3.8 - 3.10, 3.13, 3.15, 3.18, 3.20, 3.24, 3.25
4. Chapter 4:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: 4.1 c) - g), i), k), 4.4 - 4.5
• Exercises: 4.7, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14 - 4.18
5. Chapter 5:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: All
• Exercises: 5.7 - 5.10, 5.12, 5.12 - 5.15
6. Chapter 6:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: All
• Exercises: 6.2, 6.4 - 6.8, 6.13, 6.14, 6.16
7. Chapter 7:
 
• Self-Review Exercises: All
• Exercises: 73 - 7.5, 7.7 - 7.13, 7.16 - 7.23, 7.27

• A good way to study for examinations is to do these exercises (or as many as you care to).
• I, our TAs, and our Readers are at your disposal, should you want help with these exercises.

Please start studying now.

Sample Exams