Grades

This class may only be taken for a letter grade.
Grading is based on the midterm examination, the project components, and the project presentation.
Late project reports will be penalized.

Grades Database

In class examination with answers.

Course Grade Componenets

Percent

Grade Component

Project

1st Increment		Due
5	Red part of RAD
10	Blue part of RAD	4th week, Thursday
10	Green part of RAD	5th week, Thursday
10	Implementation, test, demonstration	6th week, during weekly client meeting
2nd Increment
10	Revised Red + Blue part of RAD	8th week, Thursday
10	Revised Green part of RAD	9th week, Thursday
10	Presentation	10th week
10	Full implementation, test, demonstration	During final exam slot

In-class examination (7th week, Tuesday)

100

The grade distribution is determined by the undergraduates. If the class finishes with at least 25 people, then the average course grade of the undergraduates will be between 2.9 and 3.1.

Make-ups, Exceptions, and Incompletes

For me, grading is the distasteful part of the course. Because grades, for better or worse, are important to success as a student at UCSB, some students will request that course policies be relaxed for them.

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

The course grade policy will not be modified for anyone. Don't ask. It is my job to protect the rest of the class from people who petition for special treatment. Regarding grade policy, no student will be treated differently from any other, no matter how compelling they feel their personal circumstances are.

If you have unforeseeable, extreme personal problems, I may sign your petition to drop the course. I will not modify the course grade policy for you.

Consider the course drop option carefully. Once the drop deadline has passed, you are here for the whole ride, except in circumstances as mentioned above. On the other hand, dropping puts your team members in a difficult position.

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

Your projects are graded by the TAs. Ideally, we will post on our web pages who grades what, so that you can direct questions to the person who established the grade. If you do not have that information, please contact Peter Cappello: cappello@cs.ucsb.edu.

Questioning a grade

You have exactly 2 weeks from the time the graded item was handed back to question a grade. You do this by seeing the person who graded the item during their office hours. After that period, the grade you received is final.

Maintaining the Grade Data Base

Please keep your graded assignments and examinations. If there is a discrepancy between what was recorded and what grade appears on your paper, then your paper is necessary and sufficient evidence of the recording error: Bring your paper to me or any TA, and we will see that your database record is corrected.