Course Policies and Guidelines

• Honor Code: Students are expected to follow the IU Computer Science department honor code. Specifically, for this class the students can discuss general approaches to the assignments with colleagues but copying of the final solution is not permitted. Projects will mostly be done in small groups and project members will be required to provide a feedback on the other members of their group. Issues in copying code or reports for the projects will be dealt with strictly.


• Assignments: All assignments are due in class on the due date. They need to be turned in in hard copy. Email submissions of written assignments will not be accepted. No credit will be given to illegible assignments, so type them whenever possible.


• Projects: All projects are due by 11.59pm the day they are due. Oncourse will be used for turning them in.


• Late Policy: Every student is allowed up to TWO grace days during the whole semester for all the projects and the assignments combined. Once those have been used up, the written assignments will not be accepted and the programming projects will be accepted with a 25% penalty in grade for each day they are late.


• Exams: Both the exams will be closed book and closed notes. However, a one page cheat sheet (both sides) will be allowed to avoid testing on formulae memorization.


• Grading: One or more projects may involve a presentation. The instructor reserves the right to allocate an appropriate percentage of the grade for that project to the presentation. Class participation grade will also be awarded at the instructor's discretion. Further, any issues in the grading of projects and assignments need to be resolved within 10 working days of receiving the grade. After that the allocated grade would be considered final.


• Web Board Usage: Students are expected to ask assignment and project related questions using the class Web board and not by emailing the instructor/AI personally. This is to ensure fairness and to efficiently disseminate answers to common questions without duplication. Instructor and AI availability over the weekend will be limited.


• Laptop Usage in Class: Unless used exclusively for taking notes, the use of laptops in the class is prohibited.