Journaling
What did you learn about computing recently?
How did that inform your view of the past, present, or the future of computing?
5 entries, 2 points each. 10%
Class Questions
35 questions (out of 60) answered correctly
1 point each. 35%
Group Activity
Dissecting a Mouse
5 points, 5%
Living History - midterm group project
Research
Paper
Presentation
5 points each. 15%
Making History - final group project
Research
Paper
Presentation
5 points each. 15%
Homework - 20%
• Your story
5 points
• Poetical Science
5 points
• Team Dynamics
5 points
• End of Programming
5 points
1/2 points can be awarded by the grading TA's (except for class questions)
Up to 10 points of extra credit may be given (TBD)
All assignments are announced on Blackboard (generally a week prior to the due date) and emailed to students.
Scale:
| 93 -100+ | A |
| 90 - 92 | A- |
| 87 - 89 | B+ |
| 83 - 86 | B |
| 80 - 82 | B- |
| 77 - 79 | C+ |
| 73 - 76 | C |
| 70 - 72 | C- |
| 65 - 69 | D+ |
| 60 - 64 | D |
| Below 60 | F |
Grading
All due dates are at 11:59 pm on the date given. Homework is due within 24 hours of the due date to receive credit. Project assignment submissions later than 24 hours past the due date will have 1 point per day deducted, and no projects will receive credit after 5 days from the due date. Projects with content that is offensive or defamatory will have points deducted, or may get no credit at all. Plagiarized work will recieve no credit, and may be reported to the academic judiciary.
A grade of "I" (incomplete) for the semester is rarely given.
No assignments will be accepted after the last day of class for the semester.