Spring and Fall Semesters 2003

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The Way We Were
Foreword 		Sep 1
Hwk One
Preface 		Sep 2
Lct One
Class Overview 		Sep 3
Lab One 		Sep 4
Lab One
Lct Two 		Sep 5
Problems 		Sep 6
... and Pain
Sep 7 Sep 8
Semstr Project 		Sep 9
Lct Three
Hwk One Due 		Sep 10
Lab Two 		Sep 11
Lab Two
Lct Four 		Sep 12
Lab One Due 		Sep 13
Sep 14
Milestone 1 Due 		Sep 15
Hwk Two 		Sep 16
Lct Five 		Sep 17
Lab Three 		Sep 18
Lab Three
Lct Six 		Sep 19
Lab Two Due 		Sep 20
Sep 21 Sep 22 Sep 23
Lct Seven
Hwk Two Due 		Sep 24
Lab Four 		Sep 25
Lab Four
Lct Eight 		Sep 26
Lab Three Due 		Sep 27
References
Sep 28
Milestone 2 Starts 		Sep 29
Appts
Hwk Three 		Sep 30
Lct Nine
Appts 		Java Networking
Java Basic I/O
Java Threads
Oct 1
Lab Five
Appts 		Oct 2
Lab Five
Lct Ten
Appts 		Oct 3
SQL Notes
Appts 		Oct 4
Milestone 2 Ends
Oct 5 Oct 6
Hwk Four 		Oct 7
Lct Eleven
Hwk Three Due 		Oct 8
Lab Six 		Oct 9
Lab Six
Lct Twelve 		Oct 10 Oct 11
Milestone 2 Due
Oct 12
Milestone 3 Due 		Oct 13 Oct 14
Lct Thirteen 		Oct 15
Lab Seven 		Oct 16
Lab Seven
Lct Fourteen 		Oct 17 Oct 18
Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21
Lct Fifteen 		Oct 22
Lab Eight 		Oct 23
Lab Eight
MIDTERM EXAM 		Oct 24 Oct 25
Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28
Lct Sixteen 		Oct 29
Lab Nine 		Oct 30
Lab Nine
Lct Seventeen 		Oct 31
Nov 1
Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 4
Lct Eighteen 		Nov 5
Lab Ten 		Nov 6
Lab Ten
Lct Nineteen 		Nov 7 Nov 8
Nov 9 Nov 10 Nov 11
Lct Twenty 		Nov 12
Lab Eleven 		Nov 13
Lab Eleven
Lct Twenty-One 		Nov 14 Nov 15
Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18
Lct Twenty-Two 		Nov 19
Lab Twelve 		Nov 20
Lab Twelve
Lct Twenty-Three 		Nov 21Nov 22
Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25
Lct Twenty-Four 		Nov 26
Thanksgiving 		Nov 27
Thanksgiving 		Nov 28
Thanksgiving 		Nov 29
Thanksgiving
Nov 30
Dec 1 Dec 2
Lct Twenty-Five 		Dec 3
Lab Thirteen 		Dec 4
Lab Thirteen
Lct Twenty-Six 		Dec 5 Dec 6
Dec 7 Dec 8 Dec 9
Lct Twenty-Seven 		Dec 10
Lab Fourteen 		Dec 11
Lct Twenty-Eight
Lab Fourteen 		Dec 12 Dec 13
Dec 14 Dec 15 Dec 16 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec 19
FINAL EXAM 		Dec 20

Grading

A348 is offered in the same rooms and at the same time with A548. The syllabus is the same for A348 (undergraduate) and A548 (graduate) students. There are about 6-7 assignments per semester, two in-class closed-book exams (the midterm and the final) weekly lab assignments that need to be turned in during the lab, and a semester instructor-coordinated group project.

The assignments and the exams have two components: a basic component that is required of all students (this part tests understanding of the concepts presented in class and demonstrated in the lab modules) and a more advanced component that is optional for the undergraduates but is required of the graduate students.

The basic component of an assignment accounts for 100% of the assignment grade of an undergraduate student, and for 67% of that of a graduate student. The advanced component of the assignment usually requires a certain amount of independent study on the part of the student, as it refers to concepts and procedures mentioned but not presented in great detail in lectures or lab modules. This component is optional for the undegraduates, but it accounts for 33% of the assignment grade for the students enrolled in A548. Quizzes and in-class assignments are identical for all students, and team projects (coordinated by the instructor) are all of the same difficulty.

Where teams are composed of both graduate and undergraduate students the graduate students are expected to assume additional responsibilities in terms of team coordination, project implementation and final presentation, and contributions to the project will be graded separately.

Course grades will be determined as follows:

Component Category Weight
Six Assignments HWK 30%
Group Project PRJ 15%
Midterm Exam MID 15%
Final Exam FIN 15%
Lab Assignments (about 12) LAB 20%
Minute Papers (about 28) MIN 5%

The overall cutoff scale is as follows:

Percent
0-54 55-59 60-65 66-67 68-69 70-75 76-77 78-79 80-85 86-87 88-89 90-95 96-100
F D- D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A A+
Grade

Late policy: all assignments need to be turned in on time. We'll help you accomplish that.

Last updated: Oct 6, 2003 by Adrian German for A348/A548