EECS 486 Object-Oriented Methodology
Policies and Procedures
¨ Homework graded on straight
scale
¨ Project graded on straight
scale
¨ Exams graded on curve
¨ Final course grades of C-/D+
will not be given
|
93-100 |
90-93 |
87-90 |
83-87 |
80-83 |
77-80 |
73-77 |
70-73 |
67-70 |
63-67 |
60-63 |
<60 |
|
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D+ |
D |
D- |
E |
|
4.0 |
3.66 |
3.33 |
3.0 |
2.66 |
2.33 |
2.0 |
1.66 |
1.33 |
1.0 |
0.66 |
0 |
Curved
Scale
(where “H” is the average of
the three highest grades on the exam)
|
(.93 to 1.0)*H |
(.90 to .93)*H |
(.87 to .90)*H |
(.83 to .87)*H |
(.80 to .83)*H |
(.77 to .80)*H |
(.73 to .77)*H |
(.70 to .73)*H |
(.67 to .70)*H |
(.63 to .67)*H |
(.60 to .63)*H |
<.60*H |
|
A |
A- |
B+ |
B |
B- |
C+ |
C |
C- |
D+ |
D |
D- |
E |
|
4.0 |
3.66 |
3.33 |
3.0 |
2.66 |
2.33 |
2.0 |
1.66 |
1.33 |
1.0 |
0.66 |
0 |
There
will be two exams during the semester.
The exams are individual work. No
makeup exams are given. Individual exams
are graded on a curve. If the average
grade on an exam for a group is a B+ or better, then all members of a group
receive an A.
A
student with an ‘A’ grade going into the final exam can choose not to take the
final exam. An ‘A’ grade consists of all
homework, project, midterm exam, and group evaluations.
There
are several aspects to the project. A
significant portion of the project is group effort. Each member of the group has an assigned
role, although overlap and role-modification is acceptable if all group members
agree. Group members will grade other
group members for participation in the group at the end of each project. Group members will also be able to submit
individual evaluations that disagree with the group evaluation. Cumulative project grade is on a straight
scale.
Group
Participation
Students
are expected to participate wholly in their group to the benefit of the entire
group. Students may be “fired” from a
group by the majority vote of the remaining members. Process is as follows:
1. Documented “gentle warning”
of risk of firing in email or hardcopy, with cc to all group members and
instructor, with specific work required to remain in group;
2. 5 working days elapsed time
for compliance;
3. Documented statement of
firing in email or hardcopy, with cc to all group members and instructor.
Fired
group members receive a zero on the current group project assignment. Fired group members must actively pursue and
obtain membership in another three-person group. Instructor must receive documentation stating
that student has been hired by another group.
Students that don’t belong to a group do not receive a grade on the
appropriate portions of the group project.
Completed
assignments should be turned in at the beginning of class (
Gray Areas between Guaranteed Letter Grades
There is a “gray area” of several points around a specified numeric grade within which a ± system will be used. Therefore, two people obtaining the same numeric score might receive different course grades. If student is in one of these gray areas, whether the student receives the higher or lower grade depends upon whether the student’s performance in class has been improving (grade goes up) or declining (grade goes down), and whether the student’s participation in group work has been adequate (up) or inadequate (down).
Any
disagreements regarding grades on exams, homework, or projects must be
submitted for regrading within 5 days of return date. The form of submission for regrading is in
writing (no emails, please).
·
First regrade: Instructor or GSI
will regrade individual problem.
·
Second regrade: Instructor or
GSI will regrade entire homework set, project document, or exam.
·
Third regrade: Instructor will
regrade entire homework set, project document, or exam.
Collaboration
is encouraged. Cheating is not
tolerated. In the case of cheating,
university policy regarding integrity of scholarship and grades will be followed. Implicit in handing in assignments is that
they represent the student’s own work.
Any exceptions should be explicitly noted.
Acts
of cheating and unacceptable collaboration will be reported to the Engineering
or LS&A Honor Councils, as appropriate. Cheating is when you copy, with or without
modification, someone else’s work that is not meant to be publicly
accessible. Unacceptable collaboration is knowing exposure of your own exam answers, project
solutions, or homework solutions; or the use of someone else’s answers or
solutions made public. This includes
solution sets and student solutions from past incarnations of 486. You are allowed to consult with other
students about the conceptualization of a project, or the general approach for
homework solutions. However, all written
work, whether in scrap or final form, must be done by you or your partners,
where applicable. Homework, projects,
exam solutions must not be identifiably similar with any other students unless
explicitly defined as collaborative homework.
If
you have any questions as to what constitutes unacceptable collaboration or
exploitation of prior work, please promptly talk to the instructor. Exercise reasonable precautions to protect
your own work.
It
is the student’s responsibility to obtain material from classes that are
missed. Notification to the instructor
that student is missing class does not mean that student is not responsible for
the material. Material may either be
obtained during office hours or from fellow students.
This
is a 400-level computer science course, and thus, professionalism is
expected. All homework should be neatly
written or typed, and stapled in the upper left corner. All projects should be typed, and drawings
should be neat and preferably computer generated. Project reports should be bound nicely. If instructor cannot read your work, then
instructor will not grade your work.
I
strongly encourage you to discuss academic or personal questions with any of
the course instructors during office hours or by email.