(a) Make sure you complete the assigned project ON YOUR OWN except for projects that allow you to work in a team. All members of a team must be full time Purdue students who are registered in CS 180. A team must not seek outside help for their code.
(b) Solve, on your own, all the problems discussed during recitation and listed in weekly lecture notes that are posted on the Blackboard and this site.
(c) There are no previous exams for you to look at. The best way to get prepared is to do (a) and (b) above.
(d) I will talk about the nature of each exam the week before the scheduled date.
Components for Grading
Based on class performance, each student will receive an appropriate letter grade. The following components will be used in determining your final grade.
Grading
component*
Weight (%)
Points
Exam 1**: W 9/29. 8-10pm. EE 129.
Coverage: Material from weeks 1 through 5.
15
480
Exam 2**: Tue 11/09. 8-10pm. EE 192.
Coverage: Material from weeks 1 through 11.
15
480
Lab exercises**** [14]
15
540
Projects [5]
Project 1 [Individual]
2
64
Project 2 [Individual]
3
96
Project 3 [Team of 2
4
128
Project 4*** [Team of 2]
6
192
Project 5*** [Team of 3]
10
320
Final Exam**: December 13, 2010. 1-3pm. EE 129
Coverage: Material covered in the entire course.
30
960
TOTAL
100
3260
*The final grading will be relative, not absolute. Thus, your grade will be determined based on your performance relative to others in the class and not in any absolute terms. This form of relative grading is also known as curved grading.
** You may bring, and consult, one book of your choice during each exam. Accessing the internet and/or consulting with anyone other than the proctor during the exam will be considered an act of academic dishonesty.
*** Projects 3, 4 and 5 are team projects. Projects 3 and 4 encourage you to work in a team of 2, and Project 5 in a team of 3 students. All members of a team MUST be full time students registered in CS 180. All members of the team will get the same project grade unless the grader is convinced that some members of a team have contributed less than others in which case the project grade will be proportional to the contribution. Students may form their own teams or talk to Dr Lorenzo Martino for any assistance regarding team formation.
**** Most labs, except for the Android and Robot labs, will be graded out of 36 points. Each Andorid and Robot lab will be graded out of 42 points.