CSC200Y: Course Organization

Overview and Grading Scheme

Also see: The CSC200Y Course Information Sheet (PDF)

Course material will be covered primarily in lectures and tutorials. You should read the appropriate sections of the text prior to attending any given lecture, and review the text again, along with any additional notes you took, after the lecture. We will make any lecture slides available online in PDF format after lectures (see below). These are not intended to replace your lecture notes, but supplement them and help you organize them. Keeping up with the reading is very important!

See the course Lecture Schedule for a schedule of past and upcoming readings.

Grading Scheme

Course evaluation will be based on four assignments, eight in-class quizzes, two mid-term examinations, and one final examination. More details, including currently scheduled quiz and midterm dates and assignment due dates, are provided below. The grading scheme is as follows:

• Assignments (4): 48% (12% each)
• Quizzes (8): 16% (2% each)
• Tests (2): 16% (8% each)
• Final Exam: 20%

Assignments

There will be four assignments given over the year. None will involve programming, but some may involve the use of installed software to work with or visualize specific network phenomena in action. The currently scheduled due dates for the assignments are:

• Assignment 1: due Oct. 16, 2015
• Assignment 2: due Nov. 25, 2015
• Assignment 3: due Feb 10, 2016
• Assignment 4: due March 30, 2016

All assignments will be due at the beginning of the tutorial/class on their respective due dates unless stated otherwise. Late assignments will not be accepted.

Quizzes

There will be 8 quizes of duration 15-20 minutes each. These will be held at the beginning of class/tutorials and will require that you keep up with the course readings, lectures and tutorials. course readings.

The currently scheduled dates for quizzes are:

• Oct. 2, 2015
• Oct. 23, 2015
• Nov. 13, 2015
• Dec. 4, 2015
• Jan. 15, 2016
• Feb. 5, 2016
• Mar. 11, 2016
• Apr. 1, 2016

Midterms and Final Exam

There will be two midterm tests of 50 minutes duration. They are currently scheduled for:

• Nov. 27, 2015
• Feb. 12, 2016

Midterm dates will be confirmed at least four weeks in advance.

There will also be a final examination at the end of the course to be scheduled by the registrar.