Contact Information
| Instructor: | Karen Reid |
| Email: |
reid [at] cs.toronto.edu. Please include
"309" in the subject line.
|
| Office: | BA 4240 |
| Office Hours: | T 2-3, W 2-3, R 2-3 |
Lectures
| Lectures | Room | Tutorial | Rooms |
| TR 1-2 | SS2102 | R12-1 | BA3116 and BA3008 |
Course Materials
Readings will be provided on the web page. A few readings will be required, most will be recommended.
Web page: http://www.cs.utoronto.ca/~csc309h or http://www.cdf.utoronto.ca/~csc309h/winter/index.shtml
Handouts, assignments, marks, and important course information will be posted periodically on the web page. You should login regularly to check. It would be a good idea to follow the discussions on the bulletin board. You are responsible for announcements made in class, on the web page and on the sticky instructor posts on the bulletin board.
Grading Scheme and Assignment Schedule
| Type of Work | Weight | Due date |
| A1 | 15% | Wednesday Feb 3, 10:00 pm |
| Midterm test | 15% | Thursday February 25, 1:00 pm EX320 |
| A2 | 15% | Wednesday March 3, 10:00 pm |
| A3 | 15% | Wednesday March 31, 10:00 pm |
| Final Exam | 40% | See exam schedule |
If you receive less than 40% on the final exam your final grade in the course will be at most 47%.
If the TAs are not able to run your application with minimal effort or it crashes under basic operation, you will receive 0 for the assignment. If you are not able to complete the assignment, you must supply a README.txt file that explains how to run your application so that the TA may give you credit for partially completed work.
Late Policy
The late policy is strict. All assignments will be submitted electronically. Assignments are due at 10:00 p.m. on the due date.
Late assignments will be handled based on a system of "grace days", as follows: Each student begins the term with 3 grace days. One grace day is 24 hours. If an assignment is due at 10:00 p.m. on a Wednesday then an assignment handed in by 10:00 p.m. on Thursday uses one grace day; if handed in by 10:00 p.m. Friday, it uses up 2 grace days; if handed in by 10:00 p.m. Saturday, it uses up 3 grace days. The grace days are intended for use in emergencies (e.g., printer failure or car failure). Do not use them to buy an extension because of a busy week or you will be out of luck in a true emergency. Assignments submitted after the due date when all grace days have been used will receive a grade of 0.
NOTE:At most one grace day may be used for Assignment 3.
If you are at risk of missing a deadline due to a busy week, rather than use your grace days you should hand in a working (and tested) version of a simpler program. This will be easy to do if you have written and debugged a series of programs that accomplish more and more of the assigned problem.
In the event of an illness or other catastrophe, get proper documentation (e.g., medical certificate), and contact me (by phone, email or in person) as soon as possible. Do not wait until the due date has passed. It is always easier to make alternate arrangements before the due date or test day.
Since your assignments are submitted electronically and will often be tested using an automated testing program, you must follow the submission instructions exactly. If you do not, you will most likely lose substantial marks on the assignment. If you find you have submitted the wrong file or omitted a file, please notify your instructor as soon as possible.
Remarking requests that result from incorrect submissions will receive a 10% penalty.
Remarking
Requests for remarking must be done using the provided online form explaining in detail what your concern is. Requests submitted by email to the instructor will not be considered. Requests for remarking should be submitted no later than one week after the assignment or test has been returned to the class.
Academic Offenses
All of the work you submit must be done by you and your work must not be submitted by someone else. Plagiarism is academic fraud and is taken very seriously. The department uses software that compares programs for evidence of similar code. Please read the Rules and Regulations from the U of T Calendar (especially the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters).
Accessibility Needs:
The University of Toronto is committed to accessibility. If you require accommodations for a disability, or have any accessibility concerns about the course, the classroom or course materials, please contact Accessibility Services as soon as possible: disability.services@utoronto.ca or http://studentlife.utoronto.ca/accessibility