If you have any questions or require any clarifications of these course policies, please ask Prof. Huang.
The following list documents the changes and clarifications to these policies.
Academic honesty
I expect any assignment, lab, or quiz that you turn in to be your own
work --- the product of your understanding of the course material and
your own efforts in completing the assignment or examination. More
specifically, it is inappropriate to give or receive code for an
assignment to or from anyone else.
The Rensselaer Handbook of Student Rights and Responsibilities defines several types of academic dishonesty, all of which are applicable to this class. Students found in violation of academic dishonesty policies may receive a failing grade for this course.
Please contact the instructor if there is any question about academic (dis)honesty.
Late work places an additional burden on the teaching staff and is unfair to those students who turn in their work on time.
Unless you make prior arrangements with the instructor, assignments are due at the beginning of class (2:00pm) on the day they are due. I use two tier system with flat late penalties. Late work turned in anytime before the first tier deadline is assessed a 10\% late penalty. Late work turned in after the first tier deadline but before the second tier deadline is assessed a 20% late penalty. Late work is not accepted after the second tier deadline.
Currently, all assignments are to be turned in on Fridays. Unless otherwise specified, the first tier late deadline is 9:00am on the following Monday, and the second tier late deadline is exactly one week from the original deadline (2:00pm on the following Friday).
Attendance policy
You are expected to attend class prepared to discuss or answer
questions on previously covered material.
Excuses
If there is some good reason that you must miss a discussion class or
that you will need an extension on an assignment, contact me in
advance. If you do not contact me in advance, I will ask you to get a
letter from the Dean of Students. They will verify excuses and write
a memo. This way I can be assured of a valid excuse without needing
to know details of students' personal lives.