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Grading

Your grade in this course will be determined as follows:

Undergraduate section (CSCI 4560) Graduate section (CSCI 6560)

Some of the homework assignments for students in CSCI 6560 will have an additional problem or additional requirement. And the final grade for students in CSCI 6560 will have greater emphasis on the final project. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to select a final project topic that is related to or complementary to their graduate thesis or project. The final project report for students in CSCI 6560 should be appropriately formatted for submission to a relevant conference or journal.

All components of the class are graded on a curve. What does this mean? The homeworks will contain challenging problems and the grade breakdown will likely be lower than the typical 90%=A, 80%=B, etc. We will give approximate grade breakdowns for the each assignment as the course progresses so you may gauge your performance. Grades will be posted on Submitty.

Note: You must have a passing average on each separate component (homeworks, final project, quizzes, readings, and exercises) in order to pass the course. This course counts as "communications intensive" for undergraduates. As such, you must satisfactorily complete all presentation and project reports to pass the course.

As this is an elective (not required) course, I expect to grade this course: 'A', 'A-', 'B+', 'B', 'B-', or 'F'. Don't expect consistent C or D level work to earn a "pass" if you choose to take this course "pass/no credit". Note also that by RPI rules, the grade of 'D' is not available for graduate students or students in 6000 level courses.

Homeworks

See additional Homework infomation.

Final Project

See additional Final Project infomation.

Quizzes

We will have 2 in-class quizzes covering the lecture material and assigned textbook and paper readings.

Worksheets

Approximately once per week, we will have a short in-class worksheet to review recent lecture material, completed with a partner (team of two).

Lecture Participation

Attendance and participation in lecture is an important component of the course. You are expected to regularly attend lecture, ask questions, and join in the in-class and offline Submitty discussions.