How does this class work?

29 March 1999

Assignments

There will be approximately one problem set and one lab assignment every week. I will make handouts and assignments available on line via the web page, and they will also sometimes be in the class newsgroup (ucsc.class.cmpe100).

There will be a midterm in class and a final exam. Satisfactory performance on the exams, and the problem sets will be necessary to pass this class. For those opting for a letter grade: the problem sets will count approximately 30% of your grade, the midterm 30%, and the final 40%.

Returning graded assignments

Graded problem sets will be available in the CE 100 box (by the back stairs opposite Applied Sciences 250). Graded labs will be reported via email.

Late labs and problem sets will be severely downgraded.

Send us e-mail

Please feel free to tell either the professor or the TAs about any comments or suggestions you might have about how to improve the class. The best way to do this is by electronic mail or in the newsgroup.

Academic honesty

I hate to talk about cheating, because I'd like to assume there will be none, but the department says I must: If the TAs or I find conclusive evidence that you have cheated on a homework assignment, lab, or exam, you will fail that homework assignment, lab, or exam, and the cheating will be reported to the department and the provost of your college. It will not be possible to pass this course with a grade of 0 on either the midterm or the final exam.

If you work with someone else on a homework assignment, both of you must report the collaboration on the turned in homework. Unreported collaboration is cheating.

Labs

Labs should be done with your lab partner. Labs will generally be self-directed, but the TA will be available during scheduled hours for consultation. All working labs must be verified by the TA or a designated lab tutor. Your lab grade will be based on the quality of the lab reports, completing the assigned labs, and a final exam for the lab. The final for CE 100L will be given at the time of the final for the CE 100.

You and your lab partner will work on the labs, and you will take turns submitting the report. Your grade will depend more on the lab reports you submit. Be sure that it is clear who wrote the lab report. Generally the lab should be demonstrated to the TA by the end of the week that it was to be done, and the report is due via email by midnight of the Friday of that week.

Each of you will individually keep your own bound lab notebook, which the TA will periodically date and sign. In the real world, such a lab notebook is essential for establishing the date of invention of a patentable idea.

You may have to purchase your own wire and small parts for some of the labs. Your TAs will tell you how to do this.

You will have approximately one lab to do a week. You will be given your lab assignment via the web by Thursday, and you will have the next week to do the lab, and the lab report is due by midnight of the Friday at the end of the week. The lab report's grade is reduced by 5% for every day it is late down to 40% credit. Inadequate lab reports will be returned and must be resubmitted.


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Computer Engineering
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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