Accommodations

Students with documented disabilities who may need accommodations, who have any emergency medical information the instructor should be aware of, or who need special arrangements in the event of evacuation, should make an appointment with the instructor as early as possible, and no later than the first week of the term. Class materials will be made available in accessible format upon request.

Academic honesty

Honesty is absolutely essential in order for learning to take place. It will form the foundation of your professional integrity in your career. Here are some guidelines. Students are expected to do their own work unless assigned to a group by the instructor. If you are having trouble with an assignment, you are encouraged to verbally discuss general approaches and strategies with other students, TAs, or the instructor. Do not simply let someone else tell you how to solve the problem! If other students ask you for help, don't just let them copy your work! It is possible to discuss problems without plagiarizing. If you get help from, give help to, or "work together" with someone, you must (in the program header block) list that person as a collaborator and describe the help.

Here is a list of things you are not allowed to:

• Use code from other students.
• Use code from the Internet (unless explicitly allowed by the instructor).
• Give your code to other students.
• Ask another student to troubleshoot your code.
• Help another student with troubleshooting their code.

The bottom line is: Students are expected to do their own work unless assigned to a group by the instructor. Each student is expected to understand all aspects of the programs s/he submits for credit.

For specifics on academic honesty, I will refer you to the university academic dishonesty policy and the department academic dishonesty policy

Contesting your grade

You have 1 week after the exam or project has been returned to the class to question your grade. We do not regrade your work past this deadline. Exams and programming projects are usually given back during recitation. If you miss recitation, contact the TAs about getting your exam / project grade sheet.

Blackboard quizzes

You must:

Take the quiz before the deadline - no exceptions.

Make sure your grade is recorded by checking your grades on Blackboard. If your grade is not recorded in Blackboard by the due date, you get a zero for that quiz.

You may:

Take Blackboard quizzes multiple times.

Use your book, your notes, your computer, a Java compiler, the Java API.

Each quiz attempt erases the last attempt, so only the last one is used in grading.

Print out a copy to help you study for midterms.

You may not:

Get help from anyone except a cs162 TA or the instructor on a Blackboard quiz.

Take or retake the quiz after the deadline.

Challenge a grade (or lack of one) on Blackboard after the deadline. It is your responsibility to make sure the grade was recorded accurately.

Handing in programming assignments

• Must be submitted electronically by 11:59pm on the due date at the engr submission site. If you submit your assignment multiple times, the latest one will get marked. Assignments will not be accepted after the deadline (with the exception of the 1 late programming assignment you are allowed...see the bullet below)
• You will be allowed 1 and only 1 late programming assignment. The late assignment must be submitted by due date + 48 hours. If you submit a second late programming assignment, it will not be graded and you will get a zero for that assignment.
• Require you to submit only your .java files (your source code). We do not want you .class files.
• Are individual work, not a group effort (unless specified by the instructor).

Policies on exams

Exams are closed book, closed notes unless stated otherwise by the instructor.

If you cannot take an exam at the scheduled date/time, contact the instructor at least 5 days in advance to arrange for an alternate test date/time.

A student who is absent from class due to illness or family emergency should notify instructors as soon as possible (either by phone, e-mail or in person). Notifying instructors and discussing missed work is the responsibility of the student.

In serious situations or when the student is unable to contact instructors, the student or family members may contact the Office of the Dean of Students at 541-737-8748 for assistance. The Office of Dean of Students will provide notification of the absence to the student’s instructors and the college head advisor. Students are reminded that providing false or misleading information to obtain an excused absence is a violation of student conduct regulations and may result in university student conduct action. See OAR 576-015-0020(6) at website http://oregonstate.edu/admin/stucon/regs.htm

Students who miss a midterm or final exam without an excused absence will not be given a makeup exam. They will be given a mark of 0.

Grading Scale

Your term total will be calculated using the weights on the course information webpage, and converted to a letter grade using the following scale: