Expectations You are expected to attend all classes and come prepared to actively participate in the activity and discussion for the day. To do well in this course, you must keep up with the out of class material and engage in the in class activities. We promise to prepare you and to provide you with the tools needed to succeed.
Student Evaluations The final course grade will be computed from the following course percentage breakdown:
| 10% | Participation and Attendance |
| 5% | Ethics Discussion |
| 25% | Class Projects |
| 15% | Semester Project |
| 15% | Activities |
| 30% | Final Quizzes |
Late policy: Late work is strongly discouraged. All work will be accepted within 4 working days after the deadline (weekend and holiday days do not count in the 4 days). Students will lose 10 percentage points per day late. After 4 days, the work will not be accepted at all.
Coursework Return Policy: Homeworks and exams will be graded and returned as quickly as possible, generally within a week.
Academic Integrity: We follow the Colorado School of Mines Student Honor Code and Policy on Academic Integrity. Work submitted for grading should not be derived from or influenced by work of others. The programming assignments are an integral part of the Computer Science learning experience. These projects will be fun, challenging, illuminating, time consuming, frustrating, and rewarding. Your sense of pride upon finishing is well deserved and your efforts earn your powerful skills and deep understanding. Don’t cheat yourself out of this opportunity! The Honor Code is a powerful community statement that asserts our shared values of integrity. This is a community we are committed to be a part of – please join us! Below are some additional guidelines that apply to CS courses. However, in every course, the instructor has the final say about expectations of academic honesty. There are various ways to use a resource for assigned work and we distinguish them in two ways:
- What kind of source is it? Is it a general resource that you are drawing on to do the assigned work, or is it a solution to the assigned work? Does the resource trivialize the assigned task?
- How is the source used? Do you consult the source, or do you copy from it more or less verbatim?
Student Absences: All students are advised to be familiar with university policy regarding the make-up of work missed due to excused absences. This policy may be found in the Bulletin.
Disabilities Accommodations: The Colorado School of Mines is committed to ensuring the full participation of all students in its programs, including students with disabilities. If you are registered with Disability Support Services (DSS) and I have received your letter of accommodations, please contact me at your earliest convenience so we can discuss your needs in this course. For questions or other inquiries regarding disabilities, I encourage you to visit disabilities.mines.edu for more information.
Discrimination & Harassment: This course and all learning opportunities at Mines require a safe environment for everyone to be productive, develop professional practices, and to be able to share and learn without fear of discrimination or harassment. Discrimination or harassment of any type will not be tolerated. Sometimes harassment is unintentional, but regardless of intent the instructor will address any language or behaviors that might discriminate, stereotype, or promote harassment. If you witness discrimination or harassment of others, please bring it to the attention of Mines faculty so it can be addressed immediately. Title IX is a federal law that protects individuals from discrimination based on sex and gender in educational programs or activities. Mines takes its Title IX obligations seriously and is committed to providing a campus community free from gender-based discrimination. Gender-based discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, stalking, and domestic violence, is prohibited within the Mines campus community. If these issues have impacted you or someone you know, you can appropriate resources here: http://inside.mines.edu/POGO-Title-IX. You can also contact the Mines Title IX Coordinator, Karin Ranta-Curran, at 303.384.2558 or krcurran@mines.edu for more information.
Learning Environment: Fundamentally, I expect and require respect in this course for yourself, your classmates, and your instructor and TAs.
- Respect for yourself includes taking care of yourself physically and mentally and advocating for an environment that facilitates learning for you.
- Respect for your classmates includes recognizing and appreciating the diversity of backgrounds and experiences of your classmates and making it your interest to foster a learning environment for everyone; all are welcome.
- Respect for your instructors (as well as your classmates) includes not participating in disruptive or distracting behavior: talking, playing games, or web surfing during lecture, for instance, make it difficult for others to focus on the reason we are all here.
- Respect must be mutual to be effective; we (your instructors) and your TAs will be held to the same standards of respect.
Any student who faces challenges securing their food or housing and believes this may affect their performance in the course is urged to contact the Dean of Students for support. Furthermore, please notify your professor if you are comfortable in doing so. This will enable your professor to provide resources that may be available.
Please let your instructor know if you become aware of an issue with the classroom (or out-of-classroom) environment with regards to these policies.