CS 40017: Object Oriented System Design
Expectation:
A student registered for the course is expected to:
- Attend each class,
- Participate in discussion,
- Read the text (books, study material from Internet),
- Work all the assignments,
- Do the lab / project work,
- Follow professional ethics, and
- Academic Honesty (A zero for the first timer, a fail grade for a repeat occurance.)
Overall Evaluation Policy:
- Marks would be awarded on solutions which have step-by-step algorithmic/logical approach to problem solving.
- Solution having a direct answer would get a duck.
Weightage:
| Tiny Take-Home Assignments | 10% |
| Design / Prog. Assignments / Projects | 20% |
| Mid Sem. | 30% |
| End Sem. | 40% |
Assignment Evaluation Policy:
- There would be a series of miniatute take-home-assignments. These will be evaluated on a 2 Grade Point Scale.
- There would be design and programming assignments. These will be evaluated on 5 Grade Point Scale.
- Late assignments may be accepted by obtaining prior permission. There is a penalty @ 10% per day of delay.
- Finally, a weighted sum of all such Grade Points will be taken.
Finally, A Realtive Grading:-
Based on aggregate marks and the following guidelines:
- Ex Grade : Very Good performance in all components,
- A Grade : Very Good to Good performance in all components,
- B Grade : Good to average performance in almost all components (wide window),
- C Grade : Average to below average (Average minus StdDev.) performance in aggregate (wide window),
- D Grade : Below average performance in aggregate,
- P Grade : Participation in almost all components, and
- F Grade : Poor in participation as well as performance.
Boundary Cases:-
Class attendance is not necessary though Classroom participation will be used to determine boundary cases.
Policy for auditing:
- A student who wishes to attend the classes for learning purposes may freely do so.
- A student who wishes to get a certificate at the end of the course should
- register for the course as a zero-credit,
- attend the classes, do all the assignments, and appear in all the evaluation components: quizes, mid-sem and end-sem examinations.