CSI 311 Principles of Programming Languages

• There will be NO FINAL EXAM

• Exams will not be intentionally cumulative. Questions will be directed specifically towards material covered subsequent to that covered in the previous exam. However, the material in any course is to some extent inevitably cumulative; students will always be responsible for older material that is required for comprehension of newer material.

• All exams are in class, closed book, NO CALCULATORS, BLACKBERRYS, PHONES, ETC. (Even phones won't help; free advice is usually worth what you've paid.)

• At the discretion of the TA, attendance may be taken at discussion sections and may play a role in awarding a better grade in borderline cases.

• "Make-up" exams, incompletes, and other "special arrangements" will not be allowed except under documented and severe extenuating circumstances. In particular, ALL extenuating circumstances regarding assignments or exams must be reported prior to the due date or to the exam date. (We have telephones, answering machines, email, voice mail, and secretaries; there is no reason why advance notice cannot be given for any missed exams and/or assignments - even if it isn't received until after the fact.

• Assignments are graded 0-10. Programming assignments will be submitted using turnin-csi311. They are due by midnight on the due date. Other assignments will be due on Monday or Wednesday, AT THE BEGINNING OF LECTURE . Individual boxes or signs, one for each discussion section, will be present in lecture for collecting assignments. Assignments will be collected after 5 or 10 minutes of class. Thereafter, assignments are late and must be given to the TAs directly or put in their mailboxes in LI-67A. Loss of 1 point for each day up to 5 thereafter. No official credit is given after 5 days. Also, assignments must be labeled with your discussion section and your TA's name. Individual exceptions to these policies may be granted due to advance notice of extenuating circumstances at the discretion of the TA.

• If the average grade on an exam is low, a curve specifically for that exam may be used for purposes of computing final averages (see the table below).

• The MINIMUM final grade assigned will depend upon your final weighted average (out of 100) as shown below:

• Final grades will eventually be posted near LI-67A. However, the university has activated the MyUAlbany portal at http://www.albany.edu/myualbany/. (MyUAlbany).

The MINIMUM final grade you will receive
(as a function of your final average out of 100)
is given by the following table:

A 93 - 100 A- 90 - 92.9 B+ 87 - 89.9 B 83 - 86.9 B- 80 - 82.9 C+ 77 - 79.9 C 73 - 76.9 C- 70 - 72.9 D+ 67 - 69.9 D 63 - 66.9 D- 60 - 62.9 E 0 - 59.9

Note: The actual final grade may be higher, at the discretion of Dr. Murray.

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