CSCI 2824 Discrete Structures for Computer Scientists

University of Colorado at Boulder

Spring 2010

Instructor: Michael Main (main@colorado.edu)
Office: ECOT 738
Office hours: www.cs.colorado.edu/~main/hours.html
Phone: 303-723-9527

Class Calendar: www.portmain.com/discrete/calendar.html

Grades, Homework, Exams...

CU Learn
All grades will be recorded at culearn.colorado.edu.

Working Together
I would prefer if you work with one other student on the homework and turn in a single paper with both names. All exam work must be done entirely on your own with no books and no electronic devices, but you may bring one 8.5" x 11" page of notes ( both sides, whatever font you can read without a magnifing device).

Exams
The course is divided into four parts, with an exam at the end of each part.

Grading

Weekly homework: Most weeks will have a homework assignment due in class on Wednesday morning. No late homework is accepted, so please submit whatever work you have done by the deadline. Some homeworks may require you to be present in class to receive full credit. If your lowest homework score is lower than your final homework score, then I will replace your lowest homework score with your final homework score. The homeworks count for 40% of the course grade

Four exams (one of which is the final exam): Makeup exams can be arranged only if you let Michael know at least 24 hours ahead of time or if an unavoidable problem causes you to miss class. Other missed exams will be recorded as a zero score. If your lowest exam score is lower than your final exam score, then I will replace your lowest exam score with your final exam score. The exams count for 60% of the course grade.

Course Grade: I will, of course, use a computer program to determine your course percentage as:

    percentage = 0.4*h/H + 0.6*e/E

In the formula, h is your number of homework points, H is the maximum possible homework points, e is your number of exam points, and E is the maximum possible exam points (all recorded as double variables in a C++ program!). Your course grade is computed by your percentage:

Percentages will not be rounded, so even one point can be important. Please do let us know if there are any grading errors as soon as possible.