Section 6 How will I know how I am doing in the class?
Subsection 6.1 Assessments
Assignments.
There will be a total of 13 assignments throughout the semester. The course calendar will be updated by the 12th day of classes with the due date of each assignment. The assignment will be based on the topics that were introduced to you in the past week.
Each assignment has two grading categories--completion and correctness. The completion constititues 75% of the homework grade. For a homework to be considered "complete", you must submit your work for all problems on the Homework. You must make an honest effort for your homework to be considered complete. However, not all problems on the assignment will be graded for correctness. We will grade one problem per assignment for its correctness. These assignments may contain proofs that are to be written out, worksheets that are to be typed using LaTeX, and/or code in MATLAB/C. These assignments make up 70% of your final grade.
The work you submit must be clear, readable, and your own. You are not allowed to obtain solutions or code from elsewhere and submit it as your own work.
Exams.
There will be two exams--a Midterm and a Final. The midterm is scheduled for March 10, 2022, and the final will be held on May 5, 2022. The final exam will be a comprehensive final.
The Midterm will be worth 10% of your final grade, while your Final Exam will be worth 20% of your final grade. There will be no make-up exam opportunities.
Subsection 6.2 Late Submissions and Missed Assignments
You will have a total of 3 slip days in increments of 1 day units (that is, 1 minute to 24 hours late = 1 slip day, etc.) to use throughout the semester to extend your assignment deadline. However, you may use only one slip day on any particular assignment. Other than that, you may divide your slip days across the assignments in any way you wish, subject to the 3 slip days total and the maximum 1 slip day per assignment. Slip days are to account for unexpected life circumstances and emergencies. Use your slip days wisely. If you use all your slip days and are unable to turn in your assignment on time for any reason then you will receive a 0 for that assignment.
In addition, the lowest-score on your assignments will be dropped from your final grade calculation. This is done in the case you miss an assignment because of illness, or other obligations that may come up.
Without a verifiable excuse, there are no make-up opportunities for the assignments and/or exam.
Subsection 6.3 Final Grades
To summarize, your final grade will comprise of the following assessments
| Category | % of Final Grade |
| Assignments | 70% |
| Midterm Exam | 10% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
Subsection 6.4 Academic Dishonesty
The University and the Department are committed to preserving the reputation of your UT degree. To guarantee that every degree means what it says it means, we must enforce a strict policy on academic honesty: Every piece of work that you turn in with your name on it must be yours. Students who violate University rules on scholastic dishonesty in assignments or exams are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of a lowered or 0 grade on an assignment or exam, failure in the course, and/or dismissal from the University. Changing your exam answers after they have been graded, copying answers during exams, or plagiarizing the work of others (classmates or from the internet) will be considered academic dishonesty and will not be tolerated. You may not search for solutions to problems given in the class on the internet. Moreover, you may not copy these solutions or be inspired by them and claim they are your own work. Plagiarism detection software will be used on the programs submitted in this class. If cheating is discovered, a report will be made to the Dean of Students.