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--- syllabus [2013/08/15 16:00] – wildes
+++ syllabus [2013/12/06 22:11] (current) – wildes
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 == Teaching Assistant ==
-  * TBA
+  * Brandon Haworth
-    * Office: TBA
+    * Office: LAS 2027
-    * Office hours: TBA
+    * Office hours: By appointment
-    * Email: TBA
+    * Email: brandon@cse.yorku.ca
 In order to ensure timely responses to e-mails, please include CSE1001 in the e-mail subject line and include your CSE account number and student number in the body of the e-mail. E-mails lacking such information are unlikely to receive timely or useful response.
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 ==  Essay ==
-Students will be expected to write and hand in a final essay that integrates and discusses three of the lectures that were presented during the year. The essay will be due on 3 April 2013; hardcopy must be placed in the course drop box in Lassonde no latter than 23:59 on that date. Additional details will be provided in class.
+Students will be expected to write and hand in a final essay that integrates and discusses three of the lectures that were presented during the year. The essay will be due on 3 April 2013; hardcopy must be placed in the course drop box in Lassonde no latter than 23:59 on that date. Additional details will be provided in class, some of which can found <html><a href="http://www.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2013-14/F/1001/essayInfo.pdf">here</a></html>.
-== Extracurricular Activities ==
+== Activities ==
-During the course of the year, announcements will be made regarding various extracurricular events that students can (optionally) attend. These events will be noted on the What's new link on the side bar to this page.
+During the course of the year, announcements will be made regarding various outside of class activities in which students can participate; one of these will be for credit. These events will be noted in class and on the What's new link on the side bar to this page. Information on the for credit outside of class activity is available <html><a href="http://www.library.yorku.ca/steaciehackfest/">here</a></html>. Note that only the first 25 to sign up will be eligible for credit for participating in this activity. You can sign-up by following the previous link.
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 ==== Grading ====
-The weight distribution of the course components is as follows:
+This course is offered on a pass/fail basis only. There are two components to the marking for the course, as follows.
+   * Markable events (quizzes, assignments and other activities identified by the course coordinator)
+   * A final written essay. Specifications for the essay will be given in lecture.
+In order to pass the course, a student must receive a pass on 8 individual markable events and on the final essay. In total, 10 markable events will be available: 1 assignment, 8 quizzes and 1 outside of class activity. For example, to pass a single quiz a student must achieve 50% correct or better (i.e., at least 3 out of 5 on a 5 question quiz). Similarly, a student must achieve at least 50% on the final essay to receive a pass on that component.
-    * 10% : eChecks (1% for each of 10 assigned eChecks)
-    * 20% : Lab test #1
-    * 20% : Lab test #2
-    * 20% : Midterm written test
-    * 30% : Final written exam
-Each piece of work will be assigned a numeric grade. A final numeric grade will be acomputed using the weighting given above. The final letter grade will be determined form the numeric score using the standard Computer Science and Engineering mapping.