CS181 Fall 95 Homework Grading Standards

Last modified: October 8, 1995 (Wk 2 Sun) 3 am.

Homework Grading Standards

• If you work with any person or old homework, please cite them. Exceptions are the APS Guide, the textbook, class, and section.
  
  Note: The professor and TA should be cited if you ask them questions outside of class or section; e.g. office hours or appointments.
  
  First offense: warning.
  Second offense: 20% off
  
  
• Solutions which appear to be directly copied from previous solutions, even with a reference will be given 50% credit
  
  
• Ingenous and creative solutions may receive bonus points at the grader's discretion.
  
  
• 2 point bonus for first person to correct each error or suggest an improvement (which we use) in a homework or solution.
  
  
• Homeworks are due in the CS181 mailbox in 3559 Boelter (upper right corner) at 4 pm on Wednesdays.
  
  After 4 pm penalty: none; no score will be higher than 70
  
  
• Solutions will be handed out in section on Fridays. They will be available on the web site Friday or Saturday.
  
  After Friday noon: none; no score will be higher than 50
  
  After Friday noon: 25% credit for copying from solution
  
  
• Partial homeworks : you can always redo problems, however the maximum score for each problem will be 70%, 50%, or 25% (see above).
  
  
• Exceptions to this policy must be arranged in advance.