Grades are assigned based on how many Blugolds you earn. You, the student, pick the grade you want and complete the necessary tasks to achieve Blugolds. The grading matrix follows:

Tasks include:

• Preassignments (3, each worth 1 Blugold)
• Regular assignments (4, each worth 2 Blugolds)
• Midterm (worth 2 Blugolds)
• Final (worth 2 Blugolds)
• Participation (1 Blugold for >= 85% of 1/4-sheets turned it at the beginning of lecture)
• Labs (1 Blugold for over 50% of checkpoints completed, 2 for 90% or better)

Assignments are also graded a bit differently from the norm:

1. Partial credit is not awarded. Each assignment is graded pass/fail. To receive Blugolds for an assignment, you must complete all requirements listed in its specification.
2. Submissions that fail to meet all requirements may be resubmitted if enough of the assignment is completed by the deadline to qualify for later-week submission. In general, one qualifies for later-week submission by having all required classes and methods with correct signatures. The code must compile. The SpecChecker will inform you when your submission qualifies.
3. Only one assignment (new or resubmitted) may be turned in per week. The submission week starts on Sunday and ends on Saturday.
4. All submissions must be turned in by the end of the last Thursday before finals week.

Lab checkpoints must be submitted for review during the lab they were assigned or in the first 15 minutes of the succeeding lab.

• Honor your instructor's closed door. Please visit only during posted office hours. Do not drop by at other times without having scheduled a time via email at least one day before the meeting.
• Your instructor values his time with family. He does not respond to email after 5 PM or on weekends. Plan accordingly.

• A good education requires both good teaching and good learning. It takes hard work from both instructor and student.
• Early is better than on time.
• Plan for homework to take longer than you think.
• Do your own coding. Discussion of problems is allowed, but using another's code, sharing your code with others, or soliciting solutions from others will earn you a report of academic misconduct and lower your grade. You don't want to live in a world serviced by people who did such things to squeak by, so don't do them yourself.
• Grades are calculated according to your achievement, not your circumstances.