Syllabus: Systems Software (CS270)

This syllabus is a placeholder only. It will be modified before the class starts!!!!!

The following section describes the policies for the class.

MOTIVATION: You are responsible for all material presented in class and/or in assigned readings. Contact me as soon as practicable if you have a legitimate reason for missing any work (e.g. illness or death in the family). The sooner the better! In most cases, some requirements can be modified or waived.
PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism or cheating of any type will not be tolerated. This includes, but is not limited to, copying or collusion on programs, projects, assignments, abstracts, documentation, wandering eyes on tests, using homework assignments from a previous semester, turning in previously submitted term papers, using other person's computer accounts to do projects, programs, etc., getting other people to do your assignments, etc. NOTE: I do not mind you discussing the logical solution to problems, but not code, diagrams, or physical solutions of any type.
This explicitly includes the copying of portions of a book, article, or copying of an authority without explicitly crediting the author. If you are uncertain about how to cite other work properly, please ask me any time and I will give you some examples. In general, look at the research papers we discuss in class, they all cite other people's work. All textual assignments must include work written and conceived by the student, and cannot be simply an amalgamation of quotes from various sources. You may use code you previously created in other classes.
If you plagiarize any assignment (homework, exams, projects etc), I reserve to right to do any of the following, at my discretion (1) Give you a warning (2) Fail you on the portions I believe you plagiarized (3) Give a zero (or negative points) on the assignment which was plagiarized (4) Fail you for the entire class.
GRADING POLICY:
- At least three exams will be given during the course. Whereas the second exam will focus mainly on material presented since the first exam, the final exam will be comprehensive.
- Several assignments will be given. Each is due at the time indicated in the assignment. Only working assignments will be graded.
- All deadlines are hard deadlines! I will enforce the due date rules strictly.
- Instructor's discretion may be used in rare instances to raise (but not lower) a borderline final course grade. It will be used only when (in my opinion) a gross statistical aberration has occurred which is so unique and so blatantly obvious that there can be no questions regarding fairness or favoritism.
- Grading 270: the final grade is composed as follows: 65% (20+20+25) average of exams, (30%) assignments, (5%) attendance. Attendance is the fraction of class periods you attended.
DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS STATEMENT: Reasonable accommodations are available for students who have documented temporary or permanent disabilities. All accommodations must be approved through Disability Support Services, located in the Idaho Commons Building, Room 306. Please contact Disability Support Services as soon as possible regarding any accommodation(s) needed for the course. Email dss@uidaho.edu, Web http://www.access.uidaho.edu.