CSE4411 3.0
Database Management Systems – Fall 2007
Evaluation
Course Requirements And Weight Distribution
| Item | weight in the course final mark |
|
Assignments 1, 2, 3 |
20% total (the individual assignment weight will be determined upon handout of each assignment). |
|
Test 1 |
20% |
| Test 2 | 20% |
|
Final exam |
40% |
Each piece of work will be assigned a numerical mark. The final letter grade will be computed by applying following standard numerical mapping.
|
F |
E |
D |
D+ |
C |
C+ |
B |
B+ |
A |
A+ |
|
<40 |
>=40 |
>=50 |
>=55 |
>=60 |
>=65 |
>=70 |
>=75 |
>=80 |
>=90 |
Assignments
Assignments 1 and 2 will most likely be non-programming assignments whose purpose will be to prepare you for tests 1 and 2 through related exercises. Assignment 3 will be a project, potentially involving some research, reading through several papers, and may be a class presentation. Assignments will be the work of individual students, unless specified otherwise (this would probably be the case for assignment 3). York University's rules for academic honesty and plagiarism always remain in effect. Discussion is fine on the assignments. However, collaboration is not.
It is imperative that you submit your assignments by the due date/time. If you miss the due date/time, but submit it within 24 hours after it is due, there will be a 20% deduction of your score as late penalty (e.g. If your original score is 80, you will end up getting 64). No assignment will be accepted after that under any circumstances. If you miss an assignment for documented valid reason (e.g. illness with a medical note), then upon the approval of your instructor the weight of that assignment will be transferred to the final exam.
Test 1 and Test 2
If you miss any of the tests the weight of the test will be transferred to your final exam (i.e. your final exam will count for 80% of the final course mark).
Final exam
If you miss the final exam you will have to petition for a deferred exam. Provided that your petition is approved, you will take the final exam at a later date. It is not unusual that the deferred exam is scheduled together with the final exam of the next time that the course is offered.