Course Work and Marking Scheme

In addition, we will post a couple of problem sets with solutions. Although you do not need to turn these in, the problem sets are not optional, and the material will be asked on the final exam.

Required Readings

Course Calendar

For more information about the course schedule, please take a look at syllabus.html.

Course Policies

• Assignments are to be done in teams of 2 students. You can pick your own teammate; we will assign you a teammate if you cannot find one. You can switch teammates throughout the course in case your teammate drops the course. You have until Sept. 24 to choose your teammate and send e-mail to Kit-Sun Ng at at324ngk@cdf.toronto.edu. Please indicate your teammate and your campus (Downtown or Erindale). You cannot work with a person from another campus. A list of teammates will be posted on the Web on Sept. 25.
• All assignments are due at the beginning of the class (tutorial for Erindale).  That means that if the assignment is to be submitted electronically (using a submit program), the deadline is 11:30 a.m.  There is a 10% per day lateness penalty for all assignments except Assignment 3b.  Assignments will not be accepted after 7 days past the due date, except in emergencies.  An emergency is illness (documented by a physician's note) or death in the family.  Travel plans, job responsibilities, fights with boyfriends are not considered emergencies.  Since Assignment 3b is due on the last day of class, it cannot be submitted late.
• All electronically-submitted assignments should run on CDF (Downtown) or tuzo.erin (Erindale). Language interpretors may vary between platforms.  Make sure you run your program on CDF (tuzo) before submitting it.  More information about computing resources in downtown and Erindale are available at cdf.html and erincompute.html.
• Requirements of the assignments include testing and quality of presentation. We expect your assignments to be well-tested (you need to include test cases and runs of your program, where applicable) and well-documented. Documentation includes the use of good English. At least 10% of the mark for each assignment is devoted to testing and presentation. Marking scheme for each assignment is to be posted separately.
• You are required to read the newsgroup.  It will contain important announcements, including availability of assignments, and class-related discussion.  Assignments will be made available on the Web rather than distributed in class.  It is your responsibility to obtain them.
• If you are unable to come during office hours, please request an appointment via phone or e-mail. Please, do not come outside office hours if you do not have an appointment.
• There will be one TA responsible for each language: Marcus Santos for Scheme, Mark Pichora for ML, and Kit-Sun Ng for Prolog. Please send assignment-related e-mail directly to them. Also, if you feel that the answer to your question is of interest to other students, post it to the newsgroup instead. We will read and respond to newsgroup messages on the regular basis.
• If you missed the midterm and have a legitimate excuse, i.e. you were ill or there were an emergency in the family (documentation is required), please let the instructor know. If approved, your midterm mark will be computed based on your final exam mark and the class average.
• If you want your assignment or midterm regraded, here is the procedure to follow:  Submit your work to the person responsible for its grading (tutors or the instructor) with the written description of the part you want regraded and reasons why you feel has been misgraded. We will regrade your assignment or midterm and return it to you within a week of your request. We reserve the right to regrade the entire assignment or midterm which may lower your grade.
• Although we try to keep our records, the Web page, the lecture notes and the assignments error-free, errors and typos are possible. If you notice an error in any of these, please notify the instructor ASAP.