University of Toronto -- Department of Computer Science
St. George Campus -- Winter Session 2004

CSC 263H: "Data Structures and Analysis"

Main Course Webpage



News Flash! (See the Announcements for full details.)

Tue 4 May
Unofficial final course marks are posted. A4 part II has been remarked.
Mon 26 Apr
A4 marks are now posted. A4 marking scheme and comments are also posted. Apologies for the delay (see Announcements for details). Results of A4 part II will be e-mailed to your CDF account this week.
Fri 23 Apr
A4 part I is ready to be picked up.

Contents

Site index

Lecture schedule

Section Room Time Instructor
L0101 MP-202 MW 10 François Pitt
L0201 LM-161 MW 3 François Pitt

Tutorial schedule

Tutorials take place on Friday, during your regularly scheduled timeslot for this course (10-11 for L0101; 3-4 for L0201). There are no lectures on Fridays.

You have been assigned a specific tutorial section (listed below), based on the first letter of your last (family) name. Please attend the tutorial section that you were assigned, to allow us to keep the tutorial sizes balanced. If you have a problem with your tutorial, please contact your instructor immediately (it's better to fix problems than to ignore them).

Section L0101

Time Room TA's name for students whose last name starts with...
F 10 MP-202 Stephanie Horn A - E
F 10 UC-152 Jonathan Eisler F - Le
F 10 RW-142 Pablo Sala Li - O
F 10 LM-157 Ady Ecker P - Tr
F 10 BF-215 Ning Su Ts - Z

Section L0201

Time Room TA's name for students whose last name starts with...
F 3 UC-87 Hamed Hatami A - C
F 3 UC-144 Tobi Kral D - Kh
F 3 UC-244 Ady Ecker Ki - Ma
F 3 UC-A101 Alfredo Gabaldon Mc - S
F 3 LM-161 Stephanie Horn T - Z

Instructor office hours

Instructor Office Phone E-mail Office Hours
François Pitt SF-4306E 416-978-3707 fpitt at cdf dot utoronto dot ca MW 12-2

TA office hours

TA office hours will be held as needed during the term (not on a regular basis). They will be announced during lectures and on this webpage.

Policy on special consideration

If you are unable to complete homework or if you miss a midterm test due to major illness or other circumstances completely outside of your control, please contact your instructor immediately in order to receive special consideration. Note that special consideration will be considered on an individual basis and will not be given automatically.

In order to receive special consideration, you must fill out the following Request for Special Consideration form and bring it to your instructor together with your supporting documentation.

In the case of illness, medical documentation must be supplied on the standard University of Toronto Student Medical Certificate (Adobe PDF document). You can also obtain a paper copy of this certificate from your college registrar. (A simple "note" from your doctor is not acceptable.)

Important dates

Monday 5 January: First day of classes
Sunday 18 January: Deadline to enrol
Friday 23 January: Assignment 1 DUE
Friday 13 February: Assignment 2 DUE
February 16 - 20: Reading Week
(no lecture or tutorial)
Friday 27 February: Midterm Test
Sunday 7 March: Deadline to drop
Friday 12 March: Assignment 3 DUE
Friday 2 April: Assignment 4 DUE
Thursday 8 April: Last day of classes
Friday 9 April: Good Friday
(University closed)
April 19 - May 7: Final Examination period

For the assignments, submission instructions and deadlines are given on the Assignments page. For the term test(s), the specific time and place are given on the Term Test page.

Policy on lateness and missed term tests

All assignments are due at the beginning of your regularly scheduled tutorial on Friday. Late assignments will be accepted no later than 10:00am on the Monday following the submission deadline for a penalty of -25% of the worth of the assignment. Late assignments must be handed in directly to your instructor (or to the secretary in room SF-3302 who can verify the submission time).

If you miss the midterm test, you will get a mark of zero unless you have informed your instructor beforehand and they have agreed that you may miss it. (See the section on special consideration to request special consideration because of illness or other circumstances.)

Grading scheme

4 Homework Assignments: 40% (10% each)
1 Midterm Test: 15%
1 Final Examination: 45%

In order to pass the course, you must achieve a mark of at least 40% on the final examination. In other words, you will automatically fail the course (your final mark will be lowered to no more than 45) if your mark on the final exam is below 40%, irrespective of your computed final mark.

Policy on remarking requests

  1. All remarking requests must be received within one month of the date when the assignment or test was returned. (It is your responsibility to pick up your assignment or test from the CSSU in BA-2283, if you were not in lecture or in tutorial when it was returned.)
  2. We CANNOT accept remarking requests for term tests that were written using pencil!
  3. Your mark will decrease if the marker sees something that was incorrectly awarded too high a mark.
  4. If there is a simple addition mistake in your assignment or test, just show the work to your instructor (not your TA).
  5. For all other remarking requests, please print this remarking form, fill it in completely, and attach it to your assignment or test. (Remarking requests will not be considered if the remarking form is missing or incomplete.)
    You must be specific and clearly demonstrate that the marking scheme was not followed correctly for your assignment. Note that marks are awarded based on merit, not on need, so statements like "I worked really hard" or "I really need those marks" are not good reasons.
  6. Give the form and your assignment or test directly to the marker or to your instructor. Remember to submit your work together with the form.
    If you are comparing your work to that of another student, hand in BOTH assignments or tests (your request will be ignored otherwise).
  7. If you are still not satisfied after getting back your remarked assignment (or after having a meeting with the marker), contact your instructor to discuss your situation.

References and textbooks

Required textbook

Recommended reference

Additional reference

Useful links



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