CMSC-641 Algorithms Policy (fall 99)
Grading Weights
Homework-22%, Exam I-18%, Exam II-18%, Final Exam-22%,
Project-18%, Class Participation-2%.
Late Homework
Late homework is not accepted.
Collaboration
Joint study and joint work on homework problems is encouraged.
However, each student must write up each homework solution
entirely independently. You must never look at anyone
else's written solution, and you must never show any
of your written solutions to any other student. You should be
alone whenever you write up solutions.
Academic dishonesty, in any of its many forms, will not
be tolerated and will be dealt with severely (including up to
expulsion from school). Read university policy on this subject.
Understand and avoid all forms academic dishonesty.
For example, avoid plagarism, which involves representing
someone else's work as your own.
Joint work is never allowed on any quiz or exam.
Incompletes
Incomplete grades are issued only under those extreme circumstances
outlined in university policy. In particular, failure to do the work on time
is not a sufficient reason for granting an incomplete.
Email Etiquette
- Send course email to
sherman@umbc.edu without cc'ing any of the
various other aliases that your instructor may have.
-
Include an informative subject header, such as
"CMSC-641 question on HW2, Problem 1".
- Include
your full name on the sender line.
- Avoid
attachments unless there is a compelling reason
to include them; in particular, put short ascii text
in the body of the message and not in an attachment.
- Know the difference between reply and reply-all.
- Do not send administrative requests to all members on
a mailing list. Learn how to use the automatic list manager
majordomo@lists.umbc.edu.
- Use a spelling checker.
- Think and proof read before you send.
Classroom Etiquette
Be seated, quiet, and ready to learn when the class time begins.
Do not speak when someone else is speaking. Be considerate
and respectful of everyone.
Addressing Your Instructor
You should address the instructor as "Dr. Sherman", or if you
prefer, with the more respectful "Professor Sherman."
Please note
the following hierarchy of university titles:
Grader < Teaching Assistant <
Lecturer < Instructor < Assistant Professor < Associate Professor
< (Full) Professor < Chair < Dean < Provost < President < Chancellor.
Use the highest applicable title, especially when speaking
in the presence of others.
Essentially all assistant professors and above are doctors (i.e.
hold earned PhDs), but not all doctors are professors. Most
instructors and below do not hold hold PhDs. Regular faculty are
tenured or on a tenure track; adjunct faculty are not. At UMBC,
most adjunct faculty are part time, and most regular faculty
are full time.