CS 136: Elementary Algorithm Design and Data Abstraction

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Computation

• Assignments: 30%
• Midterm Exam: 25%
• Final Exam: 45%

Minimum Requirements

To pass the course, students must have a weighted average of 50% or better on the exams and a weighted average of 50% or better on the assignments. Completing assignments is crucial in mastering course material.

One of the courses following CS136 in the Computer Science curriculum is CS246. It currently has a prerequisite of 60% or more in CS136. If you earn 60% or more in CS136 you may go on to CS246. Otherwise,

• if your CS136 mark is less than 50% you must repeat CS136 before going on. A failure will be recorded on your academic record.
• if your CS136 mark is in the 50's you must repeat CS136 before going on to take CS246. You may take CS245 (recommended) or CS251 while you repeat CS136. A failure will not be recorded on your record but the mark will be included in your averages unless you specifically decide to exclude it within six months.

Marks Look-up

For your convenience, we provide a facility to check your unofficial marks online.

As your assignment and exam marks are recorded, they will be made available on this website. You will need your UWdir username (8 characters or less) and password in order to log in; your password is the same one that you use for Quest. Errors in the marks should be reported to a tutor.

Handmarking Results on MarkUs

We will be using MarkUs for handmarking assignments in CS 136 this term.

To log in to MarkUs, go to https://markus002.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/markus_cs136_w/en/main and enter your Quest user ID and password. Once you log in, you should see a summary page of all the assignments that have been handmarked so far.

The results for certain assignments will all say "nan", if the handmarked portion was not alloted any marks. However, TAs looked over all submissions and made helpful suggestions for improving solutions. If you did not get perfect on Marmoset, you can use these annotations as a starting point for revisiting your solution.

To view the annotations in MarkUs, click on the assignment name and then click on the Results tab near the top of the page. Here you will see your Marmoset submission with highlighted sections. Mousing over these sections will show you the TAs annotation.