Assignments

Assignment questions will be posted here as the term progresses. Submission instructions are on the Marmoset page. Work is to be done individually. Please avoid excessive collaboration, and do not look for the answers to assignment questions on the Web or in other textbooks. You are responsible for reading and understanding the policies described below under the heading "Plagiarism Policy".

Questions will not be grouped, but released individually with individual due dates, allowing for a more steady workload. I anticipate having the equivalent of six to eight conventional assignments, with a workload that is moderate compared to other fourth-year CS courses. Programming will be done in Scheme, ML, Haskell, and possibly Pharo. Students will be expected to program in these languages after lectures providing a relatively brief high-level overview of features. No language will be "dropped" (that is, later questions may involve programming in any or several of these).

Assignments index.

Q5 starter file.

Q6 starter file.

Q7 starter file.

Q8 starter file.

Q12 starter file.

Plagiarism Policy

All work for credit in CS 442 is to be done individually. The penalty for plagiarism is an assigned mark of zero on the assignment or test and a deduction of 5% from the final course grade, consistent with School of Computer Science and Faculty of Mathematics policy. In addition, a letter detailing the offense is sent to the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, meaning that subsequent offenses will carry more severe penalties, up to suspension or expulsion. To avoid inadvertently incurring this penalty, you should discuss assignment issues with other students only in a very broad and high-level fashion. Do not take notes during such discussions, and avoid looking at anyone else's code, on screen or on paper. If you find yourself stuck, contact the instructor or teaching assistants for help, instead of getting the solution from someone else. When trying to deal with difficulties, do not consult books other than the textbooks and do not consult any Web sources, unless explicitly authorized to do so.

Senate Undergraduate Council has asked us to post the following paragraphs:

Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo community are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility.

Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4.

Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic offenses, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offense, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offenses (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about "rules" for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. When misconduct has been found to have occurred, disciplinary penalties will be imposed under Policy 71 - Student Discipline. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - Student Discipline.

Avoiding Academic Offenses: Most students are unaware of the line between acceptable and unacceptable academic behaviour, especially when discussing assignments with classmates and using the work of other students. For information on commonly misunderstood academic offenses and how to avoid them, students should refer to the Faculty of Mathematics Cheating and Student Academic Discipline Policy.

Appeals: A student may appeal the finding and/or penalty in a decision made under Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances (other than regarding a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline if a ground for an appeal can be established. Read Policy 72 - Student Appeals.