Grading Scheme
The grading scheme for
Spring 2020 is as follows:
- Assignments: 20%
- Participation: 5%
- Mid-term Exam: 30%
- Final Exam: 45%
Notes:
- You must pass the weighted exam
average in order to pass the course. For example, if you get
60% on the mid-term exam (18/30) and 38% on the final exam (17.1/45), then you will not pass the course since your weighted exam average is 35.1/75 (less than 50%). This is independent of your assignment grade. If instead you
received 35% on
the mid-term exam (10.5/30) and 60% on the final exam
(27/45), then your weighted
exam average is 37.5/75, a passing grade. In this case, you
must get at
least 12.5/25 on the assignments and participation to pass
the course
(since your final grade would be 50/100).
- There are
9 assignments this term. All are equally weighted at 100
points, except for the
ninth assignment which is worth 200 points. Your grade
will be based on the best seven out of the first eight
assignments, plus the ninth assignment.
- Assignments are created by the
instructor and are marked by the graduate student teaching
assistants
based on specification drawn up by the instructor. The
mid-term and final
exams are created by the instructor and marked by the
instructor, instructional support assistants, and
all graduate instructional apprentices and teaching
assistants.
- Please note that you need to get at least 70% in CS 116 to
take CS 136.
Assignment Grade Appeals
If you have problems with the marking of an assignment,
please send the instructional support assistants an email (cs116@uwaterloo.ca)
within two
weeks of the date the assignment was made available
on MarkUs. The email must
include your name, student number, Quest user ID, and
assignment number. We
also require that you list the questions you feel were
marked incorrectly, and,
for each of those questions, why you feel your mark should
be changed. Please
be aware that the assignment will be remarked in its
entirety.
Mid-term Exam Grade Appeals
If you have
problems
with the marking of a mid-term exam, please fill out a e-mark
request form
and return it to a CS 116 instructional support assistant by
email or in person within two weeks of
the day when your marked exam became available.
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