COMPSCI 250: Introduction to Computation

Course Requirements and Grading

Your grade in COMPSCI 250 will be based on the following:

2 Midterm Exams (40%): There will be two midterm exam, on Friday, June 4 and Friday June 25.
Final Exam (25%):This will in the last week and will be cumulative, though with greater emphasis on the last third of the course. The public pages of previous course iterations have exams with solutions; links can be found on Moodle.
Weekly Homework (25%): There will be six Homeworks during the term. Together they will count for 25% of your final grade (The lowest HW grade will be excluded).
Discussions (10%): Attendance at the discussion sections is required and this portion of the course grade will be based on your attendance and participation. Participation will be measured by group responses to in-class writing assignments, usually based on "Excursion" sections of the text. You will be divided randomly into groups of 2-4 people and each group will hand in a response to the assignment. The lowest score will be dropped and the remainder will count for 10% of your total grade.