Programming and Data Structures in C - IFE sem. II

Grading policy

The lecture and the laboratory are compulsory. In both cases you are allowed to be absent without any justification two times during the whole semester.

The laboratory and the examination are graded on a scale from 0 to 100%. It is necessary to obtain a minimum of 55% from both in order to pass a class. The final grade is determined on the basis of the weighted average of grades from the laboratory (40%) and the examination (60%). The following table is a mapping between the weighted average and the final grade.

Laboratory grading policy

Every program has a deadline set and is graded on a scale from 0 to 100%. Detailed grading policy is as follows:

Programs are graded at the beginning of the laboratory when the deadline comes. Programs are not graded during consulting hours, excluding the last week of the semester. Programs are not graded during the exam session.

There are two tests during the semester:

Test I is written on the paper. The test can not be retaken. Student cannot use any resources during the test.

Test II is written using a computer with the Internet cut off. The test can be retaken once. In such case the new grade overwrites the old one, even if it is worse. Student is allowed to use the following resources during the test:

Programs and tests have different weights specified below (all weights sum to 40%):

Examination

The examination is a practical one of an open book type. You will be asked to write a computer program according to the specification. You are allowed to use: No xerocopies are allowed. No electronic devices, apart from the simple watches, are allowed. Cellular phones are to be turned off during the examination. The network access will be limited to the intranet. During the examination you will use new blank examination accounts, the access to your laboratory accounts will be disabled. Any attempt to access somebody else's account or facilitate access to your examination account by someone else will be considered cheating.

The examinations are graded in presence of the student. Student is required to write some test cases himself, the usage example in the examination problem is just an example and does not cover all corner cases. Programs not fulfilling the requirements (not working according to the specification, having resource management problems, buffer overruns, uninitialized variables etc.) will be graded 0%. In such a case, the student will have the opportunity to fix the errors, with some penalty in the score (approx. 10%-20% per problem detected by the grader, more if the problem is clearly visible when running valgrind), if submitted early enough (approx. two hours before the deadline). Programs must fulfil all the requirements stated in the specification in all cases (not only the ones presented in the example) and provide reasonable error handling to be considered as working according to the specification. After the acceptance of the program, the grader may ask the student a few questions regarding the program, and the answers will affect the score.

Repeating the course

Students having at least 55% from the laboratory may take another attempt at exam during the next examination session. If they fail or they do not attempt this resit, they have to repeat the laboratory (and obtain at least 55%) to be allowed to take part in the exam.

Lecture resources

Laboratory resources

Additional resources

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Updated: 24.02.2023