Assignments are due at the start of the class specified on the assignment. Part of college is learning time management. You should start assignments early enough, take care of questions early on and plan on finishing by the due date. Late assignments will be penalized 20% for one day late (including submissions after class the day the assignment is due), 45% for two days late, 75% for three days late and 100% for four or more days late. Submission time will be determined by the time handed in to the instructor or TA. Late submissions may be emailed to the TA, days are counted at midnight, but a hard copy will also need to be turned in to be graded. If you suspect an error in grading either see the instructor or TA within one week of receiving your graded assignment.

The final exam will be closed book, closed notes. It is a test of what you have learned, not how well you can look things up. If you miss an exam you will receive a ZERO, no makeup unless previously excused due to illness, etc. No early exam will be given unless arranged at least 3 weeks ahead of time for a very good reason.

Programming assignments will require a hard copy of the code, sample output and any sample data to be turned in. It is expected that students will turn in well structured code with well chosen variable names and appropriate documentation. Failure to do this will result in points being deducted. What you turn in will be graded (i.e. files left out cannot/will not be graded). In some cases the TA or instructor may ask the student to email part or all of the project or to put part of the assignment on a webpage. Note: your actual source code should not go on a webpage.

Academic Dishonesty: While working on a program, you may consult with the instructor, TA, classmates, friends, etc., but the actual programming that you hand in MUST be your OWN work. You may discuss in GENERAL terms the GENERAL approach to solving a programming problem. Once the discussion gets down to specific programming issues such as names and types of variables to use, control structures such as loops, if-then-else statements, you must end any collaboration.

Specifically, you may NOT:

• Copy, or allow another student to copy, a computer file that contains another student's assignment, and submit it, in part or in its entirety, as your own.
• Work together on an assignment, sharing the computer files and programs involved, and then submit copies of the assignment as one's own individual work. (Unless working as a team on the final project.)
• Edit a script file and then submit it as an original transcript of your computer session.