You homework each week will be graded either automatically, or by the instructor reading over the homework carefully. If it is read by the instructor, it will be graded on a scale of 0 to 9, as follows:

If it is graded automatically, you will receive either a check+ (A), check (B), check- (C), or 0 (F). The instructor will grade either 2 or 3 assignments for each student; which homework is which is determined randomly.

The automatically graded homeworks and the manually graded ones are all each worth the same amount in the computation of your final grade.

Working with others on assignments is a good way to learn the material and we encourage it. However, there are limits to the degree of cooperation that we will permit.

When working on programming assignments, you must work only with others whose understanding of the material is approximately equal to yours. In this situation, working together to find a good approach for solving a programming problem is cooperation; listening while someone dictates a solution is cheating. You must limit collaboration to a high-level discussion of solution strategies, and stop short of actually writing down a group answer. Anything that you hand in, whether it is a written problem or a computer program, must be entirely your own work. If you base your solution on any other written solution, you are cheating.

Note: allowing your work to be copied is cheating just as much as copying another's work, and thus also subject to punishment.

If you have any questions about what constitutes cheating, please ask.