📚 Basic Information

Instructor

  • Dixin Tang
    Email: dixin@utexas.edu

Course Time/Location

  • Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m., CPE 2.210

Office Hours

  • Thursday, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., GDC 5.824

Teaching Assistant

  • Tianming Wu
    Email: tianming.wu@utexas.edu

TA Office Hours

  • Monday/Friday, 11:00 a.m. - noon, GDC 1.302, Desk 2

📝 Submission and Communication

  • Assignments and Late Policy:
    All assignments will be submitted via Canvas.
    A total of 4 late days is allowed for assignments. A late day extends the deadline by 24 hours. After the 4 late days are used, a 10% penalty per additional late day will be applied.

  • Course Communication:
    We use Ed Discussion for all course-related communication.


🛡️ Sharing of Course Materials and Academic Integrity

Sharing of Course Materials

  • No recordings are allowed.
  • Materials used in this class may not be shared online or with anyone without the instructor’s written permission.
  • Students are prohibited from sharing their solutions to course labs with anyone, even after completing the course.
  • Any unauthorized sharing of materials will be reported to Student Conduct and Academic Integrity in the Office of the Dean of Students.

Academic Integrity

  • Do not show or share your code with anyone.
  • You must use a private repository for all coursework.
  • Plagiarism is prohibited in this course. Both the plagiarized assignment and the original assignment it was copied from will receive a grade of zero.
  • Any instance of plagiarism will also be reported to Student Conduct and Academic Integrity in the Office of the Dean of Students.

📊 Grading Breakdown

Assessment % of Grade
Quiz 1 20%
Quiz 2 20%
Final Exam 25%
Lab 0 1%
Lab 1 8%
Lab 2 8%
Lab 3 8%
PostgreSQL Lab 3%
Participation 7%
  • Plus/minus grading will be used for the final grade.

Grade Cutoffs

Grade Cutoff
A 94%
A- 90%
B+ 87%
B 84%
B- 80%
C+ 77%
C 74%
C- 70%
D+ 67%
D 64%
D- 60%
F <60%