Logistics and Policies
📚 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
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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% |
