CS 690 Syllabus

9 September 2015

Welcome to CS 690, the software development project.

When:

Selected Thursdays, 6–8:35

Where:

LLC 206

Credits:

3

Contact Info

Instructor:

Prof. Christopher League, Ph.D.

Email:

— please include the course number (CS690) in the subject. I have several email addresses, but all messages end up in the same place, so use only one.

Google Hangout:

cleague@gmail.com

AIM:

chrysleague

Office hours:

Monday, Wednesday 2–2:50 or make an appointment at https://liucs.net/bookme

Office phone:

+1 718 488 1274

Office location:

LLC 206, LIU Brooklyn

Resources

Web sites:

https://liucs.net/cs690f15/ (syllabus and schedule)
https://github.com/liubrooklyn/cs690f15/ (code repository)
https://github.com/liubrooklyn/cs690f15/wiki (documents, notes, resources)
https://github.com/liubrooklyn/cs690f15/issues (discussion)
http://www.gradechamp.com/ (grades)

Text:

No required textbook

Library:

Campus library resources tailored for computer science are available at https://liucs.net/u1

Requirements

There are a total of 1,000 points available, broken down as follows:

• There will be 8 project milestones scheduled throughout the semester. The exact requirements and expectations for each will be posted to the course web site. Your contribution will be worth 125 points each, but I will drop the lowest, so that only 7 milestones count, for a total of 875 points. Warning: the last milestone cannot be dropped.

• There is no midterm exam, but there will be a final exam, worth 125 points.

On the 1,000-point scale, you can expect the following letter grades:

In the end, I may choose to adjust the scale slightly to compensate for assignments or questions that turned out to be trickier than I intended. Such adjustments would never lower your grade from what is designated in the above table; if you achieve 930 points, you are guaranteed an A.

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