Course schedule and grading

Pace

The course runs for 14 weeks at about 6 to 8 hours a week. Most modules take one week; the larger ones take longer.

• •Week 1: Module 1. Assignment 1 due at the end of the week.
• •Week 2: Module 2. Assignment 2 due.
• •Week 3: Module 3. Assignment 3 due.
• •Week 4: Module 4. Assignment 4 due.
• •Week 5: Module 5. Assignment 5 due.
• •Week 6: Module 6. Assignment 6 due.
• •Week 7: Module 7. Assignment 7 due.
• •Weeks 8 and 9: Module 8. Assignment 8A due at the end of week 8, Assignment 8B at the end of week 9.
• •Week 10: Module 9. Assignment 9 due.
• •Weeks 11 and 12: Module 10. Assignment 10A due at the end of week 11, Assignment 10B at the end of week 12.
• •Weeks 12 to 14: Module 11 and your capstone. The capstone plan (Assignment 11A) is due at the end of week 12 and the finished project at the end of week 14.

How your grade is calculated

• •Assignments 1 to 10 (including the A and B parts): 40 percent
• •Quizzes and checkpoint quizzes: 20 percent
• •Weekly discussion: 10 percent
• •Capstone project (plan plus final project): 30 percent

Letter grades: A 90 and above, B 80, C 70, D 60, F below 60.

Weekly discussion

Each week, post one original answer to the weekly discussion prompt and reply helpfully to at least one classmate. Both parts give full credit; one part gives half.

Late work

Late assignments lose 10 percent per day for up to three days. If something goes wrong, tell your instructor before the deadline.

Academic honesty

Discuss ideas freely, but write your own code. Every assignment asks you to explain part of your code in your own words, because you should be able to explain everything you hand in.

The study aids in every module

Each module has an overview with objectives and key terms, a practice lab, a review with takeaways and common mistakes, worked solutions to every practice exercise, and a weekly discussion.