Principles of Programming Languages, Spring 2008

Mark Core's Lecture

LINKS: Lecture Notes and Syllabus | Homeworks | Projects | Course Information | Academic Integrity | Programming Language Resources | Old Announcements

• How to calculate your numeric grade
  • homeworks (10% of grade): 100% if you turned in all 3, 67% if you turned in 2, 34% in you turned in 1.
  • midterm (25%)
  • final (35%)
  • Each programming assignment is worth 10%
  Grade cutoffs. Note, there is no curve but instead I adjusted some of the standard cutoffs.
  • A >90
  • 90 >= B+ > 80
  • 80 >= B > 72.5
  • 72.5 >= C+ > 70 (Note, there were 5 grades in this range)
  • 70 >= C > 60
  • 60 >= D > 50
  • 50 >= F
• ALL GRADES INC. FINAL POSTED ON SAKAI
• Medians
  • Midterm: 66%
  • Total homework: 66%
  • PROLOG Proj: 60%
  • SCHEME Proj: 95%
  • PYTHON Proj: 100%
• ALL GRADES POSTED ON SAKAI (inc. hm1 and hm2 and python). Check your grades and email mcore(AT)rci.rutgers.edu immediately if there is an issue.
• Answers to homework4 and 5 posted on homework page.
• Final
  • Bring your ID
  • Closed Book: only pens, pencils, and the exam itself allowed
  • May 14th (12-3pm) in SEC 210
• Homework 5 posted for review (not to be turned in). Problems related to recent material
• Review session: May 9 (1pm-3pm), Hill 120
• Office Hours for Reading Week
  • Mark Core, Monday 11-1 (May 5)
  • Peter Boroson, Wed 11-1 (May 7)
  • Pavel Md Mahmud, Thu 11-1 (May 8)
• April 25: zip version of Python code available on syllabus page
• April 25: More info on testing your program (see project description)
• April 22: 11pm: Update to suggested solution for Python project
• April 22: Python project is posted on project page
• April 10: All old announcements copied here
• April 10: Dr. Core's solution to Prolog Assignment is posted.
• April 2: Midterm Problem Solutions: Problem1, Problems 2 and 3, Problem4, Problem5.
• Scheme Project posted. Due April 20th before midnight. See Project Page for more info.
• March 16, 2008: Exam Scores posted on sakai. There is no curve on the exam but an overall class curve will be applied as necessary (with a minimum number of points needed to pass). To interpret your score you can use the median of 66 as an estimate of average on the exam. For more details consult the graph of all class scores (rank 36 is the best) and a graph of score ranges.

• Dr. Mark Core
  • Office: Hill 490
  • Phone: (732) 445-2001 x9334
  • Email: mcore - at - rci.rutgers.edu
  • Office hours: Wednesdays, 11am-1pm

• Peter Borosan
  • Office: Hill 355
  • Phone: (732) 445-2001 x 9526
  • Email: pborosan -at- eden.rutgers.edu
  • Office hours: Wednesdays, 11am-1pm
• Pavel Md Mahmud
  • Office: Hill 202
  • Phone: (732) 445-2001 x 9659
  • Email: pavelm -at- eden.rutgers.edu
  • Office hours: Thursdays, 11am-1pm

Note, we used the online resources of Prof. Ryder extensively in preparing these materials.