Grading Policies
Grading Weights
The final grade for this course depends upon the grades and scores earned on course components weighted as follows:
- 6%: Roll call and pop quizzes
- 16%: 4 in-class labs
- 8%: Individual lecture presentation
- 20%: 4 individual homework
- 30%: 2 midterm exams
- 20%: Final project
Grades will be computed by rounding numerical percentages to the nearest integer and applying the following table:
| Letter | Range | Letter | Range | Letter | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 93-100 | B- | 80-82 | D+ | 67-69 |
| A- | 90-92 | C+ | 77-79 | D | 63-66 |
| B+ | 87-89 | C | 73-76 | D- | 60-62 |
| B | 83-86 | C- | 70-72 | F | 0-59 |
In-class Team Labs
All labs are to be done in class, with the assistance of the instructor. Students are required to form a team of two to solve the lab assignments together. Each assignment will be given near the beginning of a class, and the lab report is due within 7 days, then after that, no submission is accepted. To receive full credits, students must take proper screenshots of the working lab and provide detailed answers to each question. Partial credit will be awarded based on the understanding of the material demonstrated by the student’s report.
Individual Homework
All homework assignments have to be completed individually in this course. Homework assignments are often more comprehensive tasks that may need additional reading and research. Homework assignments are to be completed in a week or two.
Late Policy
Late assignment will lose points per day, including weekends and holidays. For example, -1 after 1 day, -2 after 2 days, -4 after 3 days … until 8+ days students will receive 0 score. Under no circumstances should any student disclose their code, or copy the code written by other students or from an outside source. Both students will receive 0 score on the disclosed/copied assignment.
Individual Lecture Presentation
Each student will act as the “instructors for the day” by leading a lecture topic from the course schedule page. The presenter will teach all the topics from a textbook excerpt related to their chosen SEED project and provide a live demo of the covered lab components. The grade will be a weighted score based on written feedback from both your classmates (50%) and the instructor (50%).
Final Team Project
To work on the final project, students are required to form a team of two. Topics of the final project should be one from the SEED labs in the categories of Firewall, VPN and DNS.
The grading of the final project consists of four major aspects:
- 10%: the project proposal;
- 20%: the project milestone check;
- 40%: the project presentation and demonstration;
- 30%: the final pacakge, including revised code and the final report, is due on the last day of the final exam week.