# CSC226 Short Syllabus

## Class Resources
* [Piazza](https://piazza.com/class/jwca8h6pbta17m) - Resource for communicating and asking questions. When discussing answers of your homework or making personal requests, use the private post option.

* [Wolfware](https://moodle-courses1920.wolfware.ncsu.edu/course/view.php?id=90) - contains teaching packets and helpful links to learning resources as well as a rough calendar for the semester.

* [Online Notes](https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1mIgpZAopcpbQcgiCSjkVPcoXT5XrgLuz) - contains scans of all of the class notes from this semester.

* [TA Office Hours](https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=bmNzdS5lZHVfMnJ1cjFkcGVjNWFzb2x2MHNkcTgzZmVtMmdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ) - calendar with times and locations of people who want to help you learn.

## Grading
#### :one: (==60%==) Exams
* First three exams worth **18%**, final worth **6%**
* 10 extra credit points on original exams (exams are 110 / 100)
* Retakes available during final for 100/100
* Taken on paper, but TAs will scan and grade on GradeScope
#### :two: (==25%==) Homework
* Accessed through Webassign [[++Link++](https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/login.html)]
* Some homework problems will be scanned by students onto **GradeScope**

#### :three: (==15%==) Participation
* **(5%)** Activities
* main document on topic [[++Link++](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j3iAY3i7sfARf-aA2MuXwin8ULA_lUrs0NxKgsjaHb8/edit?usp=sharing)]
* Need **5 hours** of credit, but can only get **3 hours** of credits per exam
* Activities include (but not limited to):
* Answering piazza posts
* Holding office hours
* Attending review sessions
* Creating worked examples/worksheets/slides
* Fill out form to record activity [[++Link++](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUV9CqJJU92RzGP4r3vzhK05l1ixmHpms6fugTWM4k64WwjA/viewform?usp=sf_link)]
* **(5%)** Labs
* Completion credit (but they take a while)
* **(2.5%)** Deep Thought - Logic Lab
* **(2.5%)** Pyrenees - Probability Engine
* **(5%)** Zybooks
* Code for class: `NCSUCSC226FALL2019`
* reading deadlines [[++Link++](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bYJ2MW4gT-V9b3z_e9lrieK4W2Jxe1EyeY9cW5yyOas/edit?usp=sharing)]
* full credit (Earliest Deadline) :arrow_right: 90% credit (Pre-exam Deadline) :arrow_right: 80% credit (End of Semester)
* Any students with overall credit above 80% will be bumped to 100% for Zybooks at the end of the year

## [FINAL NOTE] C-Guarantee
If you are going to make below a C in the class you can increase your grade to a 75 by contacting a professor and completing the following assignments:
* Submit all homeworks until each problem is above **70%** correct
* Rework every exam problem until correct
* Complete every *lab** (*labs will be reopened for this purpose*)
* Complete **5 hours** of participation and complete **80%** of the total required zybooks activities