General Computer Science 320201 GenCS I & II Lecture ... - Kwarc
General Computer Science 320201 GenCS I & II Lecture ... - Kwarc
General Computer Science 320201 GenCS I & II Lecture ... - Kwarc
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1.2. ADMINISTRATIVA 3<br />
Data<br />
Machines<br />
Algorithms<br />
Figure 1.1: The three key ingredients of <strong>Computer</strong> <strong>Science</strong><br />
but be have to make electronic counterparts that can be manipulated in a computer, which we<br />
will call representations. It is essential for a computer scientist to realize that objects and their<br />
representations are different, and to be aware of their relation to each other. Otherwise it will<br />
be difficult to predict the relevance of the results of computation (manipulating electronic objects<br />
in the computer) for the real-world objects. But if cannot do that, computing loses much of its<br />
utility.<br />
Of course this may sound a bit esoteric in the beginning, but I will come back to this very<br />
often over the course, and in the end you may see the importance as well.<br />
1.2 Administrativa<br />
We will now go through the ground rules for the course. This is a kind of a social contract between<br />
the instructor and the students. Both have to keep their side of the deal to make learning and<br />
becoming <strong>Computer</strong> Scientists as efficient and painless as possible.<br />
1.2.1 Grades, Credits, Retaking<br />
Now we come to a topic that is always interesting to the students: the grading scheme. The<br />
grading scheme I am using has changed over time, but I am quite happy with it.<br />
Prerequisites, Requirements, Grades<br />
Prerequisites: Motivation, Interest, Curiosity, hard work<br />
You can do this course if you want!<br />
Grades: (plan your work involvement carefully)<br />
Monday Quizzes 30%<br />
Graded Assignments 20%<br />
Mid-term Exam 20%<br />
Final Exam 30%<br />
Note that for the grades, the percentages of achieved points are added with the weights above,<br />
and only then the resulting percentage is converted to a grade.<br />
Monday Quizzes: (Almost) every monday, we will use the first 10 minutes for a brief quiz<br />
about the material from the week before (you have to be there)<br />
Rationale: I want you to work continuously (maximizes learning)<br />
Requirements for Auditing: You can audit <strong>GenCS</strong>! (specify in Campus Net)<br />
To earn an audit you have to take the quizzes and do reasonably well(I cannot check that you took part regularly otherwis<br />
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