Grading

Attendance: 5%
Homework: 30%
Quiz 1: 15%
Quiz 2: 15%
Quiz 3: 15%
Final Exam: 20%

Grades will be computed by rounding numerical percentages to the nearest integer and applying the following table:

Late Policy
The maximum possible score for an assignment will be reduced by 10% for each day or portion of a day that the assignment is turned in late. So the maximum possible score for an assignment turned in up to 24 hours late is 90%, and the maximum possible score for an assignment turned in up to 48 hours late is 80%, and so on. The penalty will be determined when the complete assignment has been received by the instructor. Late work will not be accepted after the graded assignment is returned to the class or after the solutions have been discussed in class.

Collaboration Policy
You are allowed to discuss strategies for solving homework problems with other students, however any work you turn in must be your own work (i.e. you may not simply copy another student's answers and turn them in as your own). In addition you must clearly indicate the names of any students you work with on each assignment.

Please familiarize yourself with the College's Academic Integrity Policy.

Excused Absence Policy
Class attendance is expected and will count toward 5% of the final grade. If you have a confirmed reason that prevents you from attending an exam at the scheduled date or time, you must contact your instructor in advance to arrange an alternative. Please see the College Policy on excused absences.

Accommodations
Any student who feels the need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact Office of Accessibility Services to discuss support services available. Once the office receives documentation supporting the request for accommodation, the student would meet privately with Accessibility Services to discuss reasonable and appropriate accommodations. The office can be reached by calling 508-793-3693 or by visiting Hogan Campus Center, room 505.

If you are already registered with Accessibility Services, please be sure to get your accommodation letters and deliver them to your instructors in a timely fashion. Instructors need 4-5 days advance notice to be able to facilitate the process of receiving testing accommodations.

Recording Policy
Lectures may be recorded and made available to students registered for this class. Duplication or redistribution of video capture recordings by any other party without the consent of the course instructor is prohibited. All the students that present in a class will be notified if the class is to be recorded.

Policy on Generative AI Tools
Using a generative AI model (e.g., chatGPT, Gemeni, Claude) should be treated similarly to asking a classmate for help. That is, you may use such tools for clarification on course material (keeping in mind that the answers from these models may contain errors or "hallucinations"). However, you should not put your assignments into a model or ask a model to answer specific questions you have been asked on an assignment. This crosses the line into academic dishonesty, just as asking another person to complete your homework would be a violation of the College academic integrity policy. If you consult or use a generative AI model in any of your assigned work, you must cite the specific tools you used and explain how you used the tool in your discussion log. You are still responsible for ensuring the correctness and accuracy of all submitted work. In addition, you are responsible for ensuring that all source materials used in your work are properly cited-you should be aware that generative AI can often produce output copied closely (or sometimes directly) from source material without properly citing those sources. Failure to correctly and fully cite sources constitutes plagiarism and is a violation of the academic integrity policy.

Ting Gu--tgu@holycross.edu
Computer Science 135--Discrete Structures