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COMP2100/2500
Assessment

The assessment for COMP2100 in 2005 will be in three parts:

• Two assignments, done in pairs, as described in the Assignments Page.

• A mid-semester written exam.

• A final lab exam, to be held during the examinations period.

For COMP2500, there will be an additional component of assessment:

• A short oral presentation (done in pairs), with a follow-up written report.

The weightings of the different assessment items will be slightly different for COMP2100 and COMP2500.

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Assessment Weighting

The weighting of the various items of assessment will be:

	COMP2100	COMP2500
Assignments	30%	20%
Mid-semester Exam	20%	20%
Final exam	50%	50%
Oral presentation	-	5%
Written report	-	5%

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Final Marks

Your final mark will be the sum of all your marks for the different components, except that:

1. You must get at least 40% on the final exam to pass the course.

2. It may be necessary to scale some of the raw marks for the different components.

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COMP2500 Seminar Attendance

COMP2500 students are required to attend at least 4 of the 5 Software Engineering Seminars. Failure to do so will result in a grade of NCN (Incomplete). The roll will be marked. Absences will only be excused with a letter from a doctor or other health-care professional. The standard of proof is the same as that required for an extension on an assignment.

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Assignments

The assignments will be handed out, due in, and returned according to the following timetable:

	Out	Due (circa)	Returned
Assignment 1	Monday 14th March	Friday 7th April	Week 8
Assignment 2	Wednesday 27th April	Friday 19th May	Week 13

Return dates are estimates only. We will do our best, but it may not always be possible to return assignments within two weeks.

Collect your marked assignments from your tutor in your lab class. Your tutor will keep uncollected assignments until the end of semester, after which they will be available from the department office.

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Late Assignments

Late assignments will be accepted up to a week after the due date. They will be marked according to the same marking scheme as assignments that are submitted on time, but a penalty of 20% will be deducted for lateness.

This means that if you can't submit on time, the time pressure is off. Once your assignment is late, the 20% penalty will be deducted, so it's up to you how much more time you put into it in the quest for quality. Of course you also need to think about the deadline for the next assignment, which will be approaching fast.

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Midsemester Exam

The midsemester exam will probably run one evening in Week 8 (after the break). It will be a traditional sit-down written exam administered by the Examinations Section. It will probably be one and a half hours in length. I will make details available to you with plenty of time to spare.

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Final Exam

The final examination will be held during the examinations period which runs from Thursday 9th June to Saturday 25th June 2005. As that time approaches, the Exam Timetable will have more information on the exact dates of examinations.

Since everyone always wants copies of past exams, here they are:

• 2000 COMP2100 Final Exam

• 2001 COMP2100 Final Exam

• 2002 COMP2100 Final Exam

• 2003 COMP2100 Final Exam

• 2004 COMP2100 Final Exam

Be warned however that this year's exam will certainly not fit the pattern established over the past five years. This year, for the first time, the final exam will be a lab exam, held in the CS&IT building computer labs. The details are not yet finalised, but it will probably last four hours, and will test both your practical skills and your knowledge and understanding of the subject.

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Supplementary Exams

Supplementary exams will be awarded only to those students who meet the following criteria:

• You must have obtained a final mark in the range 45 to 49.

• You must have needed to score just 50% on the final exam to pass the unit.

Special Exams

Special exams may be awarded to students who are unable to sit the final exam. Note however that there is no guarantee. If you miss the final exam without an adequate excuse, you risk failing the course with a grade of NCN (Incomplete). You had better be seriously ill or have suffered a major disaster.

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Access to your marks

You can check the marks we have recorded for you using the Streams system.

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