Grading

Your grade in this course will be determined as follows:

Undergraduate section (CSCI 4530)

40% Homework Assignments
30% Final Project
15% Quizzes
5% Submitty Discussion of Assigned Readings
5% Paper Discussant and Lecture Participation
5% In-class Worksheets
Graduate section (CSCI 6530)

30% Homework Assignments
40% Final Project
15% Quizzes
5% Submitty Discussion of Assigned Readings
5% Paper Discussant and Lecture Participation
5% In-class Worksheets

The final grade for students in CSCI 6530 will have greater emphasis on the final project. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to select a final project topic that is related to or complementary to their graduate thesis or project. The final project report for students in CSCI 6530 should be appropriately formatted for submission to a relevant conference or journal.

All components of the class are graded on a curve. What does this mean? The homeworks will contain challenging problems and the grade breakdown will likely be lower than the typical 90%=A, 80%=B, etc. We will give approximate grade breakdowns for the each assignment as the course progresses so you may gauge your performance. Grades will be posted on Submitty.

This is an intensive course aimed at graduate students and undergraduates interested in graphics research, involving significant reading & programming each week. Taking this course in a 5 course overload semester is discouraged. Note: You must have a passing average on each separate component (homeworks, final project, quizzes, readings, and exercises) in order to pass the course. This course counts as "communications intensive" for undergraduates. As such, you must satisfactorily complete all readings, presentations, project reports to pass the course.

As this is an elective (not required) course, I expect to grade this course: 'A', 'A-', 'B+', 'B', 'B-', or 'F'. Don't expect consistent C or D level work to earn a "pass" if you choose to take this course "pass/no credit". Note also that by RPI rules, the grade of 'D' is not available for graduate students or students in 6000 level courses.

Quizzes

We will have 2 in-class quizzes covering the lecture material and readings.

In-Class Participation

IMPORTANT NOTE: The WebEx lecture meetings will be recorded and posted on RPI Mediasite. If you are unable to regularly attend and participate in the live lecture WebEx meetings (due to timezone or technical reasons) please contact the instructor ASAP.

Attendance and participation in live lecture (Tuesdays and Fridays 2:30-4:20pm America/New York) is an important component of the course. You are expected to regularly attend live lectures via WebEx, ask questions via video/audio and/or text chat, and join in the in-class and offline Submitty discussions.