Notes on Final Grades
We understand that there is a lot of confusion about the way grading was done for this class, so want to provide more explanation of how we do the grading and why. The main explanation of final grading is what was provided on the syllabus: Final Grade Determination. The final grade in the course will be determined by combining the cohort grade and the final exam grade with both counting substantially.Final Peer Eval Posted
Hello students, your final peer evaluation is now available. This is due on Saturday, December 11 at noon. You can find instructions and a link to the evaluation itself here.
Final Preview Posted
A preview of the final exam is posted: Final Preview. We don’t want anyone to be surprised by what is on the exam, or not read the instructions carefully because you are in a stressful exam setting, so we encourage you to read the exam preview now. (This doesn’t include the full questions, of course, since we still want to see you demonstrate the ability to solve problems on your own during the exam.Practice Final Comments
To help you prepare for the final exam, we have posted some comments on the practice exam: Practice Final Comments.
Before looking at our comments and hints, though, you should try the Practice Final yourself.
As a reminder, for the final you will be allowed one page (front and back) of reference notes to use. You may work with others to prepare your notes.
December 1 Slides
Here are the slides from 1 December: cs3102f21-dec1.pdf
Project Omega Submission
Here’s the form to use to submit your Week Omega Project:
Practice Final Posted
The final exam is scheduled (by the registrar) for Friday, 10 December, 2-5pm in our lecture classroom. To help you prepare for the final exam, we have posted a practice exam: practice final. This practice final is intended to give you an idea of the variety of question styles, question difficulty, and length that you can expect on the actual exam. Based on what you have learned in cs3102 this semester, you should be able to answer all of the questions in the practice exam well (and if you can do this, you should expect to get an A on the final).Week Omega Posted
The guide and materials for Week Omega is now posted - see the Week Omega page for the details. Note that the schedule for Monday and Tuesday cohorts changes so you don’t need to have preparation meetings over the Thanksgiving holiday. Week Ω is different — there will be an assessed cohort meeting in which you present and answer questions about your project, and have an opportunity to discuss any concepts you want help with in preparing for the final exam.Dealing with Hard Problems
Slides used in 17 November class on intractable problems: nov17.pdf