Course Policies

Students in this course are subject to all the policies of ICS Department and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, including but not limited to the following:

Cheating

Any form of cheating (such as plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration during a contest/exam, or modifications to the programming environment) will result in the grade of F and will be reported to ICS Department for further actions. Students are encouraged to work on practice (homework) problems in groups.

Abuse of Facilities

Any form of abuse of computing resources of ICS Department or the University of Hawaii will not be tolerated. It results in termination of your account on their servers any time the abuse is detected, will lead to the grade F, and will be reported to ICS Department for further actions.

Please keep in mind that access to and usage of our computing resources are your privilege, but not your right.

Inappropriate content that may be of an offensive nature to other students should not be displayed on laptops or group workstations during class.

Makeup

If a student missed an exam due to illness or injury, a makeup exam will be given to a student only when the student has a doctor's note dated that day and contacts the instructor by email within 3 days after the exam date or the date that the doctor's note suggests the student to recover enough to contact the instructor. However, an ordinary doctor's appointment (scheduled by a student in advance) is not an acceptable reason for makeup unless it is inevitable to conflict with an exam beyond control of the student. The makeup exam must be completed before exam solutions are reviewed in class.

For an exceptional case other than illness or injury, a student must submit an official document to the instructor providing sufficiently convincing evidence of the fact that the cause for missing an exam was beyond control of the student (e.g., in case of a traffic accident on a way to a class, a police record of the accident should be furnished). Regular commuter traffic is not a valid excuse, so plan your commute accordingly.

Special Accommodations

Any students who feel that they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability is invited to contact the instructor privately. The instructor will work with you and the KOKUA Program (Office for Students with Disabilities) to ensure reasonable accommodations in the course. KOKUA can be reached at (808) 956-7511 or (808) 956-7612 (voice/text) in room 013 of the Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services.