Daily announcements

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Daily announcements

• CS 101
• Fall 2006
• Aaron Bloomfield

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Monday, 28 August 2006

• Todays music Doobie Brothers
• Textbook update
• Itll be here soon!
• See the webpage also
• Lab scheduling issues
• New lab section at 2 p.m. on Thursday
• Course schedule number 602X4
• Those who cant fit that time will be course
  actioned into a section that works
• This will happen on Wednesday
• Youll get an e-mail about it
• Fill out the scheduling survey if you are having
  lab scheduling problems!
• All the office hours are on the website
• Lab 2 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  Wed)
• HW J1 will be out a week from Wed

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Wednesday, 30 August 2006

• Todays music Alice in Chains
• Textbook update (and clickers)
• Itll be here soon!
• See the webpage also
• Lab scheduling issues
• New lab section at 2 p.m. on Thursday
• Course schedule number 602X4
• Those who cant fit that time will be course
  actioned into a section that works
• This will happen later today or tomorrow
• Youll get an e-mail about it
• All the office hours are on the website
• I wont have mine tomorrow
• Lab 2 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  today)
• HW J1 will be out a week from today

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Monday, 4 September 2006

• Todays music U2
• Textbook update (and clickers)
• Both of them will be here soon!
• A PDF version of the textbook is available on the
  website
• Lab scheduling issues
• Everybody should be in a lab that fits their
  schedule now
• If not, please see me
• All the office hours are on the website
• Lab 3 is this Thursday (well be going over it on
  Wed)
• HW J1 will be out this Wednesday

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Wednesday, 6 September 2006

• Todays music The Who
• Textbook update (and clickers)
• Clickers are in the bookstore
• Textbooks should be there this week
• A PDF version of the textbook is available on the
  website
• How many were able to download it?
• Lab scheduling issues
• Everybody should be in a lab that fits their
  schedule now
• If not, please see me
• All the office hours are on the website
• Mine will begin at 230 this Thursday (instead of
  2)
• Lab 3 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  today)
• HW J1 will be out later today
• Well go over it today as well

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Monday, 11 September 2006

• Todays music Sarah McLachlan
• Textbook update (and clickers)
• Clickers are in the bookstore
• Textbooks should be there this week
• Sound familiar?
• A PDF version of the textbook is available on the
  website
• Let me know if you cant download it
• My office hours will begin at 230 this Thursday
  (instead of 2)
• Lab 4 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  Wednesday)
• Homeworks
• HW J1 is due on Friday at 10 a.m.
• HW J2 will be out on Wednesday
• Well go over it then
• HW C1 will be out shortly
• Will demo it today
• 101 students should use access code
  VIRGIN-4241-2241
• First midterm is 2 weeks from this Wednesday
• And the lab quiz is that Thursday or Friday in lab

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Wednesday, 13 September 2006

• Todays music Queen
• Textbooks are here!
• Really!
• And you dont have to return yours, if you
  purchased it already
• Prices
• Book is 104 (with clicker license)
• Clicker is 20
• CodeLab license is free
• Can also get clicker license separately for 8
• My office hours will begin at 230 this Thursday
  (instead of 2)
• Assignments
• HW J1 is due on Friday at 10 a.m.
• HW J2 will be out today or tomorrow
• Well go over it today
• HW C1 is out, due Monday, 25 Sep at 10 a.m.
• 101 students should use access code
  VIRGIN-4241-2241
• Lab 4 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  today)
• First midterm is 2 weeks from this today
• And the lab quiz is that Thursday or Friday in lab

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Monday, 18 September 2006

• Todays music Metallica
• Textbooks are here!
• You dont have to return yours, if you purchased
  it already
• Prices
• Book is 104 (with clicker license)
• Clicker is 20
• CodeLab license is free
• Can also get clicker license separately for 8
• More clicker info will follow on Wednesday
• Assignments
• HW J2 is due on Friday at 10 a.m.
• No J3 HW this week
• Because of the midterm next week
• HW C1 is out, due Monday, 25 Sep at 10 a.m.
• 101 students should use access code
  VIRGIN-4241-2241
• Lab 5 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  Wednesday)
• First midterm is 1 week from this Wednesday
• And the lab quiz is that Thursday or Friday in lab

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Monday, 18 September 2006
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006

• Todays music Enya
• Textbooks are here!
• You dont have to return yours, if you purchased
  it already
• Prices
• Book is 104 (with clicker license)
• Clicker is 20
• CodeLab license is free
• Can also get clicker license separately for 8
• More clicker info will follow on Wednesday
• Assignments
• HW J2 is due on Friday at 10 a.m.
• No J3 HW this week
• Because of the midterm next week
• Itll be out next Monday
• HW C1 is out, due Monday, 25 Sep at 10 a.m.
• 101 students should use access code
  VIRGIN-4241-2241
• Lab 5 is this Thursday (well be going over it
  today)
• First midterm is 1 week from today
• And the lab quiz is that Thursday or Friday in
  lab

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Monday, 25 September 2006

• Todays music The Coors
• Textbooks are here
• Clicker info will follow right after the exam
  (i.e. next Monday)
• Assignments
• Reflections on HW J2
• HW J3 will be out later this week, due next
  Friday
• Will go over it today, but a bit later in the
  lecture
• HW C1 is out, due tomorrow at 10 a.m.
• Will go over the questions about it today
• No lab this week, as there is a lab quiz during
  that time
• All TA office hours cancelled this week after the
  exam
• They will resume at 7 p.m. on Sunday
• Course project
• Battleship vs. image manipulation program?

• Exams this week
• First midterm is this Wednesday in lecture
• It is NOT open book
• Exam taking procedure
• Lab quiz is during your normal lab section
• It IS open book (not open notes, not open
  neighbor, not open past assignments)
• Both are on chapters 1, 2, 3, and 5
• The focus will be on chapters 2 and 3
• The exams page on the website has past exams to
  look over
• Grading will try to have the grades back by next
  Monday
• Review session is tomorrow (Tuesday) from 7-9
• Bring questions to ask!
• Room is Olsson 009

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HW C1 question 20583

• Assume there is a class AirConditioner that
  supports the following behaviors turning the air
  conditioner on and off. The following methods
  provide these behaviors turnOn and turnOff.
  Both methods accept no arguments and return no
  value.
• Assume there is a reference variable officeAC of
  type AirConditioner. Create a new object of type
  AirConditioner and save the reference in
  officeAC . After that, turn the air conditioner
  on using the reference to the new object.
• Instructor's notes First, assign to the
  requested air conditioner a new
  default-constructed air conditioner. Then, signal
  that air conditioner to perform the turnOn
  behavior

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HW C1 question 20583

• There has already been a officeAC reference
  created
• AirConditioner officeAC
• Note that it has not been initialized it
  doesnt point to an object!
• Your job is to make that reference point to an
  object
• officeAC new AirConditioner()
• And then call the turnOn() method
• officeAC.turnOn()

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Homework survey graph
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Wednesday, 27 September 2006

• Music today Queensryche
• Test today!
• Is is NOT open textbook
• When you are finished, please bring it up and put
  it in the correct pile by sections
• If you are writing when I say pens down, you
  will get a zero
• Lab quiz tomorrow and Friday during lab section
• You can not ask the TAs for help, unless it is a
  computer issue (i.e. they cant debug Java for
  you)
• It IS open textbook
• HW J3 will be out by this Friday morning

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Monday, 2 October 2006

• Music today Led Zeppelin
• Tests
• Average was 79.8 (101 was 79.4, 101-E was 81.9)
• Scores are on the website
• Will be returned in lab section this week
• If you are considering dropping the course, you
  may pick it up during my office hours
• Lab quiz will be back in a few days
• Next midterm is 3 weeks from this upcoming
  Wednesday (25 Oct)
• Well go over the exam briefly today
• Upcoming assignments
• HW C2 will be out soon
• HW J3 is out, due this Friday
• HW J4 will be out Friday, will be going over it
  Wednesday
• Lab 6 is this Thursday/Friday, and is on while
  loops
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Full instructions will be on the website shortly
• And Ill go over it on Wednesday

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Wednesday, 4 October 2006

• Music today Led Zeppelin
• Tests
• Midterm average was 79.8 (101 was 79.4, 101-E was
  81.9)
• Scores are on the website
• Will be returned in lab section this week
• Lab quiz will be back in a day or two
• Next midterm is 3 weeks from today (25 Oct)
• Well go over the exam briefly on Monday (as
  people will have the exam back then)
• Upcoming assignments
• HW C2 will be out soon
• HW J3 is out, due this Friday
• HW J4 will be out Friday, will be going over it
  today
• Lab 6 is this Thursday/Friday, and is on while
  loops will go over it today
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!
• Full instructions are on the website will go
  over it today
• Everybody needs to get one!

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Wednesday, 11 October 2006

• Upcoming assignments
• HW C2 will be out soon
• HW J4 is out, due this Friday
• HW J5 will be out Friday, will (hopefully) be
  going over it today
• Lab 7 is this Thursday/Friday, and is on for
  loops
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!
• Full instructions are on the website
• Everybody needs to get one!
• Will start using them on Monday

• Music today ABBA
• Regrade issues
• HW J3 we took off for bad variable names
• Please submit an online regrade
• Exam 1 we took off for the String s s
  question (4b)
• Sorry! Our bad
• Please fill out a regrade form (in lab or
  lecture)
• See next bullet for more details
• Other exam 1 regrades
• Grading guidelines are on the exams page of the
  website
• Fill out the regrade form (on the exams page of
  the website)
• Attach them together!
• Then turn them into me or a TA
• We will (hopefully) go over the exam briefly
  today
• I have uncollected exams with me (get them after
  lecture)

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HW J3 survey results graph
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Monday, 16 October 2006

• Music today Styx
• Tests
• Midterm 2 is one week from this Wednesday
• Is cumulative
• Will focus on chapters 5 (decisions), 6
  (iteration), and some of chapter 4 (classes)
• And a lab quiz that Thurs/Fri in lab
• Assignments
• HW J4 reflection
• HW J5 is out, due this Friday
• Lab 8 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• HW J6 will not be out this week (as there is a
  test next week)
• HW C2 will be out soon, due shortly before the
  test
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!
• Full instructions are on the website will start
  using it today
• Everybody needs to get one!
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me

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Monday, 16 October 2006
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What is your favorite number?

1. 1
2. e
3. ?
4. ?
5. I dont like numbers

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Wednesday, 18 October 2006

• Music today ???
• Tests
• Midterm 2 is one week from today
• It is cumulative
• Will focus on chapters 5 (decisions), 6
  (iteration), and some of chapter 4 (classes)
• And a lab quiz that Thurs/Fri in lab
• Assignments
• HW J5 is out, due this Friday
• Lab 8 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• HW J6 will not be out this week (as there is a
  test next week)
• HW C2 will be out soon, due shortly before the
  test
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Game ( JPJ show) this Thursday
• There will be lab
• If you want to do a make-up lab, thats fine
  just e-mail a request to cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
• Homework still due Friday _at_ 10
• I will not have office hours this Thursday

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Wednesday, 18 October 2006

• Music today Eagles
• Tests
• Midterm 2 is one week from today
• It is cumulative
• Will focus on chapters 5 (decisions), 6
  (iteration), and some of chapter 4 (classes)
• There will be a review session on Monday evening
• And a lab quiz that Thurs/Fri in lab
• The final exam will be optional
• Assignments
• HW J5 is out, due this Friday
• HW C2 is out, due next Tuesday at 2 p.m.
• CodeLab questions from chapters 5 and 6
• Lab 8 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• HW J6 will not be out this week (as there is a
  test next week)

• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Game ( JPJ show) this Thursday
• There will be lab!
• If you want to do a make-up lab, thats fine
  just e-mail a request to cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
• Homework still due Friday _at_ 10
• I will not have office hours this Thursday
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!
• Full instructions are on the website
• Everybody needs to get one!

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Monday, 23 October 2006

• Music today Indigo Girls
• Tests
• Midterm 2 is this Wednesday
• It is cumulative
• Will focus on chapters 5 (decisions), 6
  (iteration), and some of chapter 4 (classes)
• There will be a review tonight at 8 p.m. in
  Olsson 009
• And a lab quiz this Thurs/Fri in lab
• The final exam will be optional
• Review session tonight at 8
• Assignments
• HW C2 is out, due this Tuesday (tomorrow!) at 2
  p.m.
• CodeLab questions from chapters 5 and 6
• Lab 8 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• HW J6 will not be out later this week, due a week
  from Friday
• Vagueness of assignments
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Student response system (clickers)

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HW J5 results graph
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Wednesday, 25 October 2006

• Please sit every other seat!
• All office hours will be cancelled after the exam
  (will resume next Sunday at 4)
• HW J6 will not be out later this week, due a week
  from Friday
• Lab quiz this Thu/Fri in labs
• It is open textbook!
• Asking questions during the exam
• Put pens down when its called!
• And please put your exams in the right pile

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Monday, 30 October 2006

• Music today U2
• Tests
• Midterm 2 was returned in lab last week
• I have the remaining ones with me today
• Average was 77.4, standard deviation 14.4
• Will go over it today
• Grading guidelines are on the exams page
• Assignments
• HW J6 is out, due this Friday at 10 a.m.
• About the late release of the homework
• Will go over it today as well
• Lab 9 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• Vagueness of assignments
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!

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Wednesday, 1 November 2006

• Music today Tool
• Tests
• Midterm 2 5 point curve for everybody to handle
  poorly worded questions
• Grading guidelines are on the exams page
• Regrades will be accepted all of this week and
  next week
• Assignments
• HW J6 is out
• Due Monday by 10 a.m.
• But you get 5 extra credit points (on the HW) if
  you turn it in by Friday at 10 a.m.
• Will review a bit of HW J6 on the next slide
• Dont wait until the last moment!
• We only have a limited number of TAs!
• Lab 9 is this Thursday/Friday, on arrays
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592
• Dont use your SSN for the StudentID field!

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Monday, 6 November 2006

• Music today Annie Lennox
• Grading
• Am all caught up with grading
• HW J5, quiz 2, and lab 8 returned this weekend
• Exam 1 test regrades processed, and gradebook
  updated
• Still have a few regrades, but am moving through
  those quite well
• Assignments
• HW J7 is out
• Due Friday by 10 a.m.
• Will talk about it a bit today
• Dont wait until the last moment!
• We only have a limited number of TAs!
• Lab 10 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• TA office hours (and general shortage of TAs)
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Student response system (clickers)
• Use class key H24043A592

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Recount day 1

• Music today Pink Floyd
• Grading
• Am all caught up with grading
• Exam 1 test regrades processed, and gradebook
  updated
• Exam 2 bonus not added in yet
• Still have a few regrades, but am moving through
  those quite well
• Assignments
• HW J7 is out
• Due Friday by 10 a.m.
• Dont wait until the last moment!
• We only have a limited number of TAs!
• HW J8 will be out this Friday
• Will talk about it a bit today
• Lab 10 is this Thursday/Friday, on creating
  classes
• TA office hours (and general shortage of TAs)
• Whom to contact
• Please start using use cs101_at_cs.virginia.edu
  instead of me
• Youll get a quicker response that way
• Student response system (clickers)

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HW J6 graph
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Monday, 13 November 2006

• Music today The Commodores
• Grading
• Plan is to have HW J6, lab 9, and lab 10 back
  before break (i.e. Thurs evening)
• Hope to have HW J7, HW J8, and lab 11 back after
  break (i.e. Mon morning)
• Exam 2 bonus not added in yet
• Still have a few regrades, but am moving through
  those quite well
• Assignments
• HW J8 is out
• Due Friday by 10 a.m.
• The workload has been reduced due to the late
  release date
• Will talk about it today
• Dont wait until the last moment!
• We only have a limited number of TAs!
• Lab 11 is this Thursday/Friday, on 2-D arrays
• Exams
• 3rd midterm is the Wednesday we get back from
  Thanksgiving break
• Final is Thursday, Dec 14, and is optional
• TA office hours (and general shortage of TAs)
• Whom to contact

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Wednesday, 15 November 2006

• Music today Simon Garfunkel
• Grading
• Plan is to have HW J6, lab 9, and lab 10 back
  before break (i.e. Thurs evening)
• Hope to have HW J7, HW J8, and lab 11 back after
  break (i.e. Mon morning)
• Exam 2 bonus not added in yet
• Still have a few regrades, but am moving through
  those quite well
• Assignments
• HW J8 is out
• Due Friday by 10 a.m.
• The workload has been reduced due to the late
  release date
• Will talk about it today
• Dont wait until the last moment!
• We only have a limited number of TAs!
• Lab 11 is this Thursday/Friday, on 2-D arrays
• Exams
• 3rd midterm is the Wednesday we get back from
  Thanksgiving break
• Final is Thursday, Dec 14, and is optional
• TA office hours (and general shortage of TAs)
• No office hours over break!

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Boards setupBoard() method

• public Board setupBoard(int x, int y)
• Board board new Board(x, y)
• board.generateRandomBoard
• (Game.DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_SHIPS)
• return board

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HW J7 graph
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Monday, 27 November 2006

• Music today Meat Loaf
• Grading
• Were a bit behind, but are working on catching
  up
• Exam 2 bonus has been added in
• Still have a few regrades, but am moving through
  those quite well
• Assignments
• HW J9 will be out very soon (probably tomorrow)
• Due Tuesday by 10 a.m.
• Can turn it in up to 24 hours late with no
  penalty
• Lab 12 is a do-at-home lab
• And deals with course surveys
• No HW C3
• Exams
• 3rd midterm is this Wednesday
• Review session tonight at 8 p.m. in Olsson 005
• Bring questions to ask!
• Lab quiz this Thursday/Friday
• Both exam and lab quiz are cumulative
• Focus is on chapters 4 (classes) and 8 (arrays)

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HW J8 graph
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HW J8 graph, the other one
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Wednesday, 29 November 2006

• Office hours this week
• Will not be any tonight
• But will (generally) have them for the rest of
  the week
• Check online to be sure (I may have to cancel
  mine)
• Lab quiz tomorrow/Friday
• Its open text book
• Assignments
• No HW C3
• HW J9 is out, as is lab 12
• Final is Thursday, Dec 14, from 7 p.m. to 10
  p.m., and is optional
• Any make-ups must be AFTER the exam date

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CS 101 The End

• Todays music Pink Floyd
• HW J9
• Due tomorrow (or Wednesday) by 10 a.m.
• Will chat about it in a bit
• Grades
• Quiz 3 and HW J9 should be returned by next
  Monday
• Regrade window will be 2 days
• No whiny regrade requests!
• Or else we may lower your grade!
• Lab 12 will be returned by then as well
• If you did it, you get 4 points
• If you didnt, see me after class
• HW C1 and C2 grades will be up there soon
• Clicker bonus will not be reflected in the online
  numerical grades
• Your letter grade will be modified if it applies

• Office hours
• All TA office hours will end at the end of the
  day on Tuesday (tomorrow)
• My office hours will be posted on the website
• They will probably change during finals week
• E-mail replies from me after the semester ends
  will be very slow
• Like in January
• Exam 3
• Average was 81.5, stdev 16.2
• I have them with me today
• Regrades due by the end of this week!
• Can drop them off at my office
• Grading guidelines are available online
• Final is Thursday, Dec 14, from 7 p.m. to 10
  p.m., and is optional
• Any make-ups must be AFTER the exam date
• Please dont take it!
• I dont want to have to grade it!

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Grade ranges

• Each letter grade is a 10-point range
• 60-70 is a D, 90-100 is an A, etc.
• The lower 3 points of this range is the minus
  grade (A-, B-, etc.)
• The middle 4 points is the grade itself (A, B,
  etc.)
• The upper 3 points is the plus grade (A, B,
  etc.)
• The only difference is the A range
• Were still working on that
• Note that a 89.4999999999999 is an B, no matter
  how many times you ask

• Grade ranges
• A 97.5 -gt 100.0
• Subject to change!
• A 92.5 -gt 97.5
• A- 89.5 -gt 92.5
• B 86.5 -gt 89.5
• B 82.5 -gt 86.5
• B- 79.5 -gt 82.5
• C 76.5 -gt 79.5
• C 72.5 -gt 76.5
• C- 69.5 -gt 72.5
• D 66.5 -gt 69.5
• D 62.5 -gt 66.5
• D- 59.5 -gt 62.5
• F 0 -gt 59.5

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(0,0)
(7,7)