Grading Information
Student evaluation will be based on four course components: assignments (30%), presentation (10%), participation (10%), and course project (50%).
- Assignments (30%): There will be two equally-weighted assignments in this course, given early in the semester. Assignments may involve some programming and/or use of software tools for data analysis or network simulation. Students are expected to complete assignments individually. Plagiarism will not be tolerated.
- Class Presentation (10%): Each student is required to give one in-class presentation of a suitable paper selected from the networking literature. Paper presentations will take place in mid-March.
- Class Participation (10%): Students are expected to engage actively in the learning process throughout the semester, and not just during the presentations and discussions of the current networking literature.
- Course Project (50%): Each student will be required to conduct an individual course project, and submit a 12-15 page (single-column) research paper by the end of the semester summarizing their project work.
Grading Scheme
Each of the course components will be given a numerical score, using a percentage scale. The final percentage grade will be calculated using the weights indicated above, and then converted to a final letter grade for the University grading system, using the scale shown on the course information sheet.
Note that letter grades worse than B- constitute a "Fail" in graduate-level coursework.