Assignments and Grading

Your grade in this class will be based on four factors:

50%

Three design projects (two individual and one group).

30%

A midterm and a final exam.

20%

Homeworks, quizzes, readings/reports, and lab work.

The relative values of assignments will be set according to their difficulty.

There will be lab assignments, including homeworks and in-lab quizzes. We will also read a number of published articles on software design, current issues, security and robustness, etc. The readings will be accompanied by short written reports and in-class discussions.