⏰ Time Commitment
1. This is a 4.5 unit class
- It requires a serious time commitment
2. Weekly time you should expect
- 📚 5 hours → reading or watching videos
- 💻 10 hours → working on assignments
👉 Total: about 15 hours per week
3. Everyone is different
- Some students finish faster
- Some need more time
4. Important tip
- Try to make a weekly schedule
- Stick to it every week
- This makes the class easier to manage
🧩 Assignments
1. Not typical assignments
- Most CS classes have many small, separate tasks
- This class is different
2. One big project
- You will work on one large real-world project
- It is broken into smaller weekly parts
3. What the project is about
- You will build a tool
- It will analyze historical temperature data
- The data will come from the internet
📅 Assignment Due Dates
1. Weekly deadline
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Assignments are due:
- Wednesdays at 11:59 PM
2. Exception
- Week 2 has two small assignments
⏳ Late Policy
1. Automatic extension
- You get 2 extra days if needed
- No need to ask or explain
2. After 2 days
- ❌ Assignment closes
- ❌ No more submissions allowed
3. Solution release
- The teacher will post the solution after it closes
⚠️ Important Canvas Warning
1. Don’t submit at the last second
- If you submit exactly at 11:59 PM, Canvas may mark it late
2. What to do
- Submit at least 1 minute early
🔗 Important Reminder
1. Assignments build on each other
- Each assignment depends on the previous one
👉 So:
- Falling behind makes things much harder
📝 Tests
1. No exams
- There are no tests in this class
2. Final project
- The final is a capstone programming project
- You must complete it without teacher help
- You can work with classmates
🧠 Very Simple Summary
- Spend ~15 hours/week
- One big project (done step-by-step)
- Assignments due Wednesday night
- 2-day free extension
- Don’t submit at the last minute
- No tests → final project instead
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