Grading and Workload

Grading distribution is as follows:

  • Six assignments (30%),

  • Midterm exam (25%),

  • Final exam (20%),

  • Project proposal and presentation (5%),

  • Project report and presentation (10%), and

  • Class participation (10%).

Submission details for assignments (AST), project proposal (PRP), and final report (PRR) can be found on Blackboard.

Item Points
(AST) KNN 5%
(AST) Logistic Regression 5%
(AST) Logistic Regression II 5%
(AST) SVM 5%
(Midterm) 25%
(Project) Proposal & Presentation 5%
(AST) Boosting 5%
(AST) Regression 5%
(Project) Report & Presentation 10%
(Participation) 10%
(Final Exam) 20%


Final grades will be assigned based on the following mapping:

ScoreGrade ScoreGrade Score Grade
>=95 A >=90 A-
>=87 B+ >=82 B >=77 B-
>=72 C+ >=67 C >=62 C-
>=57 D+ >=52 D <52 F