Virginia Tech

Grading
Assignments: (40%)    
 
Assignment 1
 7% Given on September 7. Due on September 20.
 
Assignment 2
 9% Given on September 21. Due on October 4.
 
Assignment 3
 11% Given on October 5. Due on October 18.
 
Assignment 4
 13% Given on October 19. Due on November 1.
Examinations: (20%)    
 
Midterm Examination
 10% October 12 Thursday at 2:00 – 3:15 p.m.
Closed books and notes. Multiple choice questions about the entire course material covered before the exam.
 
Final Examination
 10% December 9 Saturday at 7:45 – 9:45 a.m.
Closed books and notes. Multiple choice questions covering the entire course material.
Tutorials:    
  Hands-on Cloud Software Development Tutorials 15% You are required to (a) build each tutorial app by following the step-by-step instructions, (b) deploy it to run on your Amazon AWS EC2 server, (c) carefully study the tutorial app code, and (d) make sure that you learn from the tutorial.
Project:    
 
Semester Team Project
 25% A team of 3 students develops a cloud software application to provide a solution to a complex problem. The team proposes the problem to solve and selects its members. The proposed problem must be approved by the instructor.
Grades:    
 
        B+ 87-89   C+ 77-79   D+ 67-69   F ≤ 59
  A 94-100   B 84-86   C 74-76   D 64-66      
  A– 90-93   B– 80-83   C– 70-73   D– 60-63