CSCI 1730 · Fall 2026

Analysis🔗

Time

These should take only a few hours, including the reading. If you’ve spent more than five hours, come talk to us.

Grading Standard

A few of these assignments require writing code, but they are meant to be quick-and-ready code, not of the same standard as in Implementation.

Most of them require writing prose. We place a high premium on the quality of your writing, while also valuing concision. This means: have a point; make it clearly; be brief; use proper punctuation and grammar; use paragraph breaks to avoid walls of text; and in general, write well, as if you were in a humanities class. Our standards are certainly that high.

Once again, we want to emphasize being concise. For most assignments (but not all—it should be obvious from context), you won’t need more than a few paragraphs or bullet points. If in doubt, ask!

We will grade your work using the following codes:
  • CORR: The work was done correctly.

  • LACK: The work was done correctly but the answer should have been more detailed.

  • OFF: The work was fairly good but had some mistakes that we enumerate.

  • PROB: The work had notable problems, more than we can quickly enumerate. Please talk to a course staff member for help. Future work needs to be a lot better.

  • ZERO: The work was either completely off or missing.

  • ROBOT: The work looks like AI output. We expect the work to be your own. Please talk to a course staff member.

Software

Each assignment is different, and will tell you what, if any, software you need.

Tasks