All information is subject to change at any
time. Check the course website daily for
announcements and updates.
Meetings:
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Professor:
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Dr.
Christine Chung http://cs.conncoll.edu/cchung cchung@conncoll.edu New London Hall 220 Office hours:
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TAs: |
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Grading:
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In this class you are expected to work
cooperatively. You are encouraged to
discuss ideas and ask each other for help.
Indeed, giving and asking for constructive input to/from fellow students
is a part of the important learning experience we will be striving for. However, copying solutions from one another is
not allowed. Likewise it is forbidden to
copy solutions from anyone/anywhere. Copying
(without citing your sources) is considered an honor code breach.* When
you receive help/input on an assignment, you must always cite your
sources. As long as you cite your
sources, you will not be in violation of the honor code. (Note that when using
external sources extensively, you may not earn full credit for the assignment.)
Please also note the policy on AI use for this course at the bottom of this
page.
Homework exercises will be due almost every
class. They are written assignments that
will allow you to reflect on what you’ve learned the previous class, or prepare
you for what we will be learning in the next class. They must be turned in by the deadline before
the start of each class via moodle
(either typed or hand-written, submitted as a pdf or image file). They will be graded on completeness and
effort rather than correctness. The
lowest homework grade will be dropped.
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A “complete” homework exercise
is one that demonstrates a complete effort.
This means you must show more than
just an answer to the problem or question; you must in fact show your thought
process in arriving at an answer. It
also means that if you don’t arrive at a satisfactory solution, but describe
your thought process during your (sufficiently lengthy) attempts at finding
one, and this thought process demonstrates that you have completed the reading
assignment, you will have demonstrated a complete effort. Inversely, if your write-up reveals that you
did not complete the reading assignment, you will not earn full credit for the
exercise. Solutions alone with no
explanation are also worth minimal credit.
Complete homework exercises
will earn a 5 out of 5.
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The HW submission link will close 15 minutes before each class meeting
and I will re-open it again for late submissions after class. Late HW submissions will be accepted until
the start of the next class, and will earn a maximum grade of 3 out of 5 per
exercise.
*The Connecticut College Honor Code
Academic integrity is of the utmost importance in
maintaining the high standards of scholarship in our community. Academic
dishonesty is considered to be a serious offense against the community and
represents a significant breach of trust between the professor, the classmates,
and the student. There are many forms of academic dishonesty including
plagiarism, falsifying data, misrepresenting class attendance, submitting the same
work in two courses without prior approval, unauthorized discussion or
distribution of exams or assignments, and offering or receiving unauthorized
aid on exams or graded assignments. Students violating the Honor Code may
be referred to the college's Honor Council for resolution.
Credit
Hour Definition
A semester course is
normally equivalent to four credit hours. Connecticut College
complies with federal regulations defining the credit hour. For each
credit hour awarded, a course will provide an average of at least one hour of
classroom or direct faculty instruction (class meetings, labs, review sessions,
field trips, office hours, film screenings, tutorials, training, rehearsals,
etc.) and at least two hours of out-of-class work (homework, preparatory work,
practice, rehearsals, etc.) per week.
Title
IX Statement
As a faculty member,
I am deeply invested in the well-being of each student I teach. I am here
to assist you with your work in this course. If you come to me with other
non-course-related concerns, I will do my best to help. It is important for you
to know that all faculty members are trained and required to report any
incidents of gender-based discrimination, including discrimination based on
gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. This means that I
cannot keep information confidential about sexual harassment, sexual assault,
dating violence, stalking, or other forms of gender-based discrimination, and
that I will report that information to the Title IX office, if it is
shared with me. However, the Title IX office typically only
acts on formal complaints, and in response to notice from me will
reach out to you to offer support and resources, and offer you the opportunity
to file a formal Title IX complaint, which is up to you. The
Director of Sexual Violence Prevention and Advocacy and the SVPA Confidential
Advocates can advise you confidentially as can Counseling Services and any of
the College chaplains. SVPA can also help you access other resources
on campus and in the local community. You can reach the Confidential
Advocates at SVPA@conncoll.edu, make an appointment with the Confidential
Advocates at http://bit.ly/ConnCollSVPA or contact the SVPA Confidential
Advocate ON Call 24/7 at 860-460-9194. The student sexual
harassment, dating violence, stalking, and non-discrimination policies are in
the Sexual Harassment and Nondiscrimination Policy, which can be
found on CamelWeb, in the “Documents/Policies” section, under the
Student Life section. There you will find the policies, definitions,
procedures, and resources. If you need to report an incident or have any
questions about the policy, you can contact 860-439-2624 or titleix@conncoll.edu.
Academic
Resource Center
The Academic Resource Center (ARC) offers services to
support your academic work such as study skills workshops, time
management, coaching and tutoring. Its offices are located on the second
floor of Shain Library. Students can make appointments by clicking on this
link: https://forms.gle/BQecmVdK8Bg1sv5P7.
The ARC is open to the community Monday – Friday,
8:30 – 5:00 (evenings are by appointment only).
Students may continue to use the ARC as a quiet study space,
though social distancing and masks are required at ALL times.
If faculty or students have any questions or concerns, they
should contact Noel Garrett (ngarrett@conncoll.edu) or
Patricia Dallas (pdallas@conncoll.edu).
Writing
Center
The Roth Writing Center provides one-to-one peer
tutoring (free of charge) to help student writers of all abilities during all
stages of the writing process. You can make an appointment here using
Google Calendar. If you're a confident, experienced writer our tutors can
help you to push your ideas and polish your style; if you're a relatively
inexperienced and not-so-confident writer they can help you to work on grammar
or organization or whatever you need. Working with a tutor gives you
the opportunity to share your work-in-progress with an actual reader, so that
you can get useful feedback on that work before you have to turn it
in for a final grade. For further information, visit
the Writing Center web page at http://write.conncoll.edu/
Office
of Student Accessibility Services
Connecticut College complies with Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you
have a documented disability and have been approved for academic
accommodations, please have your Faculty Notification Letter emailed to me
through the Student Accessibility online management system (AIM) and schedule a
meeting during my office hours as early as possible in the semester so that we can
discuss the logistics of your accommodations. If you are not approved for
accommodations, but have a disability requiring academic accommodations,
or have questions about applying for accommodations, please contact
Student Accessibility Services at 860-439-5428 or sas@conncoll.edu.
Classroom
Recording
With the exception of those granted accommodations through
the Office of Student Accessibility Services, students are prohibited from
audio, video, or photographic recording during class periods or out-of-class
meetings with the instructor without explicit permission from the instructor.
Recordings approved in this manner may not be shared in any form without
permission of the instructor. Violations of this policy shall be considered an
Honor Code violation.
Office
Hours
Office hours provide students with additional opportunities
to review or ask questions about the class discussions and assignments.
Connecticut College faculty encourage students to go to office hours so they
might learn about your interests, both inside and outside the classroom. In
addition to talking about class material and assignments, you may find you
share common interests, such as music, books, hobbies, and movies. If a
professor knows your interest, they may inform you about campus programs and
activities or other opportunities like fellowships and scholarships. Most
importantly, a professor who knows their students writes better letters of
recommendation. Successful students at Connecticut College make time to go to
their professors’ office hours. All Connecticut College faculty are required to
have office hours on their syllabus and posted on their office
door. If you cannot make your professor’s scheduled office hours, contact
your professor to set up an appointment.
Respecting
Personal Pronouns and Identity
Everyone deserves to be
referred to and addressed in accordance with their personal identity.
As a faculty member, I am committed to ensuring my classroom affirms people of all
gender expressions and gender identities. In this course, we will only use the
name and pronouns of each individual's choosing. The repeated usage
of incorrect names and/or pronouns are against Connecticut College policy and
may constitute a T9 policy violation as well as a violation of state and
federal law. In the classroom, be assured that you will always be
referred to by the name and pronouns you choose. If you go by a different
name than your legal name, Connecticut College has a process to change your
preferred name on most campus systems. If you want to learn more about
this process go to conncoll.edu/equity-inclusion/preferred-name-faq/
or email GSP@conncoll.edu. Students, faculty and staff are now able to choose
and share their pronouns within the college community by using the Preferred
Name/Pronouns link on the navigation menu in CamelWeb and the CC Mobile App. Your gender
pronouns will appear in the internal directory located in CamelWeb and the CC Mobile App. If
none are selected, or if “Not Applicable” is selected, no pronouns
will display. Enrolled students’ gender pronouns will also display in Moodle
for instructors via the class participants page. Pronouns are one
way to affirm someone’s gender identity, but they are not necessarily
indicative of a person’s gender identity. Commonly, they/them is a
gender-inclusive pronoun used by a variety of identities. Remember to ask for
pronouns, listen, and then respect the gender identities of those around you by
using the proper terminology. If you have any further questions or you want to
learn more about gender & sexuality, please do not hesitate to contact the
Director of Gender & Sexuality Programs at gsp@conncoll.edu.
*AI Policy
Please note that the student handbook now includes
policy on AI as it pertains to academic integrity. Here is the
relevant passage:
Plagiarism occurs when work does not reflect the student’s personal
and original words, word-groupings, or ideas. Authorized use of artificial
intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT needs to be acknowledged
unless otherwise specified. Plagiarism is a violation of the
Honor Code, regardless of intent. Ignorance or negligence is not
considered an excuse for plagiarism. Plagiarism consists of:
a. handing in a paper, assignment, or
project that is not one’s own work;
b. using the language of another writer or
tool (such as AI or language translator) without proper documentation
(e.g. footnotes, quotation marks, parenthetical documentation, bibliography);
c. using the ideas, arguments, or
organization of another writer or tool (such as AI or language
translator) without proper acknowledgment.
Generally speaking, the output of large language models (LLMs)
like ChatGPT and others does not meet the
standards that we tend to hold for student writing. However, you may find some
of their functions useful in your writing process–to help you brainstorm, for example.
In this class, you are allowed
to use large language models as a tool to assist you, but you may not use them
to generate answers. AI assistance means that you might use a language model to
help you explore potential counterexamples to your solutions, or engage in a
targeted revision. Targeted revision might mean asking the model to help you
revise a solution that you feel you just can’t get right. AI generated work
means that you use the program to generate large blocks of text or use the
model as a substitute for creating your own ideas. Here is a good rule of
thumb: You may use LLMs to enhance your learning; you may not use them as an
opportunity to cheat yourself of the opportunity to learn.
If you use a LLM, you are
required to cite your use of it in a footnote in a manner similar to the way a
scientist might describe an instrument they have used in an experiment. If you
use a language model and do not cite it, it will be considered academic
dishonesty and an honor code violation. When submitting a write-up where you
used/consulted a LLM, you should create a footnote with the following
information:
· The AI tool/program used to assist you (e.g., GPT-3)
· The date and/or dates that you used the program to
assist you
· A general description of how AI influenced the
submission, including the actual prompting language if possible.
Here is an example footnote:
“The following three paragraphs of the text have been influenced by my work
with the GPT-3 Davinci model, used on 1/16/22. Originally, I drafted and
revised this write-up in response to feedback from a classmate/TA. However,
even after revision, I had difficulty with the organization of the following
three paragraphs. The flow did not seem correct to me. I fed these paragraphs into
the LLM and prompted it with the following language: ‘These paragraphs have
organization issues. Please revise them to make them more coherent.’”