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Video Lectures

• Lectures will be available weekly (for a total of six weeks).
• On the right side of the lectures you can find the lecture notes in .ppt, .pdf formats (with either handwritten annotations or typed)
• The subtitles are also available as a .txt file for your convenience
• You can speed up/slow down videos to adjust the pace
• You can download the .mov file format of the lectures for offline viewing

Weekly Programming Assignments and Problem Sets

• The Programming Assignment and Problem set for each week will be available from Monday (12:00 AM PDT).
• The soft deadline is 14 days later (11:59 PM PDT on the second Sunday).
• The hard deadline is 11:59 PM PDT on June 29, 2014.
• Submissions are not allowed after the hard deadline.
• Submissions in between the soft deadline and hard deadline will receive 50% credit.
• For each problem set you are allowed a maximum of two attempts (we'll use the better score).
• For each programming assignment you're allowed a maximum of 5 attempts (we'll use the best score).

Grading / Certificate of Accomplishment

• The grading will be 30% problem sets, 30% programming questions, and 40% for the final exam.
• Each programming assignment will be scaled to 5 points, every problem set will be scaled to 5 points
• Final exam will be worth 40 points
• Anybody getting over 70% of the maximum points will receive a certificate of accomplishment.

Theory Problems

• These are totally optional theory questions (no deadlines or credit given)
• We recommend that you attempt these questions and discuss them in the discussion forums to develop a deeper understanding of the design and analysis of algorithms.