The final exam will be made available as a pdf in bCourses; you will be expected to solve the problems posed and upload them to Gradescope. You must solve the problems on your own, without assistance from others, without searching online, and without posting the questions to any website. You may consult your notes from the term, material on bCourses, and the course text book.
During the exam, you are expected to follow the Berkeley Honor Code:
Part of the University's recommendations for examinations is to reduce incentives for misconduct and the perception of misconduct. It is important to realize that cheating is in fact quite rare, and also that misconduct by others will not disadvantage you personally (except in the broader sense of diluting the value of a degree from Berkeley). In order to underscore this, let me emphasize that when I assign final grades your work will be considered in a vacuum, ignoring the performance of other students. Your grade will be computed in a way that does not make it a function of any other students' grades in the course. It will, however, take into account the difficulty of the assignments and examinations.
The exam will be posted on bCourses on Monday May 10th at 09:00 PDT, and must be submitted no later than 09:00 PDT on Tuesday May 11th via Gradescope. This extended period serves the purpose of accommodating those in other time zones. As I write the exam, I will be working under the assumption that you will be working on it for ~180 minutes, though you are free to take longer. You may not discuss the course with anyone during this time window. I also strongly recommend submitting your work well before the deadline, in case of problems with Gradescope.
I will be checking my email frequently — at least twice an hour — from 09:00 PDT to 17:00 PDT on May 10th. Moreover, during the hours when the exam is officially scheduled (11:30-14:30 PDT), I will be in the course Zoom meeting. If you experience any technical difficulties or other issues, please contact me.
Below are some materials related to the last time I taught this course. The exam for this course will not be a perfect analogue of these, and the material covered by each does not perfectly match the material covered by this class. Nonetheless, I hope they will be helpful.