052500 VU Distributed Systems Engineering (2024W)

Part A: Multiple practice-focused exams (76 points)
Part B: Multiple practice-focused programming tasks (8 points)
Part C: Bonus points for active participation, e.g., giving feedback, presenting partial results during lecture sessions, etc. (capped at a maximum of 16 points)

Part C (bonus points) will, in general, only affect positive grades (Exception: Hardship Compensation, see below). Overall, your grade is calculated as follows:
- >= 89 total points: Sehr Gut (1)
- >= 76 total points: Gut (2)
- >= 63 total points: Befriedigend (3)
- > 50 total points: Genügend (4)
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not passed: Nicht Genügend (5) if <= 50% in part A+B (42 points) or if part A <= 44% (33.44 points) or if part B < 50% (4 points)

Hardship Compensation: If you narrowly miss a better grade, a hardship compensation will be applied. In this case, 10% of the earned bonus points will be added to the points you achieved in parts A (10% of the bonus points related to Part A, at most 1 point) and B (10% of the bonus points related to Part B, at most 1 point). If this results in a better grade, you will automatically receive it. The preliminary talk will cover examples of how this is applied.

Attendance and Participation:
Participation in the INTRO quiz on Moodle is mandatory (explained in the preliminary talk). Please do so in time to avoid your deregistration from this course.

Afterwards:
Lecture sessions: No compulsory attendance. Participation is recommended as preparation for the exams and to gain bonus points.
Programming task sessions: No compulsory attendance. Participation is highly recommended to prepare for exams and receive ongoing feedback on developing your programming tasks and to gain bonus points.