UG First Year Guide
This Year Guide contains essential documentation for the first year. It can also be accessed via the URL http://tinyurl.com/inf1-guide. Please ensure that you have read and understood all of the documents listed below.
Informatics Course Information
Here's an overview of all the Informatics 1 courses:
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 |
|---|---|
| Computation and Logic | Data and Analysis |
| Functional Programming | Object-Oriented Programming |
| Computer Programming Skills and Concepts | Cognitive Science |
And here is some more detailed information:
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Quickstart Guide to Informatics 1 | A quick overview of what is involved in Informatics 1 Core Courses |
| Informatics 1 Timetable | Calendar of lectures, coursework assignments and other course events |
| Informatics 1 Course Requirements | Degree requirements, regulations and assessment information for each of the Informatics 1 courses |
| Welcome | Slides for the welcome talk (Dave Robertson & Ian Stark) |
| Introduction | Slides for the introductory talk (Paul Anderson) |
| Tutorial groups | Tutorial group allocations |
Coursework
The following links contain essential information regarding coursework submissions.
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| Coursework, Assessment and Feedback | Information about coursework accompanying taught courses |
| Late Coursework Submission & Extension Requests | School policy on the acceptance of late submissions |
Academic Misconduct
It is a natural and beneficial part of the educational experience for students to discuss their work with each other and to incorporate ideas from many sources into their work. However, there is an important difference between an acceptable use of other people's ideas and copying or sharing other people's work without attribution.
For assessment to be fair, the extent to which submitted work is your own must be clear. You must not plagiarise other people's work, presenting it as your own.
Plagiarism is a serious offence. It is often easy to detect. The School will use a number of detection methods to screen coursework. When plagiarism is detected, penalties appropriate to the problem will be applied, the Head of School will be informed as well as the College of Science and Engineering, and your academic record may be amended permanently.
Deliberately allowing your own work to be copied undermines the assessment process. Where there is collusion between students, all students involved may be penalised or disciplined.
| Link | Description |
|---|---|
| School policy on plagiarism | School policy on plagiarism |
| Academic Misconduct, including Plagiarism | The University's code of discipline and policy on plagiarism |
Exam Timetable
The timetable for University exams is maintained by Registry. The Registry exam diet page will tell you when the exam timetables have been published; there are different timetables for December and April. Once the timetable is available, you will need to search for Informatics 1 exams. The easiest method is to select School of Informatics from the drop-down list, and then enter Informatics 1% (where % is the wildcard symbol) in the search box.
Please note the following warning on the Registry page:
Changes can occur to the timetable therefore please ensure that you recheck your exam details immediately prior to your examination(s).
Facilities and Feedback
A range of academic and support staff are available to support you in your studies, supplemented by a range of teaching facilities and feedback options.
- Contact Information for Year 1
- Student Representation: Year 1 Representatives, EUSA/School Representation
- Information about Informatics teaching facilities, including AT Computing Labs, and requesting Computing Support; information about printing in the Computing Labs.
- CompSoc provides an IRC channel (#inf1) for online chat about Inf1 courses, as well as organizing a variety of other events.
- Listing of video recordings of Informatics lectures.
Found a problem with these Informatics 1 web pages? If so, please send email to Paul Anderson <dcspaul@inf.ed.ac.uk>.
