rubic_SMA.md

Rubric for the assessment of Modeling and Simulation in Astrophysics

Each of the following 7 subcategories will be graded with a score from 0 to 10 based on the objectives. These numbers will be added, with the scores for Method, Discussion & conclusion, and Code weighed double, for a total score between 0 and 100. A score of 55 points or more is a passing score. Your final mark will be your score divided by 10, rounded to the nearest half point (except for scores of 55-57, which will be rounded to a 6).

Category	Subcategory	Objective	Insufficient (<5.5)	Outstanding (>9)
Report	Method	Creativity	Stick to known methods	Develop novel method
		Valid approach	You miss vital aspects of the problem	You cover all vital aspects of the problem
	Results	Clarity of presentation	It is difficult to impossible to interpret your results	Your results are easily interpreted
	Discussion & conclusion	Numerical effects	You do not critically evaluate numerical effects	You clearly state what numerical effects impact your results
		Validity of conclusions	Your conclusions are not supported by your results	Your results conclusively demonstrate your results
Git	Git history	Frequency of git commits	You only commit at the last moment	You commit regularly
		Use of features	You do not use branches, and only upload files	You do proper commits and use branches
	Code	Readability	Variable/function names are vague	Variable/function names are informative
		Structure	Single block of code	Many self-contained, concise functions/classes
		Documentation	No comments, README	Informative comments and README
		Redundant/messy code	Unused functions, commented out code	All code used, no commented-out blocks
		Split over files	Single file	Files for initial conditions, runs, analysis, plots...
	Rerunning code	Easy to run	No instructions on how to run	Clear walkthrough of scripts
		Code works	Code fails at some point	Code runs to the end
Project presentation			Audience doesn't understand what you did and what your results are	Audience perfectly knows what you did and what your results are