Learning Outcomes : At the end of the course the students should have demonstrated the ability to:

1. Open URLs and extract desired information using several tools including: regular-expressions, BeautifulSoup, Requests, and the Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK.)
2. Clean data and save the data gathered in databases.
3. Automatically drive browsers with Selenium for testing websites and for gathering of data.
4. Login to websites to gather information including handling CAPTCHAs.
5. Create web crawlers by hand and with Scrapy.

Date	Significance
February 16	Test 1
Thursday March 2,	Last day to withdrawal without WF
April 6	Test 2
Tuesday May 2 @ 9:00 a.m.	Final Exam

Link to the Exam Schedule for Spring 2017

Policies

Academic Integrity: You are expected to practice the highest possible standards of academic integrity. Any deviation from this expectation will result in a minimum academic penalty of your failing the assignment, and will result in additional disciplinary measures including referring you to the Office of Academic Integrity. Violations of the University's Honor Code include, but are not limited to improper citation of sources, using another student's work, and any other form of academic misrepresentation. For more information, please see the Honor Code.

Accommodating Disabilities: Reasonable accommodations are available for students with a documented disability. If you have a disability and may need accommodations to fully participate in this class, contact the Office of Student Disability Services: 777-6142, TDD 777-6744, email sasds@mailbox.sc.edu, or stop by LeConte College Room 112A. All accommodations must be approved through the Office of Student Disability Services.

Amending the Syllabus/Rules Amendments and changes to the syllabus, including evaluation and grading mechanisms, are possible. The instructor must initiate any changes. Changes to the grading and evaluation scheme will be voted on by the entire class and approved only with unanimous vote of all students present in class on the day the issue is decided. The lecture schedule and reading assignments (daily schedule) will not require a vote and may be altered at the instructor's discretion. Once approved, amendments will be distributed in writing to all students.

Grading policy:
The final grade will be based on two midterms, assignments and the final exam, according to the following weights:

• Assignments and Quizzes: 35%
• Two Tests: 20% each
• Final: 25%