CS 117: Introduction to Computer Science, Fall 2000
Syllabus

Instructor Information

• Instructor: Dave Musicant
• Office: CMC 326
• Email: dmusican@carleton.edu
• Office phone: (507)646-4369
• Home phone: (952)882-8571 (before 10 pm, please)
• Office hours: Tuesdays, 9 AM-11 AM; Wednesdays, 3 PM-5 PM (feel free to drop by at other times)

Textbook

• Problem Solving with C++, 2nd edition, Walter Savitch, Addison Wesley, 1999.

Important Dates

• Quiz 1: Monday, 10/9/00
• Quiz 2: Wednesday, 11/8/00
• Last project due: Monday, 11/20/00

Class Website

• http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/faculty/dmusican/classes/cs117

Your Grade

• Daily assignments: 10%
• Programming projects: 50%
• Quiz 1: 20%
• Quiz 2: 20%

Assignments & Projects

• The daily assignments will be due by the beginning of each class, and will be fairly short and straightforward. They will be on basic material from the textbook readings for the upcoming class lecture.
• The projects will be considerably more substantial, and will appear throughout the term.

Collaboration

• You are encouraged to work together on ideas and program design. Programming is often a social effort, and there is much you can learn by talking out the ideas in this class with each other. All the code that you turn in, however, should be entirely yours. If you do write code in your program based on someone else's idea, make sure to give that person credit in program documentation.

Homework Policy

• The daily assignments will not be accepted late. Since they will be designed to prepare you for the upcoming lecture, doing them late defeats the purpose.
• Each project will have a specific time for which it will be due, as time stamped by the hsp hand-in program. A program turned in late within one day of the due time will be docked 25%. A program turned in later than one day of the due date but within two days will be docked 50%. This policy is to protect the grader, but also to encourage you to begin your work as early as possible.

Getting Help

• If you need help with a project, you can consult with other students, talk to the prefector, ask a lab assistant, or come to me. I am happy to answer your questions either in person or via email.

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