Dr. Angela Guercio Dr. Natalia Dragan. Spring 2011

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1 CS Computer Science I Programming and Problem Solving Dr. Angela Guercio Dr. Natalia Dragan Spring 2011

2 Instructor Angela Guercio Office: 424, Main Hall Phone: (KSU ext 53424) Best way to contact me: Office Hours: TR - 10:00am 10:55am TR - 1:55-3:25pm other times are available by appointment

3 Lab Instructor Natalia Dragan Office: 150-D desk 5, Fine Arts Phone: (KSU ext ) Best way to contact me: Office Hours: MW 12.30pm 1.30pm Other times are available by appointment

4 The Syllabus: the Webpage Class web page 1/CS23021_Sp11.html or simply reach and select your course Lab web page All the labs will be available under VISTA. To access the labs under Vista: Login to Flashline Go to MyCourses and select Computer Science I In Course content open the folder Laboratory. All the information are there.

5 The Syllabus: Class Info Check the Class Webpage and Vista regularly! Assignments, Deadlines, Communications about the class and the laboratory are there!

6 The Syllabus: The Textbook Walter Savitch Problem Solving with C++- The Object Oriented Programming Pearson Addison Wesley, 7 th Edition, Other reading material will be given or suggested in class

7 The Syllabus: The Grade ATTENTION!!! CS23021 is a prerequisite for CS A grade of C or better is required to take CS This means that a C- is NOT sufficient to meet the requirement. Your grade will be based on Your homework and group projects Your participation in discussions concerning the homework, class topics, and material Your laboratory attendance and activity. Your exams

8 The Syllabus: Grading Part I Lab Attendance and Reports 30% Part II Homework 10% Exam 1 20% Exam 2 20% Final Exam 20% HW and Lab Late Penalty: 3 points a day

9 Passing Grade TO PASS THE COURSE, YOU MUST PASS PART I and PART II INDEPENDENTLY! i.e. an A in PART II and an F in PART I, is NOT a passing grade

10 The Syllabus: Grading Scale Total percentage earned Grade Total percentage earned % A % C % A % C % B % C % B D % B- 62% and below F Grade

11 Exams Pop Quizzes might be given. 2 Exams (100 points each) Final Exam (100 points) - comprehensive No Make-up exams Except in extreme case and only if I have been notified prior the exam has been issued

12 Homework and Labs No late assignment accepted after the assignment ha been graded and returned. You may discuss the interpretation of the assignment/lab with your classmates, however you may not discuss possible solutions. Copied solution of an individual assignment will receive a zero grade NO HAND WRITTEN HW ACCEPTED. HW accepted WITH printed copy for grading.

13 The Syllabus: Requirements Class and Lab attendance is MANDATORY. If you miss a class/lab, let me know ahead of time if you miss more than 4 classes/labs without a documented reason or without making prior arrangements with me, your final grade will be dropped one grade (A to B, B+ to C+ and so on). You are responsible for bringing yourself up-todate on class material and assignments Reading material before class is required

14 Dates to Remember Last day to drop the class is Jan 23 (without W grade) Mar 20 (with W grade) Exam 1: Tuesday, Feb. 15 Exam 2: Thursday, March 15 Final Exam: Thursday, May 5 (1:00pm - 3:00pm) Spring Recess: March 21 March 27, 2011 Classes End: April 30, 2011

15 The Syllabus: Other Information Academic Honesty Policy Cheating or plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and will result in receiving a failing grade for the work of the course. Repeated offenses result in dismissal from the University. See stypolicy.pdf Code of Conduct As indicated in The Digest of Rules and Regulations that you can find in the University Telephone directory and can be downloaded at

16 The Syllabus: Other Information Students with Disabilities for accommodations contact the disability coordinator on campus, Sue Savickas in Student Accessibility Services, located in the Student Success Center, lower level of the Campus Center, phone (330) , or Emergency In case of an emergency please contact the security on campus. Security phone on campus: #53123 Security cell phone (330) or, of course, 911. I recommend that you program into your cell phone the previous numbers.

17 Overview of the course Basic C++: Variables and I/O Control Flow and C++ Statements Procedural Abstraction and Functions that return a value Functions for all Subtasks I/O Streams Classes Abstract Data types Arrays and Multidimensional Arrays C-Strings and Strings Vectors Intro to Pointers and Dynamic Arrays