CSCI 201
Computer Science 1, Section 2
Spring, 2008

COURSE PAGE web.stcloudstate.edu/bajulstrom/cs201/home-s08.html

• Class meetings:
  
  • 2:00 - 2:50 Monday, Wednesday, Friday in ECC-115; 2:00 - 3:15 Tuesday in ECC-102.

• Texts:
  
  • Tony Gaddis: Starting Out with C++: From Control Structures through Objects, Pearson Education, Inc., 2007.
  • Watts S. Humphrey: Introduction to the Personal Software Process, Addison-Wesley, 1997.

• Labs: We will meet in the CS lab (ECC-102) every Tuesday at 2:00 for in-class exercises using the department's UNIX system, csci. Labs cannot be made up.

• Exams: There will be two hour exams (50 minutes, really) during the course and a comprehensive final exam. The exam dates are:
  • Monday, February 18.
  • Friday, March 28.
  • Final exam: Monday, May 5, 1:00pm.

  Exams will be based on the notes; that is, on the presentations in class. Calculators will be neither necessary nor allowed. Make-up exams will be given only for documented emergencies and with prior notice. Rides home, airplane flights, wedding rehearsals, and fishing season do not constitute emergencies. Plan ahead.

• Grading: Grades will be based on your labs, projects, and exams in the following proportions. "PSP" refers to the Personal Software Process described in the Humphrey book.

  Labs	10%
  Projects	20%
  PSP assignments and quizzes	10%
  First exam	15%
  Second exam	15%
  Final exam	30%

  
  It will not be possible to do "extra credit" during the course or after its end. Your grade will be based on the items listed in the table.

• Attendance: You are responsible for knowing what happens at each class meeting, and that is most easily and efficiently accomplished by being there. Neither the instructor nor the assistant will repeat a presentation just for you.

• Decorum: Conduct yourself so as not to distract others. In particular:
  • Arrive for class on time, and be ready to begin.
  • Turn off all cell phones, alarms, pagers, iPods, and similar devices.
  • Do not engage in distracting activities like reading a newspaper or sleeping.
  • Do not start packing up before class ends.

• Academic honesty: Using other people's words or ideas as if they were your own in written work, including programs and their documentation, is theft, known in this case as plagiarism; do not do it. Letting others use your work facilitates plagiarism and is just as bad; do not do it. If someone asks to see your code, the only appropriate answer is "No." Getting other people's answers for exams or allowing others to see your answers is cheating; do not do it. These offences are serious, and will result in a grade of zero on the work in question, possibly an F in the course, and possibly other disciplinary actions.

• If anyone has a disability that may require modification of seating, testing, or some other feature of the course, please see Dr. Julstrom after class or during his office hours.

• Please bring any complaints, observations, and suggestions to Dr. Julstrom.