CS 117: Introduction to Computer Science, Fall 2001
Syllabus

Instructor Information

• Instructor: Dave Musicant
• Office: CMC 326
• Email: dmusican _AT_ 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

Prefector

• Jeremy Carr

Textbook

• An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Java, by C. Thomas Wu. Published by Jones and Bartlett, 2001.

Important Dates

• Exam 1: Friday, 10/12/00
• Exam 2: Wednesday, 11/7/00
• Last project due: Monday, 11/19/00, 5 PM

Class Website

• http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/faculty/dmusican/cs117f01

Your Grade

• Assignments: 55%
• Exam 1: 15%
• Exam 2: 15%
• Final Project: 15%

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.

Working from Home

• We will be programming in Java, using the BlueJ programming environment. This will be set up for use in the Computer Science labs. You may install Java, BlueJ, and other tools that we use on your own machine. PCs running Windows or Linux, and Macs should all work. I'm glad to informally provide whatever advice I can to help you get the software running on your own machine, but home use is technically "unsupported."

Homework Policy

• Each assignment will have a specific time for which it will be due, and your electronic submissions are timestamped. 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.