CS 127: Data Structures, Fall 2001
Syllabus

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)

Data Structures and Program Design in C++, Robert L. Kruse and Alexander J. Ryba, Prentice Hall, 1999.

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.

We will be programming in C++, using the GNU g++ compiler version 2.96 under Redhat Linux. This will be set up for use in the Computer Science labs. You may use other compilers at home if you wish, but you are then responsible for making sure that your programs work under the compiler that we have installed in the labs. 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."

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.

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