CS 217: Programming Languages, Spring 2002
Syllabus

Instructor Information

• Instructor: Dave Musicant
• Office: CMC 326
• E-mail: dmusican _AT_ carleton.edu
• Office phone: (507)646-4369
• Home phone: (952)882-8571 (before 10 PM, please)
• Office hours: Tuesdays 9:45-11:45 AM, Wednesdays 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Grader

• Thorin Tatge, tatget@carleton.edu

Textbook

• Programming Languages: Design and Implementation (4th edition), Pratt and Zelkowitz, Prentice-Hall, 2000.

Class Website

• http://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/faculty/dmusican/cs217s02

Your Grade

• Programming assignments: 35%
• Non-programming assignments: 15%
• Exam 1: 20%
• Exam 2: 20%
• Class presentation and handout: 10%

Assignments & Presentation

• There will be four programming assignments, in the languages Scheme, ML, Java, and Prolog.
• There will be a number of shorter non-programming assignments.
• You'll pair up with another student and together give a 10 minute talk on a programming language. You'll also prepare a handout.

Collaboration

1. Assignments: You should turn in your own assignment. You may work with other people, but each of you should be turning in your own. Make sure to give people credit where they have helped out, particularly with programming assignments. If I discover that two people have turned in the same programs with variables and functions renamed, I will not hesitate to charge them with plagiarism. I use software to track down instances of plagiarism.
2. Take-home exam portions: Do these completely on your own. You can discuss them only with me, though I won't say much :) Again, I will charge students with cheating if I find evidence of this.
3. Presentation: Work in pairs. Use any references and people for help that you like, but make sure to attribute them appropriately.

Homework Policy

• Each assignment will have a specific time for which it will be due. An assignment 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%. A programming assignment turned in any time after this until the last day of classes will be docked 75%. Non-programming assignments can not be turned in any later than two days following the due date since we may be discussing answers in class.