CS 117
Fall 1999
Course Information

The Instructor

I can often be found in CMC 327. My office phone number is 646-4364, and my home number is 663-7123. My office hours for the fall term of 1999 are: If you need help at some time other than office hours, you are welcome to drop by.

Book

The textbook for this class is Problem Solving with C++, 2nd edition, Walter Savitch, Addison Wesley, 1999.

Your Grade

Your grade in the course will be determined by your performance on two exams given during the term (20% each), a final programming project due on the last day of finals (20%), and homework (40%).

Working Together

Working together is good. Sharing ideas helps you learn, and it's also fun. I encourage you to work on homework together, with a couple of restrictions. First, I don't want you to write programming assignments in groups of more than two. Second, if you use someone else's idea, you should give that person credit in writing. And finally, you will write your final project on your own, so you might want to consider going solo on a homework assignment or two to get some practice.

Homework Policy

Homework is due at the beginning of class (period 1A) on the due date. Homework turned in on the due date but after the beginning of class will be docked 25%. Homework turned in the day after the due date will be docked 50%. Later homework will be marked as handed in but not given a score. Check with me ahead of time if you have need of an extension.

This policy is strict to protect the grader and to encourage you to begin your work as early as possible. I'll give you at least two class days' notice of each programming assignment's due date. You should start early so you have time to think about the programming problem, plan your solution, and, eventually, write and debug your program.

The Mechanics of Getting Help

If you are working on a program and you need help, you can talk to me, you can talk to the supplemental instructor (Robin Smogor, smogorr@carleton.edu, you can ask a lab assistant, you can consult with another student in the lab, or you can talk to Mike Tie (CMC 305). Before coming to my office with programming questions, please send your program to me via e-mail. If you include a brief note with your program telling me what the problem is (send me any error messages you are getting, too), I can try to answer your question by e-mail, even from home if I'm logged on. Don't worry about flooding me with e-mail--I'm already flooded, with or without your program.


Jeff Ondich, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057, (507) 646-4364, jondich@carleton.edu