CS 117
Winter 2001
Course Information
The Instructor
The analog version of
Jeff Ondich
can often be found in CMC 327. His office phone number is 646-4364,
and his home number is 663-7123. His office hours for the fall
term of 2000 are:
- Monday 2A
- Tuesday 2:00-3:00
- Wednesday 5A, and
- Friday 2A.
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 (25% each),
a final programming project due
on the last day of finals (25%), and homework (25%).
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.
Homework Policy
Unless otherwise specified, homework is due at the beginning of
class (period 3A) 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.
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 "prefector" for 117 (Jenny Cooper, cooperj@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).
If you can't find me in my office, feel free to send me your
programs by e-mail when you have questions.
Include a brief note
with your program telling me what the problem is (send me any
error messages you are getting, too).
Jeff Ondich,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
55057,
(507) 646-4364,
jondich@carleton.edu