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: 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