Syllabus CS 117, Intro to CS Fall '06 CMC 206/306 T/Th 10:10-11:55

What counts?

• 45%: 3 Quizzes @ 15% each, one about every three weeks.
• one optional paper to replace a poor quiz score
• 40% Daily Homework, Programs, Pop Quizzes
• 15% Final Project
• Attendance: More than two unexcused absenses will adversely affect your grade.
• Note that the final exam period will not be used, but final projects must be completed by that date.

Text:     "An Intro to OOP with Java" 4th ed. by Wu

Instructor:    Richard W. Nau

            email: rnau@mathcs.carleton.edu
            office: CMC 324
            phone: x4361  (home 663-6159, except 10pm-8am please)
 
 
A Priori Syllabus                                      ,     
    We will be covering most of the the material in the text, although the first few chapters will be covered more thoroughly. In the chart below are early indications of what might be covered each day. Actually, we will be using a "spiral" approach in which some topics will be introduced earlier than scheduled and then covered more thoroughly on the date specified.

A Posteriori Syllabus                                      ,     
    As the term progresses, the instructor will record under Assignments homework, lab and programming assignments as well as more specific and germaine readings from the text.
 

Day of Term	Day of Week	Date	Topics	Readings in Wu
1	Tues	9/12	Introductory	2.1-3
2	Thur	9/14	Computers, OOP	Ch. 0,1,2
3	Tues	9/19	Numerical Data	Ch. 3
4	Thur	9/21	Classes	Ch. 4
5	Tues	9/26	Selection and Iteration	Ch. 5,6
6	Thur	9/28	Review	Ch. 0-6
7	Tues	10/3	In-class Quiz
8	Thur	10/5	Graphics	5.6
9	Tues	10/10	More on classes	Ch. 7
10	Thur	10/12	Characters & Strings	Ch. 9
11	Tues	10/17	Arrays & Vectors	Ch. 10
12	Thur	10/19	Searching & Sorting	Ch. 11
13	Tues	10/24	Review
14	Thur	10/26	In-class Quiz #2
15	Tues	10/31	Recursion	Ch. 15
16	Thur	11/2	File I/O	Chs. 12,8
17	Tues	11/7	GUI	Ch. 14
18	Thur	11/9	Inheritance	Ch. 13
19	Tues	11/14	Last day of class, Quiz #3
20	Mon	11/20	Last day of term, Projects due

 
 

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