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Course Information
Course number: Course Title: Credit Hours: CS 1336.006 Programming Fundamentals 3
Contact Information
Instructor: Office: Office hours: EMail: TA: Office: Office hours: Email: Charles O. Shields, Jr. ECSS 4.609 Wednesday 1:00pm 4:00pm. (Other hours by appointment)
cshields@utdallas.edu
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Course Pre-requisites
There are no pre-requisites for this course. It is assumed that this is a first course in computer programming for all students. There is, however, a co-requisite, which is a lab section that runs concurrently with our section, but is independent of it. That course is CS1136, and every student in CS1336 must be registered for CS1136 as well.
Required Textbook
Starting Out With Java, From Control Structures through Objects, Fourth Edition, by Tony Gaddis, Addison Wesley Additional course materials, such as assignments, sample programs, and other materials will be available
as well. Please refer to the eLearning site at http://elearning.utdallas.edu.
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Catalog Description
Introduction to computers. Primitive data types, variable declarations, variable scope, and primitive operations. Control statements. Methods/functions, including recursion. Arrays, including implementation of a stack data structure and strings using primitive data arrays. Output formatting. Debugging techniques. Designed for students with no prior computer programming experience.
Grading Elements
Homework Assignments and programming projects These will be small projects that can be done in a week or two and which will be assigned throughout the semester. They will be designed to supplement our class discussions and the textbook. It is usually my policy to drop the lowest grade among the homework assignments. That may be possible this semester as well, but I need a chance to see how the semester is going and how many assignments we will have before I can say for sure. Ill let you know as soon as I can.
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At the moment, I dont have any plans to have quizzes, but that may change as the semester progresses. Youll notice that that Percentage Contribution chart that follows does not include quizzes at the moment. If it becomes necessary to have them, then Ill make some adjustments to those percentages to accommodate the quizzes. In general, I dont favor pop quizzes; I prefer that you have a chance to prepare for anything we might do. However, that may change as well. If it does, and we start having pop quizzes, then I will let you know well ahead of time of the policy change. In addition, any non-pop quizzes will be announced at least a class ahead of time. Mid-term Exam This exam is currently scheduled for October 13th. It will be in-class, closed-book and closed-notes. Final Exam The university has scheduled our final exam on December 13th, 2:00pm. As far as I know, it will be held in our regular classroom, although that might change if the university requires it. This exam will be closed book and closed notes as well. Furthermore, since we will have had a mid-term exam, the final will not be comprehensive. It will cover only that material that we had after the mid-term exam.
Grading Policy
Percentage Contributions The percentage contribution of different elements to your final grade will be as follows:
Course Element Homework assignments, programming projects Mid Term Exam Final Exam Due Date Throughout the semester October 13, 2011 December 13th, 2:00pm % Contribution to Final Grade 30% 30% 40%
Grade Demarcations This is the current list of grade cut-offs for this semester. If the class distribution doesnt fit well within these limits, however, these cutoffs may have to be changed. If they are, they will only be changed in your favor (i.e., reducing the levels, not raising them). Thus, these numbers can be viewed as guarantees. For example, anyone who makes a 90 or above is guaranteed to get a grade that is somewhere within the A range.
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Please note, however, that the final grade calculation will be done in a very objective manner. Thus, if the grade cutoff between an A and a B remains at 90, then any student who gets an 89.9 will still get some form of B. Please, please take to heart the idea that your effort and your focus make a huge difference in your final grade. If you find yourself gravitating toward some borderline condition like weve described above, then increase your work effort. Come see me more, the TAs more, the tutors more, whatever it takes. Youll find that it makes a big difference and is very worthwhile in the long run. Except for the first row, any number that appears on the right hand side in the Percentage column in the following chart is non-inclusive. For example, an A is listed as Percentage: 93-97. That means that anyone who makes equal to 93 or above but strictly less than 97 will get an A. (Anyone who makes 97 or above will get an A+.) Percentage 97-100 93-97 90-93 87-90 83-87 80-83 77-80 73-77 70-73 67-70 63-67 60-63 0-60 Grade A+ A AB+ B BC+ C CD+ D DF
Please note that CS majors have to get a C or above in this course to move on to the next courses.
Student Resources
This section will expand as I learn more about the resources that are available to you. For the moment, however, this is what Ive discovered so far: 1) Co-requisite Lab: CS1136
This lab is being run by Cort Steinhorst. You can access information about it from his Web site at: http://www.utdallas.edu/~csteinh/. 2) Tutoring Sessions
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The tutoring sessions are also run by Cort. They will be held in ECCS 2.104 A1. (Room A1 is a small room off to the left as you enter the lab.) The hours for which tutoring is available are currently: Monday Thursday 1:00pm 9:00pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday 1:00pm 5:00pm My understanding is that you do not need an appointment. Walk-ins are acceptable. 3. Installing jGRASP
There is a file on jgrasp.org (the main jGRASP site) that describes how to install jGRASP on both Windows and Mac systems. Ive put a copy of this file on the eLearning site as well. I dont think that installing jGRASP on Mac systems is going to be any more difficult than installing it on Windows systems. According to the jGRASP site, Mac OSs already include the Java JDK by default. Theoretically, therefore, all you need to do is download and install the jGRASP package from jgrasp.org. Frequently, however, things dont always work out as planned. Well continue working on this issue until we get it solved.
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Students are expected to be respectful to each other and to the course instructor. Disruptive behavior in the classroom will not be tolerated. The instructor may require the students to sit in assigned seats for lectures and/or quizzes and examinations. Grade Dispute: All grade disputes must be discussed/resolved by the student with instructor within a week of posting.
Academic Integrity
The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as ones own work or material that is not ones own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings. Plagiarism, especially from the web, from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is unacceptable and will be dealt with under the universitys policy on plagiarism (see general catalog for details). This course will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective.
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The University of Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in an email exchange. The university encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a students U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email from students official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This allows the university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email account that is to be used in all communication with university personnel. The Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts.
Disability Services
The goal of Disability Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities equal to those of their non-disabled peers. Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The contact information for the Office of Disability Services is: The University of Texas at Dallas, SU 22
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Essentially, the law requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove classroom prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the case of dog guides) for students who are blind. Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example, a research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing impaired). Classes enrolled students with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled in accessible facilities. The college or university may need to provide special services such as registration, note-taking, or mobility assistance. It is the students responsibility to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation. Disability Services provides students with letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a disability and needs accommodations. Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the professor after class or during office hours.
These descriptions and timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.