CSC110F2019Syllabus < CenterForComputing

CSC 110: Introduction to Programming: Fall 2019

Details

Professor: Dr. Cathy Bareiss.
Office SB 027
Class Time: 1:00-1:50 MWF
Class Location: SB 025
Textbook: None

Description

This course serves as an introduction to the Computer Science and Cyber Security majors. Topics include current issues in computer science and an introduction to logic and programming.

Course Goals

Course Objectives

Course Outcomes

Program Outcomes

Course Content

Policies

Assignments

* Programming Projects. There are two projects for the semester. The first one will be to design and "autonomous" vehicle. The second will be one of your choice

Autonomous Vehicle. This project will be built in smaller components.
Homework assignments, quizzes, and papers
- Additional written assignments will be made based on material covered in class. Unless otherwise specified, this work is to be turned in via hard copy at the start of class on the day it is due. Some work might be weighted double while other work might be weighted by one-half.
- Number Systems
Makeup for exams
- First exam worksheet. due date specified in class

Grades

Exam grades are worth 40%
Programming grades are worth 40%
Homework, quizzes, papers, etc. are worth 20%

Grade scale
- 93% <= average <= 100% -> A
- 90% <= average < 93% -> A-
- 87% <= average < 90% -> B+
- 83% <= average < 87% -> B
- 80% <= average < 83% -> B-
- 77% <= average < 80% -> C+
- 73% <= average < 77% -> C
- 70% <= average < 73% -> C-
- 67% <= average < 70% -> D+
- 63% <= average < 67% -> D
- 60% <= average < 63% -> D-
- 0% <= average < 60% -> F

Tentative Schedule

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Aug 19	Aug 21	Aug 23 Computing Careers
Aug 26 Programming	Aug 28 Computing Careers Intro to robot and programming	Aug 30 no class
Sep 2 Labor Day	Sep 4 Programming Variable, If, data lines, sensors	Sep 6 Number Systems
Sep 9 Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_cache https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_buffer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine	Sep 11 Programming	Sep 13 Architecture Virtual memory Turing Machine
Sep 16 Society 1	Sep 18 Programming	Sep 20 Exam
Sep 23 Software engineering (see wikipedia)	Sep 25 Programming Exam	Sep 27 Software engineering and Agile (see wikipedia)
Sep 30 Cyber security and privacy	Oct 2 Programming	Oct 4 CCSC:MW no class
Oct 7 Curriculum	Oct 9 Programming	Oct 11 Fall Break
Oct 14 Curriculum	Oct 16 Programming	Oct 18 ABET Exam
Oct 21 ABET no class	Oct 23 ABET Programming	Oct 25 programming demonstration
Oct 28 Linux Introduction	Oct 30 Programming	Nov 1 Society 2 copyrights, etc.
Nov 4 Security Overview	Nov 6 Programming	Nov 8 Security Digital Divide
Nov 11 Data structures and storage	Nov 13 Programming	Nov 15 Exam
Nov 18 Networks	Nov 20 Programming	Nov 22 AI
Nov 25 Cloud computing and Big Data	Nov 27 Thanksgiving	Nov 29 Thanksgiving
Dec 2 Ethics	Dec 4 Programming Project Presentation	Dec 6 Programming Project Presentation
Dec 9 Final (1:00)	Dec 11 Finals week	Dec 13 Christmas

Services

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Topic revision: r1 - 2021-09-08 - cathybareiss