COSC 071: Computer Science I

``People who know neither programming nor mathematics take for granted that programming is like mathematics. Yet, it turns out that English majors are as likely to be as successful at programming as mathematics graduates are. In practice, the worlds of mathematics and programming are just about disjoint.'' -M.H. van Emden, Communications of the ACM, 32(12), p. 1498, December 1989.

Section 2
Class Time:	TR 4:15 - 5:30 PM
Classroom:	REI 112
Instructor:	Mark Maloof
Office:	240 Reiss
Mailbox:	240 Reiss
Office Hours:	MW 4-5 PM, TR 3-4 PM (or by appointment)

Everything you need to know about your TAs:

TA's Office: 261 Reiss
TA's Mailboxes: 240 Reiss

Syllabus

• Course Description
• Schedule

Assignments and Grading

• Programming Projects (40%)
  • Project 1 (assigned Sep 19, due Oct 2), 5 points
  • Project 2 (assigned Oct 2, due Oct 15), 5 points
  • Project 3 (assigned Oct 19, due Nov 2), 9 points
  • Project 4 (assigned Nov 2, due Nov 19), 9 points
  • Project 5 (assigned Nov 19, due Dec 7), 12 points
• Midterm Exam: Thursday, October 18 (20%)
• Final Exam: Thursday, December 20, 4-6 PM (30%), REI 264
• Miscellany (10%)
  • Participation
  • Quizzes
  • Homework
    • Homework 1 (assigned in lecture, week 1), 2 points
    • Homework 2 (assigned in lecture, week 2), 5 points
    • Homework 3 (assigned in lecture, week 3), 5 points;

Policies for this Course

• Project Grading Sheet
• Students must complete all assignments individually.
• If a student obtains code or help from a source outside of the class (i.e., outside of the text book(s), the lecture notes, the instructor, or the class's teaching assistants), then the student must acknowledge this assistance by properly citing the source in comments above the function or code segment.
• All assignments should be turned in on time. For late projects, there will be a 4% deduction for each 1 hour period after the deadline.
• Students are responsible for keeping a backup of their projects on a university machine (i.e., gusun or cssun).
• Students must take the final exam with your section during the period designated by the Registrar.
• Students bringing cell phones to class must either set the phone to vibrate, turn the ringer volume off, or turn the phone off completely. When I was a kid, my school teachers used to always announce quizzes by ringing a bell. As a result, ringing sounds evoke a Pavlovian response, and I think it's time to have a quiz.

Resources

• Honor Council

• GUSUN Account Request Form

• metrowerks CodeWarrior, available on the campus network and at the University Bookstore.

• Dev-C++, a free C++ integrated development environment for Windows.
• djgpp, a free command-line C++ compiler for Windows.

• vi Information Links
• Lemmy, the UNIX vi editor for Windows
• More vi clones for Windows
• Learning the vi Editor
• vi Editor Reference Card (PDF file)
• A Beginner's Guide to vi and ex

• HOWTO: Create and compile files under UNIX
• HOWTO: Create and compile using CodeWarrior
• HOWTO: Create and compile using Visual C++
• HOWTO: Transfer files to gusun with ws-FTP
• COSC-071 Frequently Asked Questions

• WinSSH: a secure telnet and ftp client for Windows
• ws-FTP, a GUI ftp client for Windows, available on the campus network
• NetTerm, a telnet client for Windows.

• E-ssentials: The Georgetown Student Guide to Campus Technology
• Guide to UNIX Computing (Adobe Acrobat file)
• comp.lang.c++ (newsgroup)
• gnu.g++.help (newsgroup)
• C++ and UNIX books
• Reiter's Bookstore, a great place to find technical books

Marginally Interesting Links

• Microsoft: The Tonya Harding of technology
• Study: Java to overtake C/C++ in 2002
• How to Become a Hacker
• Bjarne: the man, the language
• The book's home page (!?)
• The Deitel Empire
• Borland C++, now called Inprise C++Builder 5
• GNU gcc, which includes g++, a C++ compiler
• Starbucks
• Red Bull

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