CS 23021–600 Computer Science I Dr. Angela Guercio Spring 2010

Class Instructor Angela Guercio Office: 424, Main Hall Phone: (KSU ext 53424) Best way to contact me: Office Hours: MW 11:00am - 12:00pm 4:00pm – 6:00pm other times are available by appointment

Lab Instructor Prof. Kevin Shaffer Office: 310G, Desk#4, Main Hall Phone: (KSU ext ) Best way to contact me: Office Hours: MW 1:00pm-2:00pm or by appointment.

The Syllabus: the Webpage Class web page 0/CS23021Sp10.html 0/CS23021Sp10.html or simply reach and select your course Lab Webpage: ml ml Check those pages regularly!

The Syllabus: The Textbook Walter Savitch – Problem Solving with C++- The Object Oriented Programming – Pearson Addison Wesley, 7 th Edition, Other reading material will be given or suggested in class

The Syllabus: Grading Part I Lab Attendance and Reports 30% Part II Homework10% Exam 120% Exam 220% Final Exam20% HW and Lab Late Penalty: 3 points a day

Passing Grade TO PASS THE COURSE, YOU MUST PASS PART I and PART II INDEPENDENTLY! i.e. an A in PART II and an F in PART I, is NOT a passing grade.

The Syllabus: Grading Scale Total percentage earned GradeTotal percentage earned Grade 92.5 – 100%A77.5 – 79.9%C – 92.4%A-72 – 77.4%C 87 – 89.4%B+68.5 – 71.9 %C – 86.9%B62.1 – 68.4D 80 – 82.4%B-62% and belowF

Exams Pop Quizzes might be given. 2 Exams (100 points each) Final Exam (100 points) - comprehensive No Make-up exams Except in extreme case and only if I have been notified prior the exam has been issued

Homework and Labs No late assignment accepted after the assignment is graded and returned. You may discuss the interpretation of the assignment/lab with your classmates, however you may not discuss possible solutions. Copied solution of an individual assignment will receive a zero grade NO HAND WRITTEN HW ACCEPTED. HW accepted WITH printed copy for grading.

The Syllabus: Requirements Class and Lab attendance is MANDATORY. If you miss a class/lab, let me know ahead of time if you miss more than 4 classes/labs without a documented reason or without making prior arrangements with me, your final grade will be dropped one grade (A to B, B+ to C+ and so on). You are responsible for bringing yourself up-to- date on class material and assignments Reading material before class is required

The Syllabus: Important Dates Last day to drop the class: without W grade: Jan 31 with W grade: April 4 Exam 1: Wed., Feb 24 Exam 2: Wed., March 24 Final Exam: Mon., May 10 (3:30pm- 5:30pm) Spring Recess: March 29 - April 4 Classes End: May 8, 2010

The Syllabus: Other Information Academic Honesty Policy Cheating or plagiarism is considered a serious academic offense and will result in receiving a failing grade for the work of the course. Repeated offenses result in dismissal from the University. Code of Conduct As indicated in The Digest of Rules and Regulations that you can find in the University Telephone directory.

The Syllabus: Other Information Students with Disabilities for accommodations contact the disability coordinator on campus, Kelly Kulick in Student Accessibility Services, located in the Student Success Center, lower level of the Campus Center, phone (330) , or Emergency In case of an emergency please contact the security on campus. Security phone on campus: #53123 Security cell phone (330) or, of course, 911. I recommend that you program into your cell phone the previous numbers.

Overview of the course Basic C++: Variables and I/O Control Flow and C++ Statements Procedural Abstraction and Functions that return a value Functions for all Subtasks I/O Streams Classes Abstract Data types Arrays and Multidimensional Arrays C_Strings and Strings Vectors Intro to Pointers and Dynamic Arrays