Overview Introductions Administrative Material – Syllabus & Outline What we’re going to cover in this class

Contact Info Instructor Prof. Mark Fontenot SIC 351 TA John Forrest

Office Hours Official Tuesday: 9:30 – 10:30 Friday: 9:00 – 10:00 Open door policy The hours above won’t work for everyone If my door is open, feel free to stop in. Electronic: Send me an any time. I always try to respond within 24 hours.

Who are you?

Getting Assistance Ask questions in class!!! Office Hours Help Desk Located in the SIC Staffed by most TAs throughout the day. Instructor or TA

Course Evaluation Exams – 30% Programming Projects – 50% Homework and Quizzes – 10% Attendance and Active Participation – 10% Additional Caveats: Must maintain at least a 60% on exams Must maintain at least a 60% on programming projects

Attendance You’ve got to come to class! Your grade will reflect your attendance Participating is required and essential Don’t surf the net, do Sudoku puzzles, or txt at inappropriate times Act like an adult…

Academic Ethics Pillar of higher education: the work you produce should be your own. SMU Honor Code Applies to all classes If an assignment is to be done individually (i.e. exams), it is expected that they will be completed in that manner If an assignment is collaborative, then you may work with your team members as much as you want

Inappropriate Collaboration Penalties 1 st Occurrence – Zero on Assignment 2 nd Occurrence F in course Honor Council We reserve the right to modify these penalties on a case- by-case basis.

This Class…

What should you know? Comfortable with Basic/Intermediate Java Understanding of the concepts of OOP Inheritance Polymorphism Encapsulation Basic C++ as covered in CSE 1341 Spring 2009 Program Structure Global Methods Pointers Arrays Some Review In 2341H, though

What we’ll cover… As much as possible Topics Object Oriented C++ STL Dynamic Memory Allocation in C++ (and cleaning up) Dynamic Binding Generic Programming/Templates Basic Data Structures (linked list, stack, queue, trees) Other topics as time permits…

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