1. Course Introduction – Fall 2014
CMSC 341
Course Introduction – Fall 2014
UMBC CMSC 341 Intro

2. Course Website Instructor site: on BlackBoard Central portal:
(as a backup)
Instructors office hours (Instructor site)
TA names and office hours (Instructor Site)
TAs grade projects
Syllabus (Central site)
Class schedule including project, homework and exam dates (Instructor Site
Grading (Central site)
Lecture slides (Central/Instructor site)
Projects (Central site)
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3. Student Honor Code UMBC Student Honor Code
By enrolling in this course, each student assumes the responsibilities of an active participant in UMBC's scholarly community in which everyone's academic work and behavior are held to the highest standards of honesty. Cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, and helping others to commit these acts are all forms of academic dishonesty, and they are wrong. Academic misconduct could result in disciplinary action that may include, but is not limited to, suspension or dismissal. To read the full Student Academic Conduct Policy, consult the UMBC Student Handbook, the Faculty Handbook, or the UMBC Policies section of the UMBC Directory.
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4. Textbook Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++, 4/E
Mark Allen Weiss, Florida International University
Publisher: Pearson
the third edition is probably fine
Textbook website - source code and errata page
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5. Prerequisites CMSC 202 – Object Oriented Programming CMSC 203
Class design
Method overloading and overriding
Generic container classes
C++ language what if I don’t know C++?
CMSC 203
Proof by induction
Permutations and combinations
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6. Grade distribution 100 points total Homework (x 6): 12 points total
Exams (x 2) = 30 points total
Final Exam = 20 points total
Project 0 = 3 pts total
Projects 1-5 (programming assgn) = 35 points total
MAX 10 BONUS Points
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7. Projects and Grace Days
Projects are allowed to be late
Up to 3 days MAX
Then just a 0
You are allowed to use 3 Grace Days
Can be spent any where you want
Grace Days are applied automatically
Extra Grace Days are just wasted
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8. Data Structure What is a “data structure”? How are they implemented?
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9. Abstract Data Type
What is an ADT?
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10. Why switch from Java to C++?
C++ remains a popular language in industry
C++ is more suitable for 400-level courses such as OS and Graphics
No one vendor “owns” C++
Java includes many of the data structures featured in this course. So does C++, as part of the Standard Template Library (STL)
Java is more Platform Independent, but C++ is faster
APIs for both languages are extensive
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11. Course Tools -- Eclipse
If you wish to develop your project on your laptop or PC, you might consider an IDE such as Eclipse.
There is a learning curve to any IDE, including Eclipse.
The current version of Eclipse for your PC can be found at
Check out the course course resource page for help with Eclipse.
I prefer emacs and make 
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12. Course Tools – Visual Studio
Less buggy
Not as many nice features
Free through DreamSpark
Videos on how to use in BlackBoard under “UMBC Rookies”
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13. Course Tools - Submissions
Project 0 uses CVS
Only time we use CVS
Projects 1 – 5
Similar to submit
Covered in detail in Project 1
You may use any IDE to develop your programs to be submitted for credit
HOWEVER, the program needs to be able to run on GL in order to get credit
If it runs on your laptop, but not on GL, it doesn’t run, and it won’t count 
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