1. Course Information and Introductions
Intro to Computer Science
CS1510
Dr. Sarah Diesburg
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Instructor
Sarah Diesburg
Office: 311 ITTC
Office hours: MWF 1:00-3:00pm and by appt.
Class website:
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UNI eLearning
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Other Faces
Mark Jacobson – Lab Professor
Jacob Campbell – Lab Teaching Assistant
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Class Schedule
Lecture in 328 ITTC
Mandatory
Three lectures/activities per week
Lab in WRT 112
Also mandatory
Hands-on work on projects for points
TA and lab instructor available for help
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Today
Passing along attendance sheet
Class objectives
What is computer science?
Logistics
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6. What is computer science??
Computer science is a discipline that involves the understanding and design of computers and computational processes
And it’s a REALLY diverse discipline
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Graphics
Ubiquitous Computing
Wearable Computing
Robotics
Virtual Environments
Bioinformatics
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Digital Special Effects
High Performance Simulation
Databases
Information Security
Human Computer Interface Design
Game Development
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9. What do these things have in common?
They all treat the computer as only part of a bigger picture
They all treat the computer as a tool!
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Programming!
Programming is the process of writing, testing, and maintaining the source code of computer programs
Collection of instructions that describe a task, or set of tasks, to be carried out by a computer
While this course is an introduction to computer science, it focuses on how we can program the computer to be the tool we need!
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11. A brief look at course logistics
Take the time outside of class to thoroughly read the course syllabus.
Some highlights…
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Why two websites?
eLearning is for interaction
Submit assignments and labs, view your grades
Traditional website is for notes, labs, and other downloads
Demo…
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Prerequisites
None
Some of you may have programming experience, others may not
Either way is fine
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Required Skills
Time and patience
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Course Material
Lecture notes (posted at the class website)
Textbook: zyBooks
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Course Material
Interactive online textbook with little text to read
Studies show using it will help you
zyBook Participation Activities (worth 3% of grade)
zyBook Challenge Activities (worth 3% of grade)
Both activities due at the end of the week on the day they are assigned (Saturday at 11:59pm)
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Class Grading
Activity
Quantity
Points
zyBook Participation
pts each 30
zyBook Challenge
In-lab Work (Thurs)
pts each
140
Programming Homework
pts each
275
Midterm Exams
pts
300
Final Exam
225
Total
1000
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Grading Scale
100 – 92 A
91.9 – 90 A-
89.9 – 88 B+
87.9 – 82 B
81.9 – 80 B-
79.9 – 78 C+
77.9 – 72 C
71.9 – 70 C-
69.9 – 68 D+
67.9 – 62 D
61.9 – 60 D-
59.9 – 0 F
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Assignments
Generally one a week
Typically follow skills demonstrated in the lab
Due on the due date!
No late work accepted
Turn in what you have for partial credit – it’s worth it!
10% bonus score if turned in early
One class period (not lab) before due date
10% bonus is on top of what you earn
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Academic Honesty
Don’t cheat
Don’t copy code from other people or websites
Don’t paraphrase code from others either
E.g., changing variable names & indentations
Will be using sophisticated plagiarism checker
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21. Programming Environment
Python freely available online (
But get version 3.x
Do NOT get version 2
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Rooms you should know!
ITTC 328 – Lectures
ITTC 305 – The departmental office
ITTC 311 – My office
ITTC 335 – Student Lounge
Wright 112 – Lab. Can also work in here outside of lab times.
Wright 339 – Can also work in here outside of lab times.
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To Do
You will want to save your work somehow before lab on Thursday
Buy a class thumb drive
Save your work on your UNI Google drive
Dropbox
Any others?
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