1. CS143: Programming in C++ Instructor: Dr. Yan Shi Office: 210 Ullrich Email: shiy@uwplatt.edu Phone: 342-1512 Office Hour: http://www.uwplatt.edu/~shiy/teaching.html http://www.uwplatt.edu/~shiy/teaching.html 1

2. Syllabus http://www.uwplatt.edu/csse/courses/cs143/syllabus.html Lecture notes will be put on http://www.uwplatt.edu/~shiy/courses/cs143/cs143.html Program assignments and labs will be on the course webpage http://www.uwplatt.edu/csse/courses/cs143 Labs will be available at S:\Academic\CSSE\CS\CS143 around 8:30 Thursday mornings Check your@uwplatt.edu email every day D2L is only for grades! 2

3. Pre-requisite Previous programming experience such as CS 1130 Math to solve the problems English to understand programming Any one can take CS143 But not everyone can pass CS143 D/F rate: 25-40% 3

4. Which course to take? CS183: Microcomputer Applications How to use Windows and Microsoft Office CS113: Introduction to Programming “Karel the Robot” First 5 chapters of CS143 CS143: Programming in C++ Basic programming skills in C++ CS243: Object-Oriented Programming and Data Structures I 4

5. Quizzes Most Fridays (Except for exam weeks) 10-15 minutes before the class ends Good way to prepare for exams