CSCI 201 -- Introduction to Algorithms

Description:

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Lectures


Labs


Instructors

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Tentative Course Schedule

Week of Lectures & Reading Assignments, Exams & Quizzes Labs
Jan 10 Introduction (Chapter 1) None
Important Message
Jan 17 No Monday Classes
Simple Programs (Chapter 2)
Laboratory 1
Jan 24 No Class Wednesday due to snow
Simple Programs (Chapter 2)
Assignment 1
Example Solution
Laboratory 2
Jan 31 No Class Monday due to snow
Input & Arithmetic Operators (Sect. 3.1-3.3)
Laboratory 3
Feb 7 Operators & Conditionals (Sect. 4.1-4.4)
& Classes
Assignment 2 Laboratory 4
Feb 14 Return Values & Classes (Sect. 4.5-4.6)
Iteration (Sect 5.1-5.2)
Laboratory 5
Feb 21 More Iteration & Scope (Sect. 5.3-5.4)
primes program
Review for Exam 1
Exam 1 Laboratory 6
Feb 28 Class Implementation: The Dice Class (Sect. 6.1) Assignment 3
(revised due date: Wednesday March 22)
Laboratory 7
March 6 Spring Break: No classes None
March 13 Reference Parameters (Sect. 6.2) Assignment 4 Laboratory 8
March 20 Streams (Sect. 6.3) Laboratory 9
March 27 Review for Exam 2 Exam 2 Laboratory 10
April 3 Streams (Sect. 6.3) Laboratory 11
April 10 Class Design and Implementation (Chap. 7) Assignment 5 Laboratory 12
April 17 Class Design and Implementation (Chap. 7) Laboratory 13
April 24 Vectors (Sect. 8.1-8.3) & Arrays (Sect. 8.4) Assignment 6 Laboratory 14
May 1 Final Exam Week:
May 3 (Last day of class): Review for Exam
CSCI 201.001 (Mon, May 8, 3:15-5:45)
CSCI 201.002 (Thur, May 11, 6:00-8:30)
None


Grading

Exam grades 100 x 2 200
Assignment grades 25 x 6 150
Lab grades 20 x 14 280
Final Exam grade --- 150
Total Points --- 780


Attendance Policy:

Lectures: A roll is not taken. Students are expected to attend all class lectures. Failure to do so will be considered a lack of interest in success on the part of the student.

Laboratories: It is especially important that you attend all labs. If you must miss a lab for illness or other emergency and if there is a free seat in a another lab during that week you may be able to make arrangements to take the lab at that time. After the week has passed you very definitely will not be able to make up the lab and you will receive a score of zero for that week's lab.

Exams and Quizzes: If you must miss an exam or quiz due to illness you must telephone the instructor before the scheduled time and perhaps something can be arranged to avoid a zero for this exam or quiz. Failure to notify the instructor prior to the scheduled time will produce an automatic zero for the quiz or exam.

Policy on Assignments:

Assignments will be given in class at least two weeks before the assignment is due. These assignments can involve:

The program writing projects are your way of telling the instructor about your mastery of this course. Because this is a course about writing programs you are expected to take these assignments very seriously. Your programs must be clearly different than those turned in by others in the class and represent a unique and special effort on your part. For full credit, your programs should adhere to the programming style guidelines provided here. All programming assignments should be submitted to your 201 ftp directory as demonstrated in lab01 and described again here.

Policy on Late Assignments:

Not accepted. This policy is regrettable but necessary. Students are responsible for turning in their homework on time.


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