Syllabus
COSC 111: Introduction to
Programming
Winter 2018
Section 5 ID
25107
MW 1:00-2:50pm 514 PH
Instructor: Dr. William Sverdlik
Office: 512D ??
Pray-Harrold
Office Hours: (tentative) MW 12:15-1:00, W 3:00am-5:30pm.
Other times by appointment. I am good with email; if you need to see me, send
me an email.
Phone: 734-487-7081
e-mail:
wsverdlik@emich.edu
Quizzes, programs and final: There will be six quizzes (approximately
every 2 weeks) , many programming assignments and homeworks, a
comprehensive final exam. Quizzes are worth 40% of your grade, programs and
homework are worth 40% of your grade, and the final examination is worth 20% of
your grade.
Grades will be assigned via the following algorithm:
If you receive less than 1/2 of the programming points
Then
grade=Fail
Else grade is determined via the table below:
Approximate Grading Scale:
90 - 100 % A
80 - 90 % B
65 - 80 % C
50 - 65 % D
Please note that this scale is approximate. Pluses and minuses will be
awarded in situations "on the edge".
Topic sequence: The chapters of the textbook will be covered as shown
in the schedule below. We will cover the first 6 chapters.
Attendance: is not required, but you miss class at your own risk. It is your responsibility to find out the missed work; I suggest you get the phone number of a classmate. Make-up exams and quizzes will not be given; a missed quiz will count as a zero.
Late Hand-Ins: Programming assignments will be due at 1pm on Wednesday afternoons. The lab leader or myself will be at the door to the lab to accept your programs; late submissions are penalized 25% per late class period. This means that if you hand in the program at 1:05pm on the due date, it will lose 25% of total credit. If you do not hand in your program on time, you will have until 12:59pm the following Monday to hand it in and receive at most 75% credit. No programs will be accepted after the following Monday PLEASE NOTE: I enforce this rule strictly; this means you will not be able to print off your assignment on the due date. In other words, don't leave your homework until the last minute!
Cheating: It violates University policy, you know....so don't do it. Cheating is defined as representing all or part of someones elses work as your own. While you are certainly encouraged to seek the advice of others in this class on assignments, the work you hand in should represent your own efforts. Violation of this rule will be dealt with according to University policy. If you are really stuck on a problem, come see the instructor!
Updated on Jan. 6 (new directions
for installing software)
Software
Installation (SDK and BlueJ): Click here
In general, unless a particular lab assignment gives different instructions, whenever a lab asks you to write or modify a program, you should hand in a hardcopy of that code.
Schedule: (this is likely to change, so check often!!)
Date | Read | Notes |
1/3 1/8 - 1/10 1/15- 1/17 1/22- 1/24 |
Chap 1 Chap 2 |
Homework 1
- January 10 In Class Exercise January 10 Quiz 1 - Wednesday 1/17 Homework 2 - January 17 In Class Exercise January 22 |
1/29-1/31 2/5-2/7 2/12-2/14 |
Chap 3 | Programming
Assignment 1 - Wednesday 1/24 Quiz 2 - Monday 1/29 Random Numbers in Java Programming Assignment 2 - Wednesday 2/7 |
2/26 - 2/28 3/5 - 3/7 3/12 - 3/14 |
Chap 4 | Quiz 3 - Monday 2/12 Programming Assignment 3- Wednesday February 28 Quiz 4 - Monday 3/5 Programming Assignment 4 - Part 1 Monday March 5 (changed!!) Chapter 4 Date Class (our version) |
3/19 - 3/21 3/26 - 3/28 4/2- |
Chap 5 | Quiz 5 - Monday March 19 Programming Assignment 5 - Wednesday March 21 Example: An Array of Objects |
-4/4 4/9 - 4/11 4/16-4/18 |
Chap 6 | Quiz 6 April 2 Programming Assignment 6 - Wednesday 4/11 |
4/23 |
Final Exam
1:00-2:30 |