| Instructor |
Phillip T. Conrad, Ph.D., Assistant Professor |
| Office |
447 Smith Hall |
| Postal Address |
Department of Computer & Information
Sciences, 103 Smith Hall, Newark, DE 19716 |
| Phone |
(302) 831-8622 |
| Fax |
(302) 831-8458 |
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pconrad@udel.edu
(Please cc your TA Chad Landis <landis@udel.edu>
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| Web |
Dr. Conrad's Office Hours
(as
of 2/11/03) |
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| MON 10:10AM-11:10AM in WHL 009 (lab) |
TUE/THU 9:30-10:30AM in WHL 009 (lab) |
FRI 10:10AM-11:10AM in SMI 447 (office) |
or by appointment: email
to pconrad@udel.edu (no office hours will be held on days when UD classes do not meet) |
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| Name |
Office |
Office Hours |
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| Chad Landis |
TBA |
TBA |
Principles of computer science illustrated and applied through programming
in the object oriented language C++. Programming projects illustrate computional
problems, styles and issues that arise in computer systems development and
in all application areas of computation.
Additional Goals: Mastery of basic Unix commands, and shell scripting.
| Midterm Exam 1 | 15% |
| Midterm Exam 2 | 15% |
| Final Exam | 20% |
| Projects | 30% |
| Labs/Homeworks/Quizzes | 20% |
Special Rule: Your final grade cannot be more than one letter grade higher than your exam average. This ensures that your final grade reflects your mastery of the basic concepts of the course.
Letter grades will be determined by the following scale, which may be altered (in your favor) at the discretion of the instructor, depending on the final grade distribution.
| grade >= 93 | A | 73<= grade < 77 | C | |
| 90 <= grade < 93 | A- | 70<= grade < 73 | C- | |
| 87 <= grade < 90 | B+ | 67 <= grade < 70 | D+ | |
| 83<= grade < 87 | B | 63<= grade < 67 | D | |
| 80<= grade < 83 | B- | 60<= grade < 63 | D- | |
| 77 <= grade < 80 | C+ | grade < 60 | F |
Reading Assignments are posted on WebCT. The assignments are listed on Sundays on the course calendar (to avoid cluttering the course days in the week), along with the days that that material will be covered (roughly) in lecture. You are responsible for checking the calendar on WebCT and staying on top of the reading; additional announcements/reminders about the reading assignments might or might not be made in lecture.
Exams are closed book; however I allow one sheet of notes to be brought into your exam. This should be one 8.5x11 sheet of paper only, you must write your name on it, and you must turn it in with your exam. You may not use any notes whatsoever for quizzes.
Quizzes Both pre-announced and unannounced quizzes may be given at any time. Quizzes will be counted Missed quizzes due to unexcused absences will be counted as a zero. For excused absences, the instructor will substitute a default grade which is the nearest integer approximation of the students average so far at that point in the course (i.e. the quiz neither helps nor hurts the grade). A perfect score will be substituted if a quiz is missed before any other grades are recorded.
Lab attendance is required. Attendance will be taken. If you have a standing conflict with the lab time, you need to transfer into a different section... one with which you don't have a standing conflict (because the rule won't be any different there!)
Homework/Labs/Projects must all be submitted in lab. Some work must be submitted on paper, while electronic submission may be acceptable for other work. However, you must follow the submission instructions in the assignment; you may not submit electronically if the assignment specifically requires paper submission. Paper submission may only be done in person in lab, (unless you have prior permission from the TA via email with a CC to me; this should be done only in unusual, rare, special circumstances.)
Unless otherwise stated in the assignment, homework/labs/projects will be accepted up to one week late with a 20% penalty. The penalty for 5 minutes late through one week late is the same: 20%. Essentially, to be "on time", your submission needs to be in Chad's hand (your TA) when he leaves the lab at 7PM each Thursday evening.
Academic Honesty: You are required to comply with all University policies regarding Academic Honesty and to familiarize yourself with those policies. I will cover this in more detail in a future class.
ADA Accomodations: If you have a disability that requires special accommodation, please contact me by email (pconrad@udel.edu) or by phone (831-8622) within the first week of classes.
Disclaimer: Information in the syllabus is subject to change as the instructor sees fit, or as required by Departmental, College, or University policy, provided that reasonable notice is given to the class.
Invitation: Please contact me by email, phone or during my office hours if you would like to discuss any aspect of the course; I welcome the opportunity to be of assistance.
Phillp T. Conrad, Spring 2004