CS 1313 010 Fall 2010
Programming for Non-majors
University of Oklahoma


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pending Events & Deadlines

  • Comprehensive Final Exam
    Wed Dec 15, 8:00-10:00am, DH 103
    Open book & open notes but not open neighbor nor open laptop UNLESS OTHERWISE ANNOUNCED
     

  • SYLLABUS

    LECTURES
    Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:30-11:20am
    Dale Hall (DH) 103
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    INSTRUCTOR
    Dr. Henry Neeman
    325-5386, One Partners Place @ 350 David L. Boren Blvd.)

    CS1313 HELP SESSIONS WITH INSTRUCTOR
    Mondays 1:00-3:00pm in Carson Engineering Center 205 and Tuesdays 10:30am-12:00 noon in Carson Engineering Center S-18, starting Mon Aug 30 & Tue Aug 31
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    OTHER HELP SESSIONS WITH INSTRUCTOR (or others)
    Mondays 3:00-5:00pm and Thursdays 9:00-10:30am in Carson 205, starting Mon Aug 30 & Thu Sep 2
    These sessions are targeted at supercomputer users, NOT CS1313, so YOU WILL BE AT LOWER PRIORITY.
    Also, these sessions are sometimes conducted by supercomputing center staff, in which case you may not be able to get CS1313 help.
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    OFFICE VISITS (at One Partners Place)
    BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, MADE AT LEAST 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE

    CONTACTING THE INSTRUCTOR AND THE TAs
    Please contact Dr. Neeman and the TAs by unless it's an emergency.
    When contacting one, unless it's a personal matter, please contact ALL THREE (instructor and both TAs).
    Please DON'T call the main offices of the School of Computer Science, OU Information Technology or One Partners Place UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

    TEACHING ASSISTANTS
    Abu Zafar Shahriar
    Kim Houck

    LAB SECTIONS
    Fridays in Carson
    Attendance is MANDATORY.
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    TA HELP SESSIONS
    Held in Devon Hall 115 (SW corner of Boyd & Jenkins, across Jenkins from Sarkeys Energy Center and just east of Carson)
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    Ambitious, Tentative List of Topics


    Prerequisite: MATH 1523 (Precalculus and Trigonometry) or equivalent, either before or concurrent with CS 1313
    Note: CS 1313 is NOT for students majoring or minoring in CS or enrolled in CS option/emphasis programs.

    To Be Purchased:

    Required work (and percent of overall grade)

    Recommended work: Homeworks will be assigned every week, starting Mon Aug 23, unless otherwise announced. Quiz questions will be taken WORD-FOR-WORD from homeworks; homeworks WON'T be collected or graded.

    Web-based Short Programming Assignments (CodeLab)
    Instructions on how to register for and use CodeLab are posted on the CS1313 website. EACH SHORT PROGRAMMING ASSIGNMENT WILL CONSIST OF MULTIPLE CODELAB EXERCISES. Each CodeLab exercise that is COMPLETE, CORRECT AND ON TIME will receive FULL CREDIT; each CodeLab exercise that is COMPLETE, CORRECT BUT LATE will receive QUARTER CREDIT; each CodeLab exercise that is incomplete and/or is incorrect will receive NO CREDIT.

    Grading

    Lab Sessions

    Course Policies

    Web Postings
    All printable course materials, including lecture slides, homework assignments and programming project specifications, will be posted on the course website (cs1313.ou.edu). YOU are responsible for downloading and printing these materials. The only printed materials that you should expect to receive in lecture are the syllabus, the questionnaire, the quizzes and the exams.

    E-mail
    Often, we need to alert the class to an important issue or problem. You should check your e-mail AT LEAST twice a week. Course e-mails are sent to your official OU e-mail address; YOU are responsible for making sure that course e-mails are getting to you.

    Campus/Course Holidays (no lectures, labs or help sessions)

    Disability

    Religious Holidays

    -- OU Norman Campus Faculty Handbook, October 2008

    Academic Misconduct


    HOW TO DO WELL IN CS1313


    HANDOUTS & ASSIGNMENTS

    Syllabus:     PDF     PostScript

    Questionnaire:     PDF     PostScript

    Lecture Slides

    Homeworks (quizzes on these are worth 10% of overall grade.)

    Short Programming Assignments (worth 10% of overall grade)

    Programming Projects (worth 45% of overall grade)

    Exams


    USEFUL INFORMATION


    Staff Quick-find
    Henry Neeman webpage
    Abu Zafar Shahriar
    Kim Houck


    This webpage: http://cs1313.ou.edu/