Class Syllabus - CS1311 Fall 2000 - PSEUDOCODE VERSION ONLY

Instructor: Bill Leahy bleahy@cc.gatech.edu CoC 121

Instructor: David Smith dmsmith@cc.gatech.edu CoC 121

Office hours: Bill Leahy Tue/Thu 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.

David Smith Mon/Wed 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Lecture: Tuesday/Thursday 8:05 - 9:25 A.M. Physics L1

Lecture: Tuesday/Thursday 9:35 - 10:55 A.M. Physics L1

Lecture: Tuesday/Thursday 4:35 - 5:55 P.M. Physics L4

Recitation: Tues., Wed. or Thurs. 6:05 - 7:55 P.M.

various Skiles classrooms (see your personal Oscar information)

There is NO recitation the first week!

GET YOUR GT ACCOUNT ACTIVATED IF IT ISN'T ALREADY

Newsgroups: git.cc.class.cs1311.announce

git.cc.class.cs1311.rec

git.cc.class.cs1311.macusers

TA/Student Schedule with TA in recitation next week. Mandatory EVERY week

Meetings: unless maintaining an "A" and TA approves

Texts and Readings:

Required: Introduction to Computing and Algorithms, Custom Edition

by Russell Shackelford, Addison-Wesley 1999

Spring 2001 CS1311 Lecture Notes (only at Engineers Bookstore)

(Don't use last semester's)

Optional: Algorithmics, the Spirit of Computing by David Harel, Addison-Wesley 1992

Note: Reading schedule on the web.

WebWork: We will be using WebWork for all assignment and grade management

Help Sessions: TBA

Due Dates/Times: Assignment due electronically Friday 9am

Final: Final schedule is tentative -- don't make plans around it!!! It has been known to change.

Grading Policies:

Assignments 20%

Quizzes (3 @ 15%) 45%

Final Exam 30%

+½% for completing each Buzzback

+1% for completing the last Buzzback

-1% for each missed TA meeting

The final exam grade will replace quiz average if it improves your overall average.

You must have a passing grade on either the final exam or the quizzes to pass this course.

What to do in case of problems:

TA (Newsgroup where public/appropriate)

STA

Head TA

Instructor/Program manager

Honor Code: All assignments must reflect an individual effort, and must be completed "from scratch." It is a violation of the Honor Code to copy or derive solutions from text books, internet resources or previous instances of this course. Copying solutions from other students, including those who previously took the course, is prohibited. A good guideline is that you must be able to explain and/or reproduce anything that you submit.