CS1321 Spring 2002 Class Syllabus

Instructors

Name	Email Address	Office Number (in the College of Computing)	Office Hours (subject to change)
Jim Greenlee	jkg@cc.gatech.edu	115	Tues/Thurs 9:30-11:00 a.m.
David Smith	dmsmith@cc.gatech.edu	123	Mon/Wed 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Monica Sweat	sweat@cc.gatech.edu	120	Wed 11 a.m. - noon Thurs 3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

Recitation

Held in various Skiles classrooms on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 6:05 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. These will be assigned early during the second full week of classes. There is NO recitation the first week!

GET YOUR GT ACCOUNT ACTIVATED IF IT IS NOT ALREADY ACTIVE!!!

Newsgroups

git.cc.class.cs1321.announce*
git.cc.class.cs1321.rec
git.cc.class.cs1321.lab
git.cc.class.cs1321.macusers

*The .announce newsgroup is required reading that should be done atleast once every 24 hours.

TA Access

TA Office hours will be announced. This time is used to return graded work and address any questions.

Text and Reading

"How to Design Programs" by Felleisen, Findler, Flatt, Krishnamurthi available also online at http://www.htdp.org (required reading).

WebWork

WebWork will be used for all assignment and grade management. Details in Lab 1.

Help Sessions

TAB

Due Dates/Times

Assignments are due electronically as indicated on the class Web site or .announce.

There are no redos allowed on any assignment!

Late Work Policy

No late homeworks, labs, quizzes or exams are accepted in this class. Any request for exceptions to this policy due to incapacitating illness, death in the family, or something similarly serious must be accompanied by supporting documentation.

CAUTION: the preprinted note from the infirmary stating that you visited the infirmary is not sufficient documentation.

Please contact the Dean of Students with your excuse and they can provide you with the proper documentation. http://www.deanofstudents.gatech.edu/contact.html

Final Times and Places

The final schedule is tenative— don't make plans around it!!! It has been known to change.

Grading Policies

Tests	33%
Homeworks	20%
Labs	15%
Final	30%
Buzzback	2%

What to do in case of problems

You should contact the following people in the order that they are listed from top to bottom— not following ths order may only slow down the help that you may receive.

Your TA / Newsgroups (when appropriate)

Your STA (Check your section on webwork to find your STA)

The Head TA (Bryan Kennedy, zendude@cc.gatech.edu)

Your Instructor (e-mail addresses at the top of this syllabus)

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 unless specifically instructed to do so in assignment directions. When instructed to do so, all material not created by you and its source must be clearly identified. Copying solutions from other students, including those who previous took the course, is prohibited. A good guideline is that you must be able to explain and/or reproduce anything that you submit for any assignment.

Also take the following into consideration

Academic misconduct is taken very seriously in this class. We will analyze what you turn in against other students in the current semester as well as previous semesters. You are required to do your own work without looking at other students code no matter what the source is. You are also expected and required to report any incidents of academic misconduct to the course instructor or to the Dean of Students responsible for Academic Misconduct. Failure to do so is in itself Academic Misconduct.
You are responsible for turning in assignments on time. This includes allowing for unforeseen circumstances. You are also responsible for insuring that what you turned in is what you meant to turn in. WebWork includes a getback feature: This allows you to retrieve exactly what you submitted and insure that it works.
Tests and examinations must be taken at the scheduled date and time. Please do not ask for special treatment because you (or your parents) have purchased non-refundable airline tickets. The safe time to travel is after finals week. The finals schedule published at the beginning of the semester is TENTATIVE. The official schedule gets published very late in the semester.
If you have any personal problems (family/illness/etc.) please go to the Dean of Student's (Gail DiSabatino) office located in the Student Services Building (Flag Building) next to the Student Center. She is equipped and authorized to verify the problems and she will issue a note to all your instructors making them aware of the problem and requesting whatever extension, etc. is necessary.
The .announce newsgroup should be read every day. Official announcements about course matters will be posted there. The general course newsgroup is for posting technical questions about assignments, tests etc. Complaints, questions about your personal problems, etc. should be discussed with your instructor in person or via email.