CS160 Fall'08

CS 160 (4 credits)
Computer Science Orientation
Fall 2008

Calendar Score Posting Assignments Mailing List Policies Applets

Announcements:

12/08/2008 Final Exam scores are posted
11/18/2008 Check this article from the University of Michigan
11/12/2008 Midterm Exam #2 scores are posted
11/06/2008 Homework#5 solutions are posted on the Assignments page.
11/05/2008 ETIC/GetReal CS recruitment video contest ... get involved.
10/31/2008 Homework#3 solutions are posted on the Assignments page.
10/22/2008 Here's some information about the Peace Corps
10/21/2008 Midterm Exam #1 scores are posted
10/10/2008 Here's the Mentors' Calendar
10/06/2008 Scores are posted, and score posting codes have been distributed.
10/01/2008 Announcement from the Female Engineering Mentoring Program
09/16/2008 The required textbook is: Guzdial, Mark, Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2005. ISBN 0131176552. The publisher has made a special deal through the OSU bookstore for $66.47 (new). It might be worth looking for used books online (eBay, amazon, half, abesbooks, alibris, etc.), but most of the used books I found were more expensive than the bookstore's new copies, or they didn't include the CD ... and the new price online is $103.00!!

Lecture	Section 1: Covell 216 MWF 2:00 - 2:50 pm
Instructor	Paul D. Paulson Contact info and Office hours
Recitations Dearborn 302	Section 010: R 8:30 - 9:50 am Section 012: R 10:00 - 11:20 am Section 014: R 12:00 - 1:20 pm Section 011: R 2:00 - 3:20 pm Section 013: R 4:00 - 5:20 pm
Teaching Assistants Contact info and Office hours	Chris Chambers email Recitation Sections: 010, 012, 013 Office hours in KEC lab: MF 10:00 - 10:50 am Pavithra Venkatraman email Recitation Sections: 014, 011 Office hours in KEC lab: T 3:00 - 4:50 pm
Freshman Mentors Calendar, Contact info, Recitation sections, and Mentors' Lounge hours The Mentors' Lounge is in KEC1089	Ryan Albright email Recitation Sections: 010, 014 Hours in Mentors' Lounge: M 11:00 - 12:00, W 12:00 - 2:00, F 12:00 - 1:00 Joey Fillmore email Recitation Sections: 013, 014 Hours in Mentors' Lounge: M 3:00 - 4:00, T 12:00 - 1:00, W 3:00 - 4:00, R 2:00 - 3:30, F 3:00 - 4:00 Ben Goska email Recitation Sections: 010, 012 Hours in Mentors' Lounge: M 10:00 - 11:00, T 1:00 - 2:00, F 1:00 - 2:00 Brandon High email Recitation Sections: 011 Hours in Mentors' Lounge: T 11:00 - 12:00, R 9:00 - 10:00, 1:00 - 2:00 Dan Urbanski email Recitation Sections: 011, 012 Hours in Mentors' Lounge: T 9:30 - 10:30, W 1:00 - 2:00, F 11:00 - 12:00
Prerequisites	No course prerequisites. A wireless notebook computer is required.
Textbook	Guzdial, Mark, Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach, Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2005. ISBN 0131176552. Additional online reading assignments will be given.
Course Learning Objectives	At the completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. Explain what computer science is and what computer scientists do. 2. Discuss social and ethical implications of computer science. 3. Use computers for communication, research, productivity, etc. 4. Discover/cite sources of current computer science information. 5. Produce a course of study leading to a B.S. degree. 6. Solve problems using abstraction and modularization. 7. Identify basic computer hardware components and explain their purposes. 8. Differentiate among types of software (open-source/proprietary, system/application, etc.). 9. Install/uninstall software systems, and deal with viruses/spam. 10. Work in a team to design a simple software system.
Calendar	Check here every week; the calendar is subject to "adjustments"
Grades	9 homework assignments @ 5 pts 9 worksheets (in lecture) @ 5 pts 9 lab reports (in recitation) @ 5 pts 1 team project 3 quizzes @ 15 pts 2 midterm exams @ 35 pts 1 final exam Total possible	45 pts 45 pts 45 pts 50 pts 45 pts 70 pts 50 pts 350 points	Final grades are based on the accumulated percentage. See the evaluation criteria and grading scale. Quiz, exam, and final grades may be adjusted linearly if it seems appropriate.
Academic Honesty Policy	See the university, college, department, and course policies. Obviously, compliance is expected.