For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
For want of the shoe, the horse was lost.
For want of the horse, the rider was lost.
For want of the rider, the battle was lost.
For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a nail ... 

WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 1500 -- Fall 2009

• We have class on Wednesday and Friday, but NOT on Monday. Wednesday is the first day of class for everyone.
  
  
• Reading Assignments:
  • Class handouts
  • Savitch: Sections 1.1 (Computer Systems), 1.2 (Programming and Problem Solving), 1.3 (Introduction to C++), and 1.4 (Testing and Debugging)
  
  
• Administrative Tasks:
  • Professor passes out course descriptions.
  • Professor creates waiting lists.
  • Students sign up for computer accounts.
  • Professor assigns lab partners
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Material from the course description
  • Course goals & procedures
  • How to do the Hello World! get-acquainted assignment found here:
    
    http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~john/Classes/General_Info/helloWorldExercise.html
    
    The Hello World! assignment is an exercise designed to teach you how to create a computer program with an editor, how to compile the program, how to make a script of a test run of the program (the script is evidence that you tested the program), and how to e-mail a copy of the program and the script to me.

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignments:
  • Savitch: Sections 2.1 (Variables and Assignments), 2.2 (Input and Output), about half of 2.3 (Data Types and Expressions), plus the information about comments on pages 94-96
  
  
• Administrative Tasks:
  • Handout computer accounts (login name & password) to class members.
  • Point to online list showing lab partner assignments.
  • If necessary, try to determine what to do with waiting list.
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Material from course description
  • Course goals & procedures
  • How to do the Hello World! get-acquainted assignment.
  
  
• Laboratory Assignment: Students pick a time outside of class to visit the Computer Science Department Laboratory, try logging into their accounts, maybe get some help from their unix book, if they have one. (There will probably be a a lab assistant around who can help answer questions.)
  
  
• Thursday, Sept 17 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: I will not be available.
  
  
• Friday, Sept 18 - PERFORM: "Lab00" (Hello World! assignment) together in the CS Lab. We meet in the Computer Science Laboratory: P-288, NOT the lecture classroom, P-103. E-mails are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Finish section 2.3 (Data Types and Expressions), and read sections 2.4 (Simple Flow of Control) and 2.5 (Program Style)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Outcome of the Hello World! assignment
  • How to perform parts of Lab01
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  
  
• Laboratory Assignment: Early in the week choose time outside of class to
  • Visit the computer science laboratory and practice using your account, and
  • Rehearse Lab01 before performing the lab Wednesday (9/23/2009). Rehearse by yourself, as a homework assignment. This is very important to help you learn and to reduce the likelihood you and your partner will run out of time during the lab.
  
  
• Wednesday, Sept 23 - PERFORM: Lab01: (Betsy from Pike) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288 (NOT in P-103). Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. Printouts are DUE early next week.

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 3.1 (Using Boolean Expressions) and 3.2 (Multiway Branches)
  
  
• Programming Assignment: Students read the directions for Solo Program #1 this week and make a beginning on the program. This assignment is "homework." Students may ask Professor Sarraille for help but they may not accept help from others. Students may come to the lab any time it is open and work on a solo program. Solo programs are separate from lab assignments but students may work (alone) on their solo's during class lab time if they wish -- after they have finished the lab assignment.
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Outcomes of Lab01
  • Performance of parts of Lab02
  • Solo Assignment #1
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  
  
• Laboratory Assignment: Students rehearse Lab02 before performing the lab Friday. Rehearse by yourself, as a homework assignment. This is important - to help you learn and to reduce the likelihood you and your partner will run out of time during the lab.
  
  
• Monday, September 28: QUIZ #1 on chapters 1 and 2 of Savitch and the skills learned in the Hello World! assignment.
  
  
• Tuesday, Sept 29 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: I will not be available.
  
  
• Wednesday, Sept 30 - DUE: Lab01 printouts: before class time begins, one partner from each team puts the printouts required for Lab01 on the 'counter' in front of me (see the directions for the lab). All partners check the printouts in advance to make sure they are correct.
  
  
• Friday, Oct 02 - PERFORM: Lab02: (Pythagorean Triples) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared.

• We have class on Monday and Wednesday, but NOT Friday. Friday is one of my furlough days.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 3.3 (More About C++ Loop Statements) and 3.4 (Designing Loops)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Solo Assignment #1
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  • Preparation for Lab02
  • Results of quiz #1
  • Outcome of Lab02
  
  
• Wednesday, Oct 07 - DUE: Lab02 script and source code: (see the directions for the lab.) One of the partners on each team sends me the e-mail: one copy each of the script and source code. All partners are to first verify that the work is correct.
  
  
• Friday, Oct 09 - DUE: Solo Program #01: (heads).
  
  
• Friday, Oct 09 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: No class, and I will not be available.

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.1 (Top-Down Design) and 4.2 (Predefined Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Lab #3
  • Solo Assignment #2
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  
  
• Laboratory Preparation Assignment: Students rehearse Lab03 before performing the lab Friday. Rehearse by yourself, as a homework assignment. This is very important to help you learn and to reduce the likelihood you and your partner will run out of time during the lab.
  
  
• Programming Assignment: This week students get started on Solo Program #2.
  
  
• Friday, Oct 16 - PERFORM: Lab03: (Fahrenheit <--> Celsius ) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.3 (Programmer-Defined Functions), 4.4 (Procedural Abstraction) and 4.5 (Local Variables)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Lab #4
  • Solo Assignment #2.
  • Other
  
  
• Wednesday, Oct 21 - PERFORM: Lab04: (Maximum Test Score ) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  
  
• Thursday, Oct 22 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: I will not be available.
  
  
• Friday, Oct 23 - PERFORM: Lab04: (Maximum Test Score ) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.6 (Overloading Function Names) and 5.1 (void Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  
• Monday, Oct 26: QUIZ #2 on chapters 2 and 3 and sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of Savitch, and the skills learned in labs 1-3.
  
  
• Friday, Oct 30 - Those who need to will finish up Lab04. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  
  
• Wednesday, Oct 28 - Friday, Oct 30 - PERFORM: Lab05: (Make A Fence ) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. Wednesday, November 4. Friday, November 6. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  
  
• Friday, Oct 30 - DUE: Solo Program #02: (income tax)

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 5.2 (Call-By-Reference Parameters), 5.3 (Using Procedural Abstraction), 5.4 (Testing and Debugging Functions), and 5.5 (General Debugging Techniques)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  
• Wednesday, Nov 04 - E-mail of script and source code for Lab05 are DUE. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  
  
• Friday, Nov 06 - FINISH: Lab05: (Make a Fence) and/or WORK ON: Solo Program #03 (Future Value) during class time in the CS Lab: P-288. E-mail of script and source code of Lab05 are DUE at the end of the class time in lab.(See the directions in the assignment.)
  
  
• Friday, Nov 06 - DUE: Solo Program #03: (future value)

• We have class on Monday and Friday, but NOT on Wednesday. Wednesday, Nov 11 is Veteran's Day.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 6.1 (Streams and Basic File I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  
• Tuesday, Nov 10 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: I will not be available.
  
  
• Friday, Nov 13 - DUE: Solo Program #04: (head stack)

• We have class on Monday and Friday, but NOT Wednesday. Wednesday is one of my furlough days.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 6.2 (Tools For Stream I/O) and 6.3 (Character I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  
• Monday, Nov 16: QUIZ #3 on chapters 3, 4 and 5 of Savitch and the skills learned in labs 4-5.
  
  
• Wednesday, Nov 18 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: No class, and I will not be available.

• We have class on Monday and Wednesday. Friday is part of Thanksgiving vacation time.
  
  
• (No Classes for anyone Thursday-Friday Nov 26-27: Thanksgiving Holidays [campus closed]).
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 7.1 (Introduction to Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• (Last) Reading Assignment:
  
  
  • Savitch: Sections 7.2 (Arrays in Functions) and 7.3 (Programming with Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics
  • Other
  
  
• Wednesday, Dec 02 - DUE: Solo Program #05: (bricks)

• We have class on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 7.4 (Multidimensional Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other
  
  
• Wednesday, Dec 09 - DUE: Solo Program #06: (grader)
  
  
• Thursday, Dec 10 - ONE OF MY PERSONAL FURLOUGH DAYS: I will not be available.
  
  
• Friday, Dec 11: QUIZ #4 on chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Savitch