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 2012

• Reading Assignments:
  • Class handouts - read the entire course description and skim this schedule.
  • Savitch: Sections 1.1 (Computer Systems), 1.2 (Programming and Problem Solving), and 1.3 (Introduction to C++)
  
  
• Administrative Tasks for The First Few Days of Class:
  • Day One: Professor discusses course description
  • Day One: Professor creates waiting lists
  • Day One: Students sign up for computer accounts
  • Day Two: Students request lab partners
  • Day Two or Three: Professor announces who is allowed to add the class
  • Day Two or Three: Professor hands out computer account info (login name & password) to class members
  • Day Three or Four: 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.
  
  
• ♥ First day of class for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, August 22.
  
• ♣ First day of class for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, August 22.

• Reading Assignments:
  • Savitch: Sections 1.4 (Testing and Debugging), 2.1 (Variables and Assignments), 2.2 (Input and Output), plus the information about comments on pages 92-93
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Material from course description
  • Course goals & procedures
  • How to do the Hello World! get-acquainted assignment.
  
  
• Student-Arranged 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 lab assistant around who can help answer questions.)
  
  
• Class performs 'Lab00' Introductory Lab (Hello World! assignment) together in the Computer Science Laboratory: P-288. E-mails are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Introductory Lab work on Wednesday, August 29. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Introductory Lab work on Wednesday, August 29. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.

• No Classes Monday, September 03 - Labor Day Holiday
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 2.3 (Data Types and Expressions), and 2.4 (Simple Flow of Control)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Outcome of the Hello World! assignment
  • How to perform parts of Lab01
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  
  
• Student-Arranged Laboratory Assignment: This week choose time outside of class to
  • Visit the computer science laboratory and practice using your account, and
  • Rehearse Lab01 before performing it next Monday. 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.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 2.5 (Program Style), and 3.1 (Using Boolean Expressions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Outcomes of Lab01
  • Performance of parts of Lab02
  • Solo Assignment #1
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  • How to study for QUIZ #1
  
  
• Class performs Lab01: (Printing Song Lyrics) in the CS Lab: P-288. You must sign in and be present during the lab time in order to receive credit. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. You are encouraged to interact with the other students as well. Printouts are DUE Wednesday.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab01 work on Monday, September 10. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab01 work on Monday, September 10. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• 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 or the designated CS tutor for help but they may not accept help from others. (See the section of the course description entitled "Responsibility For Your Own Work.") 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.
  
  
• Student-Arranged Laboratory Assignment: Students rehearse Lab02 before performing the lab next Monday. 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.
  
  
• DUE: Lab01 printouts:
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section turns in Lab01 printouts on Wednesday, September 12.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section turns in Lab01 printouts on Wednesday, September 12.
  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. WARNING: You must turn in printouts on time. Late submissions will not be accepted and the team will receive a zero score for Lab01.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 3.2 (Multiway Branches)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Preparation for QUIZ #1
  • Solo Assignment #1
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  • Outcome of Lab02
  
  
• Class performs Lab02: (Pythagorean Triples) in the CS Lab: P-288. You must sign in and be present during the lab time in order to receive credit. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. You are encouraged to interact with the other students as well.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab02 work on Monday, September 17. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab02 work on Monday, September 17. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• Tuesday, September 18 - DUE: Any late e-mails of 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 must first verify that the work is correct. If I don't get the e-mail by 11:59 P.M. on Tuesday, September 18, then it will not be accepted and the team will receive a zero score on Lab02.
  
  
• QUIZ #1 on chapters 1 & 2 of Savitch, and the skills learned in the Hello World! assignment & Lab01.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, September 19.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Thursday, September 20.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 3.3 (More About C++ Loop Statements) and 3.4 (Designing Loops)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Results of QUIZ #1 and answers to QUIZ #1 questions
  • Lab #3
  • Solo Assignment #2
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #01: (ASCII Figures).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Monday, September 24.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, September 24.
  
  
• Programming Assignment: Get started this week on Solo Program #2.
  
  
• Laboratory Preparation Assignment: Students rehearse Lab03 before performing the lab on Wednesday. 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.
  
  
• Class performs Lab03: (Fahrenheit <--> Celsius) in the CS Lab: P-288. You must sign in and be present during the lab time in order to receive credit. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. You are encouraged to interact with the other students as well. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of the class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab03 work on Wednesday, September 26. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab03 work on Wednesday, September 26. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.1 (Top-Down Design), 4.2 (Predefined Functions), and 4.3 (Programmer-Defined Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Lab #4
  • Solo Assignment #2.
  • Other
  
  
• Programming Assignment: This week students continue working on Solo Program #2.

• No Classes Wednesday, October 10 - Columbus Day Holiday
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.4 (Procedural Abstraction) and 4.5 (Scope and Local Variables)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Lab #5
  • How to study for QUIZ #2
  • Other
  
  
• Class performs Lab04: (Make A Fence) in the CS Lab: P-288. You must sign in and be present during the lab time in order to receive credit. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. You are encouraged to interact with the other students as well. E-mail of script and source code are DUE at the end of class time in the lab (See the directions in the assignment.)
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab04 work on Monday, October 08. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab04 work on Monday, October 08. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.6 (Overloading Function Names) and 5.1 (void Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Preparation for QUIZ #2
  • Lab #5
  • Loops and Functions
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #02: (Federal Tax).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Monday, October 15.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, October 15.
  
  
• QUIZ #2 on chapters 2 and 3 and sections 4.1 & 4.2 of Savitch, and the skills learned in labs 1-3.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, October 17.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Thursday, October 18.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 5.2 (Call-By-Reference Parameters), 5.3 (Using Procedural Abstraction), and 5.4 (Testing and Debugging Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Results of QUIZ #2 and answers to QUIZ #2 questions
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• Class performs Lab05: (Maximum Test Score) in the CS Lab: P-288. You must sign in and be present during the lab time in order to receive credit. Each student works on the lab with his or her partner. Your partner relies on you to be prepared. You are encouraged to interact with the other students as well. E-mail of script and source code are DUE later this week.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab05 work on Monday, October 22. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab05 work on Monday, October 22. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #03: (Annuity Payout).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, October 24.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, October 24.
  
  
• Students finish Lab05 (Maximum Test Score) and/or work on their solo #4 program 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.)
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab05 work on Wednesday, October 24. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab05 work on Wednesday, October 24. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 5.5 (General Debugging Techniques), and 6.1 (Streams and Basic File I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics
  • How to study for QUIZ #3
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #04: (Stack O' Jack O' Lanterns).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, October 31.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, October 31.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 6.2 (Tools For Stream I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • How to study for QUIZ #3
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• QUIZ #3 on chapters 3-5 of Savitch and the skills learned in labs 4-5.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, November 07.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Thursday, November 08.
  

• No Classes Monday, November 12 - Observation of Veteran's Day
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  
  • Savitch: Sections 6.3 (Character I/O), 7.1 (Introduction to Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Results of QUIZ #3 and answers to QUIZ #3 questions
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• QUIZ #3 on chapters 3-5 of Savitch and the skills learned in labs 4-5.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, November 14.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Thursday, November 15.
  

• No Classes Thursday, November 22 - Thanksgiving Vacation
  
• No Classes Friday, November 23 - Thanksgiving Vacation
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 7.2 (Arrays in Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #05: (Tile Pattern).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, November 21.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, November 21.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 7.3 (Programming with Arrays) 7.4 (Multidimensional Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • How to study for QUIZ #4
  • Other (TBA)

• Friday, December 07 has a MONDAY Schedule.
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Catch Up!
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Preparation for QUIZ #4
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• QUIZ #4 on chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Savitch.
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Friday, December 07.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Friday, December 07.
  

• Monday, December 10 is the last day of 2012 Fall Semester Classes
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Catch Up!
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Results of QUIZ #4 and answers to QUIZ #4 questions
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #06: (Statistics Calculator).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Monday, December 10.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, December 10.