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 2013

• 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 Mon-Wed Section is Monday, August 26.
  
• ♣ First day of class for the 3:30 Mon-Wed-Thur Section is Thursday, 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.)

• No Classes Monday, September 02 - 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
  
  
• 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, September 4. 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, September 4. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• Student-Arranged Laboratory Assignment: This week, or early next week, choose time outside of class to
  • Visit the computer science laboratory and practice using your account, and
  • Rehearse Lab01 before performing it next 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.

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 2.5 (Program Style), and 3.1 (Using Boolean Expressions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Outcomes of Lab00 and 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. I encourage you to interact with the other students too. FINAL DUE DATE FOR PRINTOUTS IS NEXT MONDAY (September 16).
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section performs Lab01 work on Wednesday, September 11. 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 Wednesday, September 11. 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. (You are responsible for understanding that the rules concerning academic honesty that apply to Solo programming assignments are different from the rules that apply to lab assignments. 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 Wednesday. 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.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 3.2 (Multiway Branches)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Preparation for QUIZ #1
  • Solo Assignment #1
  • C++ programming
  • Using unix
  • Performance and Outcome of Lab02
  
  
• The following applies to all teams that did not turn in their printouts on the Lab 01 day, Wednesday, September 11.
  
  DUE: Lab01 printouts:
  
  ♥ 2:00 MW Section turns in Lab01 printouts on Monday, September 16.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section turns in Lab01 printouts on Monday, September 16.
  
  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.
  
  
• 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 Wednesday, September 18. 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 Wednesday, September 18. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• Thursday, September 19 - 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 Thursday, September 19, then it will not be accepted and the team will receive a zero score on Lab02.
  
  

• 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 23.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, September 23.
  
  
• 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 25.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, September 25.
  
  
• Programming Assignment: Get started this week on Solo Program #2.
  
  
• Laboratory Preparation Assignment: Students rehearse Lab03 before performing the lab on 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 4.1 (Top-Down Design), 4.2 (Predefined Functions), and 4.3 (Programmer-Defined Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Solo Assignment #2.
  • Other
  
  
• 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, October 2. 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, October 2. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• Programming Assignment: This week students continue working on Solo Program #2.

• No Classes TUESDAY, October 8 - Columbus Day Holiday
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 4.4 (Procedural Abstraction) and 4.5 (Scope and Local Variables)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Multiway Logic, Loops, and Functions
  
  
• 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 Wednesday, October 09. 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 Wednesday, October 09. 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 #4
  • Loops and Functions
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #02: (CA Income Tax).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Monday, October 14.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, October 14.
  
  
• 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 16.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, October 16.
  
  
• 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 Wednesday, October 16. 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 Wednesday, October 16. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  

• 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)
  
  
• 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 Monday, October 21.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Monday, October 21.
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #03: (Stack of Bats).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, October 23.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, October 23.
  
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 5.5 (General Debugging Techniques), and 6.1 (Streams and Basic File I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics
  • Lab 5
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• Class performs begins 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 28 Wednesday, October 30. 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 28 Wednesday, October 30. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #04: (Title TBA).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, October 30.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, October 30.
  
  
• ♣ Section #1 students finish Lab05 (Maximum Test Score) and/or work on their solo #5 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.)
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section performs Lab05 work on Thursday, October 31. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 3:30.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 6.2 (Tools For Stream I/O)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • How to study for QUIZ #3
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• ♥ Section #5 students finish Lab05 (Maximum Test Score) and/or work on their solo #5 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 Monday, November 04. Come to the lecture room at 2:00, and we will leave for P-288 at about 2:20.
  
  
• 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 06.
  ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, November 06.
  

• No Classes Monday, November 11 - Observation of Veteran's Day
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  
  • Savitch: Sections 6.3 (Character I/O), 7.1 (Introduction to Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• QUIZ #3 on chapters 3-5 of Savitch and the skills learned in labs 4-5.
  • Bring a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold in the bookstore.
  • ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, November 13.
  • ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, November 13.
    
    
• DUE: Solo Program #04: (Future Value).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, November 13.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, November 13.
  
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Section 7.2 (Arrays in Functions)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Results of QUIZ #3 and answers to QUIZ #3 questions
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #05: (Title TBA).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, November 20.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, November 20.
  

• No Classes Thursday, November 28 - Thanksgiving Vacation
  
• No Classes Friday, November 29 - Thanksgiving Vacation
  
  
• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Sections 7.3 (Programming with Arrays) 7.4 (Multidimensional Arrays)
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • How to study for QUIZ #4
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• DUE: Solo Program #05: (Cutting Floor).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Wednesday, November 27.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Wednesday, November 27.
  

• Reading Assignment:
  • Savitch: Catch Up!
  
  
• Possible Lecture Topics:
  • Preparation for QUIZ #4
  • Other (TBA)
  
  
• QUIZ #4 on chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Savitch.
  
  • Bring a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold in the bookstore.
  • ♥ 2:00 MW Section takes the quiz on Wednesday, December 04.
    
  • ♣ 3:30 MWR Section takes the quiz on Thursday, December 05.
    

• Monday, December 9 is the last day of 2013 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: (Stats).
  ♥ Due date for the 2:00 MW Section is Monday, December 9.
  ♣ Due date for the 3:30 MWR Section is Monday, December 9.