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 ...
WARNING: All future events in this schedule are subject to being changed.
I will make additions and changes as the semester progresses. Keep checking
the class web space to see the latest version.
(Are you looking at a stale web page? Try refreshing your browser.)
(Latest Revision -- 2015/04/29)
[2015/04/29: Added Title for Solo #6]
[2015/04/02: Added Title for Solo #5]
[2015/03/22: Added Title for Solo #4]
[2015/03/05: Added Title for Solo #3]
[2015/03/05: Scheduled Quiz #4]
[2015/03/05: Inserted due date for Solo #6]
[2015/03/05: Inserted due date for Solo #5]
[2015/03/05: Scheduled Quiz #3]
[2015/03/05: Scheduled Lab05]
[2015/03/05: Inserted due date for Solo #4]
[2015/03/05: Scheduled Quiz #2]
[2015/03/05: Inserted due date for Solo #3]
[2015/03/05: Scheduled Lab04]
[2015/03/05: Corrected typo in due date of Solo #2]
[2015/02/22: Information added for weeks 5 and 6]
[2015/02/8: Information added for week 4]
[2015/01/31: Information added for weeks 2 and 3]
[2015/01/27: Initial edits]
WORK SCHEDULE FOR CS 1500 -- Spring 2015
WEEK #1: Jan 27 - Jan 30
☘
First day of class is Wednesday, January 28.
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 are assigned 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
Possible Lecture Topics:
Material from the course description
Course goals & procedures
How to do the Hello World! get-acquainted
assignment found here:
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.
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.)
WEEK #2: Feb 02 - Feb 06
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
E-mails are DUE at the end of the
class time in lab. (See the directions in the assignment.)
☘ Class performs this introductory lab work
on Wednesday, February 04. Go directly to P-288. Arrive at 2:00.
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 on Wednesday, February 11.
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.
♭ ♬
WEEK #3: Feb 9 - Feb 13
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
2.3 (Data Types and Expressions), and
2.4 (Simple Flow of Control)
Possible Lecture Topics:
Outcomes of Lab 01
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. You work on the lab with your assigned partner. Your
partner relies on you to be prepared. I encouraged you to interact
with the other students as well.
☘ Class performs Lab 01 work on
Wednesday, February 11. Go directly to P-288. Arrive at 2:00.
DUE: Lab01 printouts:
☘ Class turns in Lab 01 printouts on
Thursday, February 12.
Before class time begins, one partner from each team puts
the printouts required for Lab 01 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 Lab 01. The names of both partners must appear on all the printouts.
Programming Assignment: Read the directions for Solo
Program #1 this week and make a beginning on the program. This
assignment is "homework." You may ask Professor Sarraillé or the
designated CS tutor for help but you 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.") You may
come to the lab any time that it is open, and work on a solo program.
If you have Internet access and remote login capability, you can work
on the lab machines from home or another remote location.
Solo programs are separate from lab assignments but you may work (alone)
on your solo programs during class lab time if you wish -- after you and your partner
have finished the lab assignment.
Student-Arranged Laboratory Assignment: Rehearse Lab 02
before performing the lab next week. Rehearse by yourself, or with others,
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.
WEEK #4: Feb 16 - Feb 20
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
2.5 (Program Style), and
3.1 (Using Boolean Expressions)
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.
☘ Class performs Lab 02 work on Wednesday,
February 18. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 2:00.
Thursday, February 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. I must receive the e-mail by 11:59 P.M. on
Thursday, February 19, or the team will receive a zero score on Lab02.
DUE: Solo Program #01: (ASCII
Figures).
☘ Due date is Thursday, February 19.
WEEK #5: Feb 23 - Feb 27
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Section
3.2 (Multiway Branches)
Class performs Lab03: (Fahrenheit <--> Celsius) in the CS
Lab: P-288.
You must 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.)
☘ Class performs Lab03 work on Wednesday,
February 25. Go directly to P-288. Arrive by 2:00.
WEEK #6: Mar 02 - Mar 06
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
3.3 (More About C++ Loop Statements) and
3.4 (Designing Loops)
QUIZ #1 on chapters 1-2 and
sections 3.1 & 3.2 of Savitch
☘ Class takes the quiz on Wednesday,
March 4.
Bring
a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold
in the bookstore.
DUE: Solo Program #02:
(Title: Tax Calculator).
☘ Due date is Thursday, March 05.
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.)
☘ Class performs Lab04 work on
Thursday, March 12. Go directly to P-288. Arrive at 2:00.
WEEK #8: Mar 16 - Mar 20
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
4.4 (Procedural Abstraction) and
4.5 (Scope and Local Variables)
March 17:
☘
DUE: Solo Program #03:
(Title: Stack of Shamrocks).
☘ Due date is Thursday, March 19.
March 20:
春
WEEK #9: Mar 23 - Mar 27
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
4.6 (Overloading Function Names) and
5.1 (void Functions)
QUIZ #2 on chapters 2-3, and
sections 4.1 - 4.4 of Savitch
☘ Class takes the quiz on Wednesday,
March 25.
Bring
a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold
in the bookstore.
WEEK #10: Mar 30 - Apr 03
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
5.2 (Call-By-Reference Parameters),
5.3 (Using Procedural Abstraction), and
5.4 (Testing and Debugging Functions)
DUE: Solo Program #04:
(Title: Loan Payment).
☘ Due date is Monday, March 30.
NO CLASSES TUESDAY, MARCH 31:
Cesar Chavez Birthday Holiday
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.
☘ Class performs Lab05 work on
Wednesday, April 01.
Go directly to P-288. Arrive at 2:00.
Students finish Lab05 (Maximum Test Score) and/or work on a solo
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.)
☘ Class performs Lab05 work on
Thursday, April 02.
Go directly to P-288. Arrive at 2:00.
Savitch: Sections
5.5 (General Debugging Techniques), and
6.1 (Streams and Basic File I/O)
WEEK #12: Apr 20 - Apr 24
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Section
6.2 (Tools For Stream I/O)
QUIZ #3 on chapters 3-5 of Savitch
☘ Class takes the quiz on Wednesday,
April 22.
Bring
a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold
in the bookstore.
DUE: Solo Program #05:
(Title: Tiles).
☘ Due date is Thursday, April 23.
WEEK #13: Apr 27 - May 01
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
6.3 (Character I/O),
7.1 (Introduction to Arrays)
WEEK #14: May 04 - May 08
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Section
7.2 (Arrays in Functions)
WEEK #15: May 11 - May 15
Reading Assignment:
Savitch: Sections
7.3 (Programming with Arrays)
7.4 (Multidimensional Arrays)
DUE: Solo Program #06:
(Title: Median Calculation).
☘ Due date is Monday, May 11.
QUIZ #4 on chapters 5-6,
and sections 7.1-7.2 of Savitch
☘ Class takes the quiz on Wednesday,
May 13.
Bring
a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold
in the bookstore.
♣ FINAL EXAM FOR THE MWR 2:00P-2:50P
CLASS: The (optional) CS 1500 final exam is scheduled for
Monday, May 18, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.. The exam will be given in the
regular classroom: P-101.
You need to
send me an e-mail message if you want
to take this exam, so I will know I need to make a copy for you.
Bring
a Scantron 882-E form and a #2 pencil with you. The 882-E forms are sold
in the bookstore.