COURSE DESCRIPTION CLASS INFO: 10130 *#CS 4000 001 Personal Computing Lec (Mac) 3.0 10131 *#CS 4002 001 Personal Computing Lab (Mac) 0.0 CLASS TIMES: Tu-W-Th 9:00-11:00 C-204 (Lecture) Tu-W-Th 11:00-12:00 L-125C (Lab) INSTRUCTOR: John Sarraille, Professor, Computer Science Dept OFFICE: PSB 286, phone 667-3345. OFFICE HOURS: Tu-Th 12:00-2:00, W 12:00-1:00 REQUIRED TEXTS: 1. Computers, sixth edition, by Larry Long and Nancy Long, Prentice-Hall, 1999, ISBN 0-13-096253-8. 2. CS 4000 Course Packet, by John Sarraille Items 1 and 2 can be purchased at KIVA bookstore. There will be two quizzes on the material in Computers. CS 4000 Course Packet contains descriptions of all the required course projects. REQUIRED MATERIALS: Two 3.5" double or high density disks: one for your class files, one for backup. You will need to obtain these floppy disks right away. We will be using them during the lab of the second day of class. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is about using computers effectively for personal work. You will be using a computer to process words and numbers (word processing and spreadsheets), to communicate (electronic mail) and to use resources available on a world wide computer network. Class time will be divided between lecture, discussion time, quizzes, and lab activities. You will need to spend a very considerable amount of the time outside of class doing assignments and practicing with software. I expect that you will complete each day's reading before the class begins and I prefer that you participate in class discussions. There are lots and lots of little, yet critical, details involved in doing the course projects. Many of these details are not mentioned or explained in the CS 4000 Course Packet. I will spend much time during the lecture part of the class showing in detail how to do class projects. Please be on hand to see and hear those explanations. I will use a Macintosh computer and Microsoft Office 98 software for our classroom demonstrations. Macintosh computers with Microsoft Office 98 installed are available for your use in the Macintosh lab (L-125). If you want to use another kind of computer or use different software for one assignment or another, that is fine with me and you may do so. However, you may find the details of the operation of the computer or software to be quite different than what I show in class, particularly if the computer you use is not a Macintosh. GRADING: When I grade an assignment I ask myself: Does this work satisfy the requirements of the assignment? Does the work indicate that the student understood the assignment? Was the work taken seriously and done with care? If the answer to all these questions is 'yes' then the assignment gets an A. Otherwise, it gets something less. It is your responsibility to understand the assignments, to schedule your time so that you can turn them in when due, and to make a sincere effort to do the work correctly. Late work will not be accepted, which means that it will receive a grade of zero. There will be 12 graded activities: 3 Article Reviews, 2 quizzes, and 7 Computing Projects. Each of these items will be graded on a 100-point scale and each will contribute equally to your final grade. You will lose a significant amount of points on any assignment that does not completely satisfy its requirements. Read assignment announcements carefully and attend class to get other essential information. If you have questions, please raise them in class or office hours, well before the assignment is due.