(Latest Revision -- 02/03/2003)

Course Description
for Seminar in Computer Science (CS 4960)

TERM: Spring 2003

CLASS INFO FROM SCHEDULE:
20990 #CS 4960 001 Seminar in Computer Science 1.0 Th 16:00-17:00 P-103 1
INSTRUCTOR: John Sarraille, Professor of Computer Science

OFFICE: P-286, Professional Schools Building, Cal State Stanislaus

OFFICE HOURS: Tu-Th 08:30-09:30, Th 12:50-15:50, or by appointment (Office hours commence on Feb 13 and end on May 22.)

E-MAIL: john@ishi.csustan.edu

HOMEPAGE: http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~john/jsHomepage.html

PREREQUISITES:

Senior standing and consent of instructor.
(This course is for senior computer science majors.)

COURSE OBJECTIVES: REQUIRED TEXT: None.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: GRADING:

I will base your grade on three components:
  1. your grade on your written report,
  2. your grade on your oral presentation, and
  3. your participation grade.
Each of the components above will get equal weight.

I'll grade your paper and oral presentation based on the thoroughness and depth with which you address your topic as well as the clarity, accuracy and style of your presentation. You'll get a grade between 0 and 100 for each.

You'll get one participation credit for each time you attend a presentation and turn in an acceptable critique sheet. I'll compute your number of satisfactory critiques as a percentage of the number of possible critiques, and this percentage will be your participation grade.

You'll receive a "CR" in the course if
  1. you receive a a score of 60 or above in each of the three components, and
  2. your average over the three components is 70% or above.
Otherwise you will receive no credit ("NC").

RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN WORK: NETWORK AVAILABILITY OF COURSE MATERIALS:

I will make course documents available on the world wide web. To access the on-line CS 4960 materials, you can open the URL:

http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~john/Classes/CS4960/

There is also a miscellaneous collection of information that you may want to use from time to time. It is located here:

http://www.cs.csustan.edu/~john/Classes/General_Info/