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CSE 142: Computer Programming I Syllabus -- Winter 2003
Course Website: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/142/
Course Instructors
Name
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Office
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E-Mail Address
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Office Hours
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Hal Perkins (9:30 lecture)
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Sieg 208
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cse142-instructors @cs.washington.edu
perkins@cs.washington.edu
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Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 2:00-3:00
or by appointment |
Tammy VanDeGrift (11:30 lecture)
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Sieg 226C
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cse142-instructors @cs.washington.edu
tammy@cs.washington.edu
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Mondays 12:30 - 1:20
Fridays 12:30 - 1:20
or by appointment
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Teaching Assistants
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see web
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full information on the web
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full info. on the web
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Class Meetings
Lecture A --- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:30
to 10:20 in Guggenheim 224
Lecture B --- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 11:30 to 12:20
in Guggenheim 224
Quiz Section --- Thursdays. Check UW
online time schedule for times and locations.
Course Goals and Objectives
The major goals of this course include:
- To learn the general principles of computer programming
- To develop skills in designing, implementing, documenting, testing,
debugging, and analyzing in the context of computer science
- To develop communication skills in describing technical material
These goals will be accomplished by:
- Completing homework assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams
- Participating in class discussion through regular attendance in
lecture and quiz section
- Seeking help of course staff and classmates when necessary
- Communicating ideas in a written document accompanying programming
projects
- Communicating ideas orally and in writing with instructional staff
and classmates during class activities
- Providing help rather than giving answers to classmates seeking
help
Course Philosophy
General: This course is designed to introduce concepts
related to computer programming and computer science. Because this is
an introductory course, it is critical that you keep up with the material
by completing assignments on time and preparing for each class session by
reading assigned material. The course instructional staff is here
to help you keep up with the material. It's okay to struggle with the concepts,
but it is your responsibility to seek help when you are confused. You are
welcome to attend office hours of either instructor or Teaching Assistant
(TA). The full office hour schedule is on the web.
Seeking Help: We expect you to have questions as you are learning the
material. You may receive help from classmates (see below about Collaborative
Learning) and seek help from the course staff. We encourage you to ask questions
during lecture meetings and post questions to the class discussion board.
We will communicate ideas with each other by posting messages to an E-Post
bulletin board, which is linked from the course website. Please
use the bulletin board for all technical questions and discussions. Course
staff members will monitor the discussion board and will normally respond
to questions within a day (if they haven't already been answered by other
members of the class).
Collaborative Learning: CSE142 is a large class with over 500 students
enrolled in the two lectures. One advantage of having a large number of
students
is having 500 different ways of understanding the course material and having
500 classmates to help you learn. We encourage you to work together on homework
and projects, but any work that you turn in must be your own.
Unacknowledged copying or using parts of someone else's work, even
if it has been modified by you, is plagiarism and is not acceptable. When
you work with others on homework and projects, please acknowledge
places where you received help in your homework submissions. An acceptable
way to collaborate is to discuss problems and potential solutions and then
writing or coding the solutions on your own. When giving help to other
classmates, please do not give them the answer. Instead, ask questions to
learn of their
understanding and give conceptual explanations - this practice will help
you master the material yourself. You will be engaged in collaborative learning
activities during quiz section each week as a member of a 4 to 5-person quiz
section group. These groups are designed to give you practice with new concepts
and help you learn how to communicate your ideas.
Instructors' Responsibility: In this course, the instructor's job is
to guide you in learning about computer programming and computer science.
In additional to traditional lecturing, we will have regular discussions
and activities during lectures and quiz sections. We expect your
full
participation and readiness to learn at all class meetings. In return, we
will do our best to offer suggestions, activities, and explanations
to help you learn the material.
Assessment of Learning
We will assess your learning based on your submitted work, including
homework assignments, programming projects, project reports, quizzes, exams,
and in-class activities. Generally the assignments, projects, reports, quizzes,
and activities are your chance to learn, while the exams are the main way
we will assess what you have learned. Because CSE142 has such a large enrollment, all
homework, projects, and project reports have fixed deadlines. No late work
will be accepted. Midterms and exams are tentatively scheduled on the
dates given below - any changes will be announced well in advance.
It
is your responsibility to be present in class those days. Please do not make
plans which would prevent you from taking the exams.
Grading Scheme (subject to change)
Course grades will be calculated as follows, although the exact weights
may change somewhat if appropriate. Individual assignments, programming
projects, and reports will be weighted differently
depending on level of difficulty and other factors.
20% - Homework Assignments
20% - Programming Projects and Project Reports
15% - Midterm #1, Friday, January 31
15% - Midterm #2, Friday, February 21
20% - Final Exam, Wednesday, March 19
10% - Quizzes, In-Class Activities, and Class Participation
Homework Assignments: There will be (almost) weekly homework assignments
consisting of written questions and short programming problems, some
of which will
require use of a computer. These assignments are intended to help you
learn the material. Homework assignments should be done individually
by each student. You will turn in homework electronically using Internet
tools.
Programming Projects and Reports: There will be three programming
projects during the quarter, which you will do with a partner.
Your partner will be determined by the course staff
and you will have a different partner for each project. These projects
will span two weeks with the culmination of a written report.
You will turn
in
projects and reports electronically using Internet tools.
Exams: Exams are intended to serve as learning tools in
addition to helping the course staff evaluate your mastery of concepts.
There will be two midterm exams and one final exam. The midterms
will be given
in-class during the regular lecture hours.
Quizzes: Because we want you to keep up with the material,
quiz sections will usually start with a short (3 - 5 minute) quiz.
The
quizzes are not intended to be challenging. If you keep up with
the reading
and attend
lecture regularly, you should have no problem with the quizzes.
Quizzes will be graded credit/no credit. No makeup quizzes will be
given.
In-Class Activities and Participation: We will have regular
discussions and activities during lecture and quiz section. Some of these
may include items you turn in for credit.
Logistics
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites listed in the
course catalog. However, we assume that you have met the admission requirements
for UW: three years of mathematics (geometry and advanced algebra), two years
of science, and four years of English. The course is not recommended for students
who are at a remedial level in English or mathematics. We also assume familiarity
with computers, files, folders, e-mail, web browsing, and the like.
Textbook: The required textbook for the course is An Introduction
to Programming and Object Oriented Design using Java by Jaime Nino and
Frederick A. Hosch. [ISBN: 0-471-35489-9] The text is available for purchase
at the University Bookstore. We ask that you read certain chapters or sections
before attending the accompanying lecture (see the online course calendar for
the latest updates to the readings).
Lectures
will
not
be
a
replacement
for the text; instead, lectures will complement the presentation in the text.
Course Website: Please familiarize yourself with the course website
as soon as possible. Updates to the schedule, important announcements, and
resources to help you learn will all be posted there. If you should happen
to miss class, be sure to talk to a classmate to find out what you missed.
The course website will not be a substitute for attending class.
Lecture Slides: Copies of lecture slides will be posted
to the course website, generally no later than the afternoon before lecture.
We encourage you to print copies of the slides, look at them in advance,
and bring them with you to lecture so you can take notes. The slides are
not a substitute for attending lecture - there will be significant material
presented in lecture that is not included on the posted slides.
Computer Labs: The Introductory Programming Laboratory (IPL) for
CSE 142 and CSE 143 is on the third floor of Mary Gates Hall (MGH 334).
Computers
in the labs run Windows and Java tools, plus usual web browsers, mail, and
other web tools. Course software is also installed in some other public
UW
computing facilities, including the main lab on the ground floor of MGH and
the Odegaard Undergraduate Library. The IPL is our home base, and we provide
consulting support there. It is also possible to work at home, especially
on home PC's that have software similar to the IPL.
Materials: Students who work in the campus labs will need two or
three 3.5" high-density (1.4 Megabyte) floppy diskettes to store files.
Disks are not handed in - all assignments are submitted via the web.
Course Administrator: Pim Lustig, Sieg 114; 616-3225, cse142-admin
@cs.washington.edu (pl@cs.washington.edu). See Mr. Lustig for administrative
matters related
to the course such as scheduling conflicts, corrections to entries in our
grade database, etc.
Computer Use Policy: Take the excerpts from the campus policies
seriously: "You must use all UW [computing] resources in strict accordance
with local, state, and federal laws. These laws cover such areas as illegal
access to computer systems, networks, and files; copyright violations; and
harassment issues... Software and information resources provided through the
university for use by faculty, staff, and students may be used on computing
equipment only as specified in the various software licenses. Unauthorized
use of software, images, or files is regarded as a serious matter and any
such use is without the consent of the University of Washington... If abuse
of computer software, images, or files occurs, those responsible for such
abuse will be held legally accountable."
Academic Misconduct: All worked submitted must be your own or your
team's (for projects completed in pairs). Unacknowledged copying or using
parts of someone else's program, even if it has been modified by you, is
plagiarism
and is not acceptable! If you have a tutor or helper from outside the course,
that person cannot write any piece of the solution for you. The University
has clear guidelines for academic misconduct and the staff of CSE 142 will
be vigorous in enforcing them. We make use of very effective automated tools
for detecting similarities between homework solutions. It is only fair that
students receive credit for work they do themselves and the assignments and
projects are designed to help students learn. Read the section on Collaborative
Learning in the Course Philosophy section of this document. If you are not
clear whether some form of collaboration is acceptable, please ask a TA or
instructor first.
Course Calendar
The latest version of the calendar is on the course website. The
course calendar
lists the lecture and quiz section topics, assigned readings, exams, and due
dates for homework assignments
and programming projects. The calendar is always subject to change as the quarter
progresses.
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