CSE 190 is intended for students who want extra help or extra practice
working with the CSE 142 material. It is optional. If you
sign up, you would go to a lab in Mary Gates
Hall every Tuesday and work on CSE problems at a computer for an hour. Prior to
attending the lab, you would complete the textbook readings listed on the course calendar for the Monday lecture beforehand.
CSE190 is a CR/NC pass/fail course. You receive credit by
showing up and working on the problems. TAs from
our course will be there walking around and helping everyone and answering
questions. We try to have a relaxed atmosphere open to collaboration,
sharing information, asking questions, working together, etc.
Note that our sessions are CSE 190 X and CSE 190 Y.
To get credit for a lab, you must attend the corresponding lab session.
If you show up more than 10 minutes late for a lab, then you will not get
credit for that lab. You should read the textbook material listed under
the class calendar for the Monday prior to the lab.
You do not have to complete all of a lab to get credit. The labs are
designed to have more material than a student can complete in an hour,
so complete as much as you can in that time.
You must complete 6 labs to get credit for 190. There will be 8 labs
total.
During the lab, you should not be working on anything else (no chats,
email, facebook, homework for other classes, etc). You should also not be
listening to music while working on the lab. You should not be working
on the CSE142 homework during the lab. If you fail to stay on task, it can
result in a loss of credit for that lab day.
You are welcome to bring your own laptop to use during the lab, but
remember that you are not to be working on other things during the
lab.
You can participate in any of the labs even if you aren't registered for
the lab as long as a seat is available (this might not be true for the labs
that are listed as being full). For example, if you are taking only one
class and don't want to pay for the extra unit of credit, you can
participate even though you aren't officially registered.
If you end up withdrawing from CSE142, then you need to also withdraw
from CSE190. You can't get credit for CSE190 if you aren't taking CSE142.
If you end up failing CSE142 or if you withdraw in the last few weeks of
the quarter, you can still get credit for CSE190 if you complete 6
labs.