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Announcements
- [9/25] Welcome to CSE 390z, the Mathematics for Computation Workshop!
General information
CSE 390Z is a workshop designed to provide academic support to students enrolled concurrently CSE 311, Foundations of Computing I. CSE 311, as described in the course catalog, “examines the fundamentals of logic, set theory, induction, and algebraic structures with applications to computing; finite state machines; and limits of computability.” While these concepts are at the core of computer science, they are very different than what many students have experienced in CS courses before. During each 2-hour workshop section for CSE 390Z, students will reinforce concepts through practice problem sets and mock assessments. Students will also get weekly work to help bridge the concepts between 311 lecture and the homework, to support the requirements of the 311 class. Students must be concurrently enrolled in CSE 311 to take this class.
This course is NOT a place to receive help on CSE 311 homework assignments. Rather, students will gain extra practice with the core concepts that will allow them to synthesize the material on the assignments independently. Likewise, TA office hours for 390z are meant to help with concepts, not to directly help on 311 homework.
- Course Goals
- See the course Canvas for assignments and our schedule
- Credit Hours: 2 (CR/NC)
- Time: Wednesday 4:30 - 6:20 pm
- Location: CS2 G10
- Special dates
- Mock Midterm: Date/Time October 30th, during class
- Midterm CSE'TUD: Date/Time: Sunday November 3rd, 1-3pm, Location: CSE1 403
- Mock Final: Date/Time December 4th, during class
- Final CSE'TUD: Date/Time: Sunday December 8th 1-3pm, Location: TBD
Who are we? (more info....)
Instructor
Nicole Riley
nriley16@cs.washington.edu
she/her/hers
Office Hours: Mondays
12:30-1:30PM
CSE2 151
Fridays
4:00-5:00PM
CSE2 153
TAs
Lucy Jiang
lucjia@cs.washington.edu
she/her/hers
Office Hours: Mondays
3:00-4:00pm
CSE2 153
Tevin Stanley
tevins@uw.edu
he/him/his
Office Hours: Wednesdays
12:30-1:30pm
CSE2 153
Natalie Parry
parryn2@uw.edu
she/her/hers
Office Hours: Thursdays
3:30-4:30
CSE2 152
Preethi Varadharajan
vpreethi@uw.edu
she/her/hers
Office hours: Wednesdays
9:30-10:30
CSE2 152
Kenzie Leach
leachm26@uw.edu
she/her/hers
Office Hours: Fridays
3-4pm
CSE2 153
Philip Garrison
philipmg@uw.edu
he/him/his
Office Hours: Tuesdays
2:30-4:30pm
CSE2 152
Getting Help
Your first stop for most questions should be our Ed discussion board, but do not post any part of your homework solutions there (do NOT post all or part of a solution to an assignment, even to ask what is wrong with it. This includes an highly detailed descriptions of your solution to an assignment.) Detailed debugging is best handled in office hours or during check ins.
For questions involving personal matters send email to cse390z-staff or the instructor. You may also send Anonymous Feedback at any time, but understand we can not respond to you directly if you do. Responses, if possible, will be broadcast to the class as a whole or systematic changes to the class when necessary.