CS110: Introduction to Computer Science (Spring 2000)

Bryn Mawr College
CS 110: Introduction to Computer Science
Spring 2000
Course Materials

Information
Texts Important Dates Assignments Lectures Grading Links

General Information

Instructor: Deepak Kumar, 248 Park Hall, 526-7485
E-Mail: dkumar@brynmawr.edu
WWW: http://mainline.brynmawr.edu/~dkumar

Lecture Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Room: Park 338

Laboratory Assistants:

Renee Findley (rfindley@brynmawr.edu). Hours: Tuesday 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. and Wednesday 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Park 10 Lab)
Maria Hristova (mhristov@brynmawr.edu). Hours: Monday & Wednesday 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Guild Hall)
Megan (Aicha) Rutter (Mrutter@brynmawr.edu). Hours: Thursday & Friday 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Guild Hall)
Ying Wang (ywang@brynmawr.edu). Hours: Sunday 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. & Tuesday 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. (Guild Hall)

Laboratories:

CS Mac Bay, Guild Hall (Computing Center) Hours: Open for 18 hours each day. Check Computing Center for more details.
Computational Modeling Lab, Room 10, Park Hall (Science Building). This lab is open for several hours during the week: Mondays 7-10 p.m., Tuesdays 7-10 p.m.,Wednesdays 10-12 p.m., Thursdays 1 to 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. to midnight.
Mathematics Department Computing Lab, Room 354 Park Hall (Science Building). This lab is also open several hours each day. Check the schedule posted at the door.

Texts & Software

C++ How To Program (Second Edition), by H. M. Deitel & P. J. Deitel, Prentice Hall, 1998.
The Mac & I: A Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Computer Science, by Clare Congdon & Deepak Kumar, Bryn Mawr College, Spring 2000.
CodeWarrior Pro 5 for Macintosh, Software by Metrowerks, 1999. This software is installed in all the Laboratories mentioned above.
C++ Graphics Libraries, from Northeastern University (modified for Bryn Mawr College by Clare Congdon & Deepak Kumar). These are also installed in all the laboratories listed above.

Important Dates

January 18 : First lecture
February 17 : Exam 1
March 30 : Exam 2
April 25: Last lecture
April 27 : Exam 3

Assignments

(1/27/2000) Project#1 is posted (due on Thu, Feb 3). Click here for details.
(2/3/2000) Project#2 is posted (due of Feb 15). Click here for details.
(2/22/2000) Project#3 is posted (due of Feb 29). Click here for details.
(3/14/2000)Project#4 is posted (due of March 28). Click here for details.
(3/28/00)Project#5 is posted (due on April 11). Click here for details.
(4/12/00)Project#6 is posted (due on April 27). Click here for details.

Lectures

Week 1 (January 18, 20)
January 18: First Meeting. Class lottery. Overview of the course.
January 20: Introduction to Computer Science. What is Computer Science? What is a computer? A first C++ program.
Read: Chapter 1 from Mac & I.
Week 2 (January 25, 27)
January 25: Class cancelled due to Winter Storm, Billy.
January 27: Introduction to Code Warrior. How to create and run a C++ program. Variables and arithmetic in C++.
Read: Chapters 1, 2 & 3 from Mac & I (read and do!). Read Chapter 1 from Deitel & Deitel.
Project#1 is posted (Due on Thu, Feb 3). Click here for details.
Week 3 (February 1, 3)
February 1: Data types and arithmetic, static casts, formatting fixed point numbers, comparison operators, if-statement.
Read: Sections 2.1-2.6v from Deitel & Deitel.
February 3: Project#1 is due today.
Loops: while-statement, for-statement, assignment operators.
Read: Chapter 2 from Deitel & Deitel.
Project#2 is posted (due of Feb 15). Click here for details.
Week 4 (February 8, 10)
February 8: Loops continued. While, do-while, and for-loops.
February 10: Different kinds of loops: counter driven, condition driven, sentinel driven, etc. Using functions (the Math library).
Read: Section 3.1 to 3.4 from Deitel & Deitel.
Week 5 (February 15, 17)
February 15: Project#2 is due today. Loops, contd.
February 17: Exam 1 is today.
Week 6 (February 22, 24)
February 22: Exam#1 results. Discussion on technology on campus: Should the college provide every student with a computer? Are MP3's illegal?
Project#3 is posted (due of Feb 29). Click here for details.
February 24: Functions in C++. More with random numbers.
Week 7 (February 29, March 2)
February 29: Graphics in C++.
Read: Chapter 4 from Mac & I.
March 2: Class cancelled today!
Have a good break!
Week 8 (March 7, 9)
No classes, Spring Break!!
Week 9 (March 14, 16)
March 14: Review of C++. More practice with functions. Graphics animation.
Project#4 is posted (due on March 28). Click here for details. To find out RGB values for various colors, click here.
March 16: Programming with functions. Animations.
Week 10 (March 21, 23)
March 21: Animation demos. Simple game playing: paper, scissors, rock. Also, designing larger programs.
March 23: Graphics: Mouse input. Creating graphical user interfaces.
Week 11 (March 28, 30)
March 28: Project#4 is due today.
Arrays: Fuction parameters.
Read: Sections 4.1-4.5 and 4.7 from Deitel & Deitel.
Appointments: Remember to sign up for your Project#4 demos onthe sheet outside my office. You will hand in the program printouts in class today, and show the runs of your programs during your apppointment. I will not accept any appointments for demos after this week.
Project#5 is posted (due on April 11). Click here for details.
March 30: Exam 2 is today.
Week 12 (April 4, 6)
April 4: Review of Exam 2. Processing text. The ASCII code for storing characters.
Read: Section 5.12 from Deitel & Deitel.
April 6: Handling Strings in C++.
Week 13 (April 11, 13)
April 11: Project#5 is due today. File Input Output in C++.
Special Talk: Census 2000: Counting is not as easy as 1-2-3, by Dr. Tommy Wright, US Census Bureau.
Project#6 is posted (Due on Thu, April 27). Click here for details.
April 13: Arrays of strings, more file I/O.
Week 14 (April 18, 20)
April 18: Sorting algorithms.

Read: Section 4.6 (Sorting) from Deitel&Deitel.
April 20: Finding anagrams. File output in C++.
Week 15 (April 25, 27)
April 25: Wrap up!
April 27: Project#6 is due.
Exam 3 is today.

Grading

All graded work will receive a grade, 4.0, 3.7, 3.3, 3.0, 2.7, 2.3, 2.0, 1.7, 1.3, 1.0, or 0.0. At the end of the semester, final grades will be calculated as a weighted average of all grades according to the following weights:

Exam 1: 15%
Exam 2: 15%
Exam 3: 15%
Projects: 45%
Term Paper: 10%
Total: 100%

Links

Created by dkumar@brynmawr.edu on January 17, 2000.