Course Syllabus
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Course Number: CS 1337.501
Course Title: Computer Science I
Credit Hours: 3
Semester: Spring, 2012
Instructor:
Office: ECSS 3.609
Office
Phone: 972-883-4836
E-Mail: tfarage@utdallas.edu
Web
Site: www.utdallas.edu/~tfarage
Office Hours: Please see my UTD
website at
www.utdallas.edu/~tfarage
TA Name: Kumar Rangarajan
TA E-Mail:
TA Office Hours: MW from 4-6pm in ECSS 2.104 (open lab)
Perquisites:
CS 1336 or equivalent programming experience. (3-0) S
Catalog Description:
Introduction to
object-oriented software analysis, design, and development. Classes and
objects. Object composition and polymorphism. Sorting, searching, recursion.
Strings using core classes. Inheritance
and interfaces. Graphic User Interfaces. Includes a comprehensive programming
project.
Course Objectives:
After successful completion of
this course, the student should have an:
1.
Develop object oriented software solutions.
2.
Express multi-class relationships among objects.
3.
Implement graphical user interfaces.
4.
Develop event driven programs.
5.
Implement algorithms to search and sort objects.
6.
Develop recursive programs.
Textbook:
Introduction to Java Programming, 8th Edition, by Y. Daniel Liang, Prentice Hall
IDE
Used in Class:
NetBeans is used in class to develop and run Java programs. You may use any other IDE you wish, however. For instructions as to how to download the latest NetBeans version, click here.
Assignments:
Program #1
Program #2
page 230: problem 6.15 (Eliminating Duplicates)
Program #3
page 297: problem 8.8 (The Fan class) (NOTE: the UML diagram is not needed)
Program #4
page 563: problem 16.5 (Creating an Investment-Value Calculator)
Program #5
Academic Calendar
(subject to change):
Class Date Class
Activity Assignment
1
Tuesday, January 17 Review of Syllabus Read Chapter 1
2
Thursday, January 19 Java Fundamentals Read Chapter 2
3
Tuesday, January 24 Java Fundamentals
4 Thursday, January 26 Java Fundamentals Read Chapter 3
5 Tuesday, January 31 Java Fundamentals
6
Thursday, February 2 Java Fundamentals Read Chapter 4
7
Tuesday, February 7 Java Fundamentals
Read Chapter 5
(Methods), Program 1 due
8 Thursday, February 9 Java Fundamentals
9
Tuesday, February 14 Arrays
10 Thursday, February 16 Arrays continued
11 Tuesday, February
21 Sorting Arrays
12 Thursday, February
23
Searching Arrays Program 2 due
13 Tuesday, February 28 Exam 1 – Ch 1 - 6
14 Thursday, March 1 Go over exam 1
15 Tuesday, March 6 Classes and Objects Read Chapter 8
16 Thursday, March 8 Classes and Objects cont'd
Tuesday, March 13 Spring Break
Thursday, March 15
Spring Break
17 Tuesday, March 20 Classes and Objects cont'd
18 Thursday, March 22 Classes and Objects cont'd
19 Tuesday, March 27 Classes and Objects cont'd
20 Thursday, March 29 Classes
and Objects cont'd
21 Tuesday, April 3 No UTD classes due to weather Program 3 due
22
Thursday, April 5
Inheritance
23 Tuesday, April 10 Inheritance
24 Thursday, April 12 Exam 2 – Chapters 8, 11
25
Tuesday, April 17
26
Thursday, April 19
27
Tuesday, April
24
28
Thursday, April
26 Recursion
29
Tuesday, May 1 Recursion
continued Program 5 due
30 Thursday, May 3 Exam 3 – Ch 12, 15, 16, 20
Course Requirements:
There
will be regularly assigned reading and homework problems. The homework problems will require the
student to spend time programming a computer.
All programming assignments are to be
turned in using eLearning. Login to your eLearning account, click on the
link for this course. On the left side, click on the link for ‘Assignments’, and
then click on the desired Program link. In the ‘Add Comment’ section , put
your name, the course name, section, and date, as well as the language,
and operating system (such as Windows 7 or Mac OS) that you used. Then click on 'Add Attachments', and
then 'My Computer', and then browse until you locate your Java program.
Click on it and it should upload to eLearning. Then click 'Submit' and that should
do it.
Programming assignments will be graded on a 100 point basis. Correct
execution, program design, coding style, documentation, and comments all
contribute toward your grade. Keep in mind that you always want to write code
that is easy to understand and is also easy to maintain. Fewer lines does
not necessarily mean a better program. Please use comments liberally.
Also, be sure to indicate in your comments at the top of your program, what the program does and what IDE (such as NetBeans or JGrasp) you used.
Keep in
mind that you always want to write code that is easy to understand and is also
easy to maintain.
Late assignments will not be accepted.
Course &
Instructor Policies:
Your
grade will be based only on your test scores and programming project scores. PLEASE do not ask me to change
your grade or give you a grade for any other reason. I know that some of you
will lose scholarships, be deported, etc. if you do not make a certain grade;
there is nothing I can do about this. Of course, if a mistake was made in
scoring, I will correct it. Any requests for changes to scores must be made
within 30 days after the day the graded material was returned to the class. Any
request for a grade change must be made within 60 days after the day that
grades were posted.
No
extra work will be assigned nor will extra credit be given for any extra work
performed by a student.
Late
assignments will not be accepted.
Assignments are due at 11:59 P.M. on the day listed in the syllabus.
Class
attendance is not recorded or required except for exam dates and times. There is a direct correlation between class
attendance and class performance. Those
students who regularly attend class tend to make significantly higher final
grades than those who don’t.
Students
are expected to be respectful to each other and to the course instructor. Disruptive behavior in the class room is not
tolerated.
Each
student in the class is encouraged to join/form a study group. Members of each study should support one
another in learning and understanding the course material.
Projects
and exams determine grades. All exams
are open book and open notes. The final
grade will be composed as follows:
Programming Projects 25%
Exam 1 25%
Exam 2 25%
Exam 3 25%.
Letter
grades will be assigned as follows:
98-100 A+
92-97 A
90-91 A-
88-89 B+
82-87 B
80-81 B-
78-79 C+
72-77 C
70-71 C-
68-69 D+
62-67 D
60-61 D-
Below
60 F.
Field Trip Policies,
Off-campus Instruction and Course Activities
Off-campus,
out-of-state, and foreign instruction and activities are subject to state law
and University policies and procedures regarding travel and risk-related
activities. Information regarding these
rules and regulations may be found at the website address http://www.utdallas.edu/BusinessAffairs/Travel_Risk_Activities.htm. Additional information is available from the
office of the school dean. Below is a
description of any travel and/or risk-related activity associated with this
course.
No
off-campus activities are scheduled.
Student Conduct
& Discipline
The University of Texas System and The
University of Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the orderly and
efficient conduct of their business. It
is the responsibility of each student and each student organization to be
knowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and
activities. General information on
student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication, A to Z Guide, which is provided to all
registered students each academic year.
The University of Texas at Dallas
administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and
established due process. Procedures are
defined and described in the Rules and
Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter
VI, Section 3, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of
the university’s Handbook of Operating
Procedures. Copies of these rules
and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of
Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting
the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391).
A student at the university neither
loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state,
and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative
rules. Students are subject to
discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes
place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed
for such conduct.
Academic
Integrity
The faculty expects from its students a
high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree
depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that
degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of
individual honor in his or her scholastic work.
Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is
not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for
enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work or
material that is not one’s own. As a
general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or
falsifying academic records. Students
suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.
Plagiarism, especially from the web,
from portions of papers for other classes, and from any other source is
unacceptable and will be dealt with under the university’s policy on plagiarism
(see general catalog for details). This
course will use the resources of turnitin.com, which searches the web for
possible plagiarism and is over 90% effective.
Email Use
The University of
Texas at Dallas recognizes the value and efficiency of communication between
faculty/staff and students through electronic mail. At the same time, email
raises some issues concerning security and the identity of each individual in
an email exchange. The university
encourages all official student email correspondence be sent only to a
student’s U.T. Dallas email address and that faculty and staff consider email
from students official only if it originates from a UTD student account. This
allows the university to maintain a high degree of confidence in the identity
of all individual corresponding and the security of the transmitted information. UTD furnishes each student with a free email
account that is to be used in all communication with university personnel. The
Department of Information Resources at U.T. Dallas provides a method for
students to have their U.T. Dallas mail forwarded to other accounts.
Withdrawal from
Class
The
administration of this institution has set deadlines for withdrawal of any
college-level courses. These dates and times are published in that semester's
course catalog. Administration procedures must be followed. It is the student's
responsibility to handle withdrawal requirements from any class. In other
words, I cannot drop or withdraw any student. You must do the proper paperwork
to ensure that you will not receive a final grade of "F" in a course
if you choose not to attend the class once you are enrolled.
Student
Grievance Procedures
Procedures for student
grievances are found in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities, of
the university’s Handbook of Operating
Procedures.
In attempting to resolve any
student grievance regarding grades, evaluations, or other fulfillments of
academic responsibility, it is the obligation of the student first to make a
serious effort to resolve the matter with the instructor, supervisor,
administrator, or committee with whom the grievance originates (hereafter
called “the respondent”). Individual
faculty members retain primary responsibility for assigning grades and
evaluations. If the matter cannot be
resolved at that level, the grievance must be submitted in writing to the
respondent with a copy of the respondent’s School Dean. If the matter is not resolved by the written
response provided by the respondent, the student may submit a written appeal to
the School Dean. If the grievance is not
resolved by the School Dean’s decision, the student may make a written appeal
to the Dean of Graduate or Undergraduate Education, and the deal will appoint
and convene an Academic Appeals Panel.
The decision of the Academic Appeals Panel is final. The results of the academic appeals process
will be distributed to all involved parties.
Copies of these rules and
regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students,
where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules
and regulations.
Incomplete
Grade Policy
As per university policy,
incomplete grades will be granted only for work unavoidably missed at the
semester’s end and only if 70% of the course work has been completed. An incomplete grade must be resolved within eight
(8) weeks from the first day of the subsequent long semester. If the required work to complete the course
and to remove the incomplete grade is not submitted by the specified deadline,
the incomplete grade is changed automatically to a grade of F.
Disability
Services
The goal of Disability
Services is to provide students with disabilities educational opportunities
equal to those of their non-disabled peers.
Disability Services is located in room 1.610 in the Student Union. Office hours are Monday and Thursday, 8:30
a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.; and Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The contact information for
the Office of Disability Services is:
The University of Texas at
Dallas, SU 22
PO Box 830688
Richardson, Texas 75083-0688
(972) 883-2098 (voice or
TTY)
Essentially, the law
requires that colleges and universities make those reasonable adjustments
necessary to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability. For example, it may be necessary to remove
classroom prohibitions against tape recorders or animals (in the case of dog
guides) for students who are blind.
Occasionally an assignment requirement may be substituted (for example,
a research paper versus an oral presentation for a student who is hearing
impaired). Classes enrolled students
with mobility impairments may have to be rescheduled in accessible
facilities. The college or university
may need to provide special services such as registration, note-taking, or
mobility assistance.
It is the student’s responsibility
to notify his or her professors of the need for such an accommodation. Disability Services provides students with
letters to present to faculty members to verify that the student has a
disability and needs accommodations.
Individuals requiring special accommodation should contact the professor
after class or during office hours.
Religious
Holy Days
The University of Texas at Dallas will excuse a student from class
or other required activities for the travel to and observance of a religious
holy day for a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property tax
under Section 11.20, Tax Code, Texas Code Annotated.
The student is encouraged to notify the instructor or activity
sponsor as soon as possible regarding the absence, preferably in advance of the
assignment. The student, so excused,
will be allowed to take the exam or complete the assignment within a reasonable
time after the absence: a period equal to the length of the absence, up to a
maximum of one week. A student who notifies the instructor and completes any
missed exam or assignment may not be penalized for the absence. A student who
fails to complete the exam or assignment within the prescribed period may
receive a failing grade for that exam or assignment.
If a student or an instructor disagrees about the nature of the
absence [i.e., for the purpose of observing a religious holy day] or if there
is similar disagreement about whether the student has been given a reasonable
time to complete any missed assignments or examinations, either the student or
the instructor may request a ruling from the chief executive officer of the
institution, or his or her designee. The chief executive officer or designee
must take into account the legislative intent of TEC 51.911(b), and the student
and instructor will abide by the decision of the chief executive officer or
designee.
These descriptions and
timelines are subject to change at the discretion of the Professor.