CSE 1340 - Course Syllabus

  

 

COURSE NUMBER:

CSE 1340

  

 

COURSE TITLE:

Introduction to Computing Concepts

  

 

CREDIT HOURS:

3

  

 

INSTRUCTOR:

DOUG RAIFORD
E-MAIL: draiford@smu.edu  
Course URL:
http://courses.smu.edu
(click on "login" and use your SMU Access user id and password)
Course powerpoint slides at
www.engr.smu.edu/cse/1340/classxx.ppt
where xx is 01,02 etc.

  

 

OFFICE HOURS:

SIC 314
Office hours Tues/Thurs. 11:00am-noon

Other times  by appt. 
PHONE : 214-768-4698 or 214 768-1792 (during actual office hours)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREREQUISITE:

None

 

 

 

 

 

 

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Introduction to computer concepts, program structures, object-oriented programming and interactive application development.  Extensive programming projects emphasizing the use of logical control structures and language libraries.

 
This is a  beginning study in software development using the Java programming language. Concepts include control structures, selection statements, one-dimensional arrays, and text files.  This course can be used for IT credit and therefore lab sessions will include programming assignments as well as exercises in  Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and the internet.  In-class assignments will also include discussions on the use of computers in society as well as computer ethics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXTBOOK:

Simply Java Programming, Deitel and Deitel, Prentice Hall Publishers

 

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

There will be regularly assigned homework problems. Some of these will be exercises from the required texts. Others will be programming projects which will require the students to spend time in the computer laboratory.

Note: To plan a minimum of three hours of outside preparation for each hour of class is a safe time allocation for successfully completing the course.

Due date for all assigned materials will be announced in advance. It is the student's responsibility to have all assignments ready on time. Any student who has to be absent on an assignment due date must arrange to have the assignment submitted early. Late assignments may not be accepted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

METHOD OF PRESENTATION:

Class lectures will cover the assigned reading material. Selected sample programs and assigned homework/ programs will be discussed in class.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

METHOD OF EVALUATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There will be three major exams during the semester. Points will be awarded for tests, homework, quizzes, and programs as described below.

 

 

 

Lecture component: 70% 

  • Tests (approximately 85%)

·         Test #1 = 125

·         Test #2 = 125

·         Test #3 = 125

·        Homework and quizzes (approximately 15%)

·         Homework (10 points each)

·         Quizzes (15 points each) 

Lab Component:  30%

  • Programming Assignments (approximately 90%)
    (30 points each)
  • ITLabs (approximately 10%)
    (10 points each)

Written homework assignments will NOT be accepted late. Your lowest homework grade will be upgraded to a 10. 

Quizzes missed cannot be made up under ANY circumstances. The lowest quiz grade will be upgraded to a 15.

Programs are NOT accepted late.   Programs that output incorrect answers for the given data set will receive ZERO points. Students are encouraged to carefully check the output from their programs before turning them in.

There are NO makeup exams unless your instructor has been presented and has approved a valid, documented excuse PRIOR to the exam. Missing an exam, otherwise, will result in a grade of a zero.  
Final grades determined as follows:
90-100  A     86-89   B+     80-85    B     76-79   C+ 
70-75 C     66-69 D+      60-65 D       below 60 F

 

 

Bonus Day:
  "Bonus day" is an opportunity for students to regain lost points and bring up their overall semester grade.  Students who have more than two zeroes on graded assignments/quizzes are not eligible for bonus day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Students are expected to attend all class lectures. If a student is absent from class on the due date of any assignment, they are expected to make alternative arrangements to assure that the assignment is turned in on time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACADEMIC ETHICS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are expected to create, edit and print out YOUR OWN assignments and take tests without outside assistance.  All work is expected to be your own.

·        You should never look at or review another person’s work for any given assignment; that includes looking at papers or even at the computer screen where student work is displayed.

·        You should never give an answer to or receive an answer for an assignment, or any parts of any assignment, from another person; again, that includes source code, design documents, homework, etc.

If you collaborate with another person for a graded assignment as in the example activities noted above, all parties involved will receive a zero for that assignment.  If there are further     assignments for which you have collaborated, all students involved will receive an F in the class and a report will be filed with the Honor Council. The Dean of Computer Science and Engineering and Dean of Students will be notified for further action.  All further correspondence will be done through their offices.  THEREFORE, it is    imperative if you need help on your assignments that you contact your instructor or TA and NOT someone else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disability Accommodations:

 

 

Religious Observance:

 

 

Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities:

 

 

If you need academic accommodations for a disability, you must first contact Ms. Rebecca Marin, Coordinator, Services for Students with Disabilities(214-768-4563) to verify the disability and to establish eligibility for accommodations.  Then you should schedule an appointment with the professor to make appropriate arrangements.

Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify their professors in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss with them, in advance, acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence.    

 Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity will be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation.  It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements with the instructor prior to any missed scheduled examination or other missed assignment for making up the work.