CS 161: Computer Science I

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CS 161 Computer Science I

• Winter Quarter
• 2007

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• DESCRIPTION
• This class is an introduction to computer
  programming using the Java language. The emphasis
  will be on object-oriented design. Important
  concepts such as object interaction, testing, and
  documentation will also be addressed. This class
  is the first class of a two class sequence, with
  the same book being used for both classes. The
  goal for this quarter is to complete part I of
  the textbook (chapters 1 7). Attendance at the
  weekly labs is quite important as the book is
  best used as a lab manual. Note that the
  software used in this classthe BlueJ environment
  and the Java SDKare both free for downloading.
• Recommended CS 160

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• CREDIT 5 credits
• INSTRUCTOR
• Bob Broeg
• Office ITC 312C,
• Campus phone [phone]
• E-mail broegb_at_acm.org
• Web http//cs.wou.edu/broegb/

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• OFFICE HOURS
• M, W, F 1000 - 1050
• T 900 - 1050 and by appointment
• CLASS TIMES
• MWF 800 - 850 (CRN 20989) MOD 101
• MWF 100 - 150 (CRN 20990) MOD 101
• Lab Times
• T 930 - 1220 (CRN 21268) ITC 311
• T 1230 - 320 (CRN 21269) ITC
  311
• TEXTBOOK
• Objects First With Java, A Practical
  Introduction Using BlueJ (Third Edition). David
  J. Barnes and Michael Kölling. Pearson
  Prentice-Hall, 2006, ISBN 0-13-197629-X.

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• GRADING
• The grade for this class will consist of a
  weekly quizzes, a comprehensive final, written
  assignments and programming labs.
• 30 Weekly Quizzes
• 10 Written Assignments
• 30 Programming Labs
• 30 Final (See http//www.wou.edu/provost/regist
  rar/finals.php)
• 100 - 92 A 91 - 90 A
• 89 - 88 B 87 - 82 B 81 - 80 B
• 79 - 78 C 77 - 72 C 71 - 70 C
• 69 - 68 D 67 - 62 D 61 - 60 D
• 59 - 0 F

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• ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
• Academic dishonesty refers to cheating a
  serious ethical issue. You are encouraged to
  work cooperatively with other students in the
  class. However, each student is expected to do
  his or her own assignments. Written work that
  appears to be copies of each other will not be
  given credit. Helping, or being help by, another
  student or the appearance of helping, or being
  helped by, another student during a quiz or an
  exam will be considered academic dishonesty.
  This will be grounds for a zero on the quiz or
  the exam.

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• NOTES
• It is the policy of the Computer Science
  department that you must receive a passing grade
  on the final exam (60 or higher) in order to
  pass the class.
• Late assignments (labs and written assignments)
  will be given half credit. This means that the
  assignment is graded normally, and the result is
  multiplied by 50. This is the grade that is
  recorded. There is a two week limit for late
  work.
• Last day to turn in any work for credit is March
  16, 2007 Friday of Dead Week.

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• A student who is participating in an official
  college activityfor example, a member of an
  athletic team or a member of a performing arts
  organizationmay have an exception made to a
  deadline with a signed, written request from the
  sponsoring organization before the deadline. For
  example, a student on an athletic team may turn
  in a late lab because of a game provided he or
  she submits a written request, signed by a coach,
  before the original deadline. It is the
  students responsibility to obtain the written
  request.

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• There will be 9 weekly quizzes of which 8 will
  count. The quizzes are Jan 17, 24, 31 Feb 7,
  14, 21, 28 Mar 7, 14.
• Student work that has not been returned will be
  kept for one quarter. Unclaimed work from this
  quarter will be disposed of at the beginning of
  Summer quarter, 2007.
• Please save any graded papers until after you
  receive your report card. In the event of a
  grade discrepancy, your copy of a graded paper is
  your only proof of the grade you received.
• An incomplete grade will be given only in unusual
  circumstances. You must be passing the class at
  the time of the request for an incomplete, and
  there must be a serious event that prevents you
  from completing the class.

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• No student will be given a grade lower than the
  calculated grade. However, I reserve the right
  to assign a final grade higher than the
  calculated grade if I feel it is warranted.
• There are no classes this quarter on Monday,
  January 15, and the last day to drop a class or
  change a grade option is Friday, February 16.
• Unless there is a very good need, please turn off
  pagers and cell phones during class time. I find
  it extraordinarily rude to have my lecture
  interrupted by someones cell phone ringing. I
  do understand, however, that there are situations
  that require someone to be close to a phone.