CSC211 Intermediate Programming - Fall 2006 - Syllabus

  
• Class Information
  
• Prerequisites
  
• Topics
  
• Requirements and Class Evaluation

Class Information

  
• Course Description - A second course in programming. Programming techniques emphasizing reliability, maintainability, and reusability. Module design and multi-file programs. Abstract data types. Data representation and conversion. Addresses, pointers, and dynamic storage allocation. Recursion and function parameters. User interface design.   This is a 4-credit course including 3 class hours, 3 laboratory hours.  
• Instructor - Dr. Miriam Tausner, Contact:   tausnercsi@yahoo.com   
  
• When and Where to Meet - Monday 2:30 pm - 4:25 pm (Room 1N-221) and 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm (Room 1N-005).   Wednesday 3:35 pm - 4:25 pm (Room 1N-221) and 4:40 pm - 6:20 pm (Room 1N-005).   
• Class Web Site - The Web Site to post Homework, Labs Assignments and Class Announcements. http://classweb.csi.cuny.edu
  
• Office Hours - to be announced (Room 1N-201).   
• Textbook     
  1. "Absolute C++" by Walter Savitch (2nd Edition), Addison Wesley, Pearson Education, Inc. 2006.
     
  2. Go to Absolute C++ by Savitch      for student support materials for this text
    

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Prerequisites

  
• CSC 126 with a grade C or better (not open to students who had a C or better in CSC 310).

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Topics Outline

                                                                             

Readings Assigned	Topics	Approximate Time   Frame
Chapters 1 – 3, all	Review of elementary programming in C++: Basics, Flow of   Control; Function Basics	2.5 weeks
Chapter 4, all	Parameters	1.5 week
Chapter 5, all	Arrays	1 week
Chapter 6, all;   Chapter 7, sections 1 and 2	Structures and Classes	2.5 weeks
Chapter 9, all	Strings	1.5 weeks
Chapter 10, section 10.1 only	Pointers	1 week
Chapter 12, sections 12.1 and 12.2	Streams and File input/output, formatting output	1.5 weeks
Supplemental reading material to be handed out	Windows Programming with Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)	2.5 weeks

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Requirements and Evaluations

  
• Class Attendance.
  
• Reading and self-test exercises will be assigned as homework.
  
• In addition problem sets will be assigned to be submitted as group projects.
  
• Approximately 7 lab assignments
  Labs will receive a maximum of 10 points for full credit.
  Labs submitted up to 1 week late will receive a maximum of 8 points
  Labs submitted up to 2 weeks late will receive a maximum of 6 points.
  No labs will be accepted later than two weeks after due date.
  
• Attendance, Labs, Class Participation - 20%
  
• 3 Exams - 40%
  
• Final - 40%
  
• No Make ups for Exams and Final

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Last Modified August 24, 2006
Dr. Miriam Tausner
Computer Science Department
College of Staten Island/City University of New York
tausnercsi@yahoo.com