COSC 20203

Grading:

Exams (2) 20% each

Programming Assignments (5) 8% each

Final Exam (Comprehensive) 20%

*COSC 20203 Techniques Weekly Schedule: Spring 2009*
Week	Date	Lec #	*Lecture Topic*	Lab/Exam
#1	Tue - Jan 13	1	Java Review
	Thur - Jan 15	1	Applications
	Tue - Jan 20		Inheritance
#2	Thur - Jan 22	1
#3	Tue - Jan 27	4	Internal Representation	Lab 1 Assignment
#3	Thur - Jan 29	5	Exceptions	Lab 1 Assignment
#4	Tue - Feb 03	6	File and Streams
#4	Thur - Feb 05	7	Stream IO
#5	Tue - Feb 10	8	Tokenizer	Lab 1 due
#5	Thur - Feb 12	9	Random Objects	Lab 1 due
#6	Tue - Feb 17	10	Vector	Lab 2 Assignment
#6	Thur - Feb 19	11	Hash Table	Lab 2 Assignment
#7	Tue - Feb 24	12	Encryption
#7	Thur - Feb 26	13	Cyphers
#8	Tue - Mar 03	14	Review
#8	Thur - Mar 05	15	*EXAM 1*
#9	Tue - Mar 03	16
#9	Thur - Mar 05	17	Cloning
#10	Tue - Mar 10	18	Recursion	Lab 2 due
#10	Thur - Mar 12	19	Hard problems	Lab 2 due
#11	Tue - Mar 17		Spring Break
#11	Thur - Mar 19
#12	Tue - Mar 24	20	Rational Numbers	Lab3 Asignment
#12	Thur - Mar 26	21	Interfaces	Lab3 Asignment
#13	Tue - Mar 31	22	Review	Lab 4/5 Assignment
#13	Thur - Apr 2	23	Networking	Lab 4/5 Assignment
#14	Tue - Apr 7	24	Threads	Lab 3 due
#14	Thur - Apr 9	25	*EXAM 2*	Lab 3 due
#15	Tue - Apr 14	26	Servers	Lab 4 due
#15	Thur - Apr 16	27	Turnin Server	Lab 4 due
#16	Tue - Apr 21	28	Object IO
#16	Thur - Apr 23	29	Review
#16	Tue -Apr 28	28	Review	Lab 5 due
#16				Lab 5 due
Final
Final	Thur - May 7	*COSC 20203 Section 50 (11:30-2:00)*

Attendance

You will be held responsible for all material presented in class. If you choose to miss class, you should be aware that this could adversely affect your performance on tests. It is your responsibility to obtain all materials missed and to make up all lectures, discussions, etc. without the aid of the instructor.

The seemingly innocuous behavior of being consistently tardy is not so innocent. It is quite understandable that once in a while a person will arrive late to class. However, there is no excuse for consistently arriving late. It is not fair to your fellow classmates or your instructor since such behavior disrupts class. Inevitably, the individuals who are consistently tardy are the ones who ask for material to be repeated. Your instructor will assume that consistently tardy arrival indicates a total lack of motivation or interest in the material.

Exams

Exams must be taken at the scheduled times. Make-up exams (which may be oral) will be given only in the event of university approved absence or as a result of MAJOR difficulties which have been approved by the Dean of Students. Reasons such as weddings, car trouble, illness, etc. will not be accepted unless approved by the Dean of Students.

Final Exam

The final exam will be given at the scheduled time. ALL STUDENTS MUST TAKE THE FINAL AT THE SCHEDULED TIME (arrange your travel plans accordingly).

Labs

Programming assignments will be turned in electronically. An assignment must be submitted before midnight of the day the lab is due; otherwise it will be considered late. A penalty of 10% per day (including weekends) will be assessed for late programs.

If you want help on a programming assignment, you are expected to have made a legitimate effort to write the program on your own prior to seeking help.

The computer and/or network is occasionally down due to failures, routine maintenance, upgrades, etc. You should allow sufficient time for such contingencies and plan on getting your lab assignments completed in advance of the due date. A similar caveat applies to such difficulties as slow response times, all of the computers being in use, being unable to reach your instructor to ask questions about an assignment, etc.

You should keep all graded and returned assignments until you have received your final course grade in case a question arises about an assignments grade.

Plagiarism

The definitions and possible sanctions for plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct are described in the section Academic Conduct Policy on pages 49–50 of the TCU Undergraduate Studies Bulletin. You are encouraged to seek the help of others (including classmates) to understand how to use the computer, the principles of programming, or the intent of an assignment. You may discuss the algorithms and general programming techniques used to solve a problem; you may give and receive aid in debugging; you may discuss and compare program output. However, you may NOT use, even temporarily, the source code of another person’s program while developing your own.

Instructor Office Hours

I will make every effort to be available during the hours listed; however, committee meetings and other obligations may occasionally take precedence. Thus, if you wish to ensure that I will be available at a specific time, please call the office for an appointment. Appointments can be made for times other than those listed, and you are welcome to drop by at other times.

Software

Any development environment except MS Visual J++ can be used. Eclipse is an open-source effort fostered by IBM and it is used in the ACM Programming Contest. Other freeware products include NetBeans and JCreator LE.

Disclaimer

The policies, schedules, etc. are subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.

COSC 20203-50 Techniques in Programming Spring 2009