CISC 181 Home Page Fall 2003

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

CISC 181 Intro to Computer Science
Home Page Fall 2003

"A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --- the late, great Alan J. Perlis

Syllabus	Grades/Policies	Instructor/TAs: How to Contact	Lecture Notes	Example Programs from Lecture	Example Programs from textbook
Exercise Solns	Labs	Programming Projs	Software Info	C++ Header Files

The URL for this page is

http://udel.edu/~caviness/cisc181-03f-homepage.html

The computing project numbers on Strauss for this course are:
2003 for sections 10-12;
2004 for sections 13-15;
2005 for sections 80-81.

This is the home page for the University of Delaware course CISC 181 - Intro. to Computer Science taught by Prof. B. F. Caviness in the Fall of 2003.

In the Beginning ...

The syllabus gives an overview of the course including the textbooks to be used and the dates for tests and the final exam. The policies gives the course policies on grading, attendance, and academic honesty. Please read both of these documents carefully.
Textbooks
1. Required: H. M. Deitel & P. J. Deitel, C++ How to Program, 4th edition, Prentice-Hall.
2. Required: Amir Afzal, UNIX Unbounded: A Beginning Approach, Prentice Hall.
The file cis181-success gives some tips on what to do to be successful in this course. If you are having difficulty with the course, look over this file for some ideas on how you might improve your performance.
Courses grades will be available soon online. To view your grades, after getting the cis181> prompt issue the mygrades Unix commmand, i.e.,
cis181> mygrades
This should display your grades and an approximation to your current average. If you think that a grade is incorrectly recorded, please check with the TA.

The Main Course ...

Lecture notes

For each lecture the lecture notes will include the assignment for that class, important announcements (if there are any), solutions to previously assigned exercises, and an outline of the lecture. The outline normally contains a list of all topics to be covered in the lecture (sometimes with additional details) and the example programs to be discussed. These documents will be made available as they are completed. Normally this will be shortly before the lecture.

Example programs
These are the example programs discussed in lecture.

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Solutions to homework exercises

Lab write-ups
These are the write-ups for the weekly labs in 009 Willard.

Programming projects
These are the write-ups for the more extensive programming projects that will be assigned approximately once each month.

Miscellaneous ...

Try the links We will be using X-terminals in the lab. See http://www.udel.edu/topics/xterms/xterms.html for documentation on using these terminals.
For more general help about UD computing, see the Information Technology help page. It also contains several links to Unix material. See especially the link Using UNIX Systems.

Contact Information ...

Staff	Name	Office	Email	Phone	Office Hours
Instructor	B. F. Caviness	406 Smith	`caviness at cis.udel.edu`	831-8234	1:30-3:30 Weds & by appt
TAs	Bradley Durandetta for sects 13-15	115B Pearson	`durandet at cis.udel.edu`	831-2770	11AM-1PM, Mondays
	Greg Waltz for sects 10-12	115B Pearson	`gwaltz at cis.udel.edu`	831-2770	1-3PM, Thursdays
	Staci Lyvers for sects 80-81	115B Pearson	`slyvers at udel.edu`	831-2770	9-11AM, Mondays
All TA Office Hours are held in 115B Pearson, Phone 831-2770

Last updated 9/6/03

This page has been accessed times since 26 Aug 2003.

Corrections, suggestions and comments to caviness at cis.udel.edu.

CISC 181 Intro to Computer Science Home Page Fall 2003

In the Beginning ...

The Main Course ...

Miscellaneous ...

Contact Information ...

CISC 181 Intro to Computer Science
Home Page Fall 2003