Instructor: Dr. Shaun D. Ramsey 
Email: sramsey2@washcoll.edu  (preferred contact method)
Phone: (410)810-7485 
Office: DUNN N102
Office Hours: MW 10:30, T 11:30

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CSI 201 - Computer Science I
Fall 2015
Website: http://shaunramsey.com/201
201-10 Classroom/Meetings: DUNN N103 9:30-10:20pm
201-11 Classroom/Meetings: DUNN N103 12:30-1:20pm
Text: Liang - Introduction to Programming with C++

Tentative Exam Dates: 10/9, final during finals week
Grade Breakdown: Exams (30% each), Homework, Classwork, Quizzes (30% combined), 
  Attendance and Participation (10%)


Overview and Advising: Explore the fundamentals of computer programming
to develop a foundation for understanding the problems and solutions
of computer science.  At the end of the course you should be able to
design algorithms for solving novel problems, explain step-by-step how
a program works when it does run, translate an English description
into code and correct/debug a computer program to desired
results. This course will be even more challenging to those with
weaker logic, algebra and problem solving skills.


Suggestions: Get into a group. You may point out programming errors
and discuss design with others, but all code must be of your own
creation as that is the only way to learn. Copying the code of another
might help you pass an assignment (if you are not caught), but your
ability with programming will definitely reveal itself during the
examinations if this is how you get by homework.


General Schedule:
Week 1 Operators and Variables
Week 2 Conditions
Week 3 Loops
Week 4 Function Calls
Week 5 Function Creation
Week 6 Catch-up, **Recursion, Review, Midterm, 
Week 7 Recursion
Week 8 Arrays
Week 9  Arrays (cont)
Week 10 Multidimensional Arrays
Week 11 Pointers
Week 12 Structs
Week 13 Classes and functions
Week 14 Classes and Constructors
Week 15 Review, Catch-up, **Inheritance


Attendance: Attendance is mandatory in this course. On your sixth
absence, you automatically fail the course. As a matter of courtesy,
you are expected to notify Dr.  Ramsey before class describing the
reason of your absence. You must be present on the day of an exam or
you will receive a 0. There is no distinction between excused and
unexcused absences. It is quite likely that I will email you to
discuss the reasons you have missed the class, but it is ultimately
your duty to keep track of your absences and to contact me. Missing a
class may result in missed classwork and/or quizzes. There are no
make-up quizzes or classwork. It is your responsibility to obtain
assigned homework, announcements and class notes from a
classmate. Coming late to class will also count against you. In this
case, every two late arrivals (lates) count as an absence. Thus you
fail the course with 12 lates or 6 absences or any mix of the two that
add up to 6. Examples are: 2 lates and 5 absences, 4 lates and 4
absences, 6 lates and 3 absences, and so on.

Accommodations: If you have an accommodation that has been reported to
the college, please let me know as soon as possible so I can work to
meet your accommodation. You must notify me of any necessary
accommodation at least two weeks prior to the requirement.

Academic Honesty: You are always subject to the Honor Code of
Washington College.  Always sign the honor code on materials that you
hand in (including homework and exams). All work must be your own.
Exams: The final exam will be administered during its scheduled slot
during final exam week. An absence on the day of the exam will result
in a grade of 0. Except in cases of very extreme emergency, exams must
be taken on the day the exam is given. Before a make-up test is
scheduled, documentation of the extreme emergency must be
given. Make-up exams for tests missed due to an extreme emergency will
be arranged for a time that is mutually convenient for the student and
Dr. Ramsey.