Instructor: Dr. Shaun D. Ramsey
Email: sramsey2@washcoll.edu (preferred contact method)
Phone: (410)810-7485
Office: DUNN N102
Office Hours: W: 3:30pm, TuTh 1:30pm
(or by drop-in / appointment)
Quantitative Skills Drop-In Hours: Tu 7-8pm, Th 4-5pm
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CSI 201 - Computer Science I
Spring 2016
Website: http://shaunramsey.com/201
: zybooks!
201-10 Classroom/Meetings: DUNN N103 12:30-1:20pm
201-11 Classroom/Meetings: DUNN N103 1:30-2:20pm
Text: zyBooks - refer to announcement on canvas!
Reference: Liang - Introduction to Programming with C++
Tentative Exam Dates: MIDTERM 2/24, 4/7, final during finals week
Grade Breakdown:
Midterms: 25%
Final: 30%
Activities Total: 45%
Zybooks Participation Activities: 15%
Zybooks Challenge Activities: 10%
Zybooks Lab Activities: 20%
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 Intro (Chapter 1)
Week 2 Operators and Variables (Chapter 2)
Week 3 Conditions (Chapter 3)
Week 4 Loops (Chapter 4)
Week 5 Exam 1
Week 6 Vectors and Arrays (Chapter 5)
Week 7 User-Defined Functions (Chapter 6)
Week 8 User-Defined Functions (Chapter 6)
Week 9 Recursion (Chapter 7)
Week 10 Exam 2
Week 11 Streams (Chapter 8)
Week 12 Objects and Classes
Week 13 Objects and Classes / Inheritance
Week 14 Review
Due Dates (Except Chapter 6 and 9 which will be spread over two weeks)
Monday: First part of each chapter - all Participation Activities due
Tuesday: First part of chapter - all Challenge Activities due
Wednesday: Second part of each chapter - all Participation Activities due
Thursday: Second part of chapter - all Challenge Activities due
Friday: Lab Activity for chapter is due
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.
Grading: Late assignments will be assessed a value of 0.
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. Please notify me of any necessary
accommodation at least two weeks prior to the requirement so we can
make it happen.
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. When handing in any assignment, including a program, you are
required to cite every reference, including webpages. Failure to do so
will be considered plagiarism.
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. Exams must be taken on the day the exam is given. In
the case of an extreme emergency, before a make-up test will be
scheduled, documentation of the extreme emergency must be given to the
college. 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.