CS101 Fall 1998 -- Updated Schedule and Information 10/27/98

This handout contains new information about the lab and final exams, an updated schedule for the lecture and lab, and some important reminders.

Week of:	Lecture Topic	Reading	Lab Number and Topic
Oct. 26	Software -- programming, algorithms, talking to computers	Long Ch 3, Rawlins Ch 3 & 4	Lab 6 -- Images on web pages, ClipArt, MS Excel
Nov. 2	continued	continued	Lab 7 -- MS Excel
Nov. 9	Storage and Retrieval of Information, Database Concepts	Long Ch 4, Grauer MS Access	Lab 8 -- Lab Exam 1
Nov. 16	continued; exam review; Exam 2 Friday November 20	continued	Lab 9 -- Databases
Nov. 23	LECTURE -- review and questions -- NO LABS!!!	---	---
Nov. 30	Input and Output, Presentation Software	Long Ch 5, Grauer MS Powerpoint	Lab 10 -- Databases, Integration, Powerpoint
Dec. 7	Future of Computing, Artificial Intelligence	Rawlins ch 5 & 6	Lab 11 -- Lab Exam 2
Dec. 14	Review for Final Exam	---	---

• Grading:
  
  • 9 lab projects to hand in -- 40% (was 7 projects on original syllabus)
  • 2 laboratory exams - 10% each (total of 20%)
  • 2 hourly exams - 10% each (total of 20%)
  • final exam - 20%
• Late Assignments:
  Please talk directly to your instructor about handing in late assignments. Late assignments may be accepted with a penalty. Labs 1-7 will not be accepted after the Thanksgiving break under any circumstances. The lab will close when classes end, there is no possibility of working in the lab over exam week or study days.
• Exams:
  
  • In-class exams:
    • Exam 1 Friday October 16
    • Exam 2 Friday November 20
  • Laboratory exams:
    • Lab Exam 1 -- in lab the week of November 9 for ALL LAB SECTIONS
    • Lab Exam 2 -- in lab the week of December 7
    Laboratory exams will be one hour long and will be given in the lab during your scheduled lab section time. Students will be assigned to take the exam during one of the two hours alloted for the lab. The exam schedule with assignments will be posted outside the Baldy 19 lab and on the class web page the week before the exam. Make sure to check the schedule, you must take the lab exam during your assigned slot. Part of the lab exam will involve logging in to your account in the lab. If you have not yet logged in, make sure you can do so and that you have set up your account according to Lab 1 before the exam.
  • Final Exam: Friday, December 18, 3:30-6:30pm
• Group Work -- reminder (see original syllabus):
  All academic work must be your own unless specifically indicated. If you work with a partner it is your responsibility to ensure that you understand all concepts and applications covered in the lab. In other words, you should work on the exercises together. The exercises are designed to follow on after the other, each teaches unique concepts that you all, individually, must understand.
• Attendance -- reminder (see original syllabus):
  Attendance is important.  If you're not coming to lecture, you are missing a lot of information. The notes that we put at Makin' Copies are a skeleton of what is actually taught. This is not a correspondance course. If you are absent, you are responsible for getting class notes/assignments from a classmate. If you are doing lab work at home, you should still stop by the lab for help, to hand in assignments, and to pick up graded work. You must attend the lab exams, which are given during your scheduled lab section. It is not possible to take the lab exam from home.