College of the Siskiyous

Computer Science Department

Spring 2008

 

CSCI 8 – Programming II

 

 

Meeting Time:    Monday Wednesday 3:30-5:20pm (G Hall 3/4)

Online TBA

 

Course:  CSCI 8; 3 Units AA, UC, CSU, CAN CSCI 24

 

Computer Science Instructor: Jesse Cecil

 

Office Hours: 

My office hours for the Spring 2008 semester are on Monday and Wednesday from 12:00-12:30pm and

2:00-3:00pm.   Additionally, Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-1:00pm.  My office is located in the Distance Learning Center, Room 10.  You can call me or leave a voice mail message at 938-5316 or Email me at cecil@siskiyous.edu.  In any case I will get back to you as soon as I can.

 

Required Texts:

 

      Starting Out with C++ Early Objects, 5th Edition, ISBN 0-321-38348-6

      By Gaddis, Walters, & Muganda, Published by Pearson Addison Wesley

 

 

Prerequisite:

     CSCI 7 – Programming I  (C or better)

 

Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1.      Approach any software development problem with a modular approach.

2.     Devise a strategy for implementing the design of the solution.

3.     Use an Object Oriented Programming approach.

4.     Use pseudo code or a programming language to implement, test, and debug algorithms for solving problems.

 

On-Line Web Page:

You can find all of the course materials and Power Point presentations for each class lecture at the following Uniform Resource Locator (URL):   http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/csci8/

 

Honesty:

I expect and demand integrity and honesty in all of our dealings.  Students who plagiarize the work of others could be dropped from the course. 

 

Smoking:

Smoking is permitted in “designated areas only”, COS Board Policy 1.9/CA AB 846.  Please use the provided ashtrays.

Support Hour Requirement:
The support hour provides students with professional assistance, supplemental instruction and remediation opportunities to help improve student success. Supervised support is offered for reading, writing, math, information technology, computer competency, and other skills outside of discipline specific content. During the semester, students will complete a variety of tasks related to this course that will necessitate the services available through the support hour. These tasks will include discussion of writing assignments with lab staff; use of MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access to present work or complete homework; exploration of course CD-ROM or course software.

Requirements / Grading:

I expect you to attend class, do the reading, and to bring questions to class to be discussed. Your grade will depend on both your active and informed participation and your performance on:

 

GRADED EVENTS:

Lab Assignments:                                    170 points

Online Reading Quizzes:                           40 points

Midterm Exam:                                       40 points

Final Project                                          100 points

Final Exam:                                              50 points

TOTAL                                                  400 POINTS

 

GRADING:

360-400 Points               A          320-359 Points               B          280-319 Points                C

240-279 Points               D          239 Points or below         F

 

Final Project

The last three weeks of the semester will be spent working on a final project that will “show off” what you have learned and allow you to come away from the class with a program that you can be proud of.  It will be due on May 13th and be worth 100 points which is 25% of your grade.  After they are turned in everyone will get a chance to see all of the other projects to what creative minds are doing.

 

Attendance and Late Work Policy:

I expect people to attend class, to be on time, and to be courteous and polite if late.  I reserve the right to drop any student that has missed six or more class meetings.  If you have an emergency that comes up, please see or call me.  It is your responsibility to understand and follow these guidelines, they are not negotiable!  You must make arrangements with me prior to the exam if you cannot take the exam on the date assigned.

 

Student Sensitivity Issues:

Students, staff and Faculty at the College the Siskiyous may have allergies, environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity, or related disabilities.  Please keep this in mind when deciding to smoke or in selecting and applying personal care products.

 

Academic Accommodations:

            Students have the right to request reasonable modifications to college requirements, services, facilities or programs if their documented disability imposes an educational limitation or impedes access to requirements, services, facilities or programs.  A student with a disability who requests a modification, accommodation, or adjustment is responsible for requesting necessary accommodations by identifying himself/herself to the instructor and, if desired, to the Disabled Student Programs and Services(DSPS) office Eddy Hall 1. 

            Students with a print disability--a visual limitation or reading difficulty that limits access to traditional print materials--may request printed materials in alternate media.  Examples of alternate media formats include electronic format(e.g., text on CD), Braille, tactile graphics, audiotape, and/or large print. Students can make alternate media requests through the Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSP&S) Eddy Hall 1, 938-5297.

            Students who consult or request assistance from DSPS regarding specific modifications, accommodations, adjustments, alternate text or use of auxiliary aids will be required to meet timelines and procedural requirements established by the DSPS office.