Brief Syllabus - CISC105 - Fall 2004 - University of Delaware

Instructor: Dr. Phill Conrad, Asst. Professor, CIS Dept.

    email: pconrad@udel.edu
    web site:  http://udel.edu/~pconrad

    Office Hours (for now): MWF 10:15-11:15
                            Thursday 11:15-noon.

    Office location: Smith 447  (3 stories up from CIS Office)

TA: Keith Trnka (trnka@udel.edu, office hours Tuesday, 2-4PM, 
                                             Pearson Hall 115B)

Textbooks: C Programming for Engineering and Computer Science,
               Tan and D'Orazio, McGraw-Hill 1999.
           Just Enough Unix, Anderson, 4th Edition, McGraw Hill 2003.


Lecture: 9:05-9:55, Mon/Wed/Fri  Gore 104
 
Lab:     12:25-1:10, 1:25-2:15, 2:30-3:20, or 3:35-4:25  Willard 009B

	 You must attend the lab to which you are assigned.

	 (this helps to ensure everyone gets a terminal,
          and a reasonably chance at help from the TA)

Course Goals (in a nutshell):

       * Learn Problem Solving and Algorithm Development
       * Learn C programming, including but not limited to:
	     data types
	     control structures
	     functions
	     arrays, pointers, strings
       * Learn basic of using Unix

Note: Attendance is mandatory in both lecture and lab.
      Attendance will be taken.

      Three unexcused absences will result in a failing grade.

Grading:  50% Exams (15% Midterm 1, 15% Midterm 2, 20% Final)
          30% Programming Projects      
          20% Labs, Homeworks, Quizzes