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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE


COURSE SYLLABUS, Fall, 2005

COURSE NUMBER: CS 1136

COURSE TITLE: Computer Science Laboratory

CREDIT HOURS: 1

INSTRUCTOR: Cort Steinhorst


Office: ECSS 3.609
Office Phone: 972-883-6353
E-Mail: cort.steinhorst@utdallas.edu
Web Site: www.utdallas.edu/~csteinh

OFFICE HOURS: Monday, 4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.


Tuesday, 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Wednesday, 4:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Thursday, 3:30 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Other hours by appointment.

CATALOG DESCRIPTION:

Required laboratory course for CS 1336. This course teaches basic computer
literacy/programming skills: disk operating system (DOS) commands (to format disks
and to create, manipulate, and remove directories and files), the authoring of ASCII text
files, compiler usage in converting source programs into executable form, printer
commands. CS 1336 students should enroll in this laboratory. (0-2) S

TEXTBOOK:

No Textbook required
ABET COURSE EXPECTATIONS:

After successful completion of this course, the student should have an:

1. Ability to develop algorithmic solutions for use on computers


2. Ability to express algorithmic solutions in a high level computer language
3. Ability to utilize fundamental programming structures - linear processing
4. Ability to utilize fundamental programming structures - conditional processing
5. Ability to utilize fundamental programming structures - loop processing
6. Ability to process data in arrays
7. Ability to develop programs in a functional/method form
8. Ability to perform searches and sorts
9. Ability to utilize reference variables
10. Ability to manipulate character and string data
11. Ability to perform sequential file input and output

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

There will be regularly assigned reading and homework problems. The homework
problems will require the student to spend time programming a computer. All program
files (.cpp) should be uploaded to WebCT for grading purposes. Assignments are due at
the end of each laboratory session but will be accepted up to the day before the next
laboratory day.

GRADING:

The final grade will be formulated by averaging the grade assigned to each laboratory
session.

Letter grades will be assigned as follows:

98-100 A+
92-97 A
90-91 A-
88-89 B+
82-87 B
80-81 B-
78-79 C+
72-77 C
70-71 C-
68-69 D+
62-67 D
60-61 D-
Below 60 F.
ACADEMIC HONESTY:

The University of Texas System Policy on Academic Honesty appears in the Regents
Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Paragraph 3.22. Any student
who commits an act of scholastic dishonesty is subject to discipline. Scholastic
dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, the submission
for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another
person, taking an examination for another, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a
student or the attempt to commit such acts. The minimum penalty for academic
dishonesty is a failing grade (zero) for the project. Do your own work on all projects.

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