Computer Science I, Fall 2008
 
 

Course:	COP 2220 81054 / 81554 81054: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 a.m. 81554: MWF  1:00 –  1:50 p.m. 15/1205 3 credit hours
Instructor:	Justin Gaudry
Office:	15/3227
Office hours:	MTWRF 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Phone:	620-1307 (direct line) 620-2985 (department office)
URL:	http://www.unf.edu/~jgaudry
Email:	jgaudry@unf.edu
Text:	*** Required *** Forouzan and Gilberg, Computer Science: A Structured Programming Approach Using C, 3rd Edition, Thomson Course Technology. ISBN 0-534-49132-4  *** Recommended for CS Majors *** Siever et al, LINUX in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition, O'Reilly Press. ISBN 0-596-00025-1 Kernighan and Ritchie, The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition, Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-110362-8

 
 
Grade Breakdown
 

Description	Percentage
Quizzes	15%
Projects	30%
Tests	55%
Total	100%

 
 
Grading Scale
 

A	90 – 100
B	80 –  89
C	70 -  79
D	60 -  69
F	0 -  59

 
 
Important Dates
 

8-29	Friday	Last day to drop with 100% refund
9-1	Monday	Labor Day, University closed
9-19	Friday	Last day to withdraw with 25% refund (must withdraw from ALL classes for refund)
9-19	Friday	Test 1
10-17	Friday	Test 2
11-7	Friday	Last day to withdraw (no refund)
11-11	Tuesday	Veteran's Day, University closed
11-14	Friday	Test 3
11-27 to 29	Thur. to Saturday	Thanksgiving, University closed
12-5	Friday	Test 4
12-8 12-8	Mon 81054 Mon 81554	Final Exam, 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Final Exam,  1:00 p.m. –  2:50 p.m.

 
 
General Information
 
Dates given on the syllabus for quizzes and tests will be followed even if we get ahead of or fall behind the syllabus schedule.
 
Quizzes will be administered at the beginning of class on the noted dates. No makeup quizzes will be given, therefore one grade will be dropped to account for the possibility of one missed quiz. If all quizzes are taken, the lowest grade will be dropped.
 
Tests are to be taken at the scheduled times. Except in cases of documented medical emergency, no makeup tests will be given. If you will miss a test for an acceptable reason, you must contact the instructor and take the test in advance. The final exam will be comprehensive and will be given at the scheduled final exam time for the course. It is optional. If taken, it will be averaged in with other exams and can also replace a missed or poor test (except Test 4).
 
Attendance is not mandatory but highly recommended. You may be late to class three times. Each subsequent time subtracts one percentage point from your test average.

Ethics are integral to success in the course. All work that you turn in must be your own. Please see Academic Integrity for more details. Punishment is strict and severe: a punitive F for the course (no withdrawal allowed).

You will be issued an account on osprey, an Intel-based server running LINUX. You are expected to use your account responsibly in accordance with CCEC and UNF policies.

Programming assignments will be executed on osprey using the gcc compiler.

Programming requirements:

• Submit source code electronically using the turnin utility (unless otherwise directed).
• Submit a preliminary IPO and structure chart for certain projects. See Documentation Requirements for more details.
• Submit a hardcopy of source code at the start of class on project due date. No documentation is accepted for late projects.
• With the exception of Project 0 and Project 6, late projects will be accepted resulting in deductions listed in Late Projects. Late projects lose documentation points automatically.
• All programs and related files must be stored in a protected subdirectory called "cproj" (no quotes) on osprey.
• Violations of good programming practice will result in deductions listed in Programming Practices.
• Programs that do not compile will receive a 0 (even if documentation is submitted).

Tentative Schedule for Lectures
 

Week	Chapter(s)	Description	Proj, Quiz,  Test Schedule
1		Intro to UNIX
2	No class 2	No class, Labor Day Intro to programming C language components	9-5 P0 / Q1
3	3	Declarations, expressions, statements	9-12 Q2
4	4	Functions   ***** Test 1 *****	9-17 P1 9-19 T1
5	5	Flow of control
6	5	Selection	10-3 Q3
7	6	Loops, recursion	10-8 P2 10-10 Q4
8	7	Files, character processing   ***** Test 2 *****	10-17 T2
9	8	Arrays	10-22 P3
10	8	Searching and sorting
11	9 10	Pointers	11-5 Q5 11-7 P4
12	11	Strings ***** Test 3 *****	11-14 T3
13	12	Typedef, structures	11-19 P5
14	15 No class	Linked lists   No class, Thanksgiving	11-24 Q6
15	15	Linked lists   ***** Test 4 *****	12-3 P6 12-5 T4
16	Mon 81054 Mon 81554	Final Exam 11:00 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Final Exam  1:00 p.m. -  2:50 p.m.	Final (opt.) Final (opt.)

 
 
Tentative Schedule for Projects
 

Proj	Due Date and Time	Topics
0	9-5, 8:00 a.m.	Practice with UNIX, basic C
1	9-17, 8:00 a.m.	I/O, expressions, sequence
2	10-8, 8:00 a.m.	Functions, selection, random numbers
3	10-22, 8:00 a.m.	Iteration, character processing, file I/O
4	11-7, 8:00 a.m.	Arrays, searching, sorting
5	11-19, 8:00 a.m.	Strings, cmd line args
6	12-3, 8:00 a.m.	Structures, linked lists