Diablo Valley College

Computer Science Department
Comsc 110: Introduction to Programming, Summer 2010, Section 1006 		 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction to programming emphasizing modular design and development of programs, coding style, documentation, debugging, and testing. All control structures and data types of a commonly-used language are covered. Language: C++. Recommended: Comsc 100 or Comsc 105 or equivalent. Expected student learning outcomes: www.dvc.edu/slos?comsc-110
INSTRUCTORS:
Prof. Valerie Colber, vcolber@dvc.edu
TOPICS COVERED:
Computer and Programming Terminology
Editing and Compiling Code
Constants and Variables
Identifiers, Expressions,and Statements
Console and File Input/Output
Functions (subprograms)
Algorithms and Pseudocode
Conditions, Logical Operators, IF statements
WHILE, FOR, and DO Loops
Grouping Data in Structures and Arrays
Simple Recursive Functions
Dynamic Data Structures
Collections and Linked Lists
CLASS DATES AND TIMES:
M Jun 14th through Th Jul 22nd
M T W Th 12:45 to 5pm ATC-109
Holiday: Jul 5th
Last Day To Add: Jun 15th
Last Day To Drop with refund: Jun 16th
Last Day To Drop without "W": Jun 22nd
Last Day To Drop with "W": Jul 13th
Midterm exam: T Jul 6th
Final exam: Th Jul 22nd
GRADING: Lab Exercises (15):  650 points
Midterm and Final Exams (2):  100 points
Midterm and Final Projects (2):  150 points
Quizzes (15):  100 points
FINAL GRADE: Strictly applied
A 900-1000 points      B 800-899 points
C 700-799 points      D 600-699 points
F 0-599 points        no extra credit
TEXT, REFERENCES, AND SUPPLIES:
Intro To Programming, Using C++ (4th Ed.) by Burns, hardcopy and online
Class website: http://comsc.dvc.edu/rburns/
Command-line compiler: Visual C++
Free editors: Pad (Windows) and JNotePad
Free Windows compiler: Visual C++ 2010 Express
Alternative compiler: UNIX/Linux/MacOSx g++
home or office, PC or Mac recommended
CLASS POLICY:
Class sessions include a mix of lecture and instructor-assisted lab time. Students are expected to attend 12:45-5pm, 4 days per week.
Expect to spend about 36 hours per week on this course listening to lectures, doing labs, and reading.
Lab assignments are posted on the class website.
Lab assignments are due at midnight of the evening of the due date  indicated on the course outline. Completed lab work must be posted to the class website for credit.
For questions on lab assignments, anytime and anywhere, use the online discussion group (accessible via links on the class website: http://comsc.dvc.edu/rburns/). Students may post and reply to questions in order to help eachother. The instructor monitors the discussions and answers questions when appropriate. Use this method so that all students benefit from questions, answers, and clarifications.
Three points per day will be deducted for each late assignment. Late work will be accepted until noon on Fri Jul 23rd. No credit will be awarded for any late work after that time.
Contact the instructor by email or visit during office hours.
Students are expected to follow the DVC Student Code of Conduct. Accordingly, no credit will be given for work that is not original. Students MUST type their own code, and NOT share code with other students. Points awarded for lab work that is later found to be not original will be withdrawn. Points awarded for work that is deleted from the Student File Area before grades are assigned at the end of the semester will be withdrawn.
EXPECTED STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students completing the course will be able to:
write programs that use constructs of sequence, ifs, and loops.
write programs that have subprograms with parameter lists.
write programs that apply arrays.
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