Prerequisite : None

Textbook

Course Structure

You are expected to play a very active role in this course. Each class you will receive the text of a learning activity that will serve as guide and structure for the evening. The activity will consist of some self-paced work at the machine, moments of class discussion (Meeting Points), quick assessments  (Who is with me?), frequent group exercises and tasks resulting in finished products to be submitted. Your participation will be crucial to your learning experience. A lot of questions will be asked to you and you are expected to do the same to the instructors and your peers. When confused or frustrated about a topic, use the instructors and your peers as resources. You will be surprised by how much you will learn from your classmates

In addition to the work we will do in class, you are also expected to do a lot of work at home or in the lab on your own. Make sure you plan ahead and budget your time accordingly.

Method of Evaluation

As discussed above, during each class sessions you will receive a learning  activity that will result in finished products to be submitted at the end of class. Each in-class activity will be worth 12 points.  The point allocation for in-class activities is as follows: 

In certain cases there will be activities outside of class that will be counted as in-class activities (for example, posting an introduction in the Discussion Forum on the COL site during the first week).  These activities will be announced in advance and given a deadline.  You are expected to complete them in order to earn in-class activity points.

Expect at least 8 assignments/projects with a specified deadline and a points allotment. These assignments will be programming projects of increasing difficulty and time commitment as the quarter progresses. The assignment with the lowest grade will be dropped in the final computation of your grade. To get full credit each assignment must:

• Fulfill all the required specifications listed in the assignment
• Be free of compiling and run-time errors.
• Be written according to the coding guidelines we will adopt in the course.
• Be submitted through COL before the deadline (typically 11:59 p.m. of the due date).

CSC211 is approved for credit in the Scientific Inquiry domain of the Liberal Studies Program, as an Elective. 

Important Dates (also see the DePaul Academic Calendar)

Academic integrity

The course follows the  DePaul University Academic Integrity Policy.

Cheating is any action that violates university norms or instructor's guidelines for the preparation and submission of assignments, quizzes and examinations. This includes, but is not limited to:

• unauthorized access to examination materials prior to the examination itself;
• use or possession of unauthorized materials during the examination or quiz;
• having someone take an examination in one's place;
• copying from another student; unauthorized assistance to another student; or acceptance of such assistance.
• working in groups on assignments or exams without the express consent of the instructor
• submitting as your own homework a solution provided by a tutor or lab assistant.

Plagiarism involves the presentation of the work of another as one's own. Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• the direct copying of any source, such as written and verbal material, computer files, audio disks, video programs or musical scores, whether published or unpublished, in whole or part, without proper acknowledgment that it is someone else's;
• copying of any source in whole or part with only minor changes in wording or syntax, even with acknowledgment;
• submitting as one's own work a report, examination paper, program, computer file, lab report or other assignment that has been prepared by someone else (including research papers purchased from any other person or agency);
• the paraphrasing of another's work or ideas without proper acknowledgment.

The use of others' web/publication content (text, graphics, code) is regarded as plagiarism if credit is not given (see the above description of plagiarism).  When you directly quote someone's work, you must put it in quotation marks. Without such quotations and reference, it is regarded as an act of plagiarism (see the above description of plagiarism). 

Using materials that the student prepared for other purposes (e.g., for another course or for his/her work) needs the course instructor's prior permission.

A charge of cheating and/or plagiarism is always a serious matter.  It can result in an automatic F in the course and possible expulsion.

Online Instructor Evaluation

Course and instructor evaluations are critical for maintaining and improving course quality. To make evaluations as meaningful as possible, we need 100% student participation. Therefore, participation in the School’s web-based academic administration initiative during the eighth and ninth week of this course is a requirement of this course. Failure to participate in this process will result in a grade of incomplete for the course. This incomplete will be automatically removed within seven weeks after the end of the course and replaced by the grade you would have received if you had fulfilled this requirement.