CSE1310 Introduction to
Computers and Programming
Spring 2019 Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. J. Carter
M. Tiernan 620 NH
x2-1295
E-mail: tiernan@uta.edu
Web: www.uta.edu/faculty/tiernan or
ranger.uta.edu/~tiernan
Course assignments, this syllabus,
schedule, and other material : elearn.uta.edu (Blackboard)
Class: CSE1310 - 005 Class
meeting time and location: TR 3:30 - 4:50pm, SEIR 294
(SEIR
= Science and Engineering Innovation and Research Building)
Office hours (in 620 Nedderman
Hall): Mon,
Tues/Thurs 1:30pm - 3:00pm and other times available by appointment
Course Objective:
Introduces students to the concept of
writing computer programs and thinking about how to write computer
programs. The course uses the Java programming language to do this and
also considers how to write programs using good programming practices that will
apply to all later programming as well.
ÒLearn about programming. Do some
programming.Ó
Catalog Description:
An introduction
to the computer, to the algorithmic process, and to programming using basic
control and data structures, using a procedural language.
Student Learning Outcomes:
This is a general overview of outcomes for CSE1310. The specific outcomes
list is posted for you to review.
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Students will be able to develop algorithms for math
functions (e.g. the factorial), processing of strings and lists, games (e.g.
Tic-Tac-Toe, The Hangman ) or basic functionality (e.g. a phonebook).
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They will be able to write and debug programs that implement
the above mentioned algorithms.
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When reading simple code, students will be able to explain
what each line of code does and how it affects the computer state.
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Students will be able to read and write text files using
Java.
Prerequisites: MATH 1302 or MATH 1421 (or
concurrently) or MATH 1426 (or concurrently)
Textbook:
E-Book: Cay Horstmann, Big Java - Late Objects 2nd Edition ISBN
978-1-119-32107-1. This is an enhanced e-text with online
resources to go with the printed text.
The first edition of: Cay Horstmann, Big
Java - Late Objects is also okay to use but wonÕt have quite the same
resource material.
Descriptions of major assignments and
examinations: Dr. Tiernan's CSE 1310
class will require 4 or more significant programming lab assignments, two tests
during the semester, i.e. Òsemester testsÓ, and a departmental final
exam. Descriptions of these assignments and exams are given later
in this syllabus.
Schedule:
See Dr. Tiernan's Spring 2019 class website and Blackboard for the semester
schedule of class topics and the exam dates for the class. Note that this
class will have assignments due during Final Review Week prior to Final Exam
Week. The class syllabus, schedule, and other information will be
available on my website and/or on Blackboard as it is developed. YOU are
responsible for checking the website regularly for information such as due date
changes and assignments.
Schedule for Departmental Final Exam
for 1310: The final exam for all sections of 1310 will be on
Monday, May 6 at 5:30-8pm. The location of the exam will be given
later in the semester. You must take this exam at this time except in
cases of emergency. Travel schedules will not be accommodated.
Attendance: At The University of Texas
at Arlington, taking attendance is not required but attendance is a critical
indicator in student success. Each faculty member is free to develop his or her
own methods of evaluating studentsÕ academic performance, which includes
establishing course-specific policies on attendance.
As the instructor of this section, I
will take attendance for the first few days of the class only. Attendance
does not factor in to the grading. However, students are expected to
attend class and pop quizzes may be given during any class throughout the
semester. Pop quizzes will not be announced and pop quizzes cannot be
made up.
While UT Arlington does not require
instructors to take attendance in their courses, the U.S. Department of
Education requires that the University have a mechanism in place to mark when
Federal Student Aid recipients Òbegin attendance in a course.Ó UT Arlington
instructors will report when students begin attendance in a course as part of
the final grading process. Specifically, when assigning a student a grade of F,
faculty report the last date a student attended their class based on evidence
such as a test, participation in a class project or presentation, or an engagement
online via Blackboard. This date is reported to the Department of Education for
federal financial aid recipients.
Dr. TÕs
philosophy about teaching programming:
The job of a computer
scientist/ software engineer / systems analyst / computer engineer / software
developer / etc. is to use the computer to solve a problem or create a
product. These problem solutions and products are software
programs. The task of CS/SE/analyst/engineers/developers is working with
a team to determine what kind of solution is needed for a problem and then
designing a software to implement it and then writing the code (or working with
a coder/programmer to write code) for that program and making it work. To
learn all of the skills to do this well is the purpose of pursuing a 4-year
degree. To do all of this, there are many things to learn and
practice. Part, only part, of the practice is to write programs and learn
how to do this well. However, this practice pervades the rest of the
tasks so in order to be able to use the skill of writing programs, we have to
teach you to write programs and we have to teach this first, like the ABCÕs, so
that it can be used as a building block for learning all the other parts of
being a computer scientist/ software engineer / systems analyst / computer
engineer / software developer / etc.
So, programming is
NOT the entire job of being a computer scientist/ software engineer / systems
analyst / computer engineer / software developer / etc. but it is a significant
part. Therefore we teach you programming FIRST so that you can use this
skill while you learn the rest of the really interesting aspects of being a
computer scientist/ software engineer / systems analyst / computer engineer /
software developer / etc. throughout the rest of your degree. Learning to
program is like learning your ABCÕs. You do this in order to learn how to
do even more interesting things later. J
Grading
for CSE 1310:
a. Lab
assignments are graded out of 100 points each. All lab assignments will
be averaged to compute a semester lab grade. The semester lab grade is
worth 50% (50 points) of the final grade.
b. Tests
are graded out of 100 points each. There will be two semester tests plus
the final exam.
c. The
two semester tests will be averaged to compute a semester test grade. The
semester test grade is worth 20% (20 points) of the final grade.
d. The
final exam is comprehensive. It will be worth 30% (30 points) of the
semester grade. Students must pass the final exam in order to pass the
class.
e. In
class pop quizzes will be considered as extra credit for up to 3% (3 points)
added to the semester test grade.
f.
Service Learning activities will be considered extra credit
for up to 3% (3 points) added to the semester lab grade. See below for
details about service learning activities that can be counted for this class.
g. The
final numeric grade for the semester will be the sum of the semester lab grade,
the semester test grade, and the final exam grade. In order to complete
the class with a passing grade, the student must pass the final exam and must
also meet the lab completion requirements given below in this syllabus.
h. The
final numeric grade will then be converted to a semester letter grade as shown
below.
Grading Summary for CSE 1310:
Lab assignments: 100
points each; averaged together to get a score out of 100
50% of final grade
Semester tests: 100
points each; averaged together to get a score out of
100 20% of final
grade
Departmental Final
Exam: 100
points; 30%
of final grade
Pop Quizzes: 10
points each; averaged to get a score out of 10 points (extra credit up to 3% on
test grade)
Service Learning: up
to 3 points (extra credit up to 3% on lab grade)
Final grade = (LabsAvg * .5 + Svc) +
(TestsAvg * .2 + Quizzes * .3) + (Final * .3) subject to lab submission and
final exam requirements
Final exam requirement:
Students will be
required to make 70 or above in the dept exam in order to pass the
class. This requirement is in ADDITION to the class letter grade.
This means that if a student has a passing grade in the class
overall but makes less than a 70 on the final exam, the student will NOT pass
the class. A high grade on the final exam does not guarantee that
the student will pass the class.
Lab completion requirements:
All of the required
labs must be submitted in order to have the possibility of making a grade of
A. At least eighty-five percent (85%) of the required labs must be
submitted in order for a student to pass CSE 1310 with a C or better. At
least seventy-five percent (75%) of the submitted labs must receive passing
grades (with no significant errors) in order to pass CSE 1310 with a C or
better. Regardless of the number of labs assigned, at least two of the
last three labs must be submitted and have passing grades in order to pass CSE
1310 with a C or better.
Final course grades will be determined
by the following UNLESS student does not meet lab submission requirements, does
not meet the final exam requirement, or does not take the final exam.
Failure to meet lab submission requirements, to meet the final exam
requirement, or to take the final exam will cause student to receive a grade of
D or F regardless of other grades.
90 –
100pts A
80 –
89pts B
70 – 79
pts C { CSE 1310 must be passed with
a C or better to progress to the next class }
60 – 69
pts D
0 – 59
pts F
The instructor may apply a more lenient
letter grade scale based on degree of difficulty of the class.
Make up tests and final exam MUST be
arranged in advance and will be scheduled at the discretion of the instructor.
Make appropriate arrangements to attend the departmental final exam scheduled
on Mon., May 6, from 5:30-8pm.
CHEATING on exams, PLAGIARISM, or
COLLUSION will not be tolerated.
Ethics and Academic Integrity:
A Statement of Ethics will be provided
for you to read, sign, return, and follow. Violators of the ethics code will be
reported to the Office of Student Conduct and penalties will be levied as
described in the Statement of Ethics.
Lab homework
assignments and Expectations for Out-of-Class Study
The only way to learn
programming is to write programs and make them work. The process is to
write a chunk of code, test the chunk of code, find the errors, debug the
errors, test the code some more, find errors, debug, test, get it working then
add another chunk of code and do the same process again. At the beginning
of this course you will write very small programs. These will help you
get familiar with the process of turning your thoughts and algorithms into
programs. As the semester progresses, you will be expected to write
larger and larger programs. These will reuse ideas you learned earlier
and will let you practice the process of writing testing and debugging.
You should anticipate at least 15 hours per week outside of class (on
average) to complete the lab assignments.
All lab assignments are individual
effort only.
Lab assignments will
be submitted through Blackboard for this class.
Every lab assignment
has a given due date. No late labs will be accepted. (Five minutes late is
still late.) Lab assignments will be posted on the class website
listed at the top of this page.
[If you are unable to
turn in your lab on time, you may request an extension by sending an e-mail to
Dr Tiernan within 24 hours of the deadline for the lab. The e-mail must
explain WHY you are not able to submit on time. If Dr. T grants an
extension, she will reply to your message with the late penalties and new
deadlines.]
Lab assignments must
be individual effort. The Statement of Ethics you will receive details
the definitions of collusion, plagiarism, and academic dishonesty as related to
lab assignments in CSE.
All of the required
lab assignments will be written in Java on the NetBeans IDE platform. Lab
1 will give additional details about NetBeans requirements.
Lab Grading:
Each lab will be graded on a number of
factors. Always be sure that a turned in lab compiles in Netbeans 8.2
without warnings or errors and executes (runs) without errors even if it is
not complete. You will receive partial credit for a working stubbed program. It
is your responsibility to completely test your lab assignment PRIOR to
submission.
Programs
that do not compile successfully (without compiler warnings or errors)
will receive zero (0) credit.
Programs
that do not execute successfully (without inappropriate termination)
will receive zero (0) credit.
This means that ALL
choices the user can make when running your code must work properly and ALL
inputs (excluding ones the lab instructions say you don't have the deal with)
must work properly even if the input value is invalid; for example, a negative
value for a month must NOT make your program crash.
Labs that implement
some, but not all, of the requirements must compile and run successfully
without errors or warnings to receive partial credit. Examples of errors
are
Compilation errors - these occur when
the program is being compiled and prevent creation of an executable file.
These errors will show up as error messages in the NetBeans output window.
Compilation warnings - these occur when
the program is being compiled, are printed to the screen but still allow the
creation of an executable file. These will show up as error messages in
the NetBeans output window.
Execution errors - these occur once the
program has started running and cause the program to terminate in any way other
than that defined by the programmer. These errors will show up AFTER the
ÒBUILD SUCCESSFULÓ message in the NetBeans output window.
Additional procedural
information on lab assignments may be handed out or made available on the
website as required.
Quizzes:
Pop quizzes may be given in class and
based on the assigned chapters and class lectures. Quizzes are not
announced. No make-up quizzes will be given. Quizzes are extra
credit up to 3% extra credit (3 points) added to the semester test scores.
Exams:
Material covered on the exams will be
based on the assigned chapters and class lectures. All exams are mandatory.
There are no general make-up exams after the scheduled times. If a student
notifies the instructor IN ADVANCE, then an early make-up exam MAY be arranged
at the discretion of the instructor. In the event of an emergency, contact the
instructor as soon as possible. The instructor's decision is final. All
exams may be kept by the instructor.
Grading issues:
Requests for
re-evaluation of assignments are limited to seven (7) calendar days after the
assignment is returned. Every assignment submitted for regrading must be given
to the instructor (exams and quizzes) or lab instructor (labs) in its entirety
and will be completely regraded. Papers will not be re-evaluated in the
classroom or lab.
Applications for
forgiving (or excluding or replacing) the grade in a course are available
online from the Registrar's office (Office of Records) and must be turned in to
the Registrar before the last drop day of the semester in which the course is
being retaken.
Semester grades will be available via
the UTA website, after the Registrar has completed processing the semester
grades.
Service Learning Extra Credit:
This class will offer
the opportunity for you to earn up to 3% extra credit (3 points) added to the
semester lab grade by performing some service to the CSE department, the UT
Arlington College of Engineering, the University, or the community. The
service must be completed and documentation turned in by the Friday BEFORE Dead
Week. The service learning credit structure is as follows:
- 4 or
more hours of service to the CSE dept. or the College of Engineering,
documented by a faculty or staff member, is worth 3%; 8 hours of service
to the University, documented by a faculty or staff member is worth 3%;
16 hours of service to the community documented by a staffer of the community
organization is worth 3%. (3% = 3 points added to semester lab grade)
- 2 to 4 hours
of service to the CSE dept. or the College of Engineering OR 4 or more hours of
service to the University, documented by a faculty or staff member, is worth
2%; %. (2% = 2 points added to semester lab grade)
- 2 to 4 hours
of service to the University, documented by a faculty or staff member OR 4 or
more hours of service to the community documented by a staffer of the community
organization is worth 1%. %. (1% = 1 pt added to semester lab grade)
CSE dept. service
includes volunteering at approved events, joining ACM, GDC, or AAAI and
assisting with their events, or other CSE service approved in advance by Dr.
T. Approved events include the Engineering Saturday (Sept., Nov. and
Apr.) and FIRST Tech Challenge mentoring or events (Sep.-Mar.) as
example. This is not a complete list but it gives some examples.
College of Engineering service includes
volunteering at the Engineering Welcome Bash, joining ESC and assisting with
ESC events such as Engineers Week, or other College of Engineering service
approved in advance by Dr. T.
University service
includes activity with UTA Volunteers, FLOC, or the BIG EVENT, or other UTA
service approved in advance by Dr. T.
"Community"
service includes volunteering at public schools, parks, animal shelters, and
homeless shelters.
Other venues for service (within
UTA or within the community) must be approved in advance by Dr. T prior to your
service.
Miscellaneous:
The class syllabus,
schedule, and other information will be available on my website and/or on the
LMS as it is developed. YOU are responsible for checking the website
regularly for information such as due date changes and assignments.
If you require
accommodation based on disability, I would like to meet with you in the privacy
of my office during the first week of the semester to ensure that you are
appropriately accommodated.
If you are
considering dropping this class please come discuss your performance in the
class with Dr. Tiernan so that you can make the best choice.
Students who are members of the Honors
College may wish to take this course for Honors credit. If you wish to do so,
please provide me with an Honors Credit Contract (downloaded from
http://honors.uta.edu/documents/credit.pdf). You and I will together determine
an appropriate supplemental assignment to justify the awarding of Honors
credit. If you are not in the Honors College and would like to learn more about
the benefits of membership, visit the website at http://honors.uta.edu/, where
you will find an application form for electronic submission.
***How to be successful in Dr. T's
class:***
For lecture material - Read the
textbook in advance. Come to class with material already a little bit
familiar then hear it in class again
For lab assignments - START
EARLY! Read and follow ALL the instructions. Don't pick and choose
which ones you pay attention to. Use a highlighter to go over the
assignment the first time and a pen or pencil to go through it a second time.
Design your lab first, then build it
piece by piece. Make each piece work and TEST it before you do
more. Save a version of the tested partial program then make a copy and
continue working on the copy. This means you always have a working
version that you could turn in. Test your program by trying out all the
possible things that can be wrong and make sure that your program keeps
running. If Dr. T says the program does not have to handle a particular
problem then you can ignore that one.
***How to get help: ***
This course offers assistance through
weekly office hours for the course instructor. There is also a 1310 lab
that has available lab hours during the regular school week and is staffed by
CSE 1310 TAs from all of the sections. USE THEM. Go talk to our TAs
and any of the TAs in the lab as soon as you can just so you can meet
them. Once you meet them, it is easier to ask them for help. Go
talk to Dr. T in her office as soon as you can. Same reason.
***Suggestions for success**
Find or create a study group for this
class (and all classes). Your study group can help you discuss ideas for
writing labs, it can help when you are unclear on topics from class, they can
help your debug your code while you are writing, they can be your testers
before you turn in your code and you can do that for all your group
members. This is one of the BEST ways to be successful in this or any
class.
** Additional sources for help! **
The IDEAS Center (2nd Floor of Central
Library) offers free tutoring to all students with a focus on transfer
students, sophomores, veterans and others undergoing a transition to UT
Arlington. To schedule an appointment with a peer tutor or mentor email
IDEAS@uta.edu or call (817) 272-6593.
UT
Arlington continues to offer free, unlimited eTutoring to all incoming freshmen
and transfer students. Students, who are not part of those cohorts, can
request an account by completing a request form, found HERE. The
eTutoring service provides additional support to students to help them as they
encounter the rigors of college-level work. More information about eTutoring
can be found at our website, www.uta.edu/etutoring.
Supplemental
Instruction (SI) is a series of peer-assisted weekly study sessions designed to
help students succeed in traditionally difficult courses. SI may be available
for this course. SI sessions are regularly scheduled sessions in which
students compare notes, discuss readings and course lectures, and work together
to master the course material. In SI, students learn how to use specific study
skills for the course while mastering the content. SI sessions provide an
excellent opportunity for you to
Meet with classmates and your SI leader to compare lecture notes.
Develop strategies for studying and learning the course material.
Prepare effectively for exams.
SI
is free and open to all students in the supported course. All students are
encouraged to attend SI, though the program is voluntary. It has been proven
that regular participation in SI can help you raise your course grades by
one-half to a full letter grade. SI helps you succeed and meet your goals!
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(adding and dropping a class concurrently) classes through self-service in
MyMav from the beginning of the registration period through the late
registration period. After the late registration period, students must see
their academic advisor to drop a class or withdraw. Undeclared students must
see an advisor in the University Advising Center. Drops can continue through a
point two-thirds of the way through the term or session. It is the student's
responsibility to officially withdraw if they do not plan to attend after
registering. Students will not be automatically dropped for non-attendance.
Repayment of certain types of financial aid administered through the University
may be required as the result of dropping classes or withdrawing. For more
information, contact the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships (http://wweb.uta.edu/aao/fao/ ).
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equal opportunity legislation, including The Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA), The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act (ADAAA), and Section 504
of the Rehabilitation Act. All instructors at UT Arlington are required by law
to provide Òreasonable accommodationsÓ to students with disabilities, so as not
to discriminate on the basis of disability. Students are responsible for providing
the instructor with official notification in the form of a letter certified by
the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD). Only those students who
have officially documented a need for an accommodation will have their request
honored. Students experiencing a range of conditions (Physical, Learning,
Chronic Health, Mental Health, and Sensory) that may cause diminished academic
performance or other barriers to learning may seek services and/or
accommodations by contacting:
The Office for Students with
Disabilities, (OSD) www.uta.edu/disability or calling
817-272-3364. Information regarding diagnostic criteria and policies for
obtaining disability-based academic accommodations can be found at www.uta.edu/disability .
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(CAPS) www.uta.edu/caps/
or calling 817-272-3671 is also available to all students to help increase
their understanding of personal issues, address mental and behavioral health
problems and make positive changes in their lives.
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.
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I pledge, on my
honor, to uphold UT ArlingtonÕs tradition of academic integrity, a tradition
that values hard work and honest effort in the pursuit of academic excellence.
I promise that I will
submit only work that I personally create or contribute to group
collaborations, and I will appropriately reference any work from other sources.
I will follow the highest standards of integrity and uphold the spirit of the
Honor Code.
UT Arlington faculty members may employ
the Honor Code in their courses by having students acknowledge the honor code
as part of an examination or requiring students to incorporate the honor code
into any work submitted. Per UT System RegentsÕ Rule 50101, ¤2.2, suspected
violations of universityÕs standards for academic integrity (including the
Honor Code) will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct. Violators will
be disciplined in accordance with University policy, which may result in the
studentÕs suspension or expulsion from the University. Additional information
is available at https://www.uta.edu/conduct/ .
Faculty are encouraged to discuss plagiarism and share the following library
tutorials http://libguides.uta.edu/copyright/plagiarism
and http://library.uta.edu/plagiarism/
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required in all syllabi. However, no lab training is required for this
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Training is valid for the remainder of the same academic year (i.e., through
the following August) and must be completed anew in subsequent years. There are
no exceptions to this University policy. Failure to complete the required
training will preclude participation in any lab activities, including those for
which a grade is assigned.
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class days prior to the first day of final examinations in the long sessions
shall be designated as Final Review Week. The purpose of this week is to allow
students sufficient time to prepare for final examinations. During this week,
there shall be no scheduled activities such as required field trips or
performances; and no instructor shall assign any themes, research problems or
exercises of similar scope that have a completion date during or following this
week unless specified in the class syllabus. See details earlier in this
document about Final Review Week assignments. During Final Review
Week, an instructor shall not give any examinations constituting 10% or more of
the final grade, except makeup tests and laboratory examinations. In addition,
no instructor shall give any portion of the final examination during Final Review
Week. During this week, classes are held as scheduled. In addition, instructors
are not required to limit content to topics that have been previously covered;
they may introduce new concepts as appropriate.
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experience an emergency event that requires us to vacate the building, students
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to the right or left of the front doors or through the back exit doors. When
exiting the building during an emergency, one should never take an elevator but
should use the stairwells. Faculty members and instructional staff will assist
students in selecting the safest route for evacuation and will make
arrangements to assist individuals with disabilities.
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[Required for all undergraduate courses] UT Arlington
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academic skills, deal with personal situations, and better understand concepts
and information related to their courses. Resources include tutoring,
major-based learning centers,
developmental education, advising and mentoring,
personal counseling, and federally funded programs.
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(2nd Floor of Central Library) offers FREE
tutoring
to all students with a focus on transfer students,
sophomores, veterans and others undergoing a transition to UT Arlington.
Students can drop in, or check the schedule of available peer tutors at
www.uta.edu/IDEAS, or call (817) 272-6593.
The LibraryÕs 2nd floor
Academic Plaza offers students a central hub of support services, including
IDEAS Center, University Advising Services, Transfer UTA and various
college/school advising hours. Services are available during the libraryÕs
hours of operation. http://library.uta.edu/academic-plaza