CSE1320 Intermediate Programming in C

Summer 2010 Syllabus

Instructor:   Dr. J. Carter M. Tiernan    620 NH            x20113  (817-272-0113)

E-mail: tiernan@uta.edu                      Web:ranger.uta.edu/~tiernan

Section  001:    MW 1:30 - 12:20pm, NH 110

Office hours:   Monday 2:00 -4:00 and Wednesday 2 :00 -3:00 and other times available by appointment

Course Objective:

For students with basic programming skills, this course continues development of the students' capabilities in programming using advanced features of C consistent with software engineering principles. Students successfully completing this course will be able to apply structured, top-down design software engineering techniques to the analysis and procedural design of moderately complex computer programming problems. Moreover students will gain the ability to program in C using aggregate data structures and dynamic memory allocation techniques.  Students will also be introduced to programming in C++ using objects and will discuss concepts of object-oriented programming.

Catalog Description:

Programming concepts beyond standard control structures, arrays and files in C; object-oriented programming concepts including class structure and behavior; objects in C++. Emphasis is given to data structures (including pointer manipulation) and modular design consistent with software engineering principles. Windows and UNIX operating systems are used.

Prerequisites: CSE 1105 (or concurrently), MATH 1323, CSE 1310 or a passing grade on the CSE 1320 Readiness Exam (or CSE 1311 or EE 1347 with instructor permission)

Textbook: Foster and Foster, C By Discovery, Fourth Edition. REQUIRED

Schedule:  See Dr. Tiernan's website for the list of class topics, the semester schedule and the exam dates for the class.

Grading

Labs                                         43%    {4 labs at 10, 10, 13, and 10 percent}

Three(3) in-class quizzes         9%       {3 at 3 percent each }

Exam I                                     15%

Exam II                                    15%

Final Exam                              18%  

Extra Credit Pre-lab                3%       {OPTIONAL - see below}

Extra Credit Service Learning 3%       {OPTIONAL - see below}

 The extra-credit Pre-lab assignment will be offered early in the semester and is designed to help students practice with the basics of C programming (function calls and definitions, input/output, mathematical operations, etc.) if they feel they need additional practice. This assignment is optional and will be in addition to the four required lab assignments. All 5 lab assignments are individual effort only.   

Make up exams must be arranged in advance and will be scheduled at the discretion of the instructor.

CHEATING on exams, PLAGIARISM, or COLLUSION will not be tolerated.

Labs:           

This course offers assistance through lab assignments and weekly office hours for the course instructor and the TA. 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.

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.

At least three (3) out of the four (4) required labs must be submitted in order for a student to pass CSE 1320 with a C or better.  All four (4) required labs must be submitted in order to have the possibility of making a grade of A.

Of the four required lab assignments, the first three will be written in C and the fourth will be written in C++.

Lab Grading:

Each lab will be graded on a number of factors. Always be sure that a turned in lab compiles on the UTA omega UNIX system under the gcc compiler without warnings or errors even if it is not complete. You will receive partial credit for a working stubbed program.

Programs that do not compile successfully (without compiler warnings or errors) will receive zero (0) credit.

Labs 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 (a.out)

Compilation warnings - these occur when the program is being compiled, are printed to the screen but still allow the creation of an executable file

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 (ex: segmentation fault, divide by zero error, incompatible types, etc.)

See the class website for complete instructions on how to compile and submit lab assignments. See the link labeled “How to submit your 1320 lab”

Additional procedural information on lab assignments may be handed out or made available on the website as required.

There are LOTS of references on the class website to help you write programs.  Use them!  Note that the “Sticky Bits in C” presentation has some info about how to do debugging.

Quizzes:      

Pop quizzes will be given in class and based on the assigned chapters and class lectures.  No make-up quizzes will be given.

Exams:        

Material covered on the exams will be based on the assigned chapters and class lectures. All exams are mandatory. There are NO make-up exams after the scheduled times. If a student notifies the instructor IN ADVANCE, then an early make-up exam M AY be arranged at the discretion of the instructor. The instructor's decision is final. All exams may be kept by the instructor.

Service Learning Extra Credit:

This class will offer the opportunity for you to earn up to 3% extra credit for the semester 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%;

-  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 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%.  

CSE dept. service includes volunteering at RoPro College College Challenge Camp (July 14 – 16), joining ACM, GDC, or AAAI and assisting with their events, or other CSE service approved in advance by Dr. T.

College service includes volunteering as a mentor for one of the Engineering Summer Camps (see the K-12 Outreach link on www.uta.edu/engineering for more info), assisting with the July 4^th parade as a sponsored events for the 50th Anniversary of the College of Engineering, joiningESC/ JCEO and assisting with JCEO events, 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 as it is developed.  YOU are responsible for checking the website regularly for information such as due date changes and assignments.

Before census day you must e-mail to tiernan@uta.edu the following information:

Full name, e-mail address to be used for class distribution list (this must be an e-mail address that you CHECK regularly and preferably a UTA address), and any special information you would like me to have about you. 

The subject line for this e-mail should be "Lastname - CSE1320 Distribution List Info" substituting your last name for "Lastname"

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.

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 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.

 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 Vice-President for Academic Affairs and penalties will be levied as described in the Statement of Ethics.