Programming
Language: C++
CS 320
SPRING
SEMESTER 2004
Instructor: Prof. Judy Hansen-Childers
Office: Room 209
Office Hours:
Mondays:
Wednesday:
Friday:
You are
welcome to drop by at other times or make an appointment !
Office Phone: 859-1335
Home Phone: 582-7632
E-Mail hansenj@thomas.edu
Snow Phone/Cancellation Line:
859-1140
Class Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays - From 10:50 AM to
12:05 in
Text:
Computing Fundamentals With C++ by Rick Mercer (Franklin,
Beedle & Associates)
Required Materials:
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Prerequisite: CS 118 and Sophomore standing
This course introduces the student to the concepts, theory, practice, and
program design issues of the object-oriented C++ programming language. Students
will learn to read, analyze, write, and debug programs. Concepts are reinforced
through lecture as well as written and hands-on programming assignments. Topics
addressed include: program analysis and design, basic algorithms, data
structures, control structures, functions, classes, inheritance, pointers and file
streams.
COURSE OBJECTIVES (Learning Outcomes):
By the end of the course, the student should:
- Understand the essential
syntax, concepts and theory of the C++ language.
- Be able to correctly apply
the syntax and concepts presented in class in his/her programs.
- Be able to design and
successfully implement programmer-defined functions and classes.
- Be able to design, write,
edit, link, debug, and compile basic C++ applications using the Microsoft
Visual C++ IDE.
ASSESSMENT:
The student’s attainment of the learning outcomes will be assessed in the following ways:
Objective #1: The student’s understanding of the essential syntax, concepts, and
theory of the C++ language will be measured through class attendance and
participation, and the student’s understanding of the reading assignments as
indicated through his/her written assignments.
Objectives #2 - 4: The student’s correct application of the C++ syntax and concepts,
the design and implementation of programmer-defined functions and classes, and
the ability to create C++ applications using Microsoft Visual C++ will be
assessed by the ratio of assigned programming projects to successfully
completed programming projects.
ASSIGNMENTS:
IMPORTANT!! Students are expected to read the
material in the text and to complete programming projects OUTSIDE OF CLASS.
Each week students will have reading assignments from the text, written
exercises and programming projects. As the best way to learn a programming
language is to write code, you will be writing a lot of programs
(somewhere around 30). Thus, it is important that you keep up with your reading
and program writing!
IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A CONCEPT OR A
PROGRAM PLEASE SEE ME ASAP!! (However, I will expect that you have made a good
faith effort to attend class and read the assigned material) J
GRADING SYSTEM
A (94 - 100) A- (90 - 93) B+ (87 - 89) B (83 - 86) B- (80 - 82)
C+ (77 - 79) C (73 - 76) C- (70 - 72) D+ (67 - 69) D (63 - 66)
D- (60 - 62) F (below 60)
GRADING:
Assigned Programs………………………………………….. 80%
Attendance and
Participation...................................................20%
ATTENDANCE:
Students are expected to attend all class sessions and to be prepared to
discuss the assigned readings and written homework. If a student must miss a
class session, it is the student’s responsibility to arrange other ways of
obtaining the information covered in class. Please notify the instructor in
advance if you have to miss a class. Students with excessive absences may
not receive a passing grade.
INTEGRITY OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Students who plagiarize
papers and projects or cheat on exams will receive zeros for the work in
question and may fail the course.
OTHER IMPORTANT NOTES:
·
Changes in the syllabus and assignments may be
modified as deemed appropriate by the instructor. All changes will be announced in class.
·
Students with a disability who are requesting
academic accommodations should contact
Important Links
Here
is a good C++ overview link:
http://devcentral.iftech.com/articles/C++/default.php
This
great site has tutorials and a lot of other helpful information:
http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_c_plus_plus.html
SCHEDULE
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Week of January 12th |
Introduction to Programming; Introduction to the C++
Programming Language Program Analysis and Design; Algorithms (Chapter 1) |
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Week of January 19th |
C++ Programming Basics (Chapter 2) (Assignments: 2D, 2E, 2G, 2H) (Extra
Credit - OPTIONAL: 2I) |
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Week of January 26th |
Functions (Chapter 3) (Assignments: 3A, 3B, 3C, 3E) (Extra
Credit - OPTIONAL: 3H) |
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Week of February 2nd |
Functions (continued) (Chapter 4) (Assignments: 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D) (Extra
Credit - OPTIONAL: 4I and 4J) |
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Week of February 9th |
Functions (continued) (Chapter 5) (Assignments: 5C, 5F, 5H, 5I, 5J, ) (Extra Credit - OPTIONAL: 5L, 5G, 5l, 5M) |
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Vacation! |
Winter Break –
February 17 - 23 |
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Week of February 23rd |
Selection (Chapter 7) (Assignments: 7B, 7I, 7J) (Extra Credit - OPTIONAL: 7C and 7L) |
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Week of March 1st |
Selection (continued) (Chapter 7) |
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Week of March 8th |
Repetition (Chapter 8) (Assignments: 8A, 8D, 8E, 8I) (Extra
Credit - OPTIONAL: 8B, 8F and 8J) |
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Week of March 15th |
Objects and Classes (Chapter 6) (Assignments: 6C, 6D, 6E) (Extra Credit - OPTIONAL: 6F and 6G) |
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Week of March 22nd |
Objects and Classes (Chapter 6) |
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Week of April 5th |
File Streams (Chapter 9) (Assignments: 9A, 9B, 9C) |
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Vacation! |
Spring Break –
March 31 – April 6 |
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Week of April 12th |
Vectors (Chapter 10) (Assignments: 10A, 10B, 10D, 10H) (Extra
Credit - OPTIONAL: 10E, 10F, and 10G) |
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Week of April 19th |
Vectors (Chapter 10) |
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Week of April 26th |
Wrap-Up |
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Week of May 3 |
Finals Week – Wrap-up Programming Projects |
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