Course Information

Course Homepage: http://www.cs.middlebury.edu/~cs101/ Time and Place: Lectures: MWF 9:05-9:55 (A) and MWF 10:10-11:00 (B) in McCardell Bicentennial Hall 104 Labs: Tues 9:30-10:45 (W), 11-12:15 (X); Thurs 11-12:15 (Y), 1:30-2:45 (Z) in McCardell Bicentennial Hall 505 Professors: Matt Dickerson McCardell Bicentennial Hall 636 443-5460 cs101middlebury.edu Office Hours: TBA, and by appointment Daniel Scharstein McCardell Bicentennial Hall 633 443-2438 cs101middlebury.edu Office Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 11am-12 and 1:30-2:30pm, and by appointment Lab system administrator: Dave Guertin McCardell Bicentennial Hall 506 443-3143 guertinmiddlebury.edu Textbooks (required): [CS]  Computer Science: An Overview, 10th edition by J. Glenn Brookshear Addison-Wesley, 2009 [J] Building Java Programs: A Back to Basics Approach        by Stuart Reges and Marty Stepp Addison-Wesley, 2008

Course Overview

Honor Code

The work you submit in CS 101 must be the result of your own individual effort. You may discuss strategies for approaching homework and lab problems with your classmates, and you may receive debugging help from them, but you must write up your own solutions and your own code. It is unacceptable to write a solution together with one or more classmates and then turn in multiple copies of the same work or to copy work written by your classmates. You may not read or copy someone else's solutions from the current or past semesters, and you should never have in your possession a copy of all or part of another student's homework. If you do receive conceptual or debugging help from other students, you should acknowledge their assistance on your write-ups. It is also your responsibility to protect your own work from unauthorized access by others. Exams, whether in-class or take-home, must be entirely your own work. The use of class decompilers is expressly forbidden on all work including labs, homework, and exams. If you have any questions about how the honor code applies, please ask us.

For those who plan to work on homework and labs with others, we suggest the following procedure: spend as much time as you need working with others to understand the problems, take a break to read the newspaper or play ping pong, and then go back and write your programs without the notes you used while working with the others. This will help ensure that you follow both the letter and the spirit of the honor code.

Coursework and Grading

    Attendance and participation   10%
    Homework assignments           35%
    Midterm 1                      15%
    Midterm 2                      15%
    Final                          25%

Although the assignments will vary somewhat in difficulty and required time, all must be completed, as they will be equally important for your understanding of the course material. Lab attendance is mandatory. Missing lab or being habitually late for lab will lower the "attendance and participation" component of your grade. If you miss more than 3 labs, you will automatically receive a failing grade in the course. The weekly homework assignments are very important. Late assignments will not be accepted. In extenuating circumstances (e.g., serious illness, family emergency, personal crisis), you may request an extension. Such extensions are more likely to be granted if the request is made before the due date. The final exam will be during the scheduled time during finals week.

Laptop and cell phone policy: You may use laptop computers (quietly) during lecture to take notes or look up material related to the lecture. You should not use laptops during lecture or lab for other purposes (e.g., email, IM, random web browsing, games, work for other classes, etc.). You may not use cell phones during lecture or lab.