Instructor: Doug Riecken (email:
riecken@scils.rutgers.edu
)
This document contains information that should be useful to students taking the course Computer Concepts.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, students will satisfy the following objectives:
- understand basic HW and SW concepts and definitions
- learn programming in Python
CLASS SCHEDULE
WEEK 01
Class 01 - 9/1
WEEK 02
Class 02 - 9/8
WEEK 03
Class 03 - 9/13
Class 04 - 9/15
WEEK 04
Class 05 - 9/20
Class 06 - 9/22
WEEK 05
Class 07 - 9/27
Class 08 - 9/29
WEEK 06
Class 09 - 10/4
Class 10 - 10/6
WEEK 07
Class 11 - 10/11
Class 12 - 10/13
WEEK 08
Class 13 - 10/18
Class 14 - 10/20
WEEK 09
Class 15 - 10/25
Class 16 - 10/27
WEEK 10
Class 17 - 11/1
Class 18 - 11/3
WEEK 11
Class 19 - 11/8
Class 20 - 11/10
WEEK 12
Class 21 - 11/15
Class 22 - 11/17
WEEK 13
Class 23 - 11/22
WEEK 14
Class 24 - 11/29
Class 25 - 12/1
WEEK 15
Class 26 - 12/6
Class 27 - 12/8
WEEK 16
Class 28 - 12/13
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GRADING
Student grades will be computed as follows:
- 30% - individual programming projects
- 30% - group term project
- 20% - quizzes
- 10% - individual exercises/assignments
- 10% - attendance and participation
NOTE: attendance and class participation is necessary to pass
TEXTBOOK
There is one required textbook for our class this semester. It is listed as follows:
Title: Computer Science Illuminated
Authors: Dale and Lewis
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COURSE INFORMATION
Our class meets every Monday and Wednesday, each week, from 7:40 PM to 9:00 PM. Our classroom will be the lab, room number CIL119.
Each student must have all Rutgers computing accounts.
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