Fall Semester, 2009
Section 205: TTH 2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m., Room E-0280 Section 261: TTH 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., Room E-0280

Tentative Course Outline

Note: extra credit opportunities are listed in red.

Date Class Meeting Topic Readings and assignments Work due today
08/18 1 Introduction none none
08/20 2 Course Tools
History of Computing
 Chapter 1, Computing History Timeline
Lab 1 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercise 1
History of Computing essay
p. 31, questions 4 and 6
 none
08/25 3 Numeric data Chapter 2
pp. 48-49, Exercises 28, 30, 32, 34 (show your work)
p. 51, questions 1 and 3 		Lab 1
08/27 4 Numeric data Lab 2 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercise 1, plus Deeper Investigation
 History essay
Chapter 1 exercises (extra credit)
09/01 5 Text data Chapter 3 (omit section 3.2)
p. 89, questions 4 & 5
09/03 6 Video/audio data Lab 3B from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercises 1-3, plus Deeper Investigation
Video data lab 		Chapter 2 exercises
09/08 7 Boolean logic and gates Chapter 4
pp. 113-114, Exercises 44, 56, 60
p. 117, questions 2 & 5 		Lab 2
Chapter 3 exercises (extra credit)
09/10 8 Boolean logic and gates Lab 4 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercises 1-2 only, plus Exercises 3-4 and Deeper Investigation
Ergonomics essay		 Lab 3B, video data lab
09/15 9 Computer hardware Chapter 5
p. 145, questions 3 & 6 		Chapter 4 exercises
09/17 10 Computer hardware Chapter 5
Computer comparison shopping project 		Lab 4
09/22 11 Test #1 Chapters 1-4 none
09/24 12 Systems software -- operating systems Chapter 10
pp. 348-351, exercises 54, 56, 58, 70
p. 351, question 4
Hacking essay
 Chapter 5 exercises (extra credit)
Ergonomics essay
09/29 13 Systems software --
file systems		 Chapter 11
pp. 373-374, exercises 54, 56
p. 375, question 5 		Computer comparison shopping project
10/01 14 Systems software -- labs Lab 10 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises, plus Deeper Investigation
Lab 11 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises, plus Deeper Investigation 		Chapter 10 exercises
10/06 Student Study Day/Faculty Development Day, no class meeting
10/08 15 Applications software -- spreadsheets Chapter 12
Lab 12A from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises
Spreadsheet lab from class web site		 Hacking essay
Chapter 11 exercises
10/12 Midpoint of the semester
Last date to withdraw with a grade of 'W'
10/13 16 Applications software -- databases pp. 405-406, eexercises 56, 58, 60, 70
Database lab
Lab 12B from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises, plus Deeper Investigation
Labs 10 and 11
10/15 17 Computer networks Chapter 15
P. 503, exercise 4 		Lab 12A
Spreadsheet lab
10/20 18 Computer networks Lab 15 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercises 1-5, plus Deeper Investigation
Data encryption essay 		Database lab,
Lab 12B
10/22 19 Test #2 Chapters 5, 10-12 none
10/27 20 Artificial Intelligence
The World Wide Web		 Chapter 13
Chapter 16 plus additional notes
pp. 437-439, exercise 66
p. 439, questions 1 and 2
Privacy essay
Lab 13 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercises 1 & 2, plus Deeper Investigation 		Encryption essay
10/29 21 The World Wide Web Chapter 16 plus additional notes
p. 529, questions 1 & 6
Web Design Project		 Chapter 15 exercises (extra credit)
Data encryption essay Lab 15
11/03 22 Algorithms
 Chapter 6
p. 193, question 3
Professional Conduct essay
 Chapter 13 exercises,
Lab 13
11/05 23 Algorithms -- in-class exercise Chapter 6 Privacy essay,
Chapter 16 exercises (extra credit)
11/10 24 Programming language concepts Chapter 8 (omit 8.4)
p. 277, exercise 5 		Chapter 6 exercises (extra credit)
11/12 25 Programming with ALICE
 ALICE tutorials
Viruses essay 		Professional conduct essay
11/17 26 Programming with ALICE Alice Assignment #1 Chapter 8 exercises (extra credit)
11/19 27 Test #3 Chapters 6, 8, 13, 16 none
11/24 28 Programming with ALICE Alice Assignment #2 Alice Assignment #1
12/01 29 Programming with ALICE Final Alice Assignment Alice Assignment #2
12/03 30 Review and wrapup Viruses essay,
Web design project
any remaining late work.
Alice final project is due at the beginning of the final exam.