Fall Semester, 2008
Section 210: TTH 12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m., Room E-0280
Important Dates
Note: Some dates may be subject to change.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, August 19 | Class begins |
| Monday, September 1 | Labor Day Holiday, campus closed |
| Tuesday, September 23 | Test #1, chapters 1-4 |
| Tuesday, October 7 | Faculty Development Day/Student Study Day, no classes held |
| Monday, October 13 | Mid-point of semester Last date to withdraw with a grade of 'W'. |
| Thursday, October 23 | Test #2, chapters 5, 10, 11, 12 |
| Tuesday, November 18 | Test #3, chapters 6, 13, 15, 16 |
| Tuesday, December 4 | Last day of class for TTH classes Final deadline for submitting all work |
| Wednesday, December 10 | Section 212 Final examination, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Tentative Course Outline
Note: extra credit opportunities are listed in red.
| Date | Class Meeting | Topic | Readings and assignments | Work due today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/19 | 1 | Introduction | none | none |
| 08/21 | 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 |
| 08/26 | 3 | Numeric data |
Chapter 2 pp. 48-49, Exercises 28, 30, 32, 34 (show your work) p. 51, questions 1 and 3 |
Lab 1 |
| 08/28 | 4 | Numeric data | Lab 2 from Explorations in Computer Science,
Activity and Exercise 1, plus Deeper Investigation |
History essay |
| 09/02 | 5 | Text data |
Chapter 3 (omit section 3.2) p. 89, questions 4 & 5 |
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| 09/04 | 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 |
| 09/09 | 7 | Boolean logic and gates | Chapter 4 pp. 113-114, Exercises 30, 44, 54 p. 117, questions 2 & 5 |
Lab 2 |
| 09/11 | 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 |
| 09/16 | 9 | Computer hardware | Chapter 5 pp. 143-144, exercises 36, 48 p. 145, questions 3 & 6 |
Chapter 4 exercises |
| 09/18 | 10 | Computer hardware | Chapter 5 Computer comparison shopping project |
Lab 4 |
| 09/23 | 11 | Test #1 | Chapters 1-4 | none |
| 09/25 | 12 | Systems software -- operating systems | Chapter 10 pp. 348-351, exercises 54, 56, 60, 70, 72 p. 351, question 4 Hacking essay |
Chapter 5 exercises, Ergonomics essay |
| 09/30 | 13 | Systems software -- file systems |
Chapter 11 pp. 373-374, exercises 46, 52, 54, 56 p. 375, question 5 |
Computer comparison shopping project |
| 10/02 | 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 |
| 10/09 | 15 | Applications software -- spreadsheets | Chapter 12 pp. 404, exercise 40 Lab 12A from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises Spreadsheet lab from class web site |
Hacking essay Chapter 11 exercises |
| 10/13 | Midpoint of the semester Last date to withdraw with a grade of 'W' |
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| 10/14 | 16 | Applications software -- databases | pp. 405-406, exercises 46 & 70 Database lab Lab 12B from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and all exercises, plus Deeper Investigation Applications Software Project | Labs 10 and 11 |
| 10/16 | 17 | Computer networks | Chapter 15 pp. 502-503, exercises 34, 40, 48, 54 P. 503, exercise 4 |
Lab 12A Spreadsheet lab |
| 10/21 | 18 | Computer networks | Lab 15 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity
and Exercises 1-5, plus Deeper Investigation |
Database lab, Lab 12B |
| 10/23 | 19 | Test #2 | Chapters 5, 10-12 | none |
| 10/28 | 20 | Artificial Intelligence The World Wide Web |
Chapter 13 Chapter 16 plus additional notes pp. 437-439, exercises 46, 66, 72 p. 439, questions 1 and 2 Privacy essay Lab 13 from Explorations in Computer Science, Activity and Exercises 1 & 2, plus Deeper Investigation |
Applications Software Project |
| 10/30 | 21 | The World Wide Web | Chapter 16 plus additional notes pp. 526-527, exercises 28, 30, 46 p. 529, questions 1 & 6 Web Design Project |
Chapter 15 exercises, Data encryption essay Lab 15 |
| 11/04 | 22 | Algorithms |
Chapter 6 pp. 190-192, exercises 25, 34 p. 193, question 3 Professional Conduct essay |
Chapter 13 exercises, Lab 13 |
| 11/06 | 23 | Algorithms -- in-class exercise | Chapter 6 | Privacy essay, Chapter 16 exercises |
| 11/11 | 24 | Programming language concepts | Chapter 8 (omit 8.4) pp. 274-275, exercises 40, 42, 60 p. 277, exercise 5 |
Chapter 6 problems, |
| 11/13 | 25 | Programming with ALICE Review for Test #3 |
ALICE tutorials
Viruses essay |
Professional conduct essay |
| 11/18 | 26 | Test #3 | Chapters 6, 8, 13, 16 | none |
| 11/20 | 27 | Programming with ALICE | Alice Assignment #1 | Chapter 8 problems |
| 11/25 | 28 | Programming with ALICE | Alice Assignment #2 | Alice Assignment #1 |
| 12/02 | 29 | Programming with ALICE | Final Alice Assignment | Alice Assignment #2 |
| 12/04 | 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. |
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