Class Information

• Teaching staff
• Class schedule
• Prerequisites
• Textbook
• Syllabus
• Policy: Grading
• Policy: Regrading requests
• Policy: Late submission of assignments
• Policy: On cheating
• General advice

Teaching staff

Class schedule

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday 1:00-1:50pm in Tech LR4. We may sometimes meet in the lab. If so, you will be informed well in advance.

Prerequisites

EECS 110 or knowledge of any programming language.

Textbooks

C++: How To Program by Deitel and Deitel, fifth edition.

Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals by Arnold Robbins

Syllabus

A tentative syllabus is posted under Lectures

Newsgroup

There will be a class newsgroup. See Newsgroup for more information.

Grading policy

There is no option of doing additional work to improve your grade.

Regrading requests

Requests for regrades must be submitted no later than one week after the graded paper was handed back to you.

Late submission

Please start your programming assignments EARLY. Coding always takes more time than you think it will.

Programming assignments are always due by midnight on their due date. Late assignments are penalised by 10% per day late, for a maximum of two days. Assignments submitted more than two days late will not be accepted.

Extensions will not be given unless one of the following applies:

• Serious personal problems (e.g. serious illness). Documentation is required.
• Extended lab downtime.

If you are scheduled to be out of town on the day when the assignment is due (e.g. interview trip, participation in sports event) you must make arrangements for turning in your work on time.

Keep frequent backups of your work. There will be no extension if you accidentally lose your files.

Cheating

You must never copy solutions from any source or make your homework available, in any form, to anyone other than the professor or TA.

Cheating will result in a failing grade for the course. University policy requires that graduate students who are caught cheating be reported to the graduate school and undergraduates to the Dean.

However, you are allowed and encouraged to discuss the assignments. This means asking for suggestions when you are stuck and discussing examples that are not part of the assignment. You must never share code or solutions to the assigned problems.

How to make the most out of this class

• Participate in class. Ask lots of questions.
• Start your assignments early. Ambitious programming can be very time consuming. Even though something may seem simple in principle, sometimes it takes quite a while to code.
• Do not get stuck for too long on your homework without asking the professor or TA for help.
• Use the newsgroup to ask questions about the assignments or the material. Often, you will get a reply much faster than if you emailed the staff directly. Furthermore, hints and clarifications on the assignments will be posted to the newsgroup.
• Don't hesitate to come to office hours if you have additional questions on the material.
• Do not wait until the day before the final to ask for help in the class!
• If you must get a specific final grade (e.g. due to a scholarship or academic probation) let us know at the beginning of the quarter so that we can help you achieve your goal. This means we'll help you learn; we will NOT grade your work differently.
• Finally, no course gives individuals the option to improve a grade by doing additional work.