CSC1000 Introduction to Computer Science (Call No.: 96775)
Winter 1998 Wayne State University
This course fulfills the University's general education
requirement for computer literacy. No credit after any other programming
courses. Not for Computer Science majors.
Prerequisite: Placement out of MAT 095.
Lecture: Room 328, Oakland Center, Tue 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Lab. : Room 208, Oakland Center, Thu 3:00PM - 4:50PM
Lecture Instructor: ChanJin Chung, Ph.D.
- Web: http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~jcc (announcements, etc.)
- Main Campus Office: 448 State Hall; Main Campus Mailbox: 431 State Hall
- Main Campus Phone: 313-577-2831, Fax: 313-577-6868
- Office and Office Hours: 171 Oakland Center, Tue 5:00PM-6:00 and by appointment
- Oakland Center Admin. Office - Phone: 248-553-3545, Fax: 248-553-7733
- Oakland Center Admin. Office Mailbox: Room 102
Lab. Instructor: Dongge Li
- Web: http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~dil
- Main Campus Office: 442 State Hall; Main Campus Mailbox: 431 State Hall
- Main Campus Phone: 313-577-5070, Fax: 313-577-6868
- Main Campus Office Hours: Mon. 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Texts :
- New Perspective on Computer Concepts - Comprehensive,
2nd Ed., Parsons and Oja,
Published by CTI, 1996, ISBN 0-7600-3440-0
- Recommended: Any Microsoft Office 97 books
Required Materials : Several 3.5" diskettes; Large manila
envelopes (or WSU mailer)
Course Description
Introduction to essential computer concepts.
Introduction to use of PCs/Windows95/Dos, text editors, word processors,
spreadsheets, multimedia presentation tools,
database, e-mail, Interent, and World-Wide-Web, etc. Brief introduction
to problem solving; analysis, design, implementation, and testing using
a general purpose programming language (visual BASIC).
Course Perspective
This course consists of lectures and lab sessions. In the lectures, you
will be presented with an introduction to the world of computing at
large. The lab. sessions are designed to provide you with hands-on
experience, and encourage a desire and ability to experiment, while
thinking intuitively - a critical characteristic of process when you
working with computer systems. The labs will also help clarify the
concepts presented in lecture classes and give you the experience needed
to learn how to understand and work with a computer.
Grading Policy:
- 1 mid term (lab. test): 20%
- 6 lab. assignments: 6%
- 7 homework assignments: 49%
- Final (lab. test): 25%
This score will be translated into a letter grade as shown below.
(A course curve may be implemented at the instructor's discretion.)
|
A |
90-100% |
|
A- |
88-89% |
|
B+ |
85-87% |
|
B |
80-84% |
|
B- |
78-79% |
|
C+ |
75-77% |
|
C |
70-74% |
|
C- |
68-69% |
|
D+ |
65-67% |
|
D |
60-64% |
|
D- |
58-59% |
|
E |
0-57% |
No grades of incomplete will be given without an excuse from a
physician stating why the student was incapacitated on a given date or
range of dates. No other excuse for requesting an incomplete will be accepted.
Lab. Assignment Policies
- There will be 6 lab. assignments throughout the semester.
For each assignment, you must follow the instruction provided.
- You should submit the assignment
before the end of the lab. class.
- If for some very good reason with formal documents you are unable
to take the lab. class, you must contact the lab.
instructor prior to the class. Poor weather conditions are no
excuse for missing the test.
Homework Assignment Policies
- There will be 7 homework assignments throughout the semester.
For each assignment, you must follow the instruction provided.
- Assignments must be turned in by the due date and at the beginning
of the lab. session.
Assignment turned in after this will be considered late and will lose
30%. No assignment will be accepted for grading after one week late.
These assignments are intended to be done in the computer lab. at the
Oakland Center.
Please check the posted schedules at the lab.
- Your name, ID, course number, assignment number, and submission
date&time must be on the envelope.
- All assignment must be your own work. It is unacceptable to copy
another student students work. Assignments found to be similar will be
given the grade of zero.
- There may be some extra credit problems for each homework
assignment.
Midterm and Final Exam Policies
- There will be a midterm exams during lab. hours and a final exam will
be given during lab. hours in the University final exam period
as shown in the schedule of classes.
- Exams will cover material from the lectures, lab sessions and book
readings. Exams will be closed-book and closed-notes. Cheating will be
dealt with severely.
- In general, no make-up exams are permitted.
If for some very good reason you are unable to be at an exam, you must
make other arrangements with the instructor prior to the exam.
Tentative Schedule is attached.
1/13/98