Computer Science with Applications 1¶
CMSC 12100/CAPP 30121 (aka CS121)
Announcements¶
[9/18]: Requests for lab and section swaps must be submitted by 5pm on Sept 25. Complete this form to make a request.
[9/18]: You can sign up for the waiting list using this form
Course Staff¶
Instructors
- Anne Rogers
- Borja Sotomayor
Teaching Assistants
- Steven Basart
- Lauren Dyson
- Carlos Grandet
- Hector Salvador
- Gustav Larsson
- Lang Yu
- Suhail Rehman
Lecture times and locations¶
| Lecture Section #1 | MWF 9:00-9:50am | Ryerson 251 | Rogers |
| Lecture Section #2 | MWF 11:30-12:20pm | Stuart Hall 105 | Sotomayor |
| Lecture Section #3 | MWF 1:30-2:20pm | Harper Memorial Library 140 | Rogers |
| Lecture Section #4 | MWF 10:30-12:20pm | Stuart Hall 105 | Sotomayor |
Lab times and locations¶
All labs take place in the Computer Science Instructional Laboratory located on the first floor of Crerar Library. Note that our labs are held in either CSIL 3 and CSIL 4.
| Mon 9:00-10:20am | Lab #1 | CSIL 3 | Larsson | Lab #2 | CSIL 4 | Grandet | |
| Mon 10:30-11:50am | Lab #3 | CSIL 3 | Larsson | Lab #4 | CSIL 4 | Grandet | |
| Mon 12:00-1:20pm | Lab #5 | CSIL 3 | Larsson | Lab #6 | CSIL 4 | Salvador | |
| Mon 1:30-2:50pm | Lab #7 | CSIL 3 | Basart | Lab #8 | CSIL 4 | Salvador | |
| Mon 3:00-4:20pm | Lab #9 | CSIL 3 | Basart | CAPP Lab #1 | CSIL 4 | Dyson | |
| Mon 4:30-5:50pm | Lab #11 | CSIL 3 | Basart | CAPP Lab #2 | CSIL 4 | Dyson | |
| Mon 6:00-7:20pm | CAPP Lab #3 | CSIL 4 | Dyson | ||||
Lab materials will be posted here.
Books¶
We will be using a draft of a book that the instructors are writing for this course. You can find an HTML version of the current draft here and a pdf version here. You will need to authenticate yourself with your CNET ID and password to gain access to these pages.
Optional
You may find this book to be a helpful backup.
Python Programming : An Introduction To Computer ScienceZelle John M.ISBN-13: 978-1590282410.
It is available at the Seminary Co-op Bookstore.
Readings are listed here.
Sample problems¶
We will periodically make a set of short problems available to you to test your knowledge of the material we are covering in class. Some of these problems will of the “be a computer” variety and will require you to evaluate a piece of code by hand. Others will require you to write code. We will be using a system named Kattis to help your test your solutions to the latter type of question.
You will not submit these problems and they not be graded. They will, however, help test you knowledge of the material needed to do the programming assignments and will be good practice for exams.
Programming assignments¶
We will be assigning seven programming assignments. You will be allowed to work in pairs in some of these assignments. See the calendar for details.
Exams¶
We will be giving evening exams on Oct 25th 7-9pm and Dec 6th 7-9pm.
Tentative Grading Scheme¶
| Programming assignments | 60% |
| Exam 1 (Oct 25, 2016, 7-9pm) | 20% |
| Exam 2 (Dec 6, 2016, 7-9pm) | 20% |
Late submissions¶
All students may use up to two 24-hour extensions for the programming assignments during the quarter. These extensions are all-or-nothing: you cannot use a portion of an extension and have the rest “carry over” to another extension. If extraordinary circumstances (illness, family emergency, etc.) prevent a student from meeting a deadline, the student must inform their instructor before the deadline.