CS630 Computing Fundementals I

Loyola College in Maryland
CS 630 - Computing Fundementals I Summer 2004

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Instructor: Dr. Dawn Lawrie
Office: Donnelly Science Center 125b
Work Phone: (410)617-2140
Office Hours: by appointment
e-mail: lawrie<at>cs<dot>loyola<dot>edu

Course Home Page: http://www.cs.loyola.edu/~lawrie/CS630/X04/index.html

Class Meeting: Lecture W 5:30-8:30PM

Prerequisite: none

Required Text: C++ How to Program (4^th ed.) by Deitel and Deitel

Course Description:
An introduction to the basic concepts of computer organization and programming. Algorithms are defined and used. Numberic character manipulation is carried out. File handling, recursive functions, and elementary data structures are studied. Computer use is required.

Specific Educational Objectives of the Course:

Use the C++ programming language (ANSI/ISO Standard C++) as implemented by Mircosoft Visual C++6, using the Windows operating system environment;
Write, compile, run, and debug complete C++ programs;
Use programming features including control structures, functions, arrays, pointers, classes, and data abstraction; and
Manipulate files using sequential and random access

Conduct of the Course:
Lectures will be used to introduce, explain, and practice using new features of C++. Reading from the textbook will enhance your understanding of those lectures. Weekly homework assignments (not necessarily done at a computer) will reinforce the concepts discussed in lecture. The computer portions of the assignment will be submitted to me via email and used to provide feedback on programming technique and style. Homework assignments, a programming project, and exams will be used to assertain your performance in the course. Unless prior arrangements are made, the homeworks and the programming project must be submitted by their announced due-dates, or be subject to a grading penalty. All programming will be submitted using email. Two exams and a final exam will also be used to evaluate students' progress.

Grading:

Weekly Homework: 30%
Project: 30%
Exam 1: 10%
Exam 2: 10%
Final: 20%

Final Grade Distribution:
Final letter grades will be no worse that those in the following table.

A	A-	B+	B	B-	C+	C
90%	87%	83%	80%	77%	73%	70%

Course Outline of Class Lectures:

Week Number Date	Topics	Text Reference	Material Due
1 6/2	Introduction Programming Lanuages Structure of a C++ Program Microsoft C++ demo	Chap 1
2 6/9	Control Structures if, if/else, switch while, for, do/while Structured Programming Summary	Chap2	Hwk 1
3 6/16	Functions definition/prototype math library functions header files random number generation storage classes & scope rules references & parameters recursion	Chap 3	Hwk 2
4 6/23	Arrays declaration and use array parameters sorting searching multiple-dimension arrays	Chap 4	Hwk 3 Exam 1
5 6/30	Classes and Data Abstraction structures accessing members of structures user-defined types abstract data types and classes class scope and member access interface vs. implementation constructors deconstructors class object assignments, using =	Chap 6	Hwk 4
6 7/7	Classes and Data Abstraction structures accessing members of structures user-defined types abstract data types and classes class scope and member access interface vs. implementation constructors deconstructors class object assignments, using =	Chap 6	Hwk 5
8 7/14	Pointers and Allocating Memory variable declaration operators pointer expressions & arithmetic pointers and arrays arrays of pointers characters and string processing	Chap 5	Exam 2 Hwk 6
8 7/21	Pointers and Allocating Memory variable declaration operators pointer expressions & arithmetic pointers and arrays arrays of pointers characters and string processing	Chap5	Hwk 7
9 7/28	File Processing sequential & random access of files Review	Chap 14	Project Due
10 8/4	Final Exam		Final