Lecture: MWF 2:30pm, Nichols Hall, room 019
Course web page: http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~schmidt/505f11 K-State Online is used to upload assignment work and report grades |
Textbook: The course uses an on-line text, found at the Lectures page at http://www.cis.ksu.edu/~schmidt/505f09.
Course Structure and Grading: We meet for lecture Mon-Wed-Fri. There will be about 6-8 programming exercises and (probably) a mid-term and a final exam. Final letter grades are based on the exercise work, exam scores, and attendance. (I take attendance from time to time.) Letter grades are not fixed to 90-80-70 cutoffs but are ``curved'' by taking into account the difficulty of the coursework.
Prerequisites: CIS300 and CIS301 or equivalent experience. You should already be skilled at designing and coding component (object) programs in C# or Java. Please see the instructor if you have questions. A computer is not required for the course; you may do the exercises in any of the CIS labs.
Objectives and Topics: The primary objective is to master the fundamental programming paradigms. Along the way, we will learn parser and interpreter construction with an eye towards designing and implementing our own domain-specific languages.
Here is a summary of the topics to be covered:
Provost's requirements: Please read http://www.k-state.edu/provost/resources/teaching/course.htm for the Provost's requirements regarding course structure and conduct. Please read Items 1-3 on that page and treat them as part of this syllabus.
Drop policy: It is your responsibility to drop the course if you are enrolled but decide not to complete the course --- there are no ``automatic'' drops due to nonattendance. September 12 is the last day to drop a course and get 100 % refund; September 26 is the last day to drop a course without a "W" recorded on your transcript; October 28 is the last day to drop a course (with a "W"). KSU allows a retake of a course with removal of the prior grade, at most once per course, for a maximum of five courses.