Instructor: Rob Hasker (414-277-7326)
Drop-in times (office hours): See my home page: https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/hasker/
| Textbook: | Programming in C++ with zyLabs, F. Vahid and R. Lysecky, zyBooks, 2021, ISBN 979-8-203-95469-5 |
| Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide, Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt, 2001; available at http://ruby-doc.com/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ |
Course Description:
This course introduces students to additional scripted, procedural, and
object-oriented programming languages including C and C++. Students are
introduced to the concepts of compilation, memory management, linking,
low-level types, efficient implementation of objects, and the Standard
Template Library. Students may not receive credit for both CS 3210 and CS
2040
Prereq: CS 2852
Format: 3 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, 4 credits
Course Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the student will be able to
Grading:
| Percentage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Labs | 35% | ||
| Quizzes & exercises: | 25% | ||
| Midterm: | 20% | ||
| Final Exam: | 20% | ||
| Total: | 100% |
The MSOE grading scale will be used, though higher grades may be awarded to individual students if it increases fairness. In addition, successfully demonstrating mastery of course outcomes is a prerequisite for a passing grade. This includes being successful on the final exam and, in some cases, completing assignments even if worth zero points.
Most materials will be available on my class web
site, https://faculty-web.msoe.edu/hasker/cs2040/
or in Canvas. For instance, quizzes will be in Canvas but links to notes
will be on the website. I will also communicate to the class on
Teams; it is critical you enable notifications for the Teams
entries for this class. Many announcements will be made that way and no
other. I may also use email at times. I expect you to check for electronic
communications at least once a day.
My office hours are listed as "drop-in" times to emphasize that you do not have to have an appointment to come see me. You can come other times as well! I am always glad to help students with challenges. I do expect you to have spent a few minutes checking for answers on the class website and Teams before requesting help, but absolutely would rather you ask for help than spend hours trying to find solutions on your own.
Other than face-to-face discussion, I strongly prefer to communicate through Teams. Except when I am in class or otherwise occupied with critical tasks, I typically respond to Teams messages within minutes. Email takes hours if not days. I also encourage you to post to the General channel for the course in Teams so other students can respond as well!
Lab solutions which do not run or which do not produce some correct output will be worth 0 points. However, you can get partial credit for partially working solutions. Estimate how long the lab will take, and contact your instructor if it takes much longer!
Unless otherwise announced, late solutions will be penalized 2% per day for the first week. Solutions submitted more than one week late will be worth zero points unless there is advance arrangement due to extenuating circumstances. Unless you have written permission, all assignments must be submitted by Saturday after week 10. Note that quizzes and exams have a due date and you will not be able to submit those after that due date.
Assignments are individual unless we explicitly state otherwise. It is OK to look at another student's code with them to help them fix an error, but it is not OK to have a copy of another student's code at any time or in any form. Note that making a repository public enables cheating and violates campus policy. Electronic tools will be used to identify plagiarism, and students guilty of either copying or "loaning" out their code will be penalized.
Code will be graded for both correctness and meeting standards. The most frequent mistake is in using (hard) tab characters in source files - this is a practice that is strongly discouraged in industry, and it makes your code harder to grade. Configure your IDE to insert spaces instead of tabs.
If you are not using a private repository for your own assignments yet, it's time to start! A file on a single computer should be considered "lost" since machines frequently fail. You can create free, private repositories on BitBucket, GitHub, and other servers.
Missed quizzes cannot be made up, but at least one of the lowest quiz or exercise scores will be dropped. Many quizzes will be online with flexible times. Exams will typically be scheduled during class time.
Do not skip class! If you do happen to miss, be sure to check for new materials and get the notes you missed from a friend before the next class period. You are responsible for anything missed! If you need to be excused from class for MSOE activities or religious observances, let me know in advance. If you're sick, it's obviously not a good idea to come to class. This includes days on which there are exams; just be sure to contact me as soon as you can get to a phone or computer.
Using phones and laptops during class to check social media, write papers, etc. is a form of missing class!
Strongly consider taking hand-written notes for this class. The slides omit many details on purpose. In many cases I will write code on the screen, and it is often much easier to track edits by hand than reproduce it with a keyboard. Note the campus printers will easily scan documents so you can organize your notes electronically.
Do not record or distribute video or audio of lectures without my permission.
When an exam is missed, I will determine whether to give you a make-up exam or increase the weight of the other exams. All students must take the final exam to receive a passing grade in the course unless the student has been excused in advance.
For students with documented disabilities, chronic medication conditions and mental health concerns: MSOE provides services to make reasonable accommodations available. If you are a student who requires or anticipates the need for accommodations, please contact Student Accessibility Services Office at 414-277-7281, by email at moureau@msoe.edu, or in person at K250 to discuss appropriate accommodations and eligibility requirements.