CSE101 Fall 2010

Introduction to Algorithms and Computing

Instructor

CSE101 section 3 will be taught by Dr. W. Greg Phillips of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Full contact information is available on my web site.

Course communications

All important course information will be published on my web site. You may also receive occasional email from me about the course. You will normally be asked to submit your labs and assignments by email. I have an open-door policy if you need to see me; my office is in room S112, which is in the South trailer of the temporary academic facility or “swing space” on the far side of the Sawyer parking lot.

Textbooks

  1. Venit and Drake. Extended Prelude to Programming—Concepts and Design
  2. Smith. Engineering Computation with MATLAB

Course Content

Let’s learn to program! We will learn how to solve computational problems with a high level language, MATLAB.

There are three major focuses for the course:

Labs

Computer labs will be in MATLAB. Bring a USB stick to save your lab work. MATLAB licenses are not available for the dorm rooms. Check the hours of operation of the lab facilities. Help will be available during the scheduled lab periods.

Work submission

Work submitted late will receive a mark of zero, unless permission for late submission has been received in advance. However, you must submit all course work to be eligible to write the final examination.

Evaluation

There will be a final exam worth 40%, a midterm worth 20%, and the balance (40%) will come from labs, assignments, and quizzes.

RMC Policy on Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct, including plagiarism, cheating, and other violations of academic ethics, is a serious academic infraction for which penalties may range from a recorded caution to expulsion from the College. The RMCC Academic Regulations Section 23 defines plagiarism as: “Using the work of others and attempting to present it as original thought, prose or work. This includes failure to appropriately acknowledge a source, misrepresentation of cited work, and misuse of quotation marks or attribution.” It also includes “the failure to acknowledge that work has been submitted for credit elsewhere.” All students should consult the published statements on Academic Misconduct contained in the Royal Military College of Canada Undergraduate Calendar, Section 23.

Other expectations

I expect you to arrive in class and in the lab promptly and appropriately prepared. This includes having paper and pens or pencils with you for in-class work and notes! While in the class or the lab I expect you to be focused on the subject at hand. You give me your full attention, I’ll do my best to help you learn the material.

— Greg Phillips

 

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