CMPT 100 - Spring 2009

Software Packages and Programming

BURNABY CAMPUS: 

• Monday, 09:30-10:20hrs in AQ 3003 

• Wednesday, 09:30-11:20 in BLU 10021

Links:

• Homework

• Sections Covered for Final Examination

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General Information

INSTRUCTOR: After class in TASC 9225

TA: Ann Clifton - Wednesdays from 14:30 to 16:20hrs in CSIL.

Text: An Invitation to Computer Science - JAVA Version, G. Michael Schneider and Judith L. Gersting, ITP, 2004.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: BC High School Math 12 or MATH 100 or MATH 110.  In addition, see course outline.

LATE POLICY: 10%/day

Note that you only have one week to review examinations and homework assignments after receipt.

Grading:

Homework (15%) - Roughly every two weeks (announced in class)
Midterm Examination (35%) - Monday, February 23th, 2009
Final Examination (50%) - Tuesday, noon to 3pm, April 21, 2009 in AQ5016

Tentative Schedule of Lectures 

Week 1

Introduction - Chapter 1

(Note class cancellation on Day One due to weather)

Week 2

Algorithms (Chapter 2), omit section 2.3.3

Week 3

Computational Efficiency and complexity (Chapter 3)

Week 4

Micro-architecture (Chapter 4)

Week 5

Macrro-architecture (Chapter 5)

Week 6

The Transistion from S/W and H/W to the User Interface (Chapter 6)

Week 7

SPRING BREAK (Monday, February 16th)

Computer Networks and Distributed Computing (Chapter 7)

Week 8

MIDTERM (Monday, February 23th - 50 minutes in duration)

 Applications - S/W Packages (Chapter 8)

Week 9

Basics of Programming (Chapter 8 continued)

Week 10

Continued

Week 11

Continued

Week 12

Project and Special Topic (i.e, AI)

Week 13

Continued

Review

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REVISED January 9, 2009