Welcome to CMPS 5j, Spring 2009

Enrollment situation

waitlist.txt

If you are not on this waitlist, I will not be letting you in the class, and you should make other plans. Given the room size constraints, please do not attend the lecture.

If you are on this waitlist then there is only a small chance (but larger for those at the top) that I will have space for you, depending on how many students switch out of CMPS 5J in the next couple of days. You can attend the lecture on Thursday and I will ask you to sign an attendance sheet. I will decide what to do about the labs and programming assignment over the weekend. Check back here on for more information (this will be updated on Sunday if not earlier).

General Class Information

This course will give you a gentle introduction to computer programming and related issues.

It is intended for non-majors, and SOE majors can use the CMPS5j-CMPS11 sequence as an alternative to CMPS12a.

Unfortunately, CMPS11 will not be offered until Spring 2010.

Instructor: David Helmbold, 345B E2 building.

Email: dph@cse.ucsc.edu

Office Hours: Wed. 2:30-3:30 (and by appointment) I also plan on being in the Tuesday lab from 12-1.

Lecture: TuTh 2:00-3:45 in Thiman 1 examples from class

Final: Thursday June 11, 8am-11am. You may have one 3-by-5 card (both sides) of handwritten notes.

Required Text: Introduction to Processing by Shiffman, this is a little delayed but should be in the bookstore by the end of the first week. You might consider ording it on-line (Amazon, etc.), and there is a copy on reserve in the Science library.

Teaching Assistant:

Name: Dan Homerick

Office Hours: TBD (probably in lab sections)

Lab Sections: (starting April 6 - NO LABS FIRST WEEK)

Mon 11-1 in BE 109

Tu 12-2 in BE 109

Wed 9-11 in BE 109

Wed 4-6 in BE 109

Lab attendance is optional. You are guaranteed a seat on your assigned lab day, but are welcome to attend any lab section on a first come, first serve basis. This is a time to work on your programming assignments with your partner (see below), get help from the teaching assistant and/or tutors, and get help from other members of the class. The instructor may also be in lab on occasion.

Class Newsgroup:

We will be using Moodle

Moodle

Working Together:

You may freely give and receive help with the computer facilities, editors, debugging techniques, the meaning and proper use of Java constructs, built-in functions, etc.. You should not discuss your design or implementation of the programming assignments with students other than your partner until after they are turned in. In particular you should not view another person/pair's program, or allow someone (other than your partner) to view any part of your program, prior to successfully completing that assignment (see below). Obviously, copying any part of another person/pair's program, or allowing your program to be copied is not permitted. A program, Moss, will be in use to detect copying. If you have any questions on this important point, please see me.

Academic Dishonesty:

Programming Projects:

Programs will be submitted through http://moodle.soe.ucsc.edu/.

Programming assignments, grading policy, and due dates can be found in http://moodle.soe.ucsc.edu/.

Homework Assignments (see moodle page)

• Due Friday April 3: Register with moodle (), read Chapter 1 of Shiffman, and read the four parts of An Illustrated History of Computers by John Kopplin.

Potentially useful links

If you qualify for classroom accommodations because of a disability, please get an Accommodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) and submit it to your instructor (David Helmbold) in person outside of class (e.g., office hours) within the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact DRC at 459-2089 (voice), 459-4806 (TTY), or http://drc.ucsc.edu for more information on the requirements and/or process.