Knowing any language imperfectly is very little better than not knowing it at all.
--- Lord Chesterfield, Letter to his son
5 April 1754
The prerequisite for this class is CS 175, Introduction to Computer Science I.
The class meets in Howard Hall 530 on Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Class meets in Howard Hall 526 on Tuesdays from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. There will be class on 3 and 5 July.
| What | Number | Individual | Combined |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weight | Weight | ||
| Lab assignments | 5 | -2% | -10% |
| Lab tests | 4 | 7% | 28% |
| Design tests | 4 | 4% | 16% |
| Quizzes | 6 | 4% | 24% |
| Projects | 6 | 3% | 18% |
| Final | 1 | 14% | 14% |
The usual grade ranges are in effect:
All grades are kept with one digit of precision to the right of the decimal point and 0.05 rounded up. No grades are adjusted to a curve; that means, for example, that 89.9 is always a B+, never an A-.
95 <= A 90 <= A- < 95 86.6 <= B+ < 90 83.3 <= B < 86.6 80 <= B- < 83.3 76.6 <= C+ < 80 73.3 <= C < 76.6 70 <= C- < 73.3 60 <= D < 70 F < 60
Mail relevant to the class will be stored in a hyper-mail archive. If your message is of general interest to the class, I'll store it, suitably stripped of identification and along with my answer, in the archive.
My attendance policy applies only to lecture attendance; it does not apply to other kinds of attendance which may be required for the course. Repeated failures to meet the attendance expectations set for tests, meetings, projects, labs or other forms of course work will have a bad influence on your grade.
Monmouth University does have a class attendance policy, which you can find in the Academic Information chapter of the Student Handbook. To the extent that I need to keep the record straight, I will take attendance. Attendance lists, however, are entirely for the University's benefit; I will make no use of them in grading.
First, the only complaint that matters is that something got marked wrong when it was actually right. When you come to complain, be prepared to present, in explicit detail, what it is you did and why you think it's right.
Second, complaints about a particular test or assignment are only valid until the next test or assignment is due; after that point the book is permanently closed on all previous test or assignment grades.
A late assignment is penalized five points a day for each day it's late. I use a 24-hour clock running from midnight to midnight to measure days; note this means that an assignment handed in the day after it's due is penalized ten points: five for the day it was due and five for the next day.
A make-up test must be scheduled to be taken by the date of the test following the missed test (or the final exam if you miss the last test). If a missed test is not made up by the time of the next test, you get a zero for the missed test.
There will be only one make up given per missed test. If more than one person misses the same test, those people will have to coordinate among themselves to pick a mutually agreeable date for the make up.
A page of C++ resources.
This page last modified on 12 October 2001.