BU CAS CS 113
Introduction to Computer Science II with Intensive C
Fall 1996

Information On Line

Programming assignments:

| HW0 | HW1 | HW2 | HW3 | HW4 | HW5 | HW6 | HW7 | HW8 | HW9 |

Student solutions:

| HW1 (Nick Eskelinen) | HW2 (Tom Worster, Joshua Berke) | HW4 (Luis Aversa) | HW5 (Ronak Shah, Matthew Wertz) | HW6 (Kieth Cochran, Matthew Wertz, Ronak Shah) | HW7 (many were excellent here is one anonymous example) | HW8 (Sheila Amarga, Samuel Kadziela) | HW9 (Manny Ye, Nick Eskelinen) |

FAQs:

| Compiling (Make & gccx) | Grading | HW1 | HW2 | HW3 | HW4 | HW5 | HW6 | HW9 | Miscellaneous |

Exams:

| Midterm Study Sheet | Final Exam Study Sheet |

Lecture Materials:

| Lecture Topics thru midterm | Lecture Topics since midterm | Code for stacks (10/17) | Sep 3 | Sep 16 | Sep 26 |

Section Information:

| Discussion Section Home Page | Lab and Tutor Schedule |

Course Policy/Info:

| Course Syllabus | Course Policy | Grading Guidelines | Collaboration and Academic Honesty | Coding Convention | Use of Personal Computers |

Useful Tutorial Information:

| Unix, emacs, and the Internet | more on Unix, emacs, and the Internet |

Source Code for all examples in texts:

| Roberts | Standish |

(This is also readable under ~cs113/F96/source/ on csa. The Roberts executables are there as well, so you can try out any of the programs by changing to the appropriate directory and typing the name of the program.)

Errata from texts:

| Roberts | Standish |

Other information from Addison-Wesley (probably not needed):

| Roberts | Standish |

Other Information

Instructor:

Randall Pruim
Room MCS-281, phone 353-8927

E-mail: rpruim@cs.bu.edu

Office hours: Tuesdays, Thursdays 11am - noon.

Teaching Assistant:

Rob Pitts
Room MCS-223, phone 353-1498.

E-mail: rip@cs.bu.edu

Office hours: see the Discussion Section Home Page

Calendar:

Mid-term: Thursday, October 24, in class (date subject to confirmation)
Final exam: Tuesday, December 17, 9:00-11:00 am

Course Description:

Designed for students who program proficiently in Pascal, BASIC, Fortran, or some other high-level programming language. Begins with an intensive introduction to the C programming language and then covers all the material in CS 112.

Work Load:

Heavy, fast. This is an intensive course that covers the topics of CS 111 and CS 112 in one semester.

Required Textbooks:

The Art and Science of C by Eric Roberts

Data Structures, Algorithms, and Software Principles in C, by Thomas Standish.

Optional Reference Texts:

Since neither of the required texts aims to be a comprehensive reference on the C programming language, you may wish to consider one of the following reference books. The first is a classic reference but is quite terse. The second is similar in scope, but includes more prose. The third one is a smaller book which has quick reference on most of the important C constructs and on the standard library functions; it is less comprehensive.

• The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie, Prentice Hall.
• C: A Reference Manual, by Harbison and Steele, Prentice Hall.
• C: The Pocket Reference, by Herbert Schildt, McGraw-Hill.

Lectures:

Tue, Thu: 9:30-11:00 am in CAS-204

Sections:

A2: Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm in MCS-B23
A3: Wednesdays, 9:00-10:00 am in MCS-B31

Lab section meetings convene in the CS computer lab (MCS-B24), and discussion section meetings convene in the rooms listed above.

For a schedule of which section meetings will be labs and which will be discussions, please see the Course Schedule. I will also make announcements regarding section meetings in lecture on Tuesdays. Programming exercises will be completed during lab section that will contribute towards your final grade.

Grading:

Grading will be based on the following approximate weighting:

55% Programming assignments and labs
15% Mid-term
30% Final (comprehensive)

If there are questions about grades, please see the TA.

There will be no incompletes in this course.

Graders:

TBA

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